Professor Ph.D. (Yale, 2007), M.A. (Yale, 2003), M.A. (Peking, 1999), B.S. (Beijing Jiaotong University, 1996) Office: Max Gluskin House, 150 St. George Street, 208. Phone: 416-978-5105. Office: University of Toronto, Mississauga, 3232. Email address: Personal website: http://individual.utoronto.ca/xianwenshi/ Research fields: Microeconomic theory, Industrial organization

Selected research

• Alex Gershkov, Benny Moldovanu, Xianwen Shi, "Optimal Voting Rules", Review of Economic Studies 84 (2) (2017), 688–717. (Freely available.)
• Hao Li and Xianwen Shi, "Discriminatory Information Disclosure", American Economic Review 107 (11) (2017), 3363–3385.
• Alex Gershkov, Jacob Goeree, Alexey Kushnir, Benny Moldovanu, Xianwen Shi, "On the Equivalence of Bayesian and Dominant Strategy Implementation", Econometrica 81 (1) (2013), 197–220. (Freely available.)
• Xianwen Shi, "Optimal Auctions with Information Acquisition", Games and Economic Behavior 74 (2) (2012), 666–686.
• Benny Moldovanu, Aner Sela, Xianwen Shi, "Contests for Status", Journal of Political Economy 115 (2007), 338–363.

Honors and awards

• Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2017.
• Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2011.

Courses taught 2025–2026

• Fall

• ECO1200H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • Economic Theory - Micro • W2-5, R5-6 (TUT)

• Winter

• ECO3200H1S, section L0101 (St. George) • Advanced Microeconomic Theory I ( Xianwen Shi , Itai Arieli , Yoram Halevy , Zi Yang Kang , and Marcin Pęski ) • R3-5

• Fall/Winter

• ECO5200H1Y, section L0101 (St. George) • Microeconomic Theory Workshop • W12-1