Qiang Gao

Assc Professor

Zicklin School of Business

Department: Paul Chook Dept InfoSys & Stat

Areas of expertise:

Email Address: qiang.gao@baruch.cuny.edu

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Journal Articles

Bai, J., Gao, Q., Goes, P., & Lin, M. (2025). All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Impact of Certification Costs In Online Labor Markets. Information Systems Research,forthcoming,

Liu, Z., Gao, Q., & Rao, R. (2025). Self-Donations and Charitable Contributions in Online Crowdfunding: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Marketing, 89(1). 117-134.

(2024). The Impact of Feature Exploitation and Exploration on Mobile Application Evolution and Success. Journal of Association of Information Systems (JAIS), 25(3). 648-686.

Bai, J., & Gao, Q. (2024). Concealing Borrowers’ Failure History in Online P2P Lending: A Natural Experiment. Decision Sciences, 1-16.

Gao, Q., Lin, M., & Sias, R. (2023). Words Matter: The Role of Readability, Tone, and Deception Cues in Online Credit Markets. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 58(1). 1-28.

Gao, Q., Lin, M., Liu, Y., & Guo, C. (2023). When "Signals" Boomerang: Employers' Reactions to a Novel Signaling Mechanism. Information Systems Research, third-round review,

(2022). Mobile Coupon Push Strategies on Customer Engagement. In Progress.

Gao, Q., Lin, M., & Wu, D. (2021). Educational Crowdfunding and Student Performance: An Empirical Study. Information Systems Research, 32(1). 53-71.

Yim, D., Gao, Q., & Khuntia, J. (2020). Semantic and Sentiment Dissonant Framing Effects on Online News Sharing. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 46(1). 638 – 655.

Jiang, S., Gao, Q., Chen, H., & Roco, M. C. (2015). The roles of sharing, transfer, and public funding in nanotechnology knowledge-diffusion networks. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology,, 5(66). 1017-1029.

TitleFunding Agency SponsorStart DateEnd DateAwarded DateTotal FundingStatus
Algorithm Discrimination in Financial Decision-markingPSC CUNY 5207/01/202106/30/202304/15/20213500Completed
More risky than thought: The Inflated Confidence in Online SyndicationPSC-CUNY 4907/01/201806/30/201904/15/20183500Completed
More than Just Money: Educational Impact of Online Charitable CrowdfundingPSC-CUNY 4807/01/201706/30/201804/14/20172100Completed
Mobile Marketing and Customer EngagementPSC-CUNY 5407/01/202306/30/202404/18/20233500Funded - In Progress