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| Xianchi (XC) DAI | ||
| PhD Candidate (INSEAD) & Postdoctoral Fellow | ||
| Center for Decision Research | ||
| University of Chicago Graduate School of Business | ||
| 5807 South Woodlawn Avenue | ||
| Chicago, IL 60637 | ||
| E-mail: xdai@chicagogsb.edu | ||
| Tel: 773-679-8966 | ||
RESEARCH INTEREST
| Biases in Everyday Judgments and Decisions | ||
| Intertemporal Choice and Self Control | ||
| Preference Construction and Valuation | ||
| Consumer Behavior |
EDUCATION
| Center for Decision Research, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (2007 - 2009) | ||
| Research Scholar | ||
| INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration), France | ||
| PhD in Management, Marketing Concentration (expected 2009) | ||
| Dissertation Co-chairs: Miguel Brendl and Klaus Wertenbroch | ||
| Shanghai Jiaotong University, P. R. China | ||
| M.S., Management | ||
| Tianjin University, P. R. China | ||
| B.S., Thermal 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 |
PUBLICATIONS
| Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl (2008). The Value Heuristic in Judgments of Relative Frequency. Psychological |
| Science Vol. 19, 1, 18- |
| Featured in Science Daily, Scientific America, Medical News Today, India Times, The Daily Cardinal, etc. |
SELECTED ONGOING PROJECTS
| Dai, Xianchi, Miguel Brendl and Dan Ariely. Preference Construction: One Object, One Context, Yet Two Preferences? Working Paper |
| Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl. A Functional Perspective on Human Judgments. Manuscripts in Preparation |
| Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch and Miguel Brendl. Lay Theory of Motivation and Consumer Choices. Manuscripts in Preparation |
| Dai, Xianchi and Ayelet Fishbach. Waiting and Intertemporal Choice. Manuscripts in Preparation |
| Dai, Xianchi. Temporal Referencing in Intertemporal Choice. Manuscripts in Preparation |
| Miguel Brendl, Xianchi Dai and Dan Ariely. Motivational and Affective Mechanisms in Preference Learning. Work in Progress |
| Dai, Xianchi, Ayelet Fishbach. Deprivation and Preference. Work in Progress |
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
| 2008 | 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, Belittling Can Be Flattering (Poster). the 8th Biennial Behavioral Decision | ||
| Research in Management Conference, Chicago, USA. |
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
| 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 Boundaries of Dynamic Inconsistency", |
| Association for Consumer Research North American Conference (Proposal) |
| 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) |
My Co-authors (In Alphabetical Order):
| Dan Ariely (MIT Sloan), Miguel Brendl (Kellogg), Ayelet Fishbach (Chicago GSB), Christopher Hsee (Chicago GSB), Klaus Wertenbroch (INSEAD), Jiao Zhang (Miami) |
Last updated: Monday, March 24, 2008