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Publications

1. Maoliang Ye, Junsen Zhang, Hongbin Li. “Twins, Income, and Happiness: Evidence from China”.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(25):e2221884120. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221884120. (first author).

2. Maoliang Ye*, Jie Zheng, Plamen Nikolov, Sam  Asher. “One Step at a Time: Does Gradualism Build Coordination?” Management Science (2020): 113-129.  (first & de facto corresponding author).  Manuscript (preprint version)  Supplementary Materials Previous Slides (not final version) Chinese Translation (preliminary)

  • First author and de facto correspondence author
  • Winner of Shenzhen Social Science Outstanding Research Award (深圳市哲学社会科学优秀成果奖)
  • Google Scholar Citations by Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (UTD24) , International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Handbook of Economic Organization,《经济研究》, etc.

3. Yongzheng Liu, Liyan Wang*, Maoliang Ye*.“Public Participation in Democracy, Local Accountability and Happiness: Evidence from Rural China”.  Governance, forthcoming.  (alphabetical order, corresponding author)

Supplementary Material  Accepted Preprint Full Version with Kudos Summary   One-page Public Introdction Web (Wiley & Kudos)  One-page Public Introduction pdf (Wiley & Kudos)

4. Maoliang Ye, Junjian Yi*. “Parental Preferences, Production Technologies, and Provision for Progeny”. Journal of Comparative Economics 2 (2017): 261-270.

5. Weihua An, Maoliang Ye*. “Mind the Gap: Disparity in Redistributive Preference between Political Elites and the Public in China”. European Journal of Political Economy 50 (2017): 75-91. (alphabetical order, corresponding author) Early Slides (not updated)

6. Qianping Ren, Maoliang Ye*. “Donations Make People Happier: Evidence from the WenchuanEarthquake”. Social Indicators Research 1 (2017): 517-536. (download the file here if the link is broken)  (alphabetical order, corresponding author) Cited by：

  • Helliwell, John F., Haifang Huang, and Shun Wang. "The Social Foundations of World Happiness." World Happiness Report 2017: 8.

7. Qianping Ren, Maoliang Ye*.“Losing Children and Mental Well-being: Evidence from China”. Applied Economics Letters 24.12 (2017): 868-877. (alphabetical order, corresponding author)

8.  Liyan Wang, Guangrong Ma*, Maoliang Ye.  “Mining boom, Industrial Agglomeration and Manufacturing Development” (in Chinese). Economic Theory and Business Management (经济理论与经济管理), forthcoming.

  • 王丽艳，马光荣*，叶茂亮。采矿业繁荣，产业集聚与制造业增长。经济理论与经济管理，已接收待刊印。

 

Some Working Papers

1. Xiangting Hu, Yangbo Song, Maoliang Ye*. “Building Cooperation through Gradualism in Finitely Repeated Investment Games”.   under review. (alphabetical order, corresponding author)

2.  “Gradualism, Weakest Link and Information: Evidence from Coordination Experiments”

3. Qianping Ren, Maoliang Ye*. "Long-term Effects of Early Adversity on Subjective Well-being and Mental Health: Evidence from the 1959-1961 Great Famine in China” under review. (alphabetical order, corresponding author)

4.  Xinghua Wang, Maoliang Ye*. "Socially Irresponsible Individual Information Reporting Behavior in a Pandemic: Underlying Traits and Interventions"  (alphabetical order, corresponding author)

5. Richard Freeman, Xiaofei Pan, Xiaolan Yang, Maoliang Ye. “Team Incentives and Lower Ability Workers: An Experimental Study on Real-Effort Tasks” NBER Working Paper 30427, Sep 2022. (alphabetical order)

6. Weiguang Deng, Shengjun Jiang*, Xue Li, Maoliang Ye. “Peer Effects in Philanthropic Behaviors: Evidence from Random Assignment of Roommates”  (alphabetical order)

7. Haicheng Jiang, Maoliang Ye*. “The Historical Origins of Economic Inequality: Evidence from the Slave Trade in Africa”. (alphabetical order, corresponding author)