Publications:
Xu, L., Zhao, N., and Zheng, J.D. (2025) Religion, Places of Worship, and Individual Risk-taking in China International Review of Financial Analysis 104: 104250.
Li, T., Li, H, and Zheng, J.D. (2024) Promoting Cooperation in Collective Actions: Evidence from the Reserve Fund for Maintenance in China. International Review of Economics and Finance 96: 103701
Zheng, J.D., Schram, A., and Song, T. (2023) Social Status and Prosocial Behavior. Experimental Economics 26, 1085–1114.
Li, J. and Zheng, J.D. (2023) Pro-social Preferences and Risk Aversion with Different Payment Methods: Evidence from the Laboratory. International Review of Economics and Finance 87: 324-337.
Schram. A., Zheng, J.D., and Zhuravleva, T. (2022) Corruption: a Cross-Country Comparison of Contagion and Conformism. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organizations 193: 497-518.
Zheng, J.D., Schram, A., and Dogan, G.. (2021) Friend or Foe? Social Ties in Bribery and Corruption. Experimental Economics 24:854–882.
Working papers:
‘Knowing more’ and ‘Step by step’: Correlation Neglect under Preference Uncertainty in Centralized School Choices. (2024), joint with Yan Song, Hao Li, and Ming Jiang. Revise & Resubmit at Games and Economic Behavior
“I” on You: Identity in the Dictator Game. (2025), joint with Anita Kopanyi-Peuker
The Welfare Effect of Rank Information Provision at Workplace: An Experimental Study. (2025), joint with Jaesun Lee and Ming Jiang
Outsourcing Bribery. (2025), joint with Cheng-Zhong Qin and Yadi Yang
Work in progress:
Bribery in Rank-order Tournaments: Theory and Experiment, with Cheng-Zhong Qin and Yadi Yang
Paternalism or in the Name of the Father: Political Connections in Chinese Firms, with Li Xu
Leadership in Early Life: Field Evidence from China, with Hongzhong Fan and Lihua Xia. Pre-registered at AEA Social Science Registry for RCT https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/15392
Nudges and Money in Green Charging, with Huanxiu Guo. Pre-registered at AEA Social Science Registry for RCT https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/16549
Non-Working papers:
Do Workers Work More if Their Wage Compares Well to That of Their Peers in the Economy? A Survey Experiment (joint with Robert Dur, and Kea Tijdens). AEA Social Science Registry for RCT www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/289
Grants:
National Natural Science Fund (NSFC) PI (No. 72203106)
"Theoretical and experimental research on employee ranking information acquisition incentives in the context of digital enterprises" (Jan 2023 -- Dec 2025)