RESEARCH INTERESTS
General interests:
Digital Economy, Operations Management and Marketing Interfaces, Industrial Organisation, Managerial Economics
Specialisation:
e-commerce, conspicuous consumption, scholarly publishing, crowdfunding, sharing economy, discriminatory pricing, two-sided platforms, applied game theory, applied econometrics
PUBLICATIONS
(* indicates corresponding authorship)
[1] John C. Ham, Julian Wright and Ziqiu Ye (2025) “The dramatic rise of the new society journals in economics” Economic Journal 136 (673): 259-278
[2] Shuguang Zhang, Wei Shi Lim, and Ziqiu Ye* (2024) “The impact of channel role on the outsourcing of after-sales service with asymmetric retailer competition” European Journal of Operational Research 322 (3): 812-826
[3] Sarah Yini Gao, Wei Shi Lim, and Ziqiu Ye* (2023) “Optimal channel strategy of luxury brands in the presence of online marketplace and copycats” European Journal of Operational Research 308 (2): 709-721
SELECTED WORKING PAPERS / WORK-IN-PROGRESS
[1] “Online marketplace and third-party sellers: a behaviour-based personalised pricing approach” (joint with Krista J. Li and Baojun Jiang)
[2] “Crowdfunding with anxiety, externality and warm glow” (joint with Wei Shi Lim and Christopher S. Tang)
[3] “Open access mandate and journal intrinsic quality: effects of author taste resilience and asymmetric journal competition”
[4] “Peer-to-peer online used market: implications on conspicuous consumption”
RESEARCH GRANTS (Principal Investigator)
[1] Research Fund for International Young Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No. W2533197, Approximately CNY 450,000, 2026 Jan - 2027 Dec
[2] Beijing Natural Science Foundation International Scientists Project, Project No. 1S24100, CNY 200,000, 2024 Oct - 2026 Nov
[3] University of International Business and Economics Start-up Research Grant for International Scholars, CNY 100,000, 2020 Nov - 2026 Oct
General interests:
Digital Economy, Operations Management and Marketing Interfaces, Industrial Organisation, Managerial Economics
Specialisation:
e-commerce, conspicuous consumption, scholarly publishing, crowdfunding, sharing economy, discriminatory pricing, two-sided platforms, applied game theory, applied econometrics
PUBLICATIONS
(* indicates corresponding authorship)
[1] John C. Ham, Julian Wright and Ziqiu Ye (2025) “The dramatic rise of the new society journals in economics” Economic Journal 136 (673): 259-278
- Attracted 7631 worldwide total downloads in the Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
- Ranked in the SSRN ’s Top 10 download list for: Information Theory and Research eJournals, Feb, Mar 2022, Mar 2023 (click here for its SSRN version)
- Accepted for presentation at the European Economic Association Meeting (Bocconi University) and the Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (Sydney, Australia)
- Click here for the latest main draft
- Click here for the latest online appendix
[2] Shuguang Zhang, Wei Shi Lim, and Ziqiu Ye* (2024) “The impact of channel role on the outsourcing of after-sales service with asymmetric retailer competition” European Journal of Operational Research 322 (3): 812-826
[3] Sarah Yini Gao, Wei Shi Lim, and Ziqiu Ye* (2023) “Optimal channel strategy of luxury brands in the presence of online marketplace and copycats” European Journal of Operational Research 308 (2): 709-721
SELECTED WORKING PAPERS / WORK-IN-PROGRESS
[1] “Online marketplace and third-party sellers: a behaviour-based personalised pricing approach” (joint with Krista J. Li and Baojun Jiang)
[2] “Crowdfunding with anxiety, externality and warm glow” (joint with Wei Shi Lim and Christopher S. Tang)
- Supported under the NUS Tier I Research Grant (SGD 38,700)
- Presented at the ISMS Marketing Science Conference (virtual) and the China Marketing International Conference (virtual)
[3] “Open access mandate and journal intrinsic quality: effects of author taste resilience and asymmetric journal competition”
[4] “Peer-to-peer online used market: implications on conspicuous consumption”
RESEARCH GRANTS (Principal Investigator)
[1] Research Fund for International Young Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project No. W2533197, Approximately CNY 450,000, 2026 Jan - 2027 Dec
[2] Beijing Natural Science Foundation International Scientists Project, Project No. 1S24100, CNY 200,000, 2024 Oct - 2026 Nov
[3] University of International Business and Economics Start-up Research Grant for International Scholars, CNY 100,000, 2020 Nov - 2026 Oct