RESEARCH GRANTS
- Principal Investigator, General Program of NSF of China [国家自然科学基金面上项目]
- Principal Investigator, Young Scientists Fund, Humanities and Social Science Research Funds, Ministry of Education in China [教育部人文社会科学一般研究青年项目]
- Principal Investigator, Young Scientists Fund of NSF of China [国家自然科学基金青年项目]
- Principal Investigator, Research Fund of Fujian Social Science Foundation[福建省社科规划重点项目]
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
I: Agricultural Development in China's Transition
- Yang, Ziyan (2020), “Contract Design in China’s Rural Land Rental Market: Contractual Flexibility and Rental Payments,”Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 178, 15-43.
- Yang, Ziyan*, Feng Wen (2020), “From Employees to Entrepreneurs: Rural Land Rental Market and the Upgrade of Rural Labor Allocation in Non-Agricultural Sectors [从务工到创业——农地流转与农村劳动力转移形式升级],” Management World [管理世界], 36(7), 171-184.
- Yang, Ziyan (2019), “The Shadow Price of Nitrogen: A dynamic analysis of nitrogen-induced soil acidification in China,” China Agricultural Economic Review, 11(3), 489-506.
- Yan, Jianzhong, Ziyan Yang, Zanhong Li, Xiubin Li, Liangjie Xin and Laixiang Sun (2016), “Drivers of Cropland Abandonment in Mountainous Areas: A Household Decision Model on Farming Scale and a Case Study of Southwest China,” Land Use Policy, 57, 459-469.
- Yang, Ziyan, “Measuring Transaction Costs in China’s Rural Land Rental Market: Ex-ante Bargaining associated with Ex-Post Contract Violation Uncertainty and Location Specificity,” under review.
- Yang, Ziyan*, Ying Huang, Tingwen Cai, and Jin Shuai, “Communication Capability of Rural Grassroots Cadres and the Development of the Village-Level Rural Land Rental Market,” under review.
- Yang, Ziyan*, Jiakun Ma, “Piecemeal Labor-Market Liberalization and Entrepreneurship in China’s Transition,” under review.
- Yang, Ziyan*, Yuhui Li, “Breaking the Vicious Circle associated with State-Owned Enterprises’ Operational Mechanism under the Mixed-Ownership Reform [混合所有制改革下国企经营机制的破局之道],” revise and resubmit.
- Li, Dan, Ziyan Yang*, “China’s Marketization and Foreign Direct Investment: Identifying News-Announcement Effects,” in progress.
- Li, Dan, Zitao Lin, Ziyan Yang*, “The Paradox of Transaction Costs in High-Frequency Trading: Evidence from China’s Futures Market,” in progress.
- Li, Dan, Lemeng Shi, Ziyan Yang*, “Decentralization under the Covid-19 and the Macroeconomy,” in progress.
- Yang, Ziyan*, Zixuan He (2022), “Punitive Damages and the Expectation of Economic Incentives associated with Tort and Right Protection in the Area of Intellectual Property: Evidence from Copyright Disputes in the Movie Industry [知识产权惩罚性赔偿制度与经济激励预期:来自电影著作权纠纷的证据],” Nankai Business Review [南开管理评论], forthcoming.
- Yang, Ziyan*, Jing Chen (2021), “Identifying the Dual Mechanisms in Multi-dimension Award Incentives: Evidence from a Chinese Movie Award [奖项激励多维影响的双机制识别:来自中国电影奖项的证据],” China Economic Studies [中国经济问题], 05, 89-106.
- Yang, Ziyan*, Ying Zhao, “Past Collaboration and Unethical Behaviors in Competitions: Evidence from the English Premier League,” manuscript.
POLICY OPINION
- Yang, Ziyan (2019), “Suggestions on Investing Grain Production Bases outside Fujian Province [关于加快推进省外粮食生产基地投资建设的建议],” accepted by the internal journals of Fujian provincial government Cheng Guo Yao Bao [成果要报] and Ba Min Kuai Xun [八闽快讯].