Niu, Mingzi（牛銘梓）

Biography

Professor Niu Mingzi is an Assistant Professor of the Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School. Prior to joining CUHK, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality and the Hebrew University Business School during the academic year 2024-2025. She received her PhD in Economics from Rice University, MA in Economics from Duke University, and dual Bachelor’s degrees in Finance and Banking and in Mathematics and Statistics from Peking University. Her research interests are primarily in microeconomic theory, with a focus on learning, dynamic games, mechanism design, and behavioral economics.

Teaching Areas

Microeconomic Theory

Research Interests

Microeconomic Theory (with a focus on learning, dynamic games, mechanism design, and behavioural economics)

• Publications & Working Papers
  • Mingzi Niu, Sampath Kannan, Aaron Roth, and Rakesh Vohra (2022), “Best vs. All: Equity and Accuracy of Standardized Test Score Reporting,” FAccT’22: 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, 574–586.
  • Mingzi Niu, “Procrastination and Commitment,” American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, revise and resubmit.
  • Matteo Camboni, Mingzi Niu, Mallesh M. Pai, and Rakesh Vohra, “Signaling Design,” working paper.
  • Mingzi Niu, “Motivated Misperception,” working paper.
  • Hülya Eraslan, Kirill S. Evdokimov, and Mingzi Niu, “Multilateral War of Attrition with Majority Rule,” working paper, available upon request.
  • Yiqian Wang, Ziang Xiao, and Mingzi Niu, “Trust or Stigmatization? Evidence From De-Anonymizing Social Media in China,” working paper, available upon request.
  • Yunbo Liu and Mingzi Niu, “Mortgage Refinance Under Present Bias: Evidence from the Use of Lender Credit,” working paper, available upon request.

• Grants
  • “The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship,” awarded by the Azrieli Foundation with 146,000 ILS, 2024-2025
  • “Improvement on Competitiveness in Hiring New Faculties Funding Scheme,” awarded by the Chinese University of Hong Kong with HK $1,495,208, 2025-2028

• Awards & Honours
  • The Jennifer and Purvez Captain Award for The Most Outstanding Economics Dissertation, Rice University, 2024