Biography

Zaiyan Wei (CV on my Purdue page) is a faculty member in the MIS Area of the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. His research focuses on the economics of information systems with specific topics covering P2P/marketplace lending, sharing economy, and social media and social networks.

FinTech:

• Lu K, Wei Z, Chan TY (2021) Information Asymmetry among Investors and Strategic Bidding in Peer-to-Peer Lending. Forthcoming at Information Systems Research. SSRN Link
• Alyakoob M, Rahman M, Wei Z (2021) Where You Live Matters: Local Bank Competition, Online Marketplace Lending, and Disparity in Borrower Benefits. Forthcoming at Information Systems Research. Journal Link Media Report
• Liu X, Wei Z, Xiao M (2020) Platform Mispricing and Lender Learning in Peer-to-Peer Lending. Review of Industrial Organization 56(2): 281-314. Journal Link
• Wei Z, Lin M (2017) Market Mechanisms in Online Peer-to-Peer Lending. Management Science 63(12): 4236-4257. Journal Link

Social media and networks:

• Wei Z, Xiao M, Rong R (2021) Network Size and Content Generation on Social Media Platforms. Production and Operations Management. 30(5): 1406-1426. Journal Link
• Wang Y, Goes P, Wei Z, Zeng D (2019) Production of Online Word-of-Mouth: Peer Effects and the Moderation of User Characteristics. Production and Operations Management 28(7): 1621-1640. Journal Link Media Report

• The Battle for Homes: How Does Home Sharing Disrupt Local Residential Markets? (with Wei Chen and Karen Xie), November 2021. SSRN Link Media Report
• Regulating Professional Players in Peer-to-Peer Markets: Evidence from Airbnb (with Wei Chen and Karen Xie), November 2021. SSRN Link
• Experts vs. Non-Experts in Online Crowdfunding Markets (with Mingfeng Lin and Richard Sias), September 2021. SSRN Link
• The Effect of Secondary Market Existence on Primary Market Liquidity: Theory and Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Peer-to-Peer Lending (with Craig W. Holden, Mingfeng Lin, Kai Lu, and Jun Yang), April 2020. SSRN Link
• Social Interactions and Bias in the Evaluation of Online Reviews (with Yinan Yu, Warut Khern-am-nuai, and Alain Pinsonneault), February 2020. SSRN Link

Current Courses

• MGMT 38200: Management Information Systems (Undergraduate core), Spring 2022
• MGMT 58800: Spreadsheets and Macro Programming, Spring 2022
• MGMT 69000: Empirical Methods in MIS (PhD), Spring 2022

Past Courses

• MGMT 58800W: Business Insights with Spreadsheets and Macro Programming (Weekend MBA), Spring 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, Purdue University
• MGMT 58800: Spreadsheets and Macro Programming, Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Purdue University
• MGMT 38200: Management Information Systems (Undergraduate core), Fall 2015, Spring 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 Purdue University
• MGMT 69000: Empirical Methods in MIS (PhD), Fall 2015, 2017; Spring 2020, Purdue University
• MIS 611A (Guest lectures): Design Science Research Methodologies (PhD), Spring 2014, 2015, University of Arizona
• ECON 361: Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergraduate core), Summer 2013, University of Arizona