Biography

Zaiyan Wei (download CV here) is an assistant professor in the Daniels School of Business at Purdue University. Before joining Purdue, Zaiyan was a research associate in the MIS Department and obtained his PhD in economics from the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. He holds MA and BA degrees from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

• Lin M, Sias R, Wei Z (2023) Experts vs. non-experts in online crowdfunding markets. MIS Quarterly 47(1): 97-126. Journal Link
• Liang S, Law R, Wei Z, Ye Q (2023) Effects of reputation on guest satisfaction: From the perspective of two-sided reviews on Airbnb. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, forthcoming. Journal Link
• Chen W, Wei Z, Xie K (2022a) Regulating professional players in peer-to-peer markets: Evidence from Airbnb. Management Science, forthcoming. Journal Link Media Report
• Chen W, Wei Z, Xie K (2022b) The battle for homes: How does home sharing disrupt local residential markets? Management Science, forthcoming. Journal Link Media Report 1 Media Report 2
• Lu K, Wei Z, Chan TY (2022) Information asymmetry among investors and strategic bidding in peer-to-peer lending. Information Systems Research 33(3): 824-845. Journal Link
• Alyakoob M, Rahman M, Wei Z (2021) Where you live matters: Local bank competition, online marketplace lending, and disparity in borrower benefits. Information Systems Research 32(4): 1390-1411. Journal Link Media Report
• 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 Interview with Dean Hummels
• 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
• 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 Interview with AEA
• Wei Z, Lin M (2017) Market mechanisms in online peer-to-peer lending. Management Science 63(12): 4236-4257. Journal Link Media Report

• Krannert STAR Supplement Grant, 2022, 2023
• INFORMS Information Systems Society Sandra A. Slaughter Early Career Award, 2022
• Runner-Up for the Best Paper Award, Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), 2022
• Krannert Faculty Fellow Award, 2022
• Management Science Meritorious Service Award, 2020
• Marketing Science Institute (MSI) Grant, 2019
• Best Paper Runner-Up, 12th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), 2018
• Best Paper Award, 11th CSWIM, 2017
• Nominee for the Best Reviewer Award, 11th CSWIM, 2017
• Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) Grant, 2016
• Nominee for the Best Paper Award, CIST, 2015
• Green, William I Fellowship, the University of Arizona, 2014

• The effect of secondary market closure on primary market funding time: Evidence from peer-to-peer lending (with Craig W. Holden, Mingfeng Lin, Jan Schneemeier, Kai Lu, and Jun Yang), February 2023. SSRN Link
• Helpful or unhelpful: An empirical investigation of how review voters cast votes (with Yinan Yu, Dezhi Yin, Warut Khern-am-nuai, and Alain Pinsonneault), February 2023. SSRN Link
• Social interactions and peer evaluation on online review platforms: An empirical analysis (with Yinan Yu, Warut Khern-am-nuai, and Alain Pinsonneault), November 2022. SSRN Link
• Should digital platforms share data with governments? Evidence from Airbnb (with Hongchang Wang, Wei Chen, and Karen Xie), June 2022. SSRN Link
• Social media moderation and content generation: Evidence from user bans (with Xiaohui Zhang, Qianzhou Du, and John Zhang), April 2022. SSRN Link

Purdue University:

• MGMT 47900: Data Visualization, 2023
• MGMT 58800: VBA Programming, 2017-23
• MGMT 69000: Empirical Methods (Causal Inference), 2015, 2017, 2020, 2022
• MGMT 38200: Management Information Systems, 2015, 2017-20, 2022
• MGMT 58800W: Business Insights with Spreadsheets and Macro Programming (Weekend MBA), 2018-21

University of Arizona:

• Guest lectures: MIS 611A Design Science Research Methodologies (PhD), 2014-15
• ECON 361: Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergrad core), 2013