Overview

ZhuoRan LU

  • Department:Economics
  • Phone: 62933255
  • Title:Assistant Professor
  • Email:luzhuoran@sjtu.edu.cn
Profile
  • Positions

    2024–present, Assistant Professor, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    2018–2024, Assistant Professor, School of Management, Fudan University

    2019, Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School of Management


    Education

    2012–2018, Ph.D. in Economics, UCLA

    2008–2012, B.A. in Economics, B.A. in Law (double major), Tsinghua University


    Personal Website

    www.zhuoranlu.com

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Research
  • Research Interests

    Contract Theory, Organizational Economics, Network Economics, Digital Economy


    Publications

    1. “Selling Signals,” Journal of Economic Theory224 (2025), 105966.

    2. “Network-Based Peer Monitoring Design,” (with Yangbo Song), Journal of Economic Theory, 224 (2025), 105969.


    Working Papers

    1. “Leveraging Network Effects for Connected Products: Strategies and Implications for the Value Chain,” (with Yifan Dou, D.J. Wu and Jian Chen), minor revision at MIS Quarterly.

    2. “Competitive Nonlinear Pricing for Signals”.

    3. Real-Time Monitoring and Relational Contracts in Usage-Based Insurance,” (with Jiajia Cong).

    4. “Data-Driven Hold-Up and Relational Contracts,” (with Limei Chen).


    Grants

    1. 2023.01–2025.12, Principal Investigator, “Optimal Pricing for Signaling Goods: Information Structure and Market Structure”, National Natural Science Foundation of China.

    2. 2022.012026.12, Member, “Research on Scientific Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Economy”, The Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China.

    3. 2024.012027.12, Member, “Research on Market Design, Pattern of Data Trade and Participant Incentive Mechanism of Data Factor”, National Natural Science Foundation of China.

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Teaching
  • Teaching

    1. Mathematical Methods in Economics (doctoral)

    2. Advanced Microeconomics II (doctoral)

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