معرفی
Dr. Xiahua Wei is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Washington Bothell School of Business. An applied econometrician specializing in technology-enabled markets, her research examines innovation, competition, and mechanism design in contexts like crowdsourcing and network industries. She designed UW Bothell's first econometrics course and teaches Managerial Economics.
Education:
- Ph.D. Economics - UC San Diego (2013)
- M.S. Management Science - UC Irvine (2007)
- M.A. Economics - UC Irvine (2005)
- B.A. Economics - Fudan University (2003)
Research Focus: Her work investigates customer strategies in digital markets, platform mechanism design, and innovation management. Primary domains include crowdsourcing economics, crowdfunding dynamics, and regulatory impacts on IT-enabled industries, employing structural modeling and Bayesian methods.
Publications: Research consistently explores technology-driven market efficiencies, with recent work analyzing prefunding dynamics in crowdfunding, information portability in telecom, and incentive structures for online communities. Articles demonstrate strong methodological rigor in econometric analysis across competitive markets.
Awards & Grants:
- Research Seed Grant (UW Bothell 2021-2022)
- Best Associate Editor Nominee (ICIS 2019)
- Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship (2011)
- NET Institute Grant (2010)
- Teaching Excellence Awards (UW Bothell 2018, UCSD 2009)
Student Advising: Mentors undergraduate researchers in projects on recommendation systems, predictive analytics, and consumer behavior. Notable projects include online grocery market analysis and airline sales prediction models presented at INFORMS.
