Research
I'm a game theorist and microeconomic theorist.
Current Working Paper:
A Cooperative Analysis of Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu, February 2025 (an early version with an application to networks)
Coasian Equilibria in Sequential Auctions
Qingmin Liu, Konrad Mierendorff, Xianwen Shi
January 2025
Matching with Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu, December 2024
A Theory of Marriage with Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu and Xingye Wu (draft available upon request)
Rational Expectations Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Matching with Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu, 2017
Stable Belief and Stable Matching
Qingmin Liu, 2017
1. Matching & Cooperative Game Theory with Incomplete Information
Matching with Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu, December 2024
Handbook of the Economics of Matching vol 1.
A Cooperative Analysis of Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu
Working Paper, May 2023
Stability and Bayesian Consistency in Two-Sided Markets
Qingmin Liu
American Economic Review, August 2020.
Stable Matching with Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu, George J. Mailath, Andrew Postlewaite, Larry Samuelson
Econometrica, 2014, 82, 541–587. Online Appendix
Rational Expectations Stability and Competitive Equilibrium in Matching with Incomplete Information
(incorporated into other papers)
Working Paper, 2017, Columbia University
Stable Belief and Stable Matching
(incorporated into other papers)
Working Paper, 2017, Columbia University
2. Auctions, Bargaining & Pricing
Coasian Equilibria in Sequential Auctions
Qingmin Liu, Konrad Mierendorff, Xianwen Shi
European Economic Review, Special Issue In Honor of Konrad Mierendorff, 2025
Auctions with Limited Commitment
Qingmin Liu, Konrad Mierendorff, Xianwen Shi, Weijie Zhong
American Economic Review, March 2019.
Gambling Reputation: Repeated Bargaining with Outside Options
Jihong Lee and Qingmin Liu
Econometrica, 2013, 81, 1601–1672. Online Appendix w Equilibrium Construction
Transparency and Price Formation
Ayca Kaya and Qingmin Liu
Theoretical Economics, 2015, 10, 341–383. Online Appendix
Equilibrium of a Sequence of Auctions when Bidders Demand Multiple Items
Qingmin Liu
Economics Letters, 2011, 112, 192–194.
3. Dynamic Contracts & Experimentation
Strategic Exploration: Preemption and Prioritization
Qingmin Liu and Yu Fu Wong
Review of Economic Studies, 2024
Marina Halac, Navin Kartik, Qingmin Liu
Journal of Political Economy, 2017. Online Appendix, Slides
Optimal Contracts for Experimentation
Marina Halac, Navin Kartik, Qingmin Liu
Review of Economic Studies, July 2016. Erratum, Slides
The Role of Information in Innovation and Competition
Ufuk Akcigit and Qingmin Liu
Journal of the European Economic Association, August 2016. Slides
4. Reputation & Dynamic Games
Limited Records and Reputation Bubbles
Qingmin Liu and Andrzej Skrzypacz
Journal of Economic Theory, 2014, 151, 2–29.
Gambling Reputation: Repeated Bargaining with Outside Options (cross-listed in #2)
Jihong Lee and Qingmin Liu
Econometrica, 2013, 81, 1601–1672. Online Appendix with Equilibrium Construction
Information Acquisition and Reputation Dynamics
Qingmin Liu
Review of Economic Studies, 2011, 78, 1400–1425.
5. Epistemic Foundations of Game Theory
Correlation and Common Priors in Games with Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu
Journal of Economic Theory, 2015. Working Paper 2005
On Redundant Types and Bayesian Formulation of Incomplete Information
(a new extension theorem for semirings)
Qingmin Liu
Journal of Economic Theory, 2009, 144, 2115–2145.
Representation of Belief Hierarchies in Games with Incomplete Information
Qingmin Liu
Working Paper, 2005 (Partially incorporated in JET 2015)
Higher-Order Beliefs and Epistemic Conditions for Nash Equilibrium
Qingmin Liu
6. Matching & Assignment
Ordinal Efficiency, Fairness, and Incentives in Large Markets
Qingmin Liu and Marek Pycia
Working Paper, Columbia University, 2011