Yang (Laura) Liu
Lecturer in Economics
RMIT University
Research interests: Experimental economics, behavioural economics, contest design, auction design
I apply experimental methods to questions in microeconomics, with a particular focus on how contest and auction design shape individual decisions.
My research examines how the design of contests and auctions influences incentives, risk-taking, participation, and feedback-seeking.
Before entering academia full time, I worked as a data specialist, where I used behavioural economics, experimental methods, statistical modelling, and AI-informed analysis to generate insights into human behaviour.