赵　昕，副教授

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

Academic Positions

2024-Present Associate Professor, University of International Business and Economics

2020-2023 Assistant Professor, University of International Business and Economics

2020-2022 Visiting Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

2016-2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

Education

2010-2016 Ph.D., Economics, University of Toronto

2009-2010 M.A., Economics, University of British Columbia

2005-2009 B.A. （Honors）, Economics, University of International Business and Economics

Working Papers

［1］ “Acceptance Deadlines and Job Offer Design” with Changying Li

［2］ “Heterogeneity and Unanimity: Optimal Committees with Information Acquisition” （R&R International Economic Review）

［3］ “Norms of Corruption in Politicians’ Malfeasance” with Gustavo Bobonis and Anke Kessler

［4］ “How to Persuade a Group: Simultaneously or Sequentially?”

Publications

［1］ “Voting to Persuade” with Tsz-Ning Wong and Lily Ling Yang, Games and Economic Behavior,  145: 208−216, 2024

［2］ “Commitment and Cheap Talk in Search Deterrence” with Siqi Pan, RAND Journal of Economics 54（2）: 325−359, 2023

［3］ “Auction Design by an Informed Seller: A Foundation of Reserve Price Signalling” Canadian Journal of Economics 56（3）: 1161−1190, 2023

［4］  “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.

［5］  “International R&D Networks” with Lei Zu, Baomin Dong, and Jin Zhang, Review of International Economics 19（2）: 325−340, 2011.

［6］ “International Environmental Agreement Formation and Trade” with Baomin Dong, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics 16（3）: 339−356, 2009. 

Research Grants

As Principal Investigator:

［1］ National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No.72373025, CNY 400,000, 2024-2027

      Search Deterrence in Dynamic Markets: Theory and Experiments

［2］ “Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities” in the University of International Business and Economics, Project No.22YB09, CNY 60,000, 2023-2026

As Team Member:

［1］ National Social Science Fund of China, Project No.22AJL014, CNY 350,000, 2022-2026

［2］ National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No.72273029, CNY 450,000, 2023-2026

［3］ National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No.72273023, CNY 450,000, 2023-2026

［4］ National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No.72273021, CNY 450,000, 2023-2026

Referee Activities

Journal of Economic Theory （2）, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, International Journal of Game Theory, Canadian Journal of Economics （2）, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Short Visits

University of Melbourne, July-August 2023

University of Technology Sydney, July 2023

Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, July 2022

Sichuan University, Chengdu, December 2021-January 2022

University of Mannheim, Mannheim, June-July 2019

Shandong University, Jinan, December 2016-January 2017, June 2017, June 2018

Conference Presentations

2024 Canadian Economic Theory Conference, 7^th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, EEA-ESEM 2024

2023  IO Theory and Policy Workshop （Shandong University）

2022 2022 Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design

2021 UIBE IO and Competition Policy Workshop

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

Seminar Presentations

2024 Lingnan University, Hunan University

2023 University of Melbourne （Brownbag）, RMIT （Brownbag）, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai

2022 Xiamen University

2020 East China University of Science and Technology

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

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