Last update: Sept. 2025
Hi, this is Ariana. Welcome to my corner of the internet!
August, 2023, Stanford. Taken by a Canon EOS M50m2.
Download My CV here. If there is anything I can help, my email is ariana_tang AT uchicago DOT edu.
academic
I am a first year Economic PhD student 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 at SUFE. During then, I have also had the pleasure of 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.
–– 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. Working paper 2025. paper pdf
blogs
This blog serves as a gateway into my world of research, creativity, and everyday thoughts. I started it inspired by Alvin Roth’s market design blog.
A picture of Al and me and Alex Chan, at the SITE session of behavioral econ, it kinda solidified my passion for market design. Pic taken 2023 summer.
art and music
I’m really interested in classical music and ballet.
The blog updates on a daily basis. I usually prioritize academic posts over musical ones, but 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. Anyway—here’s the list:
There are a lot of fun stuff in the blog. Try search for any potentially interesting keywords! Please feel free to contact me for anything :).
life
I love Ariana Grande and the concept that her Sweetener album delivers:
it’s kind of about bringing light to a situation or to someone’s life or somebody else brings life to your life. sweetening the situation.
the post about my work ethics: the more authentic and genuine it is, the better it will work for you