Between Stories: Biased Agents and Competing Models

This paper studies how people select models and update their beliefs in a multi-model environment.

June 2025 · Zhongheng Qiao

Complex Communication in Negotiations

This study investigates how complex communication and cognitive constraints influence bargaining outcomes using a modified seller–buyer trading game under asymmetric information about product quality.

May 2025 · Junya Zhou, Gary Bolton, Zhongheng Qiao

Bayesian Persuasion and Outside Options

This paper studies a Bayesian persuasion problem where the seller simultaneously provides an ex- ante signal of the project’s difficulty and a price to complete the job.

March 2025 · Andrew Leal, Zhongheng Qiao

Breaking the Cycle: A Craving-Based Model of Habits and Binges

This paper studies cyclical consumption patterns and corresponding habit formation.

October 2024 · Zhongheng Qiao, Colin Sullivan

Sunk-cost, Responsibility, and Beliefs

This paper studies the behavioral dynamics of the sunk-cost effect through a two-stage investment task in a laboratory setting.

September 2024 · Zhongheng Qiao