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EMPLOYMENT

2019-present Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2013-2019 Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
2012-2013 Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2012
M.A., Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2007
B.A., Mathematics and Economics (Double Honours), University of British Columbia, Canada, 2006

PUBLICATIONS

"Matching with Peer Monitoring" (with Bin R. Chen), Journal of Economic Theory, 2021, vol 192, p. 105172. 
"Negotiated Block Trade and Rebuilding of Trust" (with Yuk-fai Fong and Jin Li), International Economic Review, 2020, vol. ​​61(2), pp. 901-939.
"Competitive Information Disclosure by Multiple Senders" (with Keiichi Kawai)​, Games and Economic Behavior, 2020, vol 119, pp. 56-78.
​​"Pay to Quit and Team Incentives" Journal of European Economic Association, 2020, vol 18(2), pp. 964-1008.
"The Loser's Curse in the Search for Advice" Theoretical Economics, 2019, vol 14(3), pp. 1015-1061.
"Competitive Disclosure of Correlated Information" (with Keiichi Kawai), Economic Theory, 2019, doi.org/10.1007/s00199-018-01171-7.
"Objective and Subjective Indicators in Long-term Contracting" (with Bin R. Chen) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, vol 166, pp. 309-331.
"Price Reaction and Disagreement over Public Signal" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, vol 30, pp. 81-106. ​
"Deal or no Deal? The Effect of Alcohol Drinking on Bargaining" (with Jipeng Zhang) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, vol 127,  pp. 70-86. 
"Effect of Weather Conditions and Weather Forecast on Cycling Travel Behavior in Singapore" (with Meng Meng, Jie Zhang, and Yiik Diew Wong) International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 2016, vol 10(9), pp. 773-780.​
"Dynamic Information Disclosure" RAND Journal of Economics, 2015, vol 46(4), pp. 791–823.
“Media Capture and Information Monopolization in Japan” (with Keiichi Kawai) Japanese Economic Review, 2012, vol.63(1), pp. 131-147.
“Sequentially Rationalizable Choice with Transitive Rationales” (with Keiichi Kawai) Games and Economic Behavior, 2011, vol.73(2), pp. 608-614.

WORKING PAPERS
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"Attraction versus Persuasion" (with Mark Whitmeyer), R&R Journal of Political Economy. 
"In Vino Veritas? Communication Under Influence - An Experimental Study" (with Wooyoung Lim and Jipeng Zhang) R&R Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
“The Optimality of Quota Contract” (with Keiichi Kawai) R&R Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization.
"A Model of Trade with Endogenous Product Design" (with Xiaoping Chen)
"Bayesian Persuasion and Reciprocity: Theory and Experiment" (with King King Li)
"Selective Disclosure and Overinvestment"

RESEARCH GRANTS

General Research Fund, RGC (2021-2024)
Startup Grant, HKUST (2019-2022)
CoHASS Incentive Scheme (2014-2016)
Sustainable Earth Office Award (2014-2015) 
Start-up Grant, Nanyang Technological University (2013-2016)
Start-up Grant, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (2012-2013)

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

Double First Class Honors in Mathematics and Economics, University of British Columbia, 2006.
Governor General’s Silver Medal, University of British Columbia, 2006.
University Fellow in the Graduate School, Northwestern University, 2006.
Distinction in Preliminary Exams in Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, and Econometrics, Economics Department, Northwestern University, 2007.
Dissertation-Year Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2011-2012.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Instructor, Industrial Organization and Competitive Strategy (undergraduate), 2020
Instructor, Microeconomic Theory 1 (undergraduate), 2020, 2021
Instructor, Law and Economics (undergraduate), 2020
Instructor, Theory of Industrial Organization (PhD), 2020, 2021

Nanyang Technological University
Instructor, Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergraduate), 2016, 2018 
Instructor, Information Economics (Undergraduate), 2013-2015
Instructor, Industrial Organization (Undergraduate), 2014-2018

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Instructor, Game Theory and Information Economics (undergraduate), 2012

Northwestern University
Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics (intermediate and doctoral Level), 2007-2008
Teaching Assistant, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (undergraduate), 2009
Teaching Assistant, Strategy and Organization (Kellogg MBA), 2009-2010

REFEREE ACTIVITIES

American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behaviors, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Management Science, Mathematics of Operation Research, Pacific Economic Review, The RAND Journal of Economics, Singapore Economic Review, Theoretical Economics 

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

2021: Peking University HSBC Business School, 2021 HKUST Workshop on Industrial Organization, Singapore Management University (scheduled)

2019: Workshop on Microeconomic Theory at City University of Hong Kong

2018: SAET Conference at Academia Sinica, China Meeting of the Econometrics Society at Fudan University, NTU Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop, International Conference on Economic Theory and Applications at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, East Asian Contract Theory Conference at Korea University, NTU Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop, Workshop on Dynamic Models in Economics at National University of Singapore

2017: Nanyang Business School, HKUST

2016: Workshop on Industrial Organization and Management Strategy (HKUST), China Meeting of Econometric Society, Asian Meeting of Econometric Society, City University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong

2015: Sun Yat-sen University, World Congress of Econometric Society, Singapore Joint Economic Theory Workshop, Shanghai Microeconomics Workshop, Singapore Economic Review Conference, University of New South Wales, University of Technology Sydney, NTU-Hiroshima Joint Economic Workshop, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

2014: Nanyang Business School

2013: Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, Singapore Economic Review Conference, Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Australasian Economic Theory Workshop