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I am a PhD student at the Berlin School of Economics since 2023, and affiliated at the Freie Universität Berlin since 2024, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Asseyer and Prof. Dr. Roland Strausz.

I am doing microeconomic theory, mainly focusing on information design and mechanism design. I am particularly interested in the nature of competition under incomplete information.

I serve as an organizing committee member of the Berlin PhD Conference in Economics.

You can find my CV in pdf version here.

Education Background

Since 2023
Berlin School of Economics, PhD candidate in Economics
Affiliated at Freie Universität Berlin

2022 - 2023
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, one-year study of PhD courses

2020 - 2022
University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, Master in Economics
Winner of Distinguished Master Thesis 2022

2016 - 2020
Wuhan University, Bachelor in Engineering
Major: Hydrology, with minor in German

Research Interest

Microeconomic Theory: Information design, mechanism design, contract theory, industrial organization and their applications,
Game Theory and Applications: In particular, repeated game and learning, bandit problem and strategic experimentation,
International Trade: Offshoring, vertical integration, and firm behaviors along global value chains,
Political Economy: Media and public beliefs under incomplete information

For my research projects, check here.

Where we may have met

Summer School: Markets and Governments: a Theoretical Appraisal, 3rd edition, Rome, 2025;
1st Berlin Micro Theory and Behavioral Economics PhD Conference, WZB, Berlin, 2025

Contact

Email:
academic@mdai-econ.com
(You can also send emails to my institutional email addresses: m.dai@fu-berlin.de )

Address:
Mingzhao Dai
Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business and Economics
Boltzmannstr. 20, Room 244
14195, Berlin, Germany