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?
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?
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?