Zhuoqiong (Charlie) Chen

I'm an associate professor of economics at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen. 

Field of Research: Behavioral Economics, Digital Economy, Economics of Information

Education: Ph.D. in Management (Business Economics), London School of Economics

Email: chenzq926@gmail.com;   CV   

Publication

1. "Information Spillovers in Experience Goods Competition" (with Catherine Thomas and Christopher Stanton). Management Science, 2023.

2. "Competition between and within Universities: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of Group Identity and the Desire to Win" (with David Ong and Roman Sheremeta). Journal of Economic Psychology, 2022.

3. "A Theory of Firm Opacity and Corporate Social Responsibility" (with Linqing You).  Journal of Banking and Finance, 2022.

4. "Optimal Information Exchange in Contests". Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2021.

5. "All-pay Auctions with Private Signals about Opponents’ Values". Review of Economic Design, 2021.

Review of Economic Design Nedim Okan Young Scholar Award

6. "Heterogeneous Risk/Loss Aversion in Complete Information All-Pay Auctions" (with David Ong and Ella Segev). European Economic Review, 2017.

7. "The Gender Difference in the Value of Winning" (with David Ong and Roman Sheremeta). Economics Letters, 2015. (Coverage: Phys.org, Psych Central)

Working Paper

"Credibility of Commitment in Bargaining: An Ultimatum Game Experiment" (with Jichuan Zong and Ruixin Wang). revise and resubmit at Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

"Winner-Take-All or Multiple Prizes? The Role of Idea Diversity in Innovation Contests" (with Bin Liu and Yangguang Huang)

"The Silver Lining of Crises – A Loss Aversion Based Model of Reform" (with Marcus Roel)

"Persistent Bias in Advice-Giving" (with Tobias Gesche). (Coverage: Oxford Business Law Blog ). 

"Know Thy Enemy: Information Acquisition in Contests". 

Work in Progress

"Strategy Method vs. Direct Choice: Theory and Evidence" (with Marcus Roel)

"Buyer Moral Hazard: Evidence of Incomplete Contracts in Online Used Car Auctions" (with Xiaogang Che  and Catherine Thomas)

"Information Acquisition in Online Marketplaces: Evidence from WeGoLook Inspection Service in eBay Used Car Auction Markets" (with Xiaogang Che, Yongdong Liu, and Hantao Jiao)

"Information Acquisition in Contests with Conditional Investments" (with Jie Zheng)

 "Optimal Allocation of Prizes in Creativity Contests: An Experimental Study" (with Xiaosi Xu)

 "When Does Targeted Advertising Backfire?" (with Xin Jiao and Juan Block)