Xianchi Dai

XIANCHI DAI

CONTACT

Room 1111, No. 12 Chak Cheung Street	Office: (852) 2609 8613
Chinese University of Hong Kong	Fax: (852) 2603 5473
Shatin, Hong Kong	Email: xianchi at baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk; xianchi.dai at gmail.com

POSITIONS

Assistant Professor of Marketing, 2009 -

Faculty of Business Administration, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Research Scholar, 2007 - 2009

Center for Decision Research, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biases in Everyday Judgment and Decision Making

Motivation

Preference Construction and Valuation

Intertemporal Choice and Self Control

EDUCATION

PhD in Management, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, 2009

MS in Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, P. R. China

BS in Thermal Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China

HONORS AND AWARDS

Honorable Mention, INFORMS Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Competition (2007)

Winner, de Finetti Award (Biennial, Single Winner) (2007), European Association for Decision Making

PhD Fellowship, INSEAD, France

Graduate Fellowship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

People's Scholarship, Tianjin University

PUBLICATIONS

Shen, Luxi, Christopher K. Hsee, Jiao Zhang, and Xianchi Dai (2011), "The Art and Science of Guessing," Emotion, Vol. 11 (6), 1462-1468.

Dai, Xianchi, Miguel Brendl, and Dan Ariely (2010), "Wanting, Liking, and Preference Construction," Emotion, Vol. 10, 324-334.

Dai, Xianchi, Klaus Wertenbroch, and Miguel Brendl (2008), "The Value Heuristic in Judgments of Relative Frequency," Psychological Science, Vol. 19, 1, 18-19.

REFREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Dai, Xianchi, " Assimilation and Contrast: Comparison Processes in Judgment and Evaluation " ACR 2009

Dai, Xianchi, " To Deal or Not to Deal: Exploring the Boundaries of Dynamic Inconsistency," ACR 2008

Dai, Xianchi and Klaus Wertenbroch, "Advances in Judgmental and Inferential Heuristics," ACR 2007

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW AND WORKING PAPERS

Dai, Xianchi and Ayelet Fishbach, “Waiting,” invited revision at OBHDP

Dai, Xianchi and Christopher Hsee, “Motivated Judgment,” invited revision at JMR

Brendl, Miguel, Monika Lisjak, and Xianchi Dai, “Wanting and Liking,” Invited revision at JPSP

Huang, Irene X., Ping Dong, Xianchi Dai, Robert S. Wyer Jr., “Shared Direction,” Invited revision at JESP

Dai, Xianchi and Ping Dong, "Hard-to-Get," under review

Dai, Xianchi, Leilei Gao, and Baba Shiv, “Influence,” under review

Dai, Xianchi and Yan Zhang (equal authorship), “City Life and Happiness,” working draft

Dai, Xianchi, Miguel Brendl, and Klaus Wertenbroch, "Value and Scarcity," working draft

Dai, Xianchi and Ayelet Fishbach, “Non-Consumption,” manuscript in preparation

Dai, Xianchi and Ping Dong, "Synchrony," manuscript in preparation

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Association for Consumer Research (ACR), 2007 (2 papers), 2008, 2009 (2 papers), 2010 (2 papers), 2011

Association for Consumer Research Asia Pacific Conference (AP ACR), 2011

INFORMS Marketing Science Conference, 2010

Society for Judgment and Decision Making (SJDM), 2006, 2008, 2009 (3 papers), 2011

Society for Consumer Psychology (SCP), 2009

Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference (BDRM), 2008

Subjective Probability, Utility, and Decision Making (SPUDM), 2007

Whitebox Advisors Graduate Student Conference, Yale University, 2008

Transatlantic PhD Conference, London Business School, 2006

UNIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS

Carnegie Mellon University, 2008

Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008 (Marketing), 2010 (Psychology)

European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin), 2008

HEC Paris, 2008

INSEAD, 2008 (Marketing)

Northwestern University KAMP, 2008, 2009

University of Chicago, 2008 (Marketing)

University of Chicago Center for Decision Research, 2007, 2009 (Behavioral Brownbag)

University of Miami, 2008

University of Technology, Sydney, 2008

RESEARCH GRANTS

Hong Kong RGC Competitive Grant 443710, PI, HK$ 318,484, 2011-2012

Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Business Administration Seed Money, HK$37,900, 2010-2012

Chinese University of Hong Kong New Appointee, HK$200,000, 2009-2010

TEACHING

Teaching Interests: Marketing Management, Consumer Behavior, Marking in China, Managerial Decision Making

Courses Taught:

Marketing in China, MBA, 2011

Marketing in China, CUHK Undergraduate, 2009 onward

Marketing in China, Undergraduate Global Program (1/3 Chinese University of Hong Kong students, 1/3 University of North Carolina students, 1/3 Copenhagen Business School students), 2009 onward

MEDIA COVERAGE

Scientific America; Science Daily; The Daily Cardinal; Hindustan Times, etc.

SERVICE

Ad Hoc Reviewer	Journal of Consumer Research, Emotion, Journal of Economic Psychology, Psychological Science, Association for Consumer Research (ACR), European Association for Consumer Research (EACR)
Editorial Board	International Journal of China Marketing
Session Chair	Association for Consumer Research (ACR), 2007, 2008, 2009;
Session Organizer	Association for Consumer Research (ACR) Special Session, 2007, 2008, 2009;