Spatial Search
Abstract: This paper considers a random search model where some locations provide sellers with better chances of meeting many buyers than other locations (for example popular shopping streets or the first page of a search engine). When sellers are heterogeneous in terms of the quality of their product and/or the probability that a given buyer likes their product, it is desirable that sellers of high-...
Xiaoming Cai, Pieter Gautier, Ronald Wolthoff*
ARTICLE | Journal of Economic Theory | 2025、224
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Rosters and Connected Apportionments
Abstract: Affirmative action in India reserves explicit proportions of seats and jobs in publicly funded institutions for various beneficiary groups. Because seats are indivisible and arise in small numbers over time, implementation of this policy requires that beneficiary groups take turns claiming seats, for which purpose India relies on a device called a roster. We study the problem of constructing ...
Manshu Khanna*, Haydar Evren
ARTICLE | Public Choice | 2025、202：167-191
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What Happens When Platforms Disclose the Purchase History Associated with Product Reviews?
Abstract: In striking a balance between attracting more product reviews versus maintaining review quality, online platforms have started to label reviews with whether they are associated with verifiable purchases. This paper examines the impact of such disclosure policy on the strategic behavior of review writers and the helpfulness of verified reviews (VRs) and non-verified reviews (NVRs) for review ...
Miaomiao Liu, Xiaohua Zeng*, Cheng Zhang, Yong Liu
ARTICLE | Decision Support Systems | 2025、188
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Making Laughter: How Chinese Official Media Produce News on the Douyin (TikTok)
Abstract: As algorithm-driven content platforms sweep the world, what is changing in journalism? This article investigates news production of the Chinese official media on Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok). From the perspectives of news gathering, professional role, and news value, we conducted a manual content analysis (N = 991) of four representative Chinese official media (People’s Daily,...
Luming Zhao, Weiming Ye*
ARTICLE | Journalism Practice | 2025、19、3：665-689
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Property Rights and Firm Scope
Abstract: The voluminous strategy research on the determinants of corporate scope is often premised on a well-established property rights regime, which contrasts with the weak property rights protection that still characterizes most countries today. We address this gap by applying property rights theory to theorize and empirically examine how the strengthening of the property rights regime affects ...
Zhimin Li, Tony W. Tong, Mingtao Xu*
ARTICLE | Journal of Management | 2025、51、2
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Performing Transparency in vlog News: Self-disclosure of Chinese Journalists in vlog Reporting on COVID-19
Abstract: This study examines Chinese journalists’ use of video blogs (vlog) for news reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Situated within the “visual turn” of storytelling in the digital era, the vlog has risen in popularity as an audiovisual format on social media and video-sharing platforms, attracting followers’ attention through its attributes of apparent authenticity and intimacy. Journalists ...
Jing Meng, Haiyan Wang*
ARTICLE | Journalism Practice | 2025、19、1：134-150
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Rosters and Connected Apportionments
Abstract: Affirmative action in India reserves explicit proportions of seats and jobs in publicly funded institutions for various beneficiary groups. Because seats are indivisible and arise in small numbers over time, implementation of this policy requires that beneficiary groups take turns claiming seats, for which purpose India relies on a device called a roster. We study the problem of constructing ...
Manshu Khanna*, Haydar Evren
ARTICLE | Public Choice | 2025、202：167-191
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