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Biography
Dr Le (Lyla) Zhang is an experimental economist at Macquarie Business School. She specialises in utilising experimental economics methods and behavioural insights to study human decisions making. Her research agenda, combining the theory with experiments, focuses on social preferences, personnel economics, health economics and behavioural finance. Her research has been published in leading economics and management journals, such as Games and Economic Behavior, Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Production and Operations Management, Health Economics, Journal of Banking & Finance, etc.
She is the Associate Director of Macquarie Business School Experimental Economics Laboratory. She is an Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, and a Review Editor of Frontiers in Behavioral Economics. She received Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Economic Analysis of Time Constraints on Decision-Making in Health
3/06/19 → 2/06/22
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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A Better way to avoid project delays
Lorko, M., Servátka, M. & Zhang, L., 2025, In: MIT Sloan Management Review. 66, 2, p. 18-19 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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From struggle to startup: How childhood socioeconomic status shapes entrepreneurial happiness
Cheng, Z., Wang, H., Yu, X. & Zhang, L., Feb 2025, In: Economic Modelling. 143, p. 1-13 13 p., 106979.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of the Energy Conservation Law on enterprise energy efficiency: Quasi-experimental evidence from Chinese firms
Yu, H., Chen, W., Wang, X., Delina, L., Cheng, Z. & Zhang, L., Mar 2025, In: Energy Economics. 143, p. 1-17 17 p., 108252.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Choosing culture or nature: How temporal landmarks affect tourism destination preferences
Meng, L., Ma, C., Zhang, Z., Wang, W., Zhang, L. & Cheng, Z., Dec 2024, In: Tourism Management. 105, p. 1-12 12 p., 104974.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus) -
Does childhood adversity affect household portfolio decisions? Evidence from the Chinese Great Famine
Cheng, Z., Smyth, R. & Zhang, L., Oct 2024, In: China Economic Review. 87, p. 1-27 27 p., 102227.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)58 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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2024 MQBS Impact Competition
Sheedy, Elizabeth (Recipient), Garcia, Patrick (Recipient), Jepsen, Denise (Recipient) & Zhang, Lyla (Recipient), 9 Jul 2024
Prize
Activities
- 1 Government or international organisation inquiry submission
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Submission to APRA's Consultation: CPS511 Remuneration Revised Draft
Elizabeth Sheedy (Primary Author) & Lyla Zhang (Primary Author)
11 Feb 2021Activity: End user engagement and expertise › Government or international organisation inquiry submission
Impacts
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Driving Workplace and Societal Change for Menopausal Women
Rebecca Mitchell (Participant), Jun Gu (Participant), Lyla Zhang (Participant), Zhiming Cheng (Participant), Kerry Sherman (Participant) & Belinda Steffan (Participant)
Impact: Economy impacts, Health impacts, Policy impacts, Organisation impacts, Culture impacts