Wang Dingding

Wang Dingding is a Chinese economist born in May 1953 in Shenyang, with ancestral roots in Chun'an, Zhejiang. He earned a bachelor's degree in science from Beijing Normal College, a master's degree in science from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a doctorate in economics from the University of Hawaii. He has taught at the University of Hong Kong and the University of Duisburg in Germany, and since 1997 has been a professor at the National School of Development, Peking University. His research spans the history of economic thought, institutional analysis, behavioral economics, and the new political economy, with a lasting interest in ethics and public choice in transitional Chinese society. He has published ten books, including Lectures on the History of Economic Thought, Lectures on Behavioral Economics, and Lectures on the New Political Economy, most of which grew out of his lecture courses and combine theoretical exposition with concern for real-world issues. His work has influenced readers in the fields of finance and social culture.