Yuan, Xinyu (May)

PhD student, Year 5

Contact
Department of Marketing

x.yuan@link.cuhk.edu.hk

Research Interest
Judgment and Decision Making
Preference and Choice
Social Media Marketing
Word-of-Mouth Communication

  • Publications & Working Papers
    • May Yuan and Leilei Gao, “The Curse of Preference,” Working Paper.
    • May Yuan, Leilei Gao, and Michael Zhang, “Unveiling Rating Discrepancy,” Working paper.
    • May Yuan and Sungjin Jung, “Creative Product Usage”, Working Paper.
    • May Yuan, Xianchi Dai, and Junyun Liao, “The Dark Side of Information,” Working paper.
    • Tao Lu, May Yuan, Chong Wang, and Michael (Xiaoquan) Zhang, “Histogram Distortion Bias in Consumer Choices,” Management Science 68, No. 12 (2022): 8963-8978.
    • Zoey Chen and May Yuan, “Psychology of Word of Mouth Marketing,” Current Opinion in Psychology 31 (2020): 7-10.
  • Conference Presentations
    • Asia-Pacific Marketing Academy Conference 2025, Shenzhen, China. “Unveiling Rating Discrepancy”
    • JMS Conference, 2024, Shanghai, China. “The Dark Side of Information”
    • Association of Consumer Research 2024, Paris, France. “Unveiling Rating Discrepancy”
    • The European Marketing Academy (EMAC) Conference 2024, Bucharest, Romania. “The Curse of Preference”
    • Association of Consumer Research 2023, Seattle, United States. “The Curse of Preference”
    • European Association of Consumer Research 2023, Amsterdam, Netherlands. “The Curse of Preference”
    • Asia-Pacific Marketing Academy Conference 2023, Guangzhou, China. “The Curse of Preference”
  • Awards & Honors
    • AMA-Sheth Foundation Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2025
    • Competitive Graduate Student Research Grant, CUHK Business School, 2023 – 2025
    • Postgraduate Research Output Award Gold Prize, CUHK Business School, 2023 – 2024
    • Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme, HKSAR, 2021 – 2024
    • CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship, CUHK, 2021 – 2024
    • Scholarship Scheme for Continuing Undergraduate, HKSAR, 2014 – 2017
    • Dean’s List, HKUST, 2013 – 2017
    • HKSAR Reaching Out Award, HKSAR, 2014 – 2015
  • Teaching Experience
    • Marketing Research (UG), Tutorial Instructor, 2024 Fall
    • Brand Management (EMBA), Teaching Assistant, 2025 Spring
    • Business Negotiation (EMBA), Teaching Assistant, 2023 Fall

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