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Andrew Ching, PhD (University of Minnesota), is a full professor at the Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School with joint appointments in the Department of Economics and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He co-founded the Digital Business Development Initiative (DBDI) and holds roles in Hopkins Business of Health Initiative and the Canadian Centre of Health Economics. Prior roles include faculty positions at University of Toronto and Ohio State University, along with visiting professorships at UCLA, Cornell, and others. He serves on editorial boards for journals like Marketing Science and Management Science, and Hong Kong Research Grant Council's Business Studies Panel.
His research focuses on structural models analyzing consumer and firm behavior under complex environments, including rational inattention, exploration-exploitation dilemmas, and bounded rationality. Applications span prescription drug demand, nursing home markets, technology adoption, payment methods, and video game markets. Recent work integrates AI/ML tools for adaptive learning modeling.
Key awards include the Young Economist Award (European Economic Association), SSHRC grants, and Distinguished Visiting titles at CUHK and Peking University. His students have won MSI and ISMS dissertation awards. Articles appear in Econometrica, Marketing Science, and Management Science.
Education includes a PhD in Economics from the University of Minnesota, MAs from Minnesota and UBC, and a BA from ANU. Teaching focuses on customer analytics and health marketing.
