About Me
My name is Siqi Pei, and I am currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. My academic background includes a Ph.D. in Information Systems, which I received from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2022.
My research interests include digital platforms, economics of artificial intelligence, social welfare, policy, and environmental issues. In terms of methodologies, I employ causal inference, machine learning, field experiments, and lab experiments in my work.
You can reach me at peisiqihk@outlook.com.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
- Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2022 - Present
- Visiting Scholar, MIT Sloan School of Management, 2023 - 2024
PUBLICATIONS (*corresponding author)
- Jialu Liu, Siqi Pei*, and Michael Zhang, “Online Food Delivery Platforms and Female Labor Force Participation”, Information Systems Research, Forthcoming
- Winner, 2020 WISE Best Paper Award
- Jialu Liu, Siqi Pei*, and Michael Zhang, “Technology and the Political Agency Problem in Combating Water Pollution: A Regression Discontinuity Design”, Management Science, Forthcoming
WORKING PAPERS
- Wen Wang, Siqi Pei, and Tianshu Sun, “Unraveling Generative AI from A Human Intelligence Perspective: A Battery of Experiments”, Major Revision at Information Systems Research
- Juanni Chen, Qi Sun, Siqi Pei*, and Yong Liu, “Content Management Policy and Influencer Marketing on Social Media Platforms: A Study of Shopping Links in Sponsored Content”, Manuscript in preparation
- Siqi Pei, Yiying Zhang, Juan Feng, and Michael Zhang, “How Much Personalized Information is Necessary? Re-examining Personalized Recommendations in Consumer Purchases”, Manuscript in preparation
- Miaozhe Han, Siqi Pei, Jie Song, Feng Zhu, and Michael Zhang, “The Blessing of High Price: A Field Experiment on E-Commerce Platform”, Manuscript in preparation
- Siqi Pei, and Keehyung Kim, “Rewarding Experts in Revenue-sharing Crowdfunding: An Experimental Study”
WORK IN PROGRESS
- Mobile Payments and Urban Mobility (with Hongshen Sun)
- The Role of Emotional Value in Online Teaching (with Li Wang, and Weihe Gao)
- Influencer Marketing Effectiveness (with Junni Chen, Mengyang Sun, and Qi Sun)
- Generative AI Product for Education
- Electric Vehicle and Gasoline Vehicle
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Database Management Systems
- Economics for Business Studies
- Artificial Intelligence in Digital Marketing
- Managerial Economics in Business Decision-making
- Advanced Quantitative Research Methods (PhD)
- Introduction to Quantitative Marketing Research (PhD)
- Introduction to Marketing
Teaching Assistant, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Fintech (MBA)
- Strategic Information Systems (EMBA)
- Entrepreneurship in Finance (MBA in Finance)
- Applied Econometrics for Business Decisions
- Business Forecasting
- Basic Economics for the Hospitality and Tourism Industry
- Decision Models and Applications
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS
- “Content Management Policy and Influencer Marketing on Social Media Platforms: A Study of Shopping Links in Sponsored Content,” Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2024.
- “Indirect Value of Public Infrastructure Technology,” McMaster University, 2024.
- “Mobile Payments and Urban Mobility: Assessing the Influence of Mobile Payments on Metro Ridership and Environmental Enhancement,” 46th ISMS Marketing Science Conference, 2024.
- “Content Management Policy and Influencer Marketing on Social Media Platforms: A Study of Shopping Links in Sponsored Content,” University of Arizona, 2023.
- “Content Management Policy and Influencer Marketing on Social Media Platforms: A Study of Shopping Links in Sponsored Content,” University of Massachusetts Boston, 2023.
- “Unraveling Generative AI from A Human Intelligence Perspective: A Battery of Experiments,” Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Digital Young Scholar Symposium, 2023.
- “Content Management Policy and Influencer Marketing on Social Media Platforms: A Study of Shopping Links in Sponsored Content,” 5th Marketing Science Salon of Shanghai Universities, 2023.
- “The Blessing of High Price: A Field Experiment on E-Commerce Platform,” the 19th Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), 2023.
- “Online Food Delivery Platforms and Employment,” East China Normal University, 2022.
- “The Blessing of High Price: A Field Experiment on E-Commerce Platform,” Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2022.
- “Online Food Delivery Platforms and Employment,” University of Western Ontario, 2022.
- “Understanding Spillover Effects of Various Digital Platforms,” 42nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2021.
- “An Experimental Investigation of Risk Disclosure Policy in Crowdfunding,” 17th Symposium on Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), 2021.
- “Online Food Delivery Platforms and Employment,” 31st Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE), 2020 (WISE Best Paper Award).
- “Rewarding Experts in Revenue-sharing Crowdfunding: An Experimental Study,” 16th Symposium on Statistical Challenges in Electronic Commerce Research (SCECR), 2020.
- “Social News Sentiment and Equity Trading Indicators,” China Meeting of the Econometric Society (CMES), 2018.
RESEARCH AWARDS AND GRANTS
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, Principal Investigator, 2024-2026
- Distinguished Faculty Award, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2023, 2024
- Shanghai Leading Talent (Overseas), 2023
- General Research Fund, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 2022-2025
- ICIS Doctoral Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems, 2021
- Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE) Best Paper Award, 2020
- Hong Kong Information and Communication Technologies (HKICT) Innovation Award, 2019
- Chinese University of Hong Kong Postgraduate Studentships (PGS) Award, 2016-2021
- “Challenge Cup” Chinese College Student Business Plan Competition, Gold Prize, 2014
Academic Services
- Reviewer, Information Systems Research (ISR), 2023,2024
- Reviewer, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2024
- Reviewer, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
- Reviewer, China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), 2023, 2024
- Reviewer, Information& Management, 2023
- Reviewer, Production and Operations Management (POM), 2022
- Reviewer, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), 2019, 2020