Jiao Zhang Vita

 

                         Curriculum Vitae   [DOWNLOAD]

 

Jiao Zhang

The University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

Tel: 773.752.8796; 734.395.6521 · jiao.zhang@gsb.uchicago.edu· http://home.uchicago.edu/~jzhang10

 

Education

The University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, Ph.D. in Behavioral Science, June 2006 (expected), Minor: Economics

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, M.E. in Management, 2000

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, B.S. in Nuclear Science and Systems Engineering, 1997

Research Interest

Choice heuristic; consumption experience; choice-experience inconsistency; impact of affect and motivation on evaluation and choice; risk-perception and risk-preference

Teaching Interest

Marketing Strategy; Consumer Behavior; Judgment and Decision Making; Marketing Research; Marketing Management

Dissertation

Title: “Does a peak-savored or dip-savored sequence generate better experience? Exploring the moderating role of knowledge of reference information” [ABSTRACT]

Committee:  Christopher K. Hsee (Chair), Aparna Labroo, Dilip Soman, and George Wu

Journal Publications

Zhang, Jiao, Christopher K. Hsee and Zhixing Xiao (2005),The majority rule in individual decision making,Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, forthcoming. [ABSTRACT]

Wu, George, Jiao Zhang and Mohammed Abdellaoui (2005),Testing prospect theory using probability tradeoff consistency,Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 30, 107-131.  [DOWNLOAD]

Hsee, Christopher K. and Jiao Zhang (2004),Distinction bias: Misprediction and mischoice due to joint evaluation,Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 680-695. [DOWNLOAD]

Hsee, Christopher K., Fang Yu, Jiao Zhang and Yan Zhang (2003), Medium maximization,” Journal of Consumer Research, 30, 1-14. Lead article. [DOWNLOAD]

Hsee, Christopher K., Jiao Zhang, Fang Yu and Yiheng Xi (2003),Lay rationalism in decision making,Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 16, 257-272. [DOWNLOAD]

Book Chapters

Hsee, Christopher K., Jiao Zhang and Junsong Chen (2004),Internal and substantive inconsistencies in decision making,in The Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making, Derek Koehler and Nigel Harvey (eds.), Oxford, England: Blackwell, 360-378. [DOWNLOAD]

Wu, George, Jiao Zhang and Richard Gonzalez (2004),Decision under risk,in The Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making, Derek Koehler and Nigel Harvey (eds.), Oxford, England: Blackwell, 399-423. [DOWNLOAD]

Research in Progress

Zhang, Jiao and Christopher K. Hsee, “A cup over-filled or under-filled: How do people evaluate a set of outcomes?” [ABSTRACT]

Zhang, Jiao, Dilip Soman and Ayelet Fishbach, “Impact of anticipated feelings of guilt on consumers’ preference for promotions.” [ABSTRACT]

Zhang, Jiao, Christopher K. Hsee and Xianzhi Dai, “Belittling can be flattering: When do people enjoy being underestimated?” [ABSTRACT]

Conference Presentations

"Skewness and happiness," Presented at Society for Consumer Psychology, Annual Conference, February 2005.

"Skewness and happiness," Presented at Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Annual Conference, November 2004.

"The majority rule," Presented at Society for Judgment and Decision Making, Annual Conference, November 2002.

Teaching Assistance

Marketing Professog Strategy (MBA): Professor Ann McGill (2004 Fall); Professor Aparna Labroo (2005 Winter)
Managerial Decision Making (MBA): Professor Christopher K. Hsee (2001-2003); Professor Richard Thaler (2001 Fall)
Negotiation (MBA): Professor Yuval Rottenstreich (2002 Winter)

Awards

Hillel Einhorn Award, University of Chicago GSB, 2003

GSB Awards for Summer Papers, University of Chicago GSB, 2001

GSB Doctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago GSB, 2000-2004

Selected Courses

Advanced Marketing Theory I: Pro Seminar All faculty in the marketing group
Advanced Marketing Theory II: Behavioral Science Ann McGill
Advanced Marketing Theory III: Quantitative Perspective Pradeep Chintagunta
Advanced Price Theory Kevin Murphy
Applied Econometrics Amil K. Petrin
Cognitive Psychology Vera Maljkovic
Current Topics in Behavioral Science I Richard Larrick
Current Topics in Behavioral Science II Christopher K. Hsee
Current Topics in Behavioral Science III George Wu
Experimental Design Steven K. Shevell
Price Theory I (microeconomics) Gary Becker/Kevin Murphy
Price Theory II (general equilibrium/game theory) Hugo Sonnenschein/Philip J. Reny
Price Theory III (economics of uncertainty) Pierre-André Chiappori
Probability and Statistics Nicholas Polson
Research Methods in Behavioral Science Reid Hastie
Statistical Inference Nicholas Polson
Theory of Income Fernando Alveraz

References

Christopher K. Hsee (Committee Chair)

Theodore O. Yntema Professor of Behavioral Science and Marketing

Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

E-mail: Chris.hsee@gsb.uchicago.edu

Phone: (773) 702 7728

 

Aparna Labroo

Assistant Professor of Marketing

Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

E-mail: alabroo@gsb.uchicago.edu

Phone: (773) 834 7115

 

Dilip Soman

Corus Chair in Communication Strategy, Professor of Marketing

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3E6 Canada

E-mail: Dilip.Soman@rotman.utoronto.ca

Phone: (416) 946 0195

Fax: (815) 327 3135

 

George Wu

Professor of Behavioral Science

Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago

5807 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

E-mail: wu@gsb.uchicago.edu

Phone: (773) 834 0519

Fax: (773) 702 0458