The evaluation of the National Natural Science Fund 2020 concluded. Five projects from School of Management and Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen received funding.

General Program

General Program supports scientists to do basic research on bottom-up based topics within the funding scope of NSFC to conduct innovative research and promote a balanced, coordinated and sustained development of all disciplines. Projects of Prof. Shen Rui and Prof. Liu Bin received General Program funding.

01 Principal Investigator: Shen Rui

Project: Analyzing Corporate Strategy Information Disclosures Using Natural Language Analysis: Incentives, Market Reaction and Consequences

02 Principal Investigator: Liu Bin

Project: Entry Fee, Information Acquisition and Risk Aversion: Optimal Contest Design with Incomplete Information

Young Scientists Fund

The Young Scientists Fund supports young scientists to freely choose their research topics within the funding scope of NSFC to conduct basic research, fosters the ability of young scientists to independently undertake research projects and conduct creative research, stimulates young scientists’ creative thinking and trains backup talents for basic research. Projects of Prof. Zhang Qiang, Prof. Liu Zhuang and Post-doctoral fellow Yang Yang received General Program funding.

01 Principal Investigator: Zhang Qiang

Project: Understanding Moment-to-Moment Consumption Experience with Unstructured Data: The Timing Effect of In-stream Advertisements

02 Principal Investigator: Liu Zhuang

Project: Judicial Efficiency and Economic Development (2008-2020): Index Construction and Empirical Analysis Based on Massive Judgment Document Data

03 Principal Investigator: Yang Yang

Project: Research on the Design and Psychological Mechanism of “Pay What You Want” Pricing

Translation: Fiona

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