Yi Chen

Biography

Yi Chen is an assistant professor of economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. He holds a PhD in economics from Yale University, with a focus on game theory and mechanism design. Chen's research includes both theoretical and applied approaches to principal-agent problems, dynamic games, and organizational economics.

Selected Publications

• Chen, Yi. "A Revision Game of Experimentation on a Common Threshold"Journal of Economic Theory. 186 (2020): 104997
• Chen, Yi. "Dynamic Delegation with a Persistent State"Theoretical Economics. 17.4 (2022): 1589–1618
• Chen, Yi; Wang, Zhe. "Optimal Sequential Selling Mechanism and Deal Protections in Mergers and Acquisitions"Journal of Finance. 78.4 (2023): 2139-2188
• Chen, Yi; Jungbauer, Thomas; Wang, Zhe. "The strategic decentralization of recruiting"Journal of Economic Theory. 209 (2023): 105639

Awards and Honors

• Core Faculty Teaching Award for the One-Year MBA Class of 2022 (2022) Johnson MBA Class of 2022

Recent Courses

• NBA 6950 - Game Theory and Business Strategy
• NCC 5020/LAW 5020 - Microeconomics for Management
• NCCY 5020 - Microeconomics for Management

Academic Degrees

• PhD Yale University, 2018
• PhM Yale University, 2016
• MA Yale University, 2016
• MA Peking University, 2012
• BS Peking University, 2009
• BA Peking University, 2009