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Yi Chen

Yi Chen

  • Assistant Professor

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Faculty Area

Faculty Expertise

  • Economics

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Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

yc2535@cornell.edu

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Biography

Yi Chen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Cornell University. He received his PhD of Economics at Yale University, with a focus on game theory and mechanism design. His 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. (forthcoming).
  • Jungbauer, Thomas; Chen, Yi; Wang, Zhe. "The Strategic Decentralization of Recruiting"Journal of Economic Theory. (forthcoming).

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
  • NCCT 5020 - Microeconomics for Management
  • NCC 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