Research

Publications:

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:


Religion, Places of Worship, and Individual Risk-taking in China (joint with Li Xu and Ningru Zhao).

“I” on You: Identity in the Dictator Game (joint with Anita Kopanyi-Peuker). 


Promoting Cooperation in Collective Actions: Evidence from the Reserve Fund for Maintenance in China (joint with Tao Li and Hao Li)


Rank Information Acquisition at Work: Theory and Experiment (joint with Jaesun Lee and Ming Jiang).


Correlation Neglect in School Choice: A Laboratory Experiment (joint with Yan Song, Hao Li, and Ming Jiang).

Homo Reciprocans Revisited.

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


Work in progress:

Delegation in Corruption

Bribery in Rank-order Tournaments: Theory and Experiment

Paternalism or in the Name of the Father: Political Connections in Chinese Firms

AI in Negotiation