https://mingzhao-econ.github.io MINGZHAO 2025-12-25T09:21:18.040Z https://github.com/jpmonette/feed <p>Work like a economist | Think like a sociologist</p> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/images/avatar.png https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/favicon.ico All rights reserved 2025, MINGZHAO <![CDATA[Term paper on The Morale Effects of Pay Inequality (Behavioral Economics)]]> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/post/term-paper-on-the-morale-effects-of-pay-inequality-behavioral-economics/ 2025-03-28T06:50:05.000Z For PDF version, please click here





















]]> <![CDATA[Slides | Endogenous Institution Formation in Public Goods Games]]> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/post/Kosfeld09/ 2024-12-19T09:33:01.000Z These slides are based on Kosfeld, Okada, and Riedl (2009). I presented this paper in the class of Social Preferences: Theories and Evidence on Nov. 12, 2024. Although it is a paper mainly about behavioral and experimental economics, it is structured by both theory and experiment parts. In the theory part, it provided a nice framework for the analysis of endogeneous institution formation in the public goods game, combined this framework with social preferences such as inequity aversion (Fehr and Schmidt, 1999) and got some interesting results which are significantly different from what we can get from a model without social preferences. Technically, the introduction of strict SPNE also allows the model to have a nice refinement of equilibria, in order to reach the more intuitive side of this model. This is very interesting, since it provides a good example of building the bridge between the seemingly complicated theoretical equilibria and the corresponding more-plausibly-realized results in experiments.

However, there is still a lot of stuff to further discuss about this model, one of which suggests a potential absence of belief system in the model structure. This would be even more important when we have heterogeneous agents and want to understand the incentives of them participating in the institution formation. Therefore, I would like to upload this presentation slides as an inspiration, or basis of future studies.

You can also find the slides in pdf version here.


















]]> <![CDATA[Pictures of recent years]]> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/post/pictures/ 2023-10-19T00:46:29.000Z Siguniang Mountains, Ngawa, Sichuan, China
Siguniang Mountains སྐུ་བླ, Ngawa, Sichuan, China
Yuke Plateau Grassland, Garzê, Sichuan, China

Really nice Italian white wine at the famous pizza shop Fratelli Figurato, Madrid

Park Güell, Barcelona

The selfie bro in front of the beautiful field of Segovia, Spain

At the corner of Ruínas da Igreja do Carmo, Lisbon

Impresive artworks of La Catedral del Santo Cáliz, València

Peaceful Mediterranean beach at Malvarrosa, València

On the top of Castell de Santa Bàrbara, Alicante

In the wind of historical Toledo, Spain

Mysterious Gaztelugatxe, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain

Brussels, Belgium

Variegated shadows of trees, Champs-Élysées, Paris

The vibe of Amsterdam

]]> <![CDATA[Slides (in Chinese) | 第三方认证与全球生产链中间品质量甄别 - Screening Intermediate Quality Through Third Party Certification]]> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/post/in-chinese-third-party-certification-2/ 2022-05-10T15:24:18.000Z This is the updated version of the previous writing sample and was also my Master's thesis. The model has been much improved, along with more detailed illustrating. That being said, there's still a lot of space for this model to become better and I am working on this. The new English version of this paper is expected to have a draft before summer, 2024.

Also, you can click here for the access to the pdf OR here for the access to the version with notes. (Links to Google Drive)
Copyright reserved. If you want the access to the pdf of the paper (in Chinese), please email Mingzhao DAI.

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]]> <![CDATA[Writing Sample | Calling for Equality: the Role of Transboundary Rivers' Pollution Tax Agreements (proposal)]]> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/post/WS-calling-for-equality-trans-river/ 2021-06-18T14:43:53.000Z
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]]> <![CDATA[Slides | Antràs P. & Staiger R.W. , 2012, Offshoring and the Role of Trade Agreements]]> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/post/antras-and-staiger-2012/ 2021-06-18T14:37:55.000Z About this paper

This paper was published on American Economic Review in 2012, and you can get access to it by clicking AEA | Offshoring and the Role of Trade Agreements.


]]> <![CDATA[Does the position along the river determine the production distribution? under a pollution tax agreement]]> https://mingzhao-econ.github.io/post/pollution-along-the-river/ 2021-04-06T07:50:43.000Z

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