Xin Zhao（赵 昕）
Contact Information
School of International Trade and Economics
University of International Business and Economics
Address: No.10 Huixin East Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China
Email: xin.zhao85@uibe.edu.cn
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/xinzhaoecon/
Research Interests
Microeconomic Theory, Political Economy, Experimental/Behavioural Economics
Teaching Interests
Microeconomics, Political Economy, Mechanism Design, Mathematics for Economists
Academic Positions
2020-Present Assistant Professor, University of International Business and Economics
2020-2021 Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
2016-2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
Education
2010-2016 Ph.D., Economics, University of Toronto
Dissertation: Essays on Information Acquisition, Auction Design, and Persuasion
Committee: Martin J. Osborne （supervisor）, Xianwen Shi, Colin Stewart
2009-2010 M.A., Economics, University of British Columbia
2005-2009 B.A. （Honors）, Economics, University of International Business and Economics
Working Papers
［1］ “Job Offer Design with an Endogenous Acceptance Deadline” with Changying Li
［2］ “Commitment and Cheap Talk in Search Deterrence” with Siqi Pan （R&R RAND Journal of Economics）
［3］ “Heterogeneity and Unanimity: Optimal Committees with Information Acquisition” （R&R International Economic Review）
［4］ “Auction Design by an Informed Seller: The Optimality of Reserve Price Signaling” （R&R Canadian Journal of Economics）
［5］ “How to Persuade a Group: Simultaneously or Sequentially?”
Work in Progress
［1］ “Externalities in Politicians’ Malfeasance: Norms of Corruption and Yardstick Competition” with Gustavo Bobonis and Anke Kessler
Publications
［1］ “FDI and Environmental Regulation: Pollution Haven or a Race to the Top?” with Baomin Dong and Jiong Gong, Journal of Regulatory Economics 41（2）: 216−237, 2012.
［2］ “International R&D Networks,” with Baomin Dong, Jin Zhang, and Lei Zu, Review of International Economics 19（2）: 325−340, 2011.
［3］ “International Environmental Agreement Formation and Trade,” with Baomin Dong, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 16（3）: 339−356, 2009.
Referee Activities
Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, International Journal of Game Theory, Canadian Journal of Economics
Short Visits
University of Mannheim, Mannheim, June-July 2019
Shandong University, Jinan, December 2016-January 2017, June 2017, June 2018
Conference Presentations
2020 Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, World Congress of Econometric Society （Virtual Congress）
2019 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society
2018 Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, China Meeting of Econometric Society
2017 Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, Organizational Economics Workshop
2016 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
2015 Canadian Economic Theory Conference, CEA Annual Conference, Stony Brook Game Theory Conference
2014 14th Annual Trans-Atlantic Doctoral Conference, Midwest Economic Theory Conference （Spring）
2009 International Trade Workshop at Hong Kong Baptist University
Seminar Presentations
2020 East China University of Science and Technology （scheduled）
2018 University of Melbourne, UNSW Theory Workshop, Shandong University, University of Queensland
2017 Shandong University
2016 UNSW Theory Workshop, Shandong University
2015 UIBE, Brownbag seminar at the University of Hong Kong, Renmin University of China, Fudan University, JXUFE, University of Toronto
2012-2014 Theory Workshop at the University of Toronto
Teaching
2016-Present Mathematics for Economists （Ph.D.）, Mechanism Design （Ph.D.）, Mathematics for Economics and Business （Undergraduate）
2010-2016 Teaching Assistant for International Trade （Undergraduate）, Game Theory （Undergraduate）, Microeconomic Theory （Undergraduate, Master）, Econometrics （Undergraduate）
Awards
Doctoral Completion Award, University of Toronto, 2014-2016
Dorothy J. Powell Graduate Scholarship in International Economics, 2015
University Fellowship, University of Toronto, 2010-2014
Beijing City-wide Honors Graduate, 2009
First-Class Scholarship, UIBE, 2005-2008