XIANCHI (XC) DAI

PhD Candidate (INSEAD) & Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Decision Research
University of Chicago Booth School of Business
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
E-mail: xdai at chicagobooth.edu
Tel: 773-679-8966
 

    RESEARCH INTEREST    

    Biases in Everyday Judgment and Decision Making
    Intertemporal Choice and Self Control
    Preference Construction and Valuation
 
 
Consumer Behavior

    EDUCATION

    Center for Decision Research, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
    Research Scholar
     
    INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration), France
    PhD in Management, Marketing Concentration
    Dissertation Committee: Miguel Brendl (Co-chair; Kellogg), Klaus Wertenbroch (Co-chair; INSEAD),
                                         Pierre Chandon (INSEAD), Ayelet Fishbach (Chicago), Christopher Hsee (Chicago)
     
    Shanghai Jiaotong University, P. R. China
    M.S., Management
     
    Tianjin University, P. R. China
    B.S., Thermal & Energy Engineering

    HONORS AND AWARDS

    Honorable Mention, INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Competition (2007)
    Winner, de Finetti Award (Biennial) for the Best Student Paper (2007), European Association for Decision Making
    PhD Fellowship, INSEAD, France
    Graduate Fellowship, Shanghai Jiaotong University, P. R. China
    People's Scholarship, Tianjin University

    PUBLICATION

    Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl (2008), "The Value Heuristic in Judgments of Relative Frequency," Psychological
    Science Vol. 19, 1, 18-19. [download paper]

    CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

    Dai, Xianchi (2009), “To Deal or Not to Deal: Exploring the Boundaries of Dynamic Inconsistency,” in Ann McGill and Sharon
    Shavitt, Advances in Consumer Research, forthcoming. [download paper]
    Dai, Xianchi and Klaus Wertenbroch (2008), “Advances in Judgmental and Inferential Heuristics,” in Angela Lee and Dilip Soman,
     Advances in Consumer Research, vol. 35, 233-236. [download paper]

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW AND WORKING PAPERS

    Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "Value, Scarcity, and Preference Polarization," to be submitted to Journal of Consumer
    Research [download paper]
    Dai, Xianchi and Ayelet Fishbach, "When Waiting Increases Patience in Intertemporal Choice," under second round review at the
    Journal of Consumer Research [download paper]
    Dai, Xianchi, Miguel Brendl and Dan Ariely, "Wanting, Liking, and Preference Construction," revising for Emotion [download paper]
    Hsee, Chris, Lixu Shen, Jiao Zhang, and Xianchi Dai, "A Dual-Impact Model of Affective Reaction to Self-Relevant Guesses," under review [download paper]

    SELECTED ONGOING PROJECTS

    Dai, Xianchi and Ayelet Fishbach, "Preference Construction from Non-Engagement."
    Dai, Xianchi and Chris Hsee, "Motivation and Evaluation"
    Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "Moral Liability: Strategic Self-Management of Motivation in Consumer Self-Control."
    Dai, Xianchi and Leilei Gao, "Mere Influence Effect."
    Dai, Xianchi and Oleg Urminsky, "Consumer Memory of Price Distribution."
    Miguel Brendl, Xianchi Dai and Dan Ariely, "Motivational and Affective Mechanisms in Preference Learning."

    CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

    2009 Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "Guilt as Motivation: Strategic Self-Management of Motivation in
      Consumer Self-Control,” Society for Consumer Psychology Winter Conference, February 2009, San Diego, USA.
    2008 Dai, Xianchi and Ayelet Fishbach, "Waiting, Value Inference, and Intertemporal Choices," Society for Judgment and
      Decision Making Annual Conference, Chicago, USA.
      Dai, Xianchi and Ayelet Fishbach, "When Waiting Increases Patience in Intertemporal Choice," Association for Consumer
      Research North American Conference, San Francisco, USA.
      Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "The Value heuristic: When Value Induces Scarcity," the 11th
      Biennial Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference, San Diego, USA.
      Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "The Value heuristic: When Value Induces Scarcity," the 4th
      Whitebox Advisors Graduate Student Conference, Yale University, New Haven, USA.
       
    2007 Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "The Value Heuristic," Association for Consumer Research North
      American Conference, Memphis, USA
      Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "Strategic Motivation Maintenance," Association for Consumer
      Research North American Conference, Memphis, USA
       
    2006 Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "The Value Heuristic," Society for Judgment and Decision Making
      Annual Conference, Houston, USA
      Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl, "The Value Heuristic,"  Transatlantic PhD Conference, London
      Business School, UK
       
    2002 Dai, Xianchi, Chris Hsee and Jiao Zhang (Poster), "Belittling Can Be Flattering," the 8th Biennial Behavioral Decision
      Research in Management Conference, Chicago, USA.

    SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

    2009 How Does Motivation Affect Evaluations. Marketing Brownbag Series, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
      How Does Motivation Affect Evaluations. Center for Decision Research Brownbag Series, University of Chicago
    2008 The Value Heuristic. Marketing Brownbag Series, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
      Waiting and Intertemporal Choice. Center for Decision Research Brownbag Series, University of Chicago
       
    2007 The Value Heuristic. Center for Decision Research Brownbag Series, University of Chicago
      Strategic Motivation Maintenance. INSEAD Behavioral Brownbag Series.
      Strategic Motivation Maintenance. ESSEC-HEC-INSEAD Marketing Conference
      Strategic Motivation Maintenance. HEC-INSEAD PhD Conference, France
       
    2006 The Value Heuristic. INSEAD Behavioral Brownbag Series.
      The Value Heuristic. HEC-INSEAD PhD Conference, France
       

    PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    2008 Special Session Chair, "To Deal or Not to Deal: Exploring the Boundaries of Dynamic Inconsistency", 
      Association for Consumer Research North American Conference
    2007-2008 Trainee Reviewer, Journal of Consumer Research
    2008 Reviewer for Competitive Session, Association for Consumer Research North American Conference
    2007 Reviewer for Competitive Session, Association for Consumer Research North American Conference
    2007 Reviewer for Competitive Session, Association for Consumer Research European Conference
    2007 Special Session Chair, "Advances in Judgmental and Inferential Heuristics", Association for Consumer
      Research North American Conference

 

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

    Association for Consumer Research (ACR)
    Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP)
    Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM)
    Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

 

    My Co-authors (In Alphabetical Order):

    Dan Ariely (MIT Sloan), Miguel Brendl (Kellogg), Ayelet Fishbach (Chicago GSB), Christopher Hsee (Chicago GSB), Klaus Wertenbroch (INSEAD), Oleg Urminsky (Chicago GSB), Jiao Zhang (Miami)

 

 

Last updated: Thursday, December 4, 2008