Meng Liu
Hello! I am an assistant professor of marketing at
Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.
My research is empirically oriented, covering topics in
Economics of Algorithms, Market Design, Quantitative Marketing.
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Working Papers:
1. "Quality Certificates Alleviate Consumer Aversion to Sponsored Search Advertising"
Xiang Hui (WUSTL) and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
2. "Human-Algorithm Interactions: Evidence from Zillow.com" (NBER working paper No. 29880)
Runshan Fu (Carnegie Mellon University), Ginger Jin (University of Maryland and NBER), and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
3. "Designing Quality Certificate: Insights from eBay" (NBER working paper No. 29674)
Xiang Hui (WUSTL), Ginger Jin (University of Maryland and NBER), and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
4. "Targeted Incentives, Broad Impacts: Evidence from an E-commerce Platform"
Xiang Hui (WUSTL), Meng Liu (WUSTL), and Tat Chan (WUSTL)
Peer-reviewed Publications:
1. "Do Digital Platforms Reduce Moral Hazard? The Case of Uber and Taxis" published in Management Science, featured article
Meng Liu, Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), and Jason Dowlatabadi (Uber)
2. "Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade? Evidence from a Large Digital Platform" published in Management Science,, featured article
Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), Xiang Hui (WUSTL), and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
3. "Forecasting the Spread of COVID-19 under Different Reopening Strategies'' published in Scientific Reports
Meng Liu (WUSTL), Raphael Thomadsen (WUSTL), and Song Yao (WUSTL)
4. "The Geography of Ridesharing: A Case Study of New York City'' published in Information Economics and Policy
Tom Lam (Clemson U.), Meng Liu (WUSTL), and Xiang Hui (WUSTL)
Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), Meng Liu, and George Westerman (MIT)
Other Publications:
1. "Artificial Intelligence Can Transform the Economy" Op-Ed, The Washington Post, September 2018.
Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), Xiang Hui (WUSTL and MIT), and Meng Liu
1. "Quality Certificates Alleviate Consumer Aversion to Sponsored Search Advertising"
Xiang Hui (WUSTL) and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
2. "Human-Algorithm Interactions: Evidence from Zillow.com" (NBER working paper No. 29880)
Runshan Fu (Carnegie Mellon University), Ginger Jin (University of Maryland and NBER), and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
3. "Designing Quality Certificate: Insights from eBay" (NBER working paper No. 29674)
Xiang Hui (WUSTL), Ginger Jin (University of Maryland and NBER), and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
4. "Targeted Incentives, Broad Impacts: Evidence from an E-commerce Platform"
Xiang Hui (WUSTL), Meng Liu (WUSTL), and Tat Chan (WUSTL)
Peer-reviewed Publications:
1. "Do Digital Platforms Reduce Moral Hazard? The Case of Uber and Taxis" published in Management Science, featured article
Meng Liu, Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), and Jason Dowlatabadi (Uber)
- NBER Working Paper No. 25015
- Media: VoxEU, MarketWatch, MIT Sloan
- Best Conference Paper Award Runner-up, 2018 Conference on Information Systems and Technology
2. "Does Machine Translation Affect International Trade? Evidence from a Large Digital Platform" published in Management Science,, featured article
Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), Xiang Hui (WUSTL), and Meng Liu (WUSTL)
- Media: Washington Post, VoxEU, Slator, MIT Sloan, NBER Digest
- Best Conference Paper Award Runner-up, 2018 Workshop on Information Systems and Economics
3. "Forecasting the Spread of COVID-19 under Different Reopening Strategies'' published in Scientific Reports
Meng Liu (WUSTL), Raphael Thomadsen (WUSTL), and Song Yao (WUSTL)
- Our COVID-19 forecast website
- Media: NBC, MedicalXpress, WebMD, US News and Word Report, Salon, The Hill, BGR, HealthDay, DailyMail, The Times of India, UPI, Consumer Affairs, WUSTL theSource, Healio, among others
4. "The Geography of Ridesharing: A Case Study of New York City'' published in Information Economics and Policy
Tom Lam (Clemson U.), Meng Liu (WUSTL), and Xiang Hui (WUSTL)
- Best Paper Award, Workshop on E-Business, ICIS 2017
Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), Meng Liu, and George Westerman (MIT)
Other Publications:
1. "Artificial Intelligence Can Transform the Economy" Op-Ed, The Washington Post, September 2018.
Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT and NBER), Xiang Hui (WUSTL and MIT), and Meng Liu
