Research

Publications and current working papers.

Governing Rules in Relational Contracts

Hanzhe Li, Jin Li, Yunchou Zhang

Working paper

How do managers selectively bend rules in organizations, and how should a principal govern that discretion through random inspection?

Managing Loyalty in Hierarchical Organizations

Hanzhe Li, Jin Li, Arijit Mukherjee, Luis Vasconcelos

Working paper

How does the loyalty of middle management affect their playing their "dual role" in linking the top and bottom rungs of the firm?

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AI Persuasion, Bayesian Attribution, and Career Concerns of Decision-Makers

Hanzhe Li, Jin Li, Ye Luo, Xiaowei Zhang

Revise and Resubmit, Management Science

When human-AI disagreement can arise out of many reasons, can AI's uninterpretability facilitate better collaboration between them?

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Transparency and Policymaking with Endogenous Information Provision

Hanzhe Li

The RAND Journal of Economics 2025

How do politicians' reputation concerns shape persuasion by a biased lobbyist, and what are the welfare consequences of different transparency regimes?

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