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. 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 Theory
Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2022
Highlights economics of regulation of industry and markets, industry studies, and the application of lab methods to 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