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Jaimie W Lien

Center for Economic Research, Shandong University
Verified email at sdu.edu.cn
Cited by 520

[HTML][HTML] Extortion can outperform generosity in the iterated prisoner's dilemma

Z Wang, Y Zhou, JW Lien, J Zheng, B Xu - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Zero-determinant (ZD) strategies, as discovered by Press and Dyson, can enforce a linear
relationship between a pair of players’ scores in the iterated prisoner’s dilemma. Particularly, …

Endogenous rewards promote cooperation

…, G Charness, C Li, JW Lien - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Sustaining cooperation in social dilemmas is a fundamental objective in the social and biological
sciences. Although providing a punishment option to community members in the public …

Online or face-to-face? Competition among MOOC and regular education providers

H Han, D Lien, JW Lien, J Zheng - International Review of Economics & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although the importance of online education has long been anticipated, recent conditions in
society have accelerated the necessity and popularity of online education by various …

Serial and parallel duopoly competition in multi-segment transportation routes

Z Kuang, Z Lian, JW Lien, J Zheng - Transportation Research Part E …, 2020 - Elsevier
We consider duopoly competition among transportation firms operating on a multi-segment
route, and analyze the welfare consequences of different market structures in serial and …

Preference submission timing in school choice matching: testing fairness and efficiency in the laboratory

JW Lien, J Zheng, X Zhong - Experimental Economics, 2016 - Springer
We investigate the relative merits of the Boston and Serial Dictatorship mechanisms when
the timing of students’ preference submission over schools varies within the structure of the …

Optimal subsidies in the competition between private and state-owned enterprises

M Li, JW Lien, J Zheng - International Review of Economics & Finance, 2021 - Elsevier
… We are very grateful to Donald Lien for inspiring and constructive advice, which greatly
improved the manuscript. We thank Huangnan Shen and other participants of the 5th …

Ex-ante fairness in the Boston and serial dictatorship mechanisms under pre-exam and post-exam preference submission

JW Lien, J Zheng, X Zhong - Games and Economic Behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
In a school choice mechanism, school priorities are often based on student exam scores, by
which student true ability may not be perfectly revealed. An ex-post fair matching …

Staying ahead and getting even: Risk attitudes of experienced poker players

D Eil, JW Lien - Games and Economic Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
Frequent online poker players with extensive experience calculating probabilities and expected
values might be expected to behave as Expected Utility maximizers, in that small shocks …

Wardrop equilibrium for networks with the BPR latency function

JW Lien, VV Mazalov, AV Melnik, J Zheng - Discrete Optimization and …, 2016 - Springer
This paper considers a network comprised of parallel routes with the Bureau of Public Road
(BPR) latency function and suggests an optimal distribution method for incoming traffic flow. …

Deciding when to quit: Reference-dependence over slot machine outcomes

JW Lien, J Zheng - American Economic Review, 2015 - aeaweb.org
We conduct tests for reference dependent loss aversion using slot machine gamblers'
decisions on when to quit playing for a visit to a casino. Evidence for a lagged status-quo …