Xianwen Shi

University of Toronto - Department of Economics

150 St. George Street

Toronto, Ontario M5S3G7

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Market Segmentation: The Role of Opaque Travel Agencies

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2008
Dmitry A. Shapiro and Xianwen Shi
UNC Charlotte and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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market segmentation, opaque travel agency, separation equilibrium, price discrimination

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Optimal Auctions with Information Acquisition

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2012
Xianwen Shi
University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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optimal auctions, information acquisition, informational efficiency, rotation order, first-order approach

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Contests for Status

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Contests for Status

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Aug 2005
Benny Moldovanu, Aner Sela and Xianwen Shi
University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Contests, status, normalized spacing, organization design

Contests for Status

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 115, April 2007
Posted: 23 Apr 2007
Benny Moldovanu, Aner Sela and Xianwen Shi
University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics

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Information Acquisition in Interdependent Value Auctions

Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper No. 1619, Yale Economics Department Working Paper No. 25
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 24 Jul 2007
Dirk Bergemann, Juuso Valimaki and Xianwen Shi
Yale University - Cowles Foundation - Department of Economics, Helsinki School of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanism, Information acquisition, Strategic substitutes, Informational efficiency

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Search Committees

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2011
Benny Moldovanu and Xianwen Shi
University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Committee, Search, Specialization, Interdependent Values, Voting

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Sequential Innovation and Optimal Patent Design

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 09 Mar 2012
Christian Riis and Xianwen Shi
Norwegian Business School and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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patent design, sequential innovation, patent length, patent breadth

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Becker Meets Ricardo: Multisector Matching with Social and Cognitive Skills

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Becker Meets Ricardo: Multisector Matching with Social and Cognitive Skills

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6533
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 12 May 2012
Robert McCann, Xianwen Shi, Aloysius Siow, Ronald P. Wolthoff and Ronald P. Wolthoff
University of Toronto - Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsUniversity of Toronto - Department of Economics
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social skill, cognitive skill, matching, sorting, education, labor, marriage, social welfare, linear programming

Becker Meets Ricardo: Multisector Matching with Social and Cognitive Skills

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 30 Apr 2012
Robert McCann, Xianwen Shi, Aloysius Siow, Ronald P. Wolthoff and Ronald P. Wolthoff
University of Toronto - Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and VU University Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsUniversity of Toronto - Department of Economics
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matching, specialization, task assignment, span of control

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Carrots and Sticks: Prizes and Punishments in Contests

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Carrots and Sticks: Prizes and Punishments in Contests

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Benny Moldovanu, Aner Sela and Xianwen Shi
University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Contests, All-pay auctions, Punishments, Order Statistics

Carrots and Sticks: Prizes and Punishments in Contests

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6770
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jun 2008
Benny Moldovanu, Aner Sela and Xianwen Shi
University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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All-pay auctions, Contests, Order Statistics, Punishments

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Level-K Reasoning in a Generalized Beauty Contest

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Oct 2009 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2011
Dmitry A. Shapiro, Xianwen Shi and Artie Zillante
UNC Charlotte, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte
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Level-k Models, Beauty Contests, Coordination Games

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Advertising Platforms and Privacy

Rotman School of Management Working Paper No. 4248339
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 19 Oct 2022
Ruizhi Zhu, Sridhar Moorthy and Xianwen Shi
University of Toronto, University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Advertising, Platforms, Privacy, Pricing

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Level-K Reasoning in a Generalized Beauty Contest

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 25 May 2016
Dmitry Shapiro, Xianwen Shi and Artie Zillante
Department of Economics, Seoul National University, University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte
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Search Intermediaries

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Apr 2012
Xianwen Shi and Aloysius Siow
University of Toronto - Department of Economics and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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search, intermediation, learning, externalities, inventory management

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On the Equivalence of Bayesian and Dominant Strategy Implementation

Econometrica, Vol. 81, No. 1, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Jul 2019
Alex Gershkov, J. K. Goeree, Alexey Kushnir, Benny Moldovanu and Xianwen Shi
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, UNSW Business School, Carnegie Mellon University - David A. Tepper School of Business, University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Bayesian implementation, dominant strategy implementation, mechanism design

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Voting with Interdependent Values: The Condorcet Winner

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Oct 2022
Alex Gershkov, Andreas Kleiner, Benny Moldovanu and Xianwen Shi
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Sequential Voting, Private Information, Interdependent Values, Condorcet Winner

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The Art of Compromising: Voting with Interdependent Values and the Flag of the Weimar Republic

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Mar 2022
Alex Gershkov, Andreas Kleiner, Benny Moldovanu and Xianwen Shi
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Arizona State University (ASU) - Economics Department, University of Bonn - Chair of Economic Theory II and University of Toronto - Department of Economics
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Sequential Voting, Interdependent values, Incomplete Information

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Liquidity Pools, Risk Sharing, and Financial Contagion

Posted: 16 Feb 2004
Lawrence Saez and Xianwen Shi
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and University of Toronto - Department of Economics

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Financial intermediation, risk sharing, financial contagion