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

Research Interests

Contract Theory, Information Economics, Organizational Economics, Network Economics, Digital Economy

Publications

1. Lu, Zhuoran. “Selling Signals.” Journal of Economic Theory, 224 (2025): 105966.

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

3. Lu, Zhuoran, Yifan Dou, D.J. Wu, and Jian Chen. “Leveraging Network Effects for Connected Products: Strategies and Implications for the Value Chain.” forthcoming at MIS Quarterly.

Working Papers

1. “Competitive Nonlinear Pricing for Signals.”

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

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

Awards and Honors

1.  First Yang Ruilong Award for Research in Organizational Economics (Paper Award), 2026

2.  Excellence Award in the 2025 Annual Performance Evaluation, Antai College of Economics and Management

3.  China Information Economics Society 2025 Innovative Research Paper Award, 2025.

4.  Best Paper Award, China Information Economics Society Annual Conference (2025).

5.  Marcia and Herbert Howard Graduate Fellowship (Research Award)，UCLA, 2017.

6.  Journal of Industrial Economics Fellowship (Research Award), 2016.

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. 2022.01–2026.12, Member, “Research on Scientific Antitrust Regulation in the Digital Economy”, The Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China.

3. 2024.01–2027.12, Member, “Research on Market Design, Pattern of Data Trade and Participant Incentive Mechanism of Data Factor”, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
   
   

Teaching

1. Mathematical Methods in Economics (doctoral)

2. Advanced Microeconomics II (doctoral)

3. The Theory of the Firm (undergraduate)