Research

Below is a list of selected publications by Zhiqi Chen.  For the complete list of publications, see his curriculum vitae (updated in August 2022).  

Click here for his RePEc ranking (as of August 2022). 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• • "Partitioned Pricing and Collusion on Surcharges,” The Economic Journal, volume 133, issue 655 (October 2023), 2614–2639, https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead044 

  • “Private Label and Product Quality under Asymmetric Information,” joint with Heng Xu, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, volume 30, issue 4 (Winter 2021), 743-759

  • “Buffer Joint Ventures,” joint with Thomas Ross, International Journal of Industrial Organization, volume 73, December 2020, article 102613

  •  “Trade and Labour Standards: Will There Be a Race to the Bottom?” joint with Afshan Dar-Brodeur, Canadian Journal of Economics, volume 53, issue 3 (August 2020), 916-948

  • “Supplier Innovation in the Presence of Buyer Power,” International Economic Review, volume 60, issue 1 (February 2019), 329-353 

  • “Horizontal Mergers in the Presence of Capacity Constraints,” joint with Gang Li, Economic Inquiry, volume 56, issue 2 (April 2018), 1346–1356

  • “Do Merger Efficiencies Always Mitigate Price Increases?” joint with Gang Li, Journal of Industrial Economics, volume 66, issue 1 (March 2018), 95-125  

• • "Downstream Competition and the Effects of Buyer Power," joint with Hong Ding and Zhiyang Liu, Review of Industrial Organization, volume 49, issue 1 (August 2016), 1 - 23 (lead article)

  • “Denying Leniency to Cartel Instigators: Costs and Benefits,” joint with Subhadip Ghosh and Thomas W. Ross, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 41 (July 2015) 19 - 29

  • "Product Line Rivalry and Firm Asymmetry," joint with Zhihong Chen, Journal of Industrial Economics, volume 62 (2014), 417 - 435

  • "Unemployment and Welfare Consequences of International Outsourcing under Monopolistic Competition," joint with Richard Brecher, Canadian Journal of Economics, volume 47 (2014), 540 - 554

  • "Unemployment and Product Market Competition in a Cournot Model with Efficiency Wage," joing with Bo Zhao, Canadian Journal of Economics, volume 47 (2014), 555 - 579

  • "A Dynamic Model of Shirking and Unemployment: Private Saving, Public Debt and Optimal Taxation," joint with Richard Brecher and Ehsan Choudhri, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, volume 34 (2010), 1392 - 1402

  • "Unemployment of Skilled and Unskilled Labor in an Open Economy: International Trade, Migration and Outsourcing," joint with Richard Brecher, Review of International Economics, volume 18 (2010), 990 - 1000

  • "Credible Retaliatory Entry and Strategic Toe-Holds," joint with Thomas Ross, Journal of Industrial Economics, volume 57 (2009), 244 - 253

  • "Markets Linked by Rising Marginal Costs: Implications for Multimarket Contact, Recoupment and Retaliatory Entry," joint with Thomas Ross, Review of Industrial Organization, volume 31 (2007): 1 - 21

  • "Dynamic Stability in a Two-Country Model of Optimal Growth and International Trade," joint with R.A Brecher and E.U. Choudhri, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, volume 29 (2005), 583 - 594

  • "Dominant Retailers and the Countervailing Power Hypothesis," RAND Journal of Economics, volume 34 (2003), 612 - 625

  • "A Theory of International Strategic Alliance," Review of International Economics, volume 11 (2003), 758 - 769

  • "Cooperating Upstream while Competing Downstream: A Theory of Input Joint Ventures", joint with Thomas Ross, International Journal of Industrial Organizatio, volume 21 (2003), 381 - 397

  • "Absolute and Comparative Advantage Reconsidered: The Pattern of International Trade with Optimal Saving," joint with Richard Brecher and Ehsan Choudhri, Review of International Economics, volume 10, November 2002, 645 - 656

  • "Unemployment and Growth in the Long-Run: An Efficiency-Wage Model with Optimal Savings," joint with Richard Brecher and Ehsan Choudhri, International Economic Review, volume 43, August 2002, 875 - 894

  • "A Cournot-Nash Model of Family Decision Making," joint with Frances Woolley, Economic Journal, volume 111, October 2001, 722 - 748

  • "Strategic Alliances, Shared Facilities and Entry Deterrence," joint with Thomas Ross, RAND Journal of Economics, volume 31, Summer 2000, pp. 326-344

  • "Selective versus Universal Vouchers: Modelling Median Voter Preferences in Education," joint with Edwin West, American Economic Review, volume 90, December 2000, 1520 - 1534

  • "Refusal to Deal and Orders to Supply in Competitive Markets," joint with Thomas Ross, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 17: 399 - 417, 1999

  • "Orders to Supply as Substitutes for Commitments to Aftermarkets," joint with Thomas Ross, Canadian Journal of Economics, 31: 1204 - 1224, 1998

  • "Negotiating an Agreement on Global Warming: A Theoretical Analysis," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Volume 32, No.2, February 1997, 170-88

  • "Can Economic Activities Lead to Climatic Chaos?" Canadian Journal of Economics, May 1997

  • "How Low is a Guaranteed-Lowest-Price?" Canadian Journal of Economics, volume 28, No.3, August 1995, 683-701

  • "Why Are Extended Warranties So Expensive?" joint with Thomas Ross, Economics Letters, volume 45, No.2, June1994, 253-257

  • "Refusal to Deal, Price Discrimination and Independent Service Organizations," joint with Thomas Ross, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, volume 2, No.4,Winter 1993, 593-614

  • "Long-run Equilibria in a Dynamic Heckscher-Ohlin Model," Canadian Journal of Economics, volume 25, No.4, November 1992, 923-43