Research

Publications:

1. "Bayesian Estimation of a Dynamic Model of Two-Sided Markets: Application to the U.S. Video Game Industry", Management Science, 63(11): 3874-3894, 2017. Journal version, SSRN version.

2. "The Market for Electric Vehicles: Indirect Network Effects and Policy Impacts", with Shanjun Li, Lang Tong and Jianwei Xing, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 4(1): 89-133, 2017. Journal version, SSRN version.

3. "Technology Adoption and Critical Mass: The Case of the U.S. Electric Vehicle Market", with Shanjun Li, Journal of Industrial Economics, 66(2): 423-480, 2018. Journal version, SSRN version.

4. "Pricing Schemes and Seller Fraud: Evidence from New York City Taxi Rides", with Ting Liu and Estefania Vergara-Cobos, Journal of Industrial Economics, 67(1): 56-90, 2019. Journal version, SSRN version.

5. "Consumer Search and Automobile Dealer Co-location," with Charles Murry, Management Science, 66(5): 1909-1934, 2020. Journal version, SSRN version.

6. "Intermediaries and Product Quality in Used Car Markets",  with Gary Biglaiser, Fei Li, and Charles Murry,  The RAND Journal of Economics, 51(3): 905-933, 2020. Journal version, SSRN version.

7. "Inventory Management in Decentralized Markets",  with Fei Li, Charles Murry, and Can Tian, International Economic Review, 65(1): 431-470, 2024. Journal version, SSRN version.

Working Papers:

8. "Observational Learning and Information Disclosure in Search Markets", with Ziying Fan, Xi Weng, Li-An Zhou. R&R at Management Science, SSRN version.

Research in Progress

9. “Program Design and Quality Incentives in Medicare Advantage”,  joint with Colleen Carey (Cornell University) and Ying Fan (University of Michigan).

10. “Dynamic Search in a Non-Stationary Environment: An Application to the Beijing Housing Market”,  joint with Ying Fan (University of Michigan) and Ziying Fan (SUFE)

11. “The Roles of Frictional Intermediation in Decentralized Markets”,  joint with Fei Li (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Charles Murry (Boston College).

Other Work

12. "Antithetic Acceleration and Estimation of Unobserved Heterogeneity Parameters",  with Steven Stern.

13.   “Impacts of Product Market Competition on Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturing Industry” (in Chinese), with Xinqiao Ping, Industrial Economics Research, No.5, 2007.

14.   “Product Market Competition and Innovation” (in Chinese), with Xinqiao Ping, Review of Industrial Economics, 6(1), 2007