Nan Chen

Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Analytics
School of Computing, National University of Singapore

I study digital platforms, algorithms, and market competition using quantitative methods and economic models.

Portrait of Nan Chen

Research

Working papers

Revise & resubmit Marketing Science

Feedback Culture and Equilibrium Participation

with Xinbo Wang

Revise & resubmit American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

Price Competition Under Information (Dis)Advantage

with Hsin-Tien Tsai

2024 Alessandro di Fiore Best Paper Prize · 2024 CRESSE–CPI Best Paper Award

Working paper

The Economic Impact of China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

with Zemin (Zachary) Zhong

Working paper

Experience and Identity-driven Consumer Choice: Evidence from China’s Cultural Revolution

with Lei Huang and Zemin (Zachary) Zhong

Publications

Forthcoming The RAND Journal of Economics

Consequences of Dynamic Pricing in Competitive Airline Markets

with Przemysław Jeziorski

2026 Marketing Science · 45(4):716–727

Frontiers: The Demand for Counterfeits: A Descriptive Analysis

with Mengqi Xiang

2024 The RAND Journal of Economics · 55(4):501–518

Steering via Algorithmic Recommendations

with Hsin-Tien Tsai · Lead article

2024 Marketing Science · 43(1):192–212

History and Country-of-Origin Effects

with Zemin (Zachary) Zhong

Teaching

BT4241

Causal Impact Analytics for Business Applications

Undergraduate · 2024–present

IS2238

Economics of IT and AI

Undergraduate · 2024–present

IS6000

Topics in Information Systems and Analytics Research

PhD · 2026

Biography

I first joined NUS Computing in 2018 and returned to the faculty in 2024. In between, I worked as a Data Analysis Expert in Pinduoduo’s R&D Group and was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Economics at NUS. I received my PhD from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business and a Bachelor of Management from Wuhan University.