Hi, this is Ariana. Welcome to my corner of the internet!
Download My CV here. If there is anything I can help, my email is ariana_tang AT uchicago DOT edu.
research
I am a first-year PhD at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, where I was co-advised by Prof. Pinyan Lu and by Prof. Hu Fu. During then, I was very lucky to be advised by and collaborating with Prof. Ryan Shi and Prof. Modibo Camara.
My research focuses on market design. I’m also interested in EconCS in general.
I believe that game theorists [also] need to be sensitive to cultural and psychological factors to better understand the incentives and constraints that people face.
— Professor Alvin Roth
Acute perception, mathematical skills and a deep sense of empathy embodies the essence of a modern economist, and is what I’m committed to becoming. And here are the papers:
Price Stability and Improved Buyer Utility with Presentation Design: A Theoretical Study of the Amazon Buy Box. Ophir Friedler, Hu Fu, Anna Karlin, Ariana Tang. Accepted at The Web Conference 2025. paper pdf poster
Contextual Budget Allocation for Food Rescue Volunteer Engagement. Ariana Tang, Naveen Raman, Fei Fang, and Ryan Shi. 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2509.10777
“a blog about my research, art and life”
This blog is a gateway into my world of research, art, and everyday thoughts. I started it because Professor Alvin Roth’s amazing market design blog.
A picture of Professor Roth and me and Alex Chan, at the SITE session of behavioral econ, 2023 summer. Professor Roth inspired me to start this blog.
Please do try searching for any keywords you might be interested in. I have probably wrote something abot it. If not, please feel free to contact me for the interesting topic on your mind :)
art
I’m really interested in classical music and ballet. As the blog updates on a daily basis, while I usually prioritize academic posts over musical ones — when things get hectic, I turn to music. So if you spot a flurry of music posts, that’s me in full-on busy mode.
My favorite composer is Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), whom my cat is named after. My favourite piece is Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream — specifically, the Overture (Op. 21) and the Scherzo (No. 1 Op. 61). I also play the flute.
Tchaikovsky (2025-)
life
I am greatly inspired by Ariana Grande’s album Sweetener:
It’s kind of about bringing light to a situation or to someone’s life or somebody else brings light to your life, like, sweetening the situation.
Learn more about my work ethic: the more authentic and genuine it is, the better it will work for you.