Huanxing Yang

 

Ph.D.  University of Pennsylvania (2004)

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

The Ohio State University

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Office:  405 Arps Hall

Phone:  614-292-6523

Email:  yang.1041@osu.edu

 

 

 

                 Research Interests

 

     Contract Theory, Industrial Organization, Game Theory

 

   

      Publications and Forthcoming Papers

    

      Collusion, Fluctuating Demand, and Price Rigidity,” with Makoto Hanazono, International Economic Review, 48(2), 2007, 483-515.

 

     Efficiency Wages and Subjective Performance Pay,”  Economic Inquiry, 46(2), 2008, 179-196.

 

     Group Purchasing, Nonlinear Tariffs, and Oligopoly,” with Howard Marvel, forthcoming, International Journal of Industrial Organization.

 

     Search with Learning: Understanding Asymmetric Price Adjustments,” with Lixin Ye, Rand Journal of Economics, 39(2), 2008, 547-564.

 

     Nonlinear Pricing, Market Coverage, and Competition,” with Lixin Ye, Theoretical Economics, 3(1), 2008, 123-153. Previous longer version: “Nonlinear Pricing, Contract Variety, and Competition.” 

 

 

      Working Papers

 

     “Competitive Optimal Taxation, Inequality and Constitutional Choices,” with Massimo Morelli and Lixin Ye, (coming soon).

 

     Dynamic Entry and Exit with Uncertain Cost Positions,” with Makoto Hanazono, December, 2007.

 

     Investment Cycles, Strategic Delay, and Self-Correcting Cascades,” with James Peck, July, 2007.

 

     Information Aggregation in Dynamic Coordination Games,” July, 2007.

 

     Nonstationary Relational Contracts ,” being revised.

 

     Long-Term Relationships as Safeguards,” with Rafael Rob, being revised.

 

     Short-Lived Teams with Mutual Monitoring,” August 2003.

 

     An Economic Theory of Grade Inflation,” with Chun Seng Yip, November 2002.

    

    Teaching

    Econ 818:   Information Economics

    Econ 501 :   Intermediate Microeconomics

    Econ 601:   Game Theory