Hongyi Li
Google Scholar CV
hongyi@hongyi.li

I'm a senior lecturer at UNSW's School of Economics. [→bio]

Working Papers
Regulating an Innovative Industry
with Steven Callander, 2026
r&r at ReStud online appendix
Getting the Picture
with Robert Akerlof and Richard Holden, 2026
On Monotone Persuasion
with Anton Kolotilin and Andriy Zapechelnyuk, 2026
extended abstract in EC '25
Coordination in the Network Minimum Game
with Johannes Hoelzemann, 2025
r&r at Experimental Economics online appendix: instructions
Ruling the Roost: Vicious Circles and the Emergence of Pecking Order
with Robert Akerlof and Jonathan Yeo, 2025
accepted at the Economic Journal
Inconspicuous Conspicuous Consumption
with Juan Carlos Carbajal and Jonathan Hall, 2016
Publications
Relational Communication
with Anton Kolotilin
Theoretical Economics, 2021 old draft: monotone persuasion results
Birds of a Feather ... Enforce Social Norms?
Interactions Among Culture, Norms, and Strategy
with Eric Van den Steen
Strategy Science, 2021 online appendix
Political Kludges
with Keiichi Kawai and Ruitian Lang
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2018 online appendix
Developing Shared Knowledge in Growing Firms
Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, 2017
Vertical Integration and Firm Productivity
with Yi Lu and Zhigang Tao
Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2017
The Impact of Competition on Prices with Numerous Firms
with Xavier Gabaix, David Laibson, Deyuan Li, Sidney Resnick, and Casper de Vries
Journal of Economic Theory, 2016 online appendix
Who Lives in the C-Suite?
Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management
with Maria Guadalupe and Julie Wulf
Management Science, 2014
In Progress
Big-Bang Reforms
with Anton Kolotilin