Research
Introduction
I am a theorist by training, interested in various fields of economics.
Research Interests
Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Information/Mechanism Design, Industrial Organization,
Bargaining/Negotiation/Conflict Resolution, Information Privacy, Procrastination
Publication
Price Skimming: Commitment and Delay in Bargaining with Outside Option (with Dongkyu Chang) Journal of Economic Theory, Oct. 2022, 205 (105528): abstract and online appendix
Customer Loyalty and Multi-stop Shopping (with KyunHwa Kim) Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics, Dec. 2021, 32(4), pp.13-41: abstract
Common Certainty and Efficiency with Incomplete Information Mathematical Social Sciences, Sep. 2019, 101, pp.1-5: abstract
Formalization of Information: Knowledge and Belief Economic Theory, Dec. 2018, 66(4), pp.1007-1022: abstract
Working paper
Welfare Implications of Product Functionality and Multipurchasing (with KyunHwa Kim): abstract
Fit, Quality, and Optimal Obfuscation in Advertising as Information Design (with KyunHwa Kim) : abstract new draft coming soon!
Biased Mediator: Selection and Effectiveness (with JinYeub Kim): abstract new draft coming soon!
- This supersedes my JMP, ``Mediator Selection in International Conflict: Bias, Information, and Effectiveness''
From Undergraduate Student Research Advising
Product Line Choices and Cross-subsidization (with Jingyun Huang): abstract draft available upon request
Information Disclosure by Consumer and Competition among Firms (with Yi Zhou): abstract draft available upon request
Discontinuity and Nonmonotonicity of Behaviors in the Degree of Partial Naivete (with Huanyu Yin): abstract
Work in progress
Multidimensional Skills, Wealth, and Occupational Choices (with Kyungmin Kang)
Sequential Choice with Preference Learning (with Heechun Kim)
Multipurchasing with Complementarity and Full Market Covering (with KyunHwa Kim): abstract
The Economics of Parenting Skill and Child Development (with Jun Hyung Kim and Ji-Liang Shiu)
Conflict Development between Cop and Citizen (with Glenn Loury and Youngchul Kim)
Unimodularity and Walrasian Tatonnement with Indivisibilities (with Jaiung Jun)
From Undergraduate Student Research Advising
Cross-category Pricing Effect and Cross-subsidization (with Jingyun Huang): abstract
Optimal Precision of Public Information in Sender-Receiver Games (with Haoyu Lu)
Information Acquisition in Sequential Screening (with Jishu Xu)
Investment Incentive under Net Neutrality and Discrimination (with Yifang He)
Unpublished work
Research funding & Grants
PI (principal investigator), Fund for "Double-First Class" Plan (construction plan of world-class universities in both research and teaching), 2019-2022, Wuhan University, 100,000 RMB (approx. 14,500 USD)
Co-I (co-investigator), Fund for Young Scholar Academic Team Building, 2019-2021, Wuhan University, 350,000 RMB (approx. 50,000 USD)
PI, Fund for Research Startup, 2018-2021, Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, 70,000 RMB (approx. 10,000 USD)
PI, Fund for Independent Scientific Project, 2018-2019, Humanities and Social Science Division, Wuhan University, 100,000 RMB (approx. 14,500 USD)