Dr. Yang-Ming Chang | Peer-Reviewed Publications

• Quan Dong and Yang-Ming Chang, "The Endogeneity of Partial Ownership Arrangements under Cost Asymmetry: Welfare and Policy Implications," conditionally accepted by the Review of Industrial Organization, October 23, 2026.

• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "Alliances and Strategic Advantage in Sequential-Move Contests: Implications for Offensive vs. Defensive Strategies," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 231, 2025, 106908.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "Exports vs. FDI under Counterfeiting: Implications for the IPR Policy of an Importing Country," Applied Economics Letters, 32(12), 2025, pp. 1781-1788.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Quan Dong, "Commercial Policies, Unilateral versus Bilateral Foreign Ownership, and Welfare," The Manchester School, 92(4), July 2024, pp. 341-370.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "Conflict and Agreement in the Collective Choice of Trade Policies: Implications for Interstate Disputes," Public Choice, 199(1&2), April 2024, pp. 103-135.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "Strategic Environmental Policy in a Differentiated Duopoly with Overlapping Ownership: A Welfare Analysis," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 26(2), April 2024, pp. 199-217.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "Environmental Policy in Vertical Markets with Downstream Pollution: Taxes versus Standards," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 23(4), July 2023, pp. 897-923.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Mian F. Raza, "Dumping, Antidumping Duties, and Price Undertakings," Research in Economics, 77(1), March 2023, pp. 131-151.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "Endogenous Security, Third-Party Trade, and Interstate Disputes: A Conflict-Theoretic Analysis," Defence and Peace Economics, 34(2), 2023, pp. 160-182.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "A Theory of Competing Interventions by External Powers in Intrastate Conflicts: Implications for War and Armed Peace," Applied Economics, 54(33), 2022, pp. 3811-3822.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Ruben Sargsyan, "Revenue-Neutral or Profit-Neutral Tariff and Tax Reforms under Imperfect Competition: Welfare Implications, International Review of Economics and Finance, 80(C), July 2022, pp. 1-11(Lead article). (IREF's Impact Factor: 7.6, CiteScore: 8.3)
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "Endogenous IPR Protection, Commercial Piracy, and Welfare Implications for Anti-Piracy Laws," Applied Economics Letters, 29(8), 2022, pp. 718-722.
  
  
• Quan Dong and Yang-Ming Chang, "Emission Taxes vs. Environmental Standards under Partial Ownership Arrangements," Research in Economics, 74(3), 2020, pp. 250-262.
  
  
• Jason Walter and Yang-Ming Chang, "Environmental Policies and Political Feasibility: Eco-Lebels vs. Emission Taxes," Economic Analysis and Policy, 66, 2020, pp. 194-206.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Shih-Jye Wu, "Insecure Resources, Bilateral Trade, and Endogenous Predation: A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Trade and Conflict," Southern Economic Journal, 86(4), 2020, pp. 1338-1371.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Manaf Sellak, "A Game-Theoretic Analysis of International Trade and Political Conflict over External Territories," Public Choice, 179, 2019, pp. 209–228.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Mian F. Raza, "Import Competition, Product Quality Reversal, and Welfare," Economics Letters, 163(C), 2018, pp. 162-166.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Zijun Luo, and Yongjing Zhang, "The Timing of Third-Party Intervention in Social Conflict," Defence and Peace Economics, 29(2), 2018, pp. 91-110.
  
  
• Jason Walter and Yang-Ming Chang, "Green Certification, Heterogeneous Producers, and Green Consumers: A Welfare Analysis of Environmental Regulations," Journal of Regulatory Economics, 52(3), 2017, pp. 333-361.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Zijun Luo, "Endogenous Destruction in Conflict: Theory and Extensions," Economic Inquiry, 55(1), 2017, pp. 479-500.
  
  
• Shih-Jye Wu, Yang-Ming Chang, and Hung-Yi Chen, "Imported Inputs and Privatization in Downstream Mixed Oligopoly with Foreign Ownership," Canadian Journal of Economics, 49(3), 2016, pp. 1179-1207.
  
  
• Charles B. Braymen, Yang-Ming Chang, and Zijun Luo, "Tax Policies, Regional Trade Agreements and Foreign Direct Investment: A Welfare Analysis," Pacific Economic Review, 21(2), 2016, pp. 123-150. (Lead article)
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Joel M. Potter, and Shane Sanders, "Inelastic Sports Ticket Pricing, Marginal Win Revenue, and Firm Pricing Strategy: A Behavioral Pricing Model, " Managerial Finance, 42(9), 2016, pp. 922-927.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Jason Walter, "Digital Piracy: Price-Quality Competition between Legal Firms and P2P Network Hosts," Information Economics and Policy, 30, 2015, pp. 22-32.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Shane Sanders, and Bhavneet Walia, "The Costs of Conflict: A Choice-Theoretic, Equilibrium Analysis," Economics Letters, 131, 2015, pp. 62-65.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Zijun Luo, "Endogenous Division Rules as a Family Constitution: Strategic Altruistic Transfers and Sibling Competition," Journal of Population Economics, 28(1), 2015, pp. 173-194.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Renfeng Xiao, "Preferential Trade Agreements between Asymmetric Countries: Free Trade Areas (with Rules of Origin) versus Customs Unions," Japan and the World Economy, 33, 2015, pp. 28-43.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Hung-Yi Chen, Leonard F.S. Wang, and Shih-Jye Wu, "Corporate Social Responsibility and International Competition: A Welfare Analysis," Review of International Economics, 22(3), 2014, pp. 625-638.
  
  
• Shih-Jye Wu, Yang-Ming Chang, Hung-Yi Chen, "Antidumping Duties and Price Undertakings: A Welfare Analysis," International Review of Economics and Finance, 29, 2014, pp. 97-107.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Renfeng Xiao, "Free Trade Areas, The Limit of Rules of Origin, and Optimal Tariff Reductions under International Oligopoly: A Welfare Analysis," Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 22(5), 2013, pp. 694-728.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Zijun Luo, “War or Settlement: An Economic Analysis of Conflict with Endogenous and Increasing Destruction,” Defence and Peace Economics, 24(1), 2013, pp. 24-46.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Biing-Wen Huang, and Yun-Ju Chen, "Labor Supply, Income, and Welfare of the Farm Household," Labour Economics, 19(3), 2012, pp. 427-437.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, "Strategic Altruistic Transfers, Redistributive Fiscal Policies, and Family Bonds: A Micro-Economic Analysis," Journal of Population Economics, 25(4), 2012, pp. 1481-1502.
  
  
• Hung-Yi Chen, Yang-Ming Chang, and Jiunn-Rong Chiou, "A Welfare Analysis of Tariffs and Equivalent Quotas under Demand Uncertainty: Implications for Tariffication, " International Review of Economics and Finance, 20(4), 2011, pp. 549-561.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Shane Sanders, "The Welfare Implications of Rent Control: A Rent-Seeking Contest Approach," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 10(1), 2010, pp. 1-18.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Shane Sanders, and Bhavneet Walia, "Conflict Persistence and the Role of Third-Party Interventions," The Economics of Peace and Security Journal, 5(1), 2010, pp. 30-33.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, "Strategic Altruistic Transfers and Rent Seeking within the Family," Journal of Population Economics, 22(4), 2009, pp. 1081-1098.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Shane Sanders, "Raising the Cost of Rebellion: The Role of Third-Party Intervention in Intrastate Conflict," Defence and Peace Economics, 20(3), 2009, pp. 149-169. (Lead article)
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Philip Gayle, "Exports versus FDI: Do Firms use FDI as a Mechanism to Smooth Demand Volatility?" Review of World Economics, 145(3), 2009, pp. 447-467.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Shane Sanders, "Corruption on the Court: The Causes and Social Consequences of Point-Shaving in NCAA Basketball," Review of Law and Economics, 5(1), 2009, pp. 269-291.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Shane Sanders, "Pool Revenue Sharing, Team Investments, and Competitive Balance in Professional Sports: A Theoretical Analysis," Journal of Sports Economics, 10(4), 2009, pp. 409-428.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, "Risk Avoidance and Risk Taking under Uncertainty: A Graphical Analysis," The American Economist, 52(1), Spring 2008, pp. 73-85.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Joel Potter, and Shane Sanders, "War and Peace: Third-Party Intervention in Conflict, " European Journal of Political Economy, 23(4), 2007, pp. 954-974.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, "Transfers and Bequests: A Portfolio Analysis in a Nash Game," Annals of Finance, 3, 2007, pp. 277-295.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, Joel Potter, and Shane Sanders, "The Fate of Disputed Territories: An Economic Analysis," Defence and Peace Economics, 18(2), 2007, pp. 183-200.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Philip Gayle, "The Continuous Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act: An Economic Analysis," Southern Economic Journal, 73(2), 2006, pp. 530-545.
  
  
• Hung-Yi Chen and Yang-Ming Chang, "Trade Verticality and Structural Changes in Industries: The Cases of Taiwan and South Korea," Open Economies Review, 17(3), 2006, pp. 321-340.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Dennis L. Weisman, "Sibling Rivalry and Strategic Parental Transfers," Southern Economic Journal, 71(4), 2005, pp. 821-836.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Hung-Yi Chen, "Cross-Licensing, R&D Spillovers, and Welfare," International Journal of Information and Management Sciences, 16(3), 2003, pp. 37-56.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and John T. Warren, "Allocative Efficiency and Diversification under Price-Cap Regulation," Information Economics and Policy, 9(1), 1997, pp. 3-17. (Lead paper)
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Victor J. Tremblay, "Duopsony Models with Consistent Conjectures," Applied Economics Letters, 1(1), 1994, pp. 8-11.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, "Noncompliance Behavior of Risk Averse Firms under the Minimum Wage Law," Public Finance Review, 20(3), 1992, pp. 390-401.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Victor J. Tremblay, "Oligopsony/Oligopoly Power and Factor Market Performance," Managerial and Decision Economics, 12, 1991, pp. 405-409.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang, "Market Power and Output Stability under Demand Uncertainty," Atlantic Economic Journal, 18(2), June 1990.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Janaki R. Pillarisetti, "Debt and the Developing Countries: A Note on Optimal International Borrowing," Journal of Development Studies, 25(4), 1989, pp. 576-579.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Isaac Ehrlich, "On the Economics of Compliance with the Minimum Wage Law," Journal of Political Economy, 93(1), 1985, pp. 84-91.
  
  
• Yang-Ming Chang and Isaac Ehrlich, "Insurance, Protection from Risk, and Risk Bearing," Canadian Journal of Economics, 18(3), 1985, pp. 574-586.