XU Shuo

Lecturer

The Ohio State University

shuo.xu@bfsu.edu.cn

Education Background

Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 2021

M.S. in Economics, The Ohio State University, 2016

B.A. in Economics, Mathematics, University of Virginia, 2015

Courses & Research Fields

Courses:Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Research Methods in Economics

Fields: Information Design, Mechanism Design, Industrial Organization

Achievements in Academic Research

Published Papers

1、Xu, S. (2025). Bayesian Persuasion with Complementary Information. Bulletin of Economic Research, 77(2): 174-180. [SSCI]

2、Xu, S., Zhang, W., & Zheng, J*. (2025). How to Select the Leader in a One-Shot Public Goods Game: Evidence from the Laboratory. Behavioral Sciences, 15(4), 444. [SSCI]

Working Papers

1、Lian, Z., Xu, S.*, & Zheng, J. Entrant-Optimal Learning in a Contest Game. Revised and Resubmitted to Journal of Mathematical Economics. 

2、Xu, S. (Cost-of-) Information Design. Revised and Resubmitted to Economic Modelling.

3、杨仁琨，吕铖，徐硕*，郑捷，创新产品的研发投入、信息设计与价格竞争. 修改后重投《经济学（季刊）》.

4、Xu, S. Information Obfuscation. Working Paper.

5、Li, Y., & Xu, S*. Cheap Talk with Transparent Motives in Broker Games: An Experimental Analysis. Working Paper. (Excellent Paper Award at the 6th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum.)

6、Zhu, S., & Xu, S*. Voluntary Information Disclosure in Bilateral Trading Markets with Information-Market Power Dual Asymmetries and Ex-Post Verification: Experimental Evidence. Working Paper.

7、Ding, M., Xu, S.*, Zhou, R., & Zhou, Y. Two-Stage Contests with Private Information: Evidence from Laboratory. Working Paper.

8、Qiao, Y., Song, R., & Xu. S*. Punishment through Voting in a Public Goods Game with Costly Observability. Working Paper.

9、Xu, S. Selling Supplemental Information with Ambiguous Mechanisms. Work in Progress.

10、Xu, S. Optimal Contracting with Costly and Flexible Monitoring. Work in Progress.

Conference Presentations

2024：The 7th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Beijing; The 2024 Meeting of the China Information Economics Society Conference, Beijing; The 1st National Academic Annual Conference on Digital Economy, Suzhou; The 1st Digital Economy Symposium, Beijing; Foundations of Utility and Risk, Brisbane; Learning Evolution and Games, Brisbane; The 35th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook; The 6th China Behavioral and Experimental Economics Forum, Jinan;

2023：The 42nd EBES Conference, Virtual; The 34th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook; The 10th China Meeting on Game Theory and Its Applications, Beijing; The 2nd Xiangjiang River Forum in Economics, Finance and Management for Young Scholars, Hunan; The 9th China Organization Economics Symposium, Nanjing; The 5th China Microeconomic Theory Symposium, Nanjing; The 5th NCER-CCER conference on Chinese Economy, Beijing; 

2022：Asian-Pacific Industrial Organization Conference, Virtual; Conference on Mechanism Design and Institutional Design, Virtual; Royal Economic Society Symposium of Junior Researchers, Virtual; Xiangjiang River Forum in Economics, Finance and Management for Young Scholars, Hunan; Nanjing University Frontiers in Economics, Nanjing; The 33rd Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Virtual; 2022 Beijing International Workshop on Microeconomics: Empirics, Experiments and Theory, Beijing;

2021：The 32nd Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Virtual; The Econometrics Society Regional Meetings-China, Asian, Virtual;

2019：The 2019 Midwest Economic Theory and International Trade Conference, St. Louis; The 30th Stony Brook International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook.

 Academic Service

Anonymous Referee, “Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization”, “Economic Modelling”

Honors and Awards

1. Departmental Citation for Excellence in Teaching, Spring 2020.

2. University Fellowship, 2015-2016.