Wanying (Kate) Huang

Hi, and welcome! I am a Senior Lecturer in Economics (equivalent to an Assistant Professor in the US) at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. My research interests are in microeconomic theory, with a focus on information, social learning, and their applications.

I completed my Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the University of Queensland. In 2024, I received my Ph.D. in Social Science (Economics) from the California Institute of Technology, advised by Omer Tamuz.

My Curriculum Vitae.

You can reach me at kate.huang@monash.edu.

Working papers

"On the Inefficiency of Social Learning" with Florian Brandl and Atulya Jain

"Learning about Informativeness"

EC24 Best Student Paper Award

"Action Volatility in a Changing World"
- previously titled "The Emergence of Fads in a Changing World"
- R&R at the Journal of Economic Theory

"Social Learning in Lung Transplant Decision" with Laura Doval, Federico Echenique and Yi Xin

"Correlated Perfect Equilibrium" with Jeffrey Kline and Priscilla Man

Publications

"Learning in Repeated Interactions on Networks" with Philipp Strack and Omer Tamuz

Econometrica

Teaching

Instructor at Monash

ECC3000 -- Advanced Microeconomics, Semester 1 2025 (Undergraduate)

Teaching Assistant at Caltech

Economics/Computer Science (EC/CS 149) -- Algorithmic Economics
Mathematics (Ma 3/103) -- Introduction to Probability and Statistics
Economics (EC 11) -- Introduction to Economics
Economics (EC 105) -- Firms, Competition, and Industrial Organization