Curriculum Vitae

Rui Zhao
Associate Professor

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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, 1992 - 1993
• B.S. in Economics and Management, Renmin University of China, 1992.

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor: January 2009 –
• Assistant Professor: January 2002 – December 2008
• Lecturer: September – December 2001

Research Interests

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

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

• “Renegotiation and Conflict Resolution in Relational Contracting,” May 2009.
• “Optimal Pooling of Performance Information,” Latest version, January 2008.
• “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.
• “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, 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

• 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

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Other Links:

· University of Minnesota, Department of Economics

· JSTOR

· Finance Links

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