keywords
- industrial organization, microeconomic theory, pricing, innovation and intellectual property, law and economics, antitrust
- Contact Info
Chen, Yongmin
Positions
- Endowed Chair, Academic Affairs
- Professor, Economics
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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journal article
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Search and Competition Under Product Quality Uncertainty.
The Journal of Industrial Economics.
633-661.
2024
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The impact of foreign direct investment on innovation: Evidence from patent filings and citations in China.
Journal of Comparative Economics.
917-945.
2022
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EFFICIENT LIABILITY IN EXPERT MARKETS*.
International Economic Review.
1717-1744.
2022
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Experience Goods and Consumer Search.
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
591-621.
2022
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International protection of consumer data*.
Journal of International Economics.
2021
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Competitive differential pricing.
RAND Journal of Economics.
100-124.
2021
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DISCOUNT PRICING.
Economic Inquiry.
1614-1627.
2020
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Improving market performance in the digital economy.
China Economic Review (Amsterdam).
2020
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Mergers and product quality: Evidence from the airline industry.
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
96-135.
2019
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PATENTABILITY, R&D DIRECTION, AND CUMULATIVE INNOVATION.
International Economic Review.
1969-1993.
2018
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An optimal rule for patent damages under sequential innovation.
RAND Journal of Economics.
370-397.
2018
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Bundled procurement.
Journal of Public Economics.
116-127.
2018
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Intermediaries and consumer search.
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
255-277.
2018
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Entry and Welfare in Search Markets.
The Economic Journal.
55-80.
2018
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Selling Your Product Through Competitors' Outlets: Channel Strategy When Consumers Comparison Shop.
Marketing Science.
138-152.
2018
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Competition, Product Safety, and Product Liability.
Journal of Law Economics and Organization.
237-267.
2017
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Rating deflation versus inflation: On procyclical credit ratings.
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.
46-64.
2017
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Churn Versus Diversion in Antitrust: An Illustrative Model.
Economica.
564-583.
2016
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Consumer uncertainty and price discrimination through online coupons: An empirical study of restaurants in Shanghai.
Information Economics and Policy.
43-55.
2015
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Prices, Profits, and Preference Dependence.
The Journal of Industrial Economics.
549-568.
2015
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Differential pricing when costs differ: a welfare analysis.
RAND Journal of Economics.
442-460.
2015
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Interpersonal Bundling.
Management Science.
1456-1471.
2015
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Refusal to Deal, Intellectual Property Rights, and Antitrust.
Journal of Law Economics and Organization.
533-557.
2014
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(When) Do stronger patents increase continual innovation?.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
115-124.
2014
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Product Innovation Incentives: Monopoly vs. Competition.
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
513-528.
2013
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PROFITABILITY OF PRODUCT BUNDLING.
International Economic Review.
35-57.
2013
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EX ANTE INVESTMENT, EX POST REMEDIES, AND PRODUCT LIABILITY.
International Economic Review.
845-866.
2012
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Physical capital, knowledge capital, and the choice between FDI and outsourcing.
Canadian Journal of Economics.
1-15.
2012
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Equilibrium price dispersion with heterogeneous searchers.
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
645-654.
2011
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Paid Placement: Advertising and Search on the Internet.
The Economic Journal.
F309-F328.
2011
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Exclusive Contracts, Innovation, and Welfare.
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
194-220.
2011
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THE EFFECTS OF COMPETITION ON THE PRICE FOR CABLE MODEM INTERNET ACCESS.
The Review of Economics and Statistics.
201-217.
2011
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Dynamic pricing: when to entice brand switching and when to reward consumer loyalty.
RAND Journal of Economics.
674-685.
2010
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INNOVATION IN VERTICALLY RELATED MARKETS.
The Journal of Industrial Economics.
373-401.
2010
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Designing input prices to motivate process innovation.
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
390-402.
2009
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INATTENTIVE CONSUMERS AND PRODUCT QUALITY.
Journal of the European Economic Association.
411-422.
2009
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DYNAMIC PRICE DISCRIMINATION WITH ASYMMETRIC FIRMS.
The Journal of Industrial Economics.
729-751.
2008
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Price-increasing competition.
RAND Journal of Economics.
1042-1058.
2008
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Buyer investment, export variety, and intrafirm trade.
European Economic Review.
1313-1337.
2008
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Ownership, location and prices in Chinese electronic commerce markets.
Information Economics and Policy.
192-207.
2008
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Vertical contracting between airlines: An equilibrium analysis of codeshare alliances.
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
1046-1060.
2007
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Price and variety in the spokes model.
The Economic Journal.
897-921.
2007
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Vertical integration, exclusive dealing, and ex post cartelization.
RAND Journal of Economics.
1-21.
2007
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Market design with correlated valuations.
Economica.
659-672.
2006
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Marketing innovation.
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
101-123.
2006
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Intellectual property rights and innovation in developing countries.
Journal of Development Economics.
474-493.
2005
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Do economics departments search optimally in faculty recruiting?.
Economic Inquiry.
676-688.
2005
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Vertical Pricing and Parallel Imports.
The Journal of International Trade and Economic Development: an international and comparative review.
1-18.
2005
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Vertical disintegration.
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
209-229.
2005
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A model of competing selling mechanisms.
Economics Letters.
151-155.
2004
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Trade liberalization and strategic outsourcing.
Journal of International Economics.
419-436.
2004
- Equilibrium Selling Mechanisms. Annals of the Economics and Finance. 335-355. 2004
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Parallel Imports in a Model of Vertical Distribution: Theory, Evidence and Policy.
Pacific Economic Review.
319-334.
2002
- Equilibrium Cost Overruns. Annals of the Economics and Finance. 401-414. 2001
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On vertical mergers and their competitive effects.
RAND Journal of Economics.
667-685.
2001
- Strategic bidding by potential competitors will monopoly persist?. The Journal of Industrial Economics. 161-175. 2000
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Promises, trust, and contracts.
Journal of Law Economics and Organization.
209-232.
2000
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Learning buyers' valuation distribution in posted-price selling.
Economic Theory.
417-428.
1999
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Oligopoly price discrimination and resale price maintenance.
RAND Journal of Economics.
441-455.
1999
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Paying customers to switch.
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
877-897.
1997
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Multidimensional signalling and diversification.
RAND Journal of Economics.
168-187.
1997
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Equilibrium product bundling.
Journal of Business.
85-103.
1997
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Dynamic duopoly with slowly changing customer loyalties.
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
269-296.
1996
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Asking prices as commitment devices.
International Economic Review.
129-155.
1996
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On the use of ceiling-price commitments by monopolists.
RAND Journal of Economics.
207-220.
1996
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CONFLICTING INTERESTS IN INFORMATION DISCLOSURE AND SHORT-TERM ORIENTATION OF FIRMS.
International Journal of Industrial Organization.
211-225.
1994
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Search and Competition Under Product Quality Uncertainty.
The Journal of Industrial Economics.
633-661.
2024
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scholarly edition
Teaching
courses taught
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ECON 3070 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022
Explores theory and application of models of consumer choice, firm and market organization, and general equilibrium. Extensions include intertemporal decisions, decisions under uncertainty, externalities, and strategic interaction. -
ECON 7030 - Microeconomic Theory 2
Primary Instructor - Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Continuation of ECON 7010. Develops mathematical foundations of game theory and models of asymmetric information. Analyzes classical game-theoretic settings using analytical optimization techniques with emphasis on methodology, equilibrium concepts, theory of adverse selection and moral hazard, and principal-agent framework. Instructor consent required. -
ECON 7050 - Advanced Economic Theory
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021
Discusses advanced topics in game theory and general equilibrium. Department enforced prerequisites: ECON 7010 and ECON 7030 and ECON 7818 and ECON 7828. -
ECON 8747 - Industrial Organization 1
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2022
This course studies the theory of industrial organization. Topics include research method in industrial organization, monopoly, oligopoly competition, vertical organization, markets with search and switching costs, online platforms, and innovation economics. Emphasis will be placed on the development of mathematical models for industry and policy analysis. The course can be taken independently or in conjunction with 8757 to make a two-semester sequence in industrial organization.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Boston University 1992
awards and honors
International Activities
geographic focus
- http://dbpedia.org/page/Hong_Kong Geographic Region
- Austria Country
- Canada Country
- China Country
- Switzerland Country
- United Kingdom Country