Weining Bao
Assistant Professor
Marketing
Education/Professional Certification
Ph.D. Economics, 2014, Johns Hopkins University
B.Econ&Fin., 2008, The University of Hong Kong
Areas of Expertise
Digital Marketing
Information and Incentives
Emerging Markets
Empirical and Theoretical Industrial Organization
Applied Econometrics
Biography
Marketing professor Weining Bao’s research focuses on empirical and analytical modeling of strategic interactions between firms and consumers. His research is interdisciplinary and spans marketing, economics and finance. He is particularly interested in the firms’ strategic decisions in the context of information asymmetry and moral hazard, and their implications for digital marketing, marketing of financial services, education marketing and emerging markets. His research has been published in the leading business journals such as Marketing Science and Journal of Management Information Systems.
Dr. Bao has taught at universities in various countries, such as Australia and China. He has taught Marketing Research and Pricing at undergraduate level and Dynamic Methods at postgraduate level. At UConn, he teaches Digital Marketing and Advanced Modeling.
Featured Publications
- Xiao, Ping, Yuanyuan Chen, Anandhi Bharadwaj, and Weining Bao (2022), “The Effects of Information Nudges on Consumer Usage of Digital Services under Three-Part Tariffs”, Journal of Management Information Systems, 39 (1), 130 – 158.
- Bao, Weining, Jian Ni, and Shubhranshu Singh (2018), “Informal Lending in Emerging Markets”, Marketing Science, 37 (1), 123 – 137.
- Bao, Weining, and Jian Ni (2017), “Could Good Intentions Backfire? An Empirical Analysis of the Bank Deposit Insurance”, Marketing Science, 36 (2), 301 – 319.

weining.bao@uconn.edu | |
Phone | +1 (860) 486-3417 |
Mailing Address | 2100 Hillside Road, U1041 |
Office Location | BUSN 359 |
Campus | Storrs |
Office Hours | Virtual office hours only; Monday and Wednesday 6:30 – 7:30 pm or by email appointment |