Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Arizona (2020)

M.A. in Economics, University of Arizona (2015) 

B.A. in Mathematics and Economics (summa cum laude), University of Arizona (2014)

Research Interests

 Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Experimental Economics

Employment

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Jeonbuk National University, 2026.03–Present

Associate Professor, IAER, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), 2023.11–2026.02

Assistant Professor, IAER, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics (DUFE), 2020.10–2023.11

Publications

Lia Flores, Rachel Mannahan, and Jin-yeong Sohn. "Abilene Paradox: the curse of caring too much", Southern Economic Journal (2025).
Jin-yeong Sohn and Dooseok Jang. "On the effectiveness of leading by example in public goods games", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 224 (2024): 266-281.
Dooseok Jang and Jin-yeong Sohn. "Modeling sacrifice", Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 224 (2024): 323-337.
Jin-yeong Sohn and Wenhao Wu. "Reciprocity with uncertainty about others", Games and Economic Behavior 136 (2022): 299-324.

Alexander Schaefer and Jin-yeong Sohn. "Unravelling into war: trust and social preferences in Hobbes's state of nature", Economics & Philosophy (2021): 1-35.

Working Papers

"Obvious Monotonicity as a Test of Behavioral Incentive Compatibility" (with JunYi Peng-Zhou) 

"Unveiling Lies in Disguise" (with JunYi Peng-Zhou and Xu Cheng) 

"Private Card-shredding Game" (with JunYi Peng-Zhou) 

"A multiple testing problem under the die-roll paradigm" (with JunYi Peng-Zhou)