Mengxi Zhang

Mengxi Zhang is an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Department of Economics, University of Bonn. She holds affiliations with the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Collaborative Research Center CRC TR 224 (EPoS), and ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy. She earned her PhD in Economics from Boston University.

Her research focuses on Applied Microeconomic Theory, particularly Mechanism Design and Contest Theory. Key themes include optimal contests, incentive compatibility, surplus extraction, and optimal auction design under conditions of incomplete information and risk aversion.

Her scholarly work spans diverse applications, including insurance mechanisms, security design for investors, patent infringement remedies, and subjective disclosure strategies in principal-agent problems. She contributes to theoretical advancements in game theory and strategic behavior within economic systems.

Her research is supported through collaborative projects such as the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics and the Transregio CRC 224. She is also associated with the BonnEconLab for experimental economics.