Click here for a complete PDF version , and here for a short PDF version.
Jie Zheng (郑捷)
Tel: 0531-88362225 | Fax: 0531-88364981 | E-mail: jie.academic@gmail.com
Web Page: https://meetecon.com/jie/
Room 517, Shao Yifu Scientific Building, Center for Economic Research, Shandong University, Jinan, China 250100
Updated July 2026
EMPLOYMENT
06-2023 to Present: Director, Center for Research on Experimental and Theoretical Economics (CREATE), Shandong University
03-2023 to Present: University Distinguished Professor (校级特聘教授), Center for Economic Research (CER), Shandong University
03-2017 to 07-2023: Executive Associate Director, Tsinghua Economic Science and Policy Experimental Laboratory (ESPEL), Tsinghua University
12-2017 to 07-2023: Associate Professor of Economics, School of Economics and Management (SEM), Tsinghua University
07-2011 to 12-2017: Assistant Professor of Economics, SEM, Tsinghua University
VISITING AND HONORARY POSITIONS
04-2025 to Present: Visiting Guanghua Chair Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
01-2025 to Present: Visiting Distinguished Professor, Business School, Xiangtan University
01-2021 to 12-2023: Industrial Scholar, Institute of Internet Industry, Tsinghua University
11-2018 to 12-2023: Visiting Professor, Academy of Regional and Global Governance, Beijing Foreign Studies University
03-2019 to 03-2022: Visiting Professor, School of Economics and Management, Beijing Jiaotong University
02-2018 to 04-2018: Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow, Department of Economics, European University Institute
09-2015 to 03-2016: Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
EDITORIAL SERVICE
01-2017 to Present: Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
04-2018 to Present: Associate Editor, Research in Economics
06-2025 to Present: Editorial Board Member, Behavioral Sciences
03-2026 to Present: Editorial Board Member, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
08-2019 to 06-2020: Executive Editor, Journal of Asian Economics
Guest Editor
06-2026 to Present: Games, Special Issue on Second Edition of "Competition, Coordination, and Cooperation: Theory and Evidence"
08-2025 to Present: Behavioral Sciences, Special Issue on "Cooperation, Trust, and Reciprocity: Theory and Evidence from the Field of Behavioral Economics"
03-2025 to Present: Data, Special Issue on "Data in Behavioral and Experimental Research: Datasets and Applications"
12-2022 to 12-2024: Games, Special Issue on "Competition, Coordination, and Cooperation: Theory and Evidence"
12-2022 to 12-24: Behavioral Sciences, Special Issue on "Social Preferences in Economic Behavior"
04-2023 to 12-2024: Economic Modelling, Special Issue on "Issues in Digital Economy in Game Theoretic Approaches"
06-2019 to 11-2022: North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Special Issue on "Behavioral Finance and Policy"
12-2018 to 04-2020: Journal of Asian Economics, Special Issue on "Application of Behavioral Economics in Asia"
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE AND BOARD SERVICE
11-2021 to Present: Executive Board Member, Operations Research Society of China – Game Theory Association (中国运筹学会博弈论分会)
04-2021 to Present: Committee Member, China Economics Annual Conference – Microeconomic Theory and Behavioral Economics Committee (中国经济学年会微观理论与行为经济专业委员会)
12-2019 to Present: Founding Scientific Committee Member, China Microeconomic Theory Forum (中国微观经济理论论坛)
10-2019 to Present: Executive Board Member, China Information Economics Society (中国信息经济学会)
08-2019 to Present: Executive Board Member, American Committee on Asian Economic Studies
04-2019 to Present: Founding Scientific Committee Member, China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum (China BEEF, 中国行为与实验经济学论坛)
12-2020 to 12-24: Board Member, Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, May 2011
Dissertation: Essays on Microeconomics with Incomplete Information (Advisor: David K. Levine)
M.A. in Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, May 2007
M.A. in Economics (with Distinction), Tsinghua University, July 2005
B.A. in Economics (with Distinction), Tsinghua University, July 2003
RESEARCH AREAS
Information Economics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Industrial Economics
Contest Theory, Matching Theory, Digital Economy, Chinese Economy
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
[23] “Alliance Formation in Team Contests with Blotto Budgets,” with Xutang Sun and Youyou Wang, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, June 2026, 246: 107541
[22] “Major Earthquakes and Presently-Gratifying Expenditures," with Jaimie Lien and Qingqing Peng, Economic Development and Cultural Change, April 2026, 74: 887-933
[21] "Entrant-Optimal Learning in a Contest Game," with Zeng Lian and Shuo Xu, Journal of Mathematical Economics, October 2025, 120: 103157
[20] "Ridge Distributions and Information Design in Simultaneous All-Pay Auction Contests," with Zhonghong Kuang and Hangcheng Zhao, Games and Economic Behavior, November 2024, 148: 218-243
[19] "Coupling Information Disclosure with a Quality Standard in R&D Contests," with Gaoyang Cai, Qian Jiao and Jingfeng Lu, Journal of Industrial Economics, September 2024, 72: 1299-1337
[18] "How Alliances Form and Conflict Ensues", with Lu Dong, Lingbo Huang, and Jaimie Lien, Games and Economic Behavior, July 2024, 146: 255-276
[17] “Demand Prospects, Supply Constraints, and lnformation Disclosure Regulations” (“需求前景、供给约束与信息披露型规制”), with Lang Gan, Haipeng Han and Zeng Lian, Economic Research Journal (《经济研究》), February 2026, 2: 190-212
[16] “The Third Distribution and Common Prosperity: From the Perspective of Experimental Economics” (“三次分配与共同富裕：基于实验经济学的视角”), with Yunwen He and Bin Xu, China Economic Quarterly (《经济学》（季刊）), January 2026, 26 (1), 235-250
[15] “R&D, Information Design, and Price Competition for Innovative Products” (“创新产品的研发策略、信息设计与价格竞争”), with Cheng Lv, Shuo Xu and Renkun Yang, China Economic Quarterly (《经济学（季刊》), November 2025, 25 (6), 1512-1527
[14] “Social Information Environment, Dedication Behavior and the Dilemma of Public Goods Provision” (“社会信息环境、奉献行为与公共品供给困境”), with Yunwen He, Journal of Management Sciences in China (《管理科学学报》), October 2025, 28 (10), 22-36
[13] "Firms' Competing Strategies with Informational Advantage and Technological Advantage: An Asymmetric Duopoly Model" (“基于信息优势与技术优势的企业竞争策略：一个非对称双寡头模型”), with Haipeng Han and Mingzhi Li, Economic Research Journal (《经济研究》), December 2024, 59 (12): 77-94
[12] "Privacy Preference, Price Discrimination, and Policies on Consumer Information Protection" (“隐私偏好、差异化定价与消费者信息保护政策”), with Xiaokuai Shao, Economic Research Journal (《经济研究》), February 2024, 59 (02): 190-208
[11] "Pure Strategy Nash Equilibrium in 2-Contestant Generalized Lottery Colonel Blotto Games," with Xinmi Li, Journal of Mathematical Economics, December 2022, 103: 102771
[10] "International Trade with Social Comparisons," with Zeng Lian, Jaimie Lien and Lin Lu, Review of International Economics, August 2021, 29(3): 533-556
[9] "Auction Mechanism and Bidding Behavior: Theory and Experiment on Pay-to-Bid Auctions" (“拍卖机制与竞价行为：基于付费竞价式拍卖的理论与实验”), with Yunwen He, Economic Research Journal (《经济研究》), November 2021, 56 (11): 192-208
[8] "One Step at a Time: Does Gradualism Build Coordination?," with Sam Asher, Plamen Nikolov, and Maoliang Ye, Management Science, January 2020, 66(1): 113-129
[7] "Are Work Intensity and Healthy Eating Substitutes? Field Evidence on Food Choices under Varying Workloads," with Jaimie Lien, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, January 2018, 145: 370-401
[6] "A Robust Reference-Dependent Model for Speculative Bubbles," with Mu Zhang, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, May 2017, 137: 232-258
[5] "Ex-ante Fairness in the Boston and Serial Dictatorship Mechanisms under Pre-exam and Post-exam Preference Submission," with Jaimie Lien and Xiaohan Zhong, Games and Economic Behavior, Special Issue in honor of John. O. Ledyard, January 2017, 101: 98-120
[4] "Extortion can Outperform Generosity in the Iterated Prisoners' Dilemma," with Jaimie Lien, Zhijian Wang, Bin Xu and Yanran Zhou, Nature Communications, 2016, 7: 11125
[3] "Preference Submission Timing in School Choice Matching: Testing Fairness and Efficiency in the Laboratory," with Jaimie Lien and Xiaohan Zhong, Experimental Economics, 2016, 19(1): 116-150
[2] "Deciding When to Quit: Reference-Dependence over Slot Machine Outcomes," with Jaimie Lien, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2015, 105(5): 366-370
[1] "The Relationship between Economic Theory and Experiments," with David K. Levine, Handbook of Experimental Economic Methodology, ed. Guillaume Frechette and Andrew Schotter, Oxford University Press, Ch.2, pp.43-57, February 2015
PLENARY AND KEYNOTE TALKS
Oct 2017: 2nd Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop, Dalian, China, “The Value of the Knowledge of Others” (他山之石，可否攻玉?)
Nov 2018: 2018 Annual Conference of China Information Economics Society, Guangzhou, China, “Hierarchical Bayesian Persuasion” (多层级的贝叶斯劝服)
Jun 2019: Inaugural International Symposium on Brain-like Economics, Jinan, China, “Self-commitment for Cooperation” (自我承诺与合作)
Aug 2020: 2nd China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum (China BEEF), Beijing, China, “Stuck in the Wisdom of Crowds: Knowledge, Information, and Heuristics” (群众智慧如何影响个体决策：知识、信息、与经验法则)
Oct 2020: Operations Research Society of China National Conference (ORSC2020), Hefei, China, “How does Goal Setting Affect Individual Performance: Theory and Experiment” (目标设定方式如何影响个体绩效：理论与实验)
May 2022: 2022 Forum on Frontiers of Modern Economics, Jinan, China, “Relation, Institution, and Trust: Behavioral Perspective and Experimental Approach” (关系、制度与信任 ——行为视角和实验方法)
Nov 2022: 5th China Institutional Economics Forum, Chongqing, China, “Mechanism Design on Cooperation: Theory and Experiment” (合作行为的机制设计：理论与实验)
Oct 2023: Competition Strategy and Regulation in Digital Economy Symposium, Shanghai, China, “Persuasive Exaggeration in Selling by An Expert”, (专家销售中具有说服力的言过其实)
Oct 2023: 6th China Institutional Economics Forum, Ningbo, China, “Commitment Mechanism to Promote Cooperation under Social Dilemmas: Theory and Evidence” (社会困境下提升合作水平的承诺机制：理论与证据)
Nov 2023: 5th International Symposium on Brain-like Economics, Jinan, China, “Co-Evolution of Reward Mechanism and Cooperation” (奖励机制与合作的共同演进)
Mar 2024: Workshop on Data-driven Behavioral Research in Operations Management, Beijing, China, “Price Frame, Obfuscation, and Strategic Co-Opetition” (定价模式、消费者困惑与策略性竞合关系)
Jun 2024: The 3rd CeDEx China Workshop on Behavioural and Experimental Economics, Ningbo, China, “Human (In)Compliance to Extortions: Algorithm Awareness Matters” (人类对压榨的（不）服从：算法觉知的影响)
Jun 2024: 2024 China BEEF International Workshop on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Jinan, China, “The Relationship between Economic Theory and Experiment” (经济理论与实验的关系)
Jul 2024: Workshop for the Advancement of Fundamental Theories in Economics, Xiangtan, China, “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms on Economic Behavior Decision-Making” (人工智能算法对经济行为决策的影响)
Sep 2024: 22nd China Law and Economics Forum, Jiaxing, China, “Data Mining, Data Transaction and Data Property Right” (垄断、共享还是转让？——数据挖掘、数据交易与数据确权)
Oct 2024: DUFE Workshop on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Dalian, China, “Competitive Behavior from the Perspective of Education Fairness: Theory and Experiment” (教育公平视角下的竞争行为：理论与实验)
Oct 2024: 7th China Institutional Economics Forum, Guangzhou, China, “Demand Prospects, Supply Constraints and lnformation Disclosure Regulations” (需求前景、供给约束与信息披露型规制)
Nov 2024: 2024 Great Bay Area Workshop on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Shenzhen, China, “Reference Effects in Worker Motivation” (员工激励与参照点效应)
Dec 2024: BFSU Economics Forum for Young Scholars, Beijing, China, “Human (In)Compliance to Extortions: Relative Status Matters” (人类对压榨的（不）服从：相对地位的影响)
Apr 2025: 7th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum (China BEEF)), Guangzhou, China, “Declare or Commit? Pre-Announcing Contributions to a Public Good” (宣称还是承诺？公共物品贡献的预先宣布)
Jun 2025: 2025 ESA World Meeting, Beijing, China, “Artificial Intelligence, Wisdom of Crowds, and Decision Making in the Laboratory” (人工智能，群体智慧与实验室决策)
Oct 2025: 1st International Electronic Conference on Games (IECGA 2025), online, “Ranking with Challenge: A Multi-stage Contest Design” (排名与挑战：多阶段竞赛设计)
Oct 2025: Conference Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Henan Institute of Technology, Xinxiang, Henan, China, “Competition Structure, Demand Distribution and Data Authorization Strategies” (竞争结构、需求分布与数据授权设计)
Dec 2025: 12th International Conference on Chinese Economy (ICCE), Jinan, Shandong, China, “Using Theoretical and Experimental Methods to Study Policy-relevant Issues in China” (使用理论与实验方法研究中国政策相关问题)
May 2026: 8th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum (China BEEF), Dalian, China, “Behavioral Sciences in the Era of Intelligence Economy: Theory, Experiment and Policy” (智能经济时代的行为科学：理论、实验与政策)
Jun 2026: Zhejiang Economics Association 2026 Young Scholars Forum, Wenzhou, China, “Behavioral Sciences in the Era of Intelligence Economy: Theory, Experiment and Policy” (智能经济新形态下的行为科学：理论、实验与政策)
Nov 2026: 9th China Institutional Economics Forum, Xiangtan, China, “Information Regulation Research on Strategic Interactions among Players in the Market Economy” (市场经济中博弈主体策略互动的信息规制研究) (scheduled)
TEACHING
2026-present (Spring semesters): Game Theory (undergraduate core), Shandong University
2026 (Summer school): Behavioral and Experimental Economics: Methodology and Research, co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien and Prof. Bin Xu, Xiangtan University
2025 (Summer school): Behavioral and Experimental Economics: Methodology and Research, co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien and Prof. Bin Xu, Xiangtan University
2024-present (Summer schools): Behavioral Science and Digital Economy (undergraduate), co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien, Shandong University
2023-present (Fall semesters): Information Economics (Ph. D.), co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien, Shandong University
2023-present (Fall semesters): Behavioral Economics (Ph. D.), co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien, Shandong University
2023-present (Fall semesters): Academic Reading and Writing in English (Ph. D.), co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien, Shandong University
2023 (Summer school): Behavioral and Experimental Approaches to Research on Public Economics and Policies, co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien and Prof. Huan Xie, Shandong University
2018-2022 (Fall semesters): Behavioral Economics (undergraduate), Tsinghua University
2016-2022 (Fall semesters): Intermediate Microeconomics (undergraduate core), co-teaching with Prof. David Daokui Li, Tsinghua University
2016-2022 (Fall semesters): Advanced Microeconomics III: Information, Contracts and Organizational Economics (Ph. D.), Tsinghua University
2017 (Summer school): Behavioral and Experimental Economics, co-teaching with Prof. Jaimie Lien and Prof. Huan Xie, Southwest University of Finance and Economics
2017 (Spring semester): Behavioral Economics (undergraduate), Tsinghua University
2016 (Spring semester): Advanced Microeconomics III: Information, Contracts and Organizational Economics (Ph. D.), Tsinghua University
2016 (Spring semester): Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (undergraduate core), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2015 (Fall semester): Basic Microeconomics (undergraduate core), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2015 (Fall semester): Advanced Topics in Microeconomics (undergraduate), The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2011-2014 (Fall semesters): Advanced Microeconomics I (Ph. D. core), Tsinghua University
2011-2014 (Fall semesters): Intermediate Microeconomics (undergraduate core, 2 sessions), co-teaching with Prof. David Daokui Li, Tsinghua University
2009-2010 (Summer school): Introduction to Political Economy: Micro (undergraduate), Washington University in St. Louis
RESEARCH GRANTS
Xiangtan University Reform and Development Grant supported by Central Government Finance, RMB 4,990,000, 2026/01-2027/12
SWUFE Research Grant for Visiting Chair Professors, RMB 300,000, 2025/04-2028/03
Xiangtan University Research Grant for SHINE Research Team, RMB 500,000, 2025/01-2026/12
Shandong Province Research Grant for Distinguished Expert of "Taishan Scholar" (泰山学者) Project, RMB 500,000, 2025/01-2029/12
Jinan City Research Grant for Key Distinguished Scholar of "Haiyou" (海右) Project, RMB 50,000, 2025/01-2025/12
Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation, General Program Research Grant (P.I.), RMB 100,000, 2025/01-2026/12
Shandong University Research Grant for University Distinguished Professors, RMB 600,000, 2023/08-2028/07
Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program Grant (P.I.), RMB 300,000, 2022/07-2024/12
Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund (co-P.I.), HKD 432,550, 2023/01-2024/12
National Social Science Foundation of China Major Program Research Grant (P.I. for sub-project), RMB 600,000, 2021/01-2025/12
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program Research Grant (P.I.), RMB 490,000, 2021/01-2024/12
Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund (co-P.I.), HKD 367,360, 2020/01 – 2021/12
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), General Program Research Grant (P.I.), RMB 490,000, 2019/01-2022/12
Hong Kong Research Grants Council, General Research Fund (co-P.I.), HKD 414,600, 2017/01 - 2019/12
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Joint China-Russia Research Grant (co-P.I.), RMB 1,500,000, 2016/01-2018/12
Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program Grant (P.I.), RMB 300,000, 2015/10-2018/09
Ministry of Education of China Young Scholar Startup Research Grant (P.I.), RMB 15,000, 2014/01-2015/12
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Young Scholar Research Grant (P.I.), RMB 210,000, 2013/01-2015/12
Tsinghua University Competitive Startup Research Grant (P.I.), RMB 100,000, 2011/09-2014/07
Tsinghua University Junior Faculty Startup Research Grant (P.I.), RMB 120,000, 2011/09-2014/07
Washington University Competitive Summer Research Grant, 2007-2010
MAIN HONORS AND AWARDS
Excellent Performance (Top 10%), Center for Economic Research, Shandong University, 2024, 2025
Shandong Province Excellent Graduate Course (山东省研究生优质课程), Information Economics, 2025
Excellent Teacher Award (优秀教师), Shandong University, 2025
Supervisor of Excellent Thesis for Master’s Degree (优秀硕士毕业论文指导教师), Shandong University, 2025
2024 Junior Scholar of “Changjiang Scholar” (长江学者) Award Project by Ministry of Education, 2025
“Distinguished Excellence (特优)” Evaluation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) General Program, 2025
Second Prize on Graduate Teaching Achievement (山东大学研究生教学成果二等奖), Shandong University, 2025
Distinguished Expert of “Taishan Scholar” (泰山学者) Project in Shandong Province, 2024
Key Distinguished Scholar of “Haiyou” (海右) Project in Jinan City, 2024
Outstanding Paper Award, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th & 6th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025
Conference Best Paper Award, the 2017 & 2023 Annual Conference of China Information Economics Society, 2017, 2023
Outstanding Paper Award, the 1st, 4th & 5th China Microeconomic Theory Forum, 2019, 2022, 2023
University Distinguished Professor of “High Level Talents” Project at Shandong University, 2023
Excellent Class Advisor Award (优秀班主任), Tsinghua University, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Supervisor of Excellent Thesis for Bachelor’s Degree (优秀本科毕业论文指导教师), Tsinghua University, 2014, 2016, 2019 (*2), 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Tsinghua University Excellent Course, Behavioral Economics (undergraduate), Tsinghua University, 2022
Tsinghua University Excellent Course, Intermediate Microeconomics, co-taught with Prof. David Daokui Li, 2022
Supervisor of Excellent Thesis for EMBA Program (优秀EMBA学位论文指导教师), Tsinghua University, 2022
Excellence in Student Cultivation (学生工作优秀奖), SEM, Tsinghua University, 2021-2022
Excellent Teaching Award (教学优秀奖), SEM, Tsinghua University, 2013, 2019, 2021, 2022
Outstanding Paper Award, Chinese Association of Labour Science – Labour Science and Education Annual Conference, 2021
Conference Best Paper Award, the 6th & 7th International Conference on Transportation and Space-time Economics, 2018, 2019
China Information Economics Society 2018 Annual Conference Best Referee Award, 2018
Young Scholar’s Innovations Award on Information Economics in China for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2016-2018
“Distinguished Excellence (特优)” Evaluation of the NSFC Young Scholar Research Project, 2018
Fernand Braudel Senior Fellowship, European University Institute, 2018
Outstanding Faculty Award, SEM, Tsinghua University, 2017
Intermediate Microeconomics elected as Ministry of Education English-taught Signature Course (教育部英文品牌课程), 2016
Theoretical Contributions Award on Information Economics (2011-2015), China Information Economics Society, 2016
Econometric Society World Congress Travel Grant, 2010, 2015
Best Third Year Paper Award, Washington University, 2007-2008
Best Teaching Assistant Award, Washington University, 2006-2007
Fei Xiaotong Scholarship (费孝通奖学金), Tsinghua University, 2003-2004
Honored Graduate Award (优秀毕业生), Beijing City & Tsinghua University, 2003
“12.9” Scholarship (一二九特等奖学金), Tsinghua University, 1999-2000, 2001-2002
Merit Student Award (市级三好学生), Beijing City, 1999-2000
REFEREE SERVICE AND MEMBERSHIP
Referee Service: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics; Games and Economic Behavior; Experimental Economics; JEBEO; dozens of SSCI & CSSCI journals including Economic Research Journal (《经济研究》), China Economic Quarterly (《经济学季刊》), Journal of Management Sciences in China (《管理科学学报》); National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant Review Panel
Ethics Review Service: Nuffield CESS, Tsinghua ESPEL, BFSU Behavioral Lab, Shandong University Experimental Economics Lab
Conference & Academic Committee: China BEEF, China Micro Forum, Tsinghua BEAT, China Information Economics Society
Membership: Econometric Society, American Economic Association, Game Theory Society, Chinese Game Theory and Experimental Economics Association (中国运筹学会博弈论分会), China Information Economics Society (中国信息经济学会), etc.