Research

Here list the projects either accepted or a draft is soon available. SSRN page: Link.

Publications

"Estimating Parameters of Structural Models Using Neural Networks."

Yanhao Wei and Zhenling Jiang

Accepted at Marketing Science. DOWNLOAD; Website for Code

"Designing Dealer Compensation in the Auto Loan Market: Implications from a Policy Change."

Zhenling Jiang, Yanhao Wei, Tat Chan, and Naser Hamdi.

Marketing Science, 42(5), 2023. DOWNLOAD; INFORMS

"Customer Voice in Two-Sided Platforms: The Effect of Surge Pricing on Customer Complaints."

Linli Xu, Yanhao 'Max' Wei, and Yi Zhu

Accepted at Management Science. DOWNLOAD

“Blockchain for Creative Industries: Current State and Research Opportunities.”

Nikhil Malik, Yanhao Wei, Gil Appel, and Lan Luo

International Journal of Research in Marketing, 40(1), 2023. SSRN; ScienceDirect

"Geographical Pattern of Online WOM: How Offline Environment Influences Online Sharing."

Tianshu Sun, Yanhao Wei, and Joseph Golden

Information Systems Research, Forthcoming. SSRN

"Machine Learning for Creativity: Using Similarity Networks to Design Better Crowdfunding Projects."

Yanhao Wei, Jihoon Hong, and Gerry Tellis.

Journal of Marketing, 86(2), 2022. DOWNLOAD, SAGE

"Cryptocurrency Adoption with Speculative Price Bubbles."

Yanhao Wei and Anthony Dukes

Marketing Science, 40(2), 2021. DOWNLOAD

"Marketing Mutual Funds."

with Nikolai Roussanov and Hongxun Ruan

Review of Financial Studies, 34(6), 2021. SSRN, Oxford Press

"Social Network Design for Inducing Effort."

Pinar Yildirim, Yanhao Wei, Christophe Van den Bulte, and Joy Lu

Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 18(4), 2020. DOWNLOAD

"The Similarity Network of Motion Pictures."

Yanhao Wei

Management Science, 66(4), 2020. DOWNLOAD; INFORMS

"Airline Networks, Traffic Densities, and Value of Links."

Yanhao Wei

Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 16(3), 2018. DOWNLOAD

"What Can the Duration of Discovered Cartels Tell Us About the Duration of All Cartels?"

with Joseph Harrington

Economic Journal, 127(604), 2017. Wiley Library

"Credit Scoring with Social Network Data."

Yanhao Wei, Pinar Yildirim, Christophe Van den Bulte, and Chris Dellarocas

Marketing Science, 35(2), 2016. INFORMS

Working Papers

"Unstructured Data, Econometric Models, and Estimation Bias."

Yanhao Wei and Nikhil Malik

DOWNLOAD, R&R at Management Science.

"Mutual Fund Flows and Performance in (Imperfectly) Rational Markets?"

with Nikolai Roussanov and Hongxun Ruan.

DOWNLOAD

"Online Social Network with Communities: Evolvement of Within- and Cross-Community Ties."