Xueying Zhao

Xueying Zhao
Hi! I am currently on the 2024/25 job market.
Research Interests
- Information Economics
- Mechanism Design
- Industrial Organization
Teaching
- Statistical Techniques B (2020/21, 2021/22)
- Mathematical Techniques BLink opens in a new window (2020/21, 2021/22)
Contact details
Phone: +44 (0)74 225 05098
Email: Xueying.Zhao@warwick.ac.uk
Room: S0.78Link opens in a new window
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Advice and feedback hours: Wednesday 9:00-10:00; Thursday 14:00-15:00.
"Tailoring Data for Profit"Link opens in a new window
I develop a theoretical framework to analyze the optimal sale of information products in the digital economy. A data buyer initially has access to a private information structure that provides partial information about a payoff-relevant state. The buyer's initial information determines their willingness to pay for additional data, creating information asymmetry that poses challenges for a monopolist data seller aiming to maximize revenue. My main findings show that the seller can extract the first-best surplus and achieve social efficiency by offering customized supplemental information products tailored to different buyer types. Specifically, the seller can implement first-degree price discrimination by strategically leveraging data correlations. Compared to Bergemann, Bonatti, and Smolin (2018), the novelty of my work lies in two key aspects: (i) the type space consists of various information structures, and (ii) correlations are allowed between the data buyer's initial information structure and the additional information offered by the seller.
"Contracting with Heterogeneous Beliefs"Link opens in a new window
We analyze the optimal design of incentive contracts in the context of belief heterogeneity between a principal and an agent.
“When to Go Negative in Political Campaigns?” (joint with Sinem Hidir)
We explore whether and when it is optimal for a privately informed incumbent politician to engage in negative campaigning by disclosing a scandal about the challenger’s corruption to persuade voters.