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Curriculum Vitae

Rui Zhao
Associate 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, 2001
M.A. in Economics, Renmin (People's) University of China, 1995
China-America Economics Education Exchange Program, Renmin University of China, 1992 - 1993
B.S. in Economics and Management, Renmin University of China, 1992.

Professional Experience

Associate Professor: January 2009 –
Visiting Associate Professor, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, August 2011- August 2013
Assistant Professor: January 2002 – December 2008
Lecturer: September – December 2001

Research Interests

Contract Theory/Mechanism Design, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Organizational Economics, Finance, Public Economics

Papers (some are available upon request; please download published papers for personal use only)

“Limited Contracts and Economies of Scope”
“Optimal Pooling of Performance Information”
“Disentangling the Incentive Factors for Long-run Distribution”
“Renegotiation-Proof Self-Enforcing Contract in Repeated Principal-Agent with Private Monitoring”
“Renegotiation and Conflict Resolution in Relational Contracting,” Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 75(2), 964-983, 2012.
“Productive Low Morale,” Economics Letters, Vol. 103 (1), 2009.
“All-or-Nothing Monitoring,” American Economic Review, Vol. 98 (4), September 2008.
“Rigidity in Bilateral Trade with Holdup,” Theoretical Economics, Vol. 3 Issue 1, March 2008.
“Dynamic Risk-Sharing with Two-Sided Moral Hazard,” Journal of Economic Theory Vol. 136, 601-640, 2007.
“Renegotiation-Proof Contracts in Repeated Agency,” (figures) Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 131, 263-281, 2006. A working paper version discusses some of the points in further details.

Courses Taught

M.A. and Undergraduate: Intermediate Microeconomics, Game Theory (MA), Industrial Organization; at Minnesota: Labor Economics, Managerial Economics
Ph.D.: Contract Theory, Game Theory, Mathematical Economics

Referee for

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