Auctions

Li, T. and X. Zheng (2009): “Entry and Competition Effects in First-Price Auctions: Theory and Evidence from Procurement Auctions,” Review of Economic Studies, 76, 4, 1397-1429. Supplementary Appendix.      

Zheng, X. (2009): “Quantifying the Cost of Excess Market Thickness in Timber Sale Auctions,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 27, 5, 553-566 (Lead Article).

Vukina, T., X. Zheng, M. Marra and A. Levy (2008): “Do Farmers Value The Environment? Evidence from a Conservation Reserve Program Auction,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 26, 6, 1323-1332.

“Information Acquisition or/and Bid Preparation: A Structural Analysis of Entry and Bidding in Timber Sale Auctions,” with T. Li, Working Paper, revise and resubmit.

Agricultural Production Tournaments and Contracts

Vukina, T. and X. Zheng (2007): “Structural Estimation of Rank-Order Tournaments with Private Information,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89, 3, 651-664.

Zheng, X. and T. Vukina (2007): “Efficiency Gains from Organizational Innovation: Comparing Ordinal and Cardinal Tournament Games in Broiler Contracts,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 25, 4, 843-859.

Zheng, X., T. Vukina, and C. Shin (2008): “The Role of Farmers' Risk Aversion for Contract Choice in the US Hog Industry,” Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 6, Article 4.    

Zheng, X. and T. Vukina (2009): “Do Alternative Marketing Arrangements Increase Pork Packers' Market Power?” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91, 1, 250-263.

Vukina, T., C. Shin and X. Zheng (2009): “Complementarity among Alternative Procurement Arrangements in the Pork Packing Industry,”  Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 7, Article 1.    

“Homogenous and Heterogeneous Contestants in Piece Rate Tournaments: Theory and Empirical Analysis,” with T. Vukina, revised and resubmitted.

“Can Bargaining Theory Explain the Price Dispersion Puzzle? Evidence from an Agricultural Market,” with T. Vukina, under review.

“Are Tournaments Better for Vegetable Production in Madagascar ,” with M. Bellemare and T. Wu, work in progress.

“Affiliation in Tournaments,” with T. Li and T. Vukina, work in progress.

Microeconometrics and Its Applications

Zheng, X. and D. M. Zimmer: “Modeling Bivariate Count Distributions with Finite Mixture Models: Application to Health Care Demand of Married Couples,” Applied Economics, forthcoming.

Zheng, X. and D. M. Zimmer (2009): “Racial Differences in Health Care Utilization: Analysis by Intensity of Demand,” Contemporary Economic Policy, 27, 4, 475-490.

Zheng, X. and C. Zhen (2008): “Healthy Food, Unhealthy Food and Obesity,” Economics Letters, 100, 2, 300-303.

Zheng, X. and D. Zimmer (2008): “Farmers' Health Insurance and Access to Health Care,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 90, 1, 267-279.

Zheng, X. (2008): “Semiparametric Bayesian Estimation of Mixed Count Regression Models,” Economics Letters, 100, 3, 435-438.

Li, T. and X. Zheng (2008): “Semiparametric Bayesian Inference for Dynamic Tobit Panel Data Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity,” Journal of Applied Econometrics, 23, 6, 699-728 (Lead Article).

“The Importance of Entry and Adjustment Costs in International Agricultural Markets,” with I. Kandilov, under review.

“Household’s Food Stamp Program Participation and Childhood Obesity,” with C. Robinson, under review.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

1. Zheng, X. (2007): Book Review of “Identification and Inference for Econometric Models” by Andrews and Stock, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89, 2, 555-556.

2. Vukina, T., M.K. Muth, N.E. Piggott, C. Shin, M.K. Wohlgenant, X. Zheng, S.C. Cates, M.C. Coglaiti, S.A. Karns, J. Lawrence, J.L. Taylor, and C.L. Viator (2007): “GIPSA Livestock and Meat Marketing Study, Volume 4. Hog and Pork Industries,” Final Report prepared for USDA, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, Washington, DC.