Curriculum Vitae

 

Rui Zhao
Assistant Professor

 

Contact Information

BA 110
State University of New York ,
1400 Washington Ave.,
Albany, NY 12222

Tel:  (518) 442-4760 
Fax: (518) 442-4736
rzhao at albany dot edu


Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota, November 2001
  • M.A. in Economics, Renmin (People's) University of China, 1995
  • China-America Economics Education Exchange Program, Renmin University of China, 1993
  • B.A. in Economics and Management, Renmin University of China, 1992.


Professional Positions

  • January 2002 – present, Assistant Professor, SUNY Albany.
  • September – December 2001, Lecturer, SUNY Albany.


Research Interests

  • Dynamic Contract Theory
  • Mechanism Design/Game Theory
  • Industrial Organization
  • Labor Economics
  • Public Economics


Papers (some are available upon request)

  • “Optimal Pooling of Performance Information,” Latest version, December 2007.
  •  “Productive Low Morale,” Latest version, August 2007
  • “Disentangling the Incentive Factors for Long-run Distribution,” Latest version, January 2007.
  • “Renegotiation-Proof Self-Enforcing Contract in Repeated Principal-Agent with Private Monitoring,” Latest version, February 2006.
  • “Rigidity in Nonlinear Pricing with Holdup Problem,” (pdf) revised and resubmitted to Theoretical Economics (an open-access journal).
  • “All-or-Nothing Monitoring,” (pdf)  accepted at American Economic Review.
  • “Dynamic Risk-Sharing with Two-Sided Moral Hazard,” (pdf) Journal of Economic Theory Vol. 136 (2007), 601-640.
  •  “Renegotiation-Proof Contracts in Repeated Agency,” (pdf, figures) Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 131 (2006), 263-281. A working paper version which discusses some of the points in further details. 


Courses Taught

  • M.A. and Undergraduate: Intermediate Microeconomics, Introduction to Game Theory, Industrial Organization; at Minnesota: Labor Economics, Managerial Economics
  • Ph.D.: Econ 802 Game Theory, Eco 610 Mathematics for Economists

 

Referee for

  • Economic Theory, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, International Journal of Business and Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Review of Economic Studies

 

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