Publications

* corresponding author † equal authorship

  1. Dai†, Xianchi, and Kao Si†* (2024), “The Fundamental Recruitment Error: Candidate-Recruiter Discrepancy in Their Relative Valuation of Innate Talent versus Hard Work,” Organization Science, 35 (1), 215-231.
  2. Si, Kao, Yiwei Li, Chao Ma, and Feng Guo* (2023), “Affiliation Bias in Peer Review and the Gender Gap,” Research Policy, 52 (7), 104797.
  3. Si*, Kao, and Xianchi Dai (2022), “The Memory-Search Frame Effect: Impacts on Consumers’ Retrieval and Evaluation of Consumption Experiences,” Marketing Letters, 33 (1), 5-17.
  4. Si†*, Kao, Xianchi Dai†, and Robert Wyer Jr. (2021), “The Friend Number Paradox,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120 (1), 84-98.
  5. Ma, Chao, Yiwei Li, Feng Guo*, and Kao Si (2019), “The Citation Trap: Papers Published at Year-End Receive Systematically Fewer Citations,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 166, 667-687.
    • Selected media coverage: Caixin
  6. Si*, Kao, and Yuwei Jiang (2017), “Bidirectional Contrast Effects between Taste Perception and Simulation: A Simulation-Induced Adaptation Mechanism,” Journal of Consumer Psychology, 27 (1), 49-58.
  7. Si*, Kao, Robert Wyer Jr., and Xianchi Dai (2016), “Looking Forward and Looking Back: The Likelihood of an Event’s Future Reoccurrence Affects Perceptions of the Time It Occurred in the Past,” Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 42 (11), 1577-1587.

Selected Work in Progress

  1. Heterogeneous Effects of Attending an Elite Class: Combining Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design and a Natural Experiment
  2. Autonomy and Spontaneous Recovery
  3. Discount and Service Failure
  4. Recommendation in Fundraising Appeal
  5. Recruiter Preference for Candidate Profile Type
  6. Hunger and Beauty Perception