Research Interests
Microeconomic Theory, Mechanism Design (esp. Contests and Auctions)
Information Economics, Industrial Organization
Information Economics, Industrial Organization
Publications
- Feng, Xin, Qian Jiao, Zhonghong Kuang, and Jingfeng Lu (2023), "Optimal Prize Design in Team Contests with Pairwise Battles." Journal of Economic Theory, forthcoming.
- Murali Agastya, Xin Feng, and Jingfeng Lu (2023), “Auction Design with Shortlisting When Value Discovery Is Covert.” Journal of Mathematical Economics, Volume 107, August 2023, 102851
- Feng, Xin (2023). “Information Disclosure in All-pay Auctions with Costly Entry.” International Journal of Game Theory, 52, 401–421.
- Lu, Jingfeng, Lixin Ye, and Xin Feng (2021). “Orchestrating Information Acquisition.” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 13(4): 420–465.
- Feng, Xin (2020). “Information Disclosure on the Contest Mechanism,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, 91, 148–156.
- Feng, Xin, Jingfeng Lu, and Yeneng Sun (2020). “Ex ante Efficient Mechanism with Private Entry,” Economic Inquiry, 58-3, 1531-1541.
- Feng, Xin and Jingfeng Lu (2018). “How to Split the Pie: Optimal Rewards in Dynamic Multi-Battle Competitions,” Journal of Public Economics, 160, 82-95.
- Feng, Xin and Jingfeng Lu (2017). “Uniqueness of equilibrium in two-player, asymmetric Tullock contests with intermediate discriminatory power,” Economics Letters, 159, 61-64.
- Feng, Xin and Jingfeng Lu (2016). “The Optimal Disclosure Policy in Contests with Stochastic Entry: A Bayesian Persuasion Perspective,” Economics Letters, 147, 103-107.
Selected Working Papers
- Feng, Xin. “Ambiguous Persuasion in Contests.” R&R Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
- Feng, Xin. “Optimal Biased Design of Dynamic Multi-Battle Team Contests.”
Presentations
- 2023: Renmin U; China Economic Annual Conference; Jinan U; 2023 CES China Annual Conference (virtual panel); Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
- 2022: 2022 International Conference on Industrial Economics (virtual); Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society in China 2022 (virtual); 8th Annual ‘Contests: Theory and Evidence’ Conference (virtual); 2022 Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design (virtual)
- 2021: China Meeting of the Econometric Society (virtual); Beijing International Workshop on Microeconomics: Empirics, Experiments and Theory (virtual)
- 2020: DUFE (virtual); Econometric Society World Congress (virtual)
- 2019: Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society; CUHK(Shenzhen); Shandong U
- 2018: China Meeting of the Econometric Society; 2018 International Conference on Economic Theory and Applications; NUS-IMS Workshop on Matching, Search and Market Design; Wuhan U
- 2017: Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society; China Meeting of the Econometric Society
- 2016: Western Economic Association International Conference; North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society; 4th Summer School of the Econometric Society; Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society
- 2015: SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics; Singapore Economic Review Conference
Awards and Travel Support
- NUS Research Scholarship, 2012–2016, NUS, Singapore
- Travel Support, 2016, 4th Summer School of the Econometric Society.
Professional Activities
Referee: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Economics Letters, Economic Inquiry, International Economic Review, International Journal of Economic Theory, Mathematical Social Sciences, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Social Choice and Welfare
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