👋 Welcome!

I am Postdoctoral Researcher in the Chair for Services and Operations Management at the University of Zurich.

My research interests include sports economics, experimental economics, and the application of advanced artificial intelligence techniques in economic research. Through integrating deep learning and computer vision with experimental methods, my studies transform everyday scenarios into controlled laboratories for investigating human behavior and decision-making in sports, AI trust, and organizational settings.

📰 News

• My football paper is online in the Journal of Economic Psychology!!!

🔬 Research

Publication

Publication

Pan, Y., Pereira, M. H., Gomez-Gonzalez, C., & Dietl, H. M. (2024). The superstar effect on perceived performance in professional football: An online experiment. Journal of Economic Psychology, 102776. (PDF)

Working Papers

Working Paper

Rewarding Men More for Success, Penalizing Women More for Failure?

Yu Pan, Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez, Helmut M. Dietl

(Draft available upon request)

Working Paper

When Robots Think and Feel: Will Trust Disappear?

Yu Pan, Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez, Gwen-Jiro Clochard, Helmut M. Dietl

(Draft available upon request)

Working Paper

Agricultural Practices, Organized Workers and Female Political Empowerment: Evidence from Italian Mondine

Luca Bagnato, Yu Pan, Miriam Venturini

(Draft available upon request)

🎤 Presentations

2024

• UZH Business Research Seminar
• UZH Workshop on Sports, Economics, and Natural Experiments
• UZH PhD Seminar in Quantitative Marketing Research
• 12th Thurgau Experimental Economics Meeting

2023

• 18th BiGSEM Doctoral Workshop on Economics and Management

🎓 Education

• 2024: Ph.D. in Management and Economics, University of Zurich
• 2022: M.A. in Economics, Minor in Data Science, University of Zurich

👨‍💼 Professional Experience

• 2023 Spring: Short-Term Consultant (STC), World Bank
• 2022 Spring: Research Assistant, ETH Zurich

💰 Grants

• 2024: UZH GRC Short Grant 2250 CHF
• 2023: UZH GRC Travel Grant 540 CHF

📧 Contact

Email: yu.pan@business.uzh.ch

For potential collaboration, coffee chat, or Bachelor/Master thesis supervision, feel free to reach out.

🏃‍♂️ Activities

When I’m not in the office, I enjoy staying active through various outdoor and sports activities:

• 🥾 Hiking & 小潘亡命瑞士
• ⛷️ Skiing
• 🧗 Climbing
• 🏸 Badminton