Publications

"Teams versus Individuals in  Pre-Play Cheap Talk Communication," with Zexin Ye, and Lan Zhang, forthcoming, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics; Online Appendix

"Homophily and Spread of Misinformation in Random Networks," with Qiang Gong,  Economic Theory, 2025, 79, 1311-1349.

"Long-Term Competition for Product Awareness with Learning from Friends," with Qiang Gong and Yujing Xu,  Rand Journal of Economics, 2024, 55(2), 324-355. Online Appendix

 "Informational Correlation and Selective Disclosure," with Qiang Gong and Jie Shuai, Economic Theory, 2023, 76, 645-683. 

"Dominant Firm and Competitive Bundling in Oligopoly Markets,'' with Jie Shuai and Lan Zhang,  Games and Economic Behavior, 2022, 132, 421-447. Online Appendix

"Expert Panels with Selective Investigation," with Qiang Gong,  B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2022, 22, 369-404. 

"Cheap Talk about the Relevance of Multiple Aspects," with Qiang Gong, Economics Letters, 2021, 207, 110018. Previous longer version of working paper. 

The Effects of Pre-Play Communication in a Coordination Game with Private Information, with Youxin Hu, John H. Kagel, and Lan Zhang, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2020, 176, 403-415.  

Collaborative Networks in Oligopoly with Asymmetric Firms, with Qiang Gong, Review of  Industrial Organization, 2020, 56(2), 357-380.         

Targeted Search, Endogenous Market Segmentation, and Wage Inequality,  Economic Theory, 2020, 69(2), 367-414.

Targeted Search with Horizontal Differentiation in the Marriage Market, with Yujing Xu, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 164, 31-62.  

Communication and the Optimality of Hierarchies in Organizations, with Lan Zhang, Journal of Economics, Law & Organization, 2019, 35(1), 154-191. Online Appendix

Pre-Communication in a Coordination Game with Incomplete Information, with Zhuozheng Li and Lan Zhang, International Journal of Game Theory, 2019, 48(1), 109-141.

Targeted Advertising on Competing Platforms, with Qiang Gong and Siqi Pan, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 2019, 19(1). Working paper version

Balance of Opinions in Expert Panels, with Qiang Gong, Economics Letters, 2018, 170, 151-154

Competitive Cheap Talk, with Zhuozheng Li and Heikki Rantakari, Games and Economic Behavior, 96, 2016, 65-89. Working paper version

Competitive Nonlinear Pricing and Contract Variety, with Jian Shen and Lixin Ye, Journal of Industrial Economics, 2016, 64, 64-108.

 Targeted Search and the Long Tail Effect, Rand Journal of Economics, 44(4), 2013, 733-756.

 Cheap Talk withTwo Senders and Complementary Information, with Andrew McGee, Games and Economic Behavior, 79, 2013, 181-191. Working paper version

 Non-stationary Relational Contracts with Adverse Selection, International Economic Review, 54(2), 2013, 525-547. Web Appendix 

Competitive Optimal Taxation and Constitutional Choices, with Massimo Morelli and Lixin Ye, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 4(1), 2012, 142–175. Working paper version

 Investment Cycles, Strategic Delay, and Self-Reversing Cascades, with James Peck, International Economic Review, 52(1), 2011, 259-280. Web Appendix

 Information Aggregation and Investment Cycles with Strategic Complementarity, Economic Theory, 43(2), 2010, 281-311.

 Long-Term Relationships as Safeguards, with Rafael Rob, Economic Theory, 43(2), 2010, 143-166.

 Dynamic Entry and Exit with Uncertain Cost Positions, with Makoto Hanazono, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 27(3), 2009, 474-487.

 Nonlinear Pricing, Market Coverage, and Competition, with Lixin Ye, Theoretical Economics, 3(1), 2008, 123-153. Working paper version

 Search with Learning: Understanding Asymmetric Price Adjustments, with Lixin Ye, Rand Journal of Economics, 39(2), 2008, 547-564.

 Group Purchasing, Nonlinear Tariffs, and Oligopoly, with Howard Marvel, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 26(5), 2008, 1090-1105.

 Efficiency Wages and Subjective Performance Pay, Economic Inquiry, 46(2), 2008, 179-196.

 Collusion, Fluctuating Demand, and Price Rigidity, with Makoto Hanazono, International Economic Review, 48(2), 2007, 483-515.