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Tian, Guoqiang Professor
Positions
- Professor, Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
My research focuses on Economic Theory, mechanism design, mathematical economics, Chinese economy, Economics of Transition, and Optimization Theory.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Chen, Y., Li, J., & Tian, G.
(2022).
Reputation and liability in experience goods markets with imperfect monitoring. Economics Letters.
220, 110854-110854.
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Dai, D., Huang, W., Liu, L., & Tian, G.
(2022).
Optimal Regional Insurance Provision: Do Federal Transfers Complement Local Debt?. Journal of Economics.
137(1), 35-80.
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Dai, D., & Tian, G.
(2022).
Optimal interregional redistribution and local budget rules with multidimensional heterogeneity. Review of Economic Design.
27(1), 79-124.
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Tian, G., & Chen, X.
(2022).
Chinas Reform: History, Logic, and Future. 11(2), 210-231.
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Meng, D., Sun, L., & Tian, G.
(2022).
Dynamic mechanism design on social networks. Games and Economic Behavior.
131, 84-120.
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Dai, D., & Tian, G.
(2021).
Voting over selfishly optimal income tax schedules with tax-driven migrations. Social Choice and Welfare.
60(1-2), 183-235.
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Dai, D., & Tian, G.
(2021).
Toward Longer Investment: Is an inclusive regime always better than an authoritarian one?. Economic Modelling.
98, 41-68.
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Tian, G.
(2020).
From industrial policy to competition policy: A discussion based on two debates. China Economic Review (Amsterdam).
62, 101505-101505.
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Dai, D., & Tian, G.
(2020).
On the Efficiency of Wage-Setting Mechanisms with Search Frictions and Human Capital Investment
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Jiao, Z., Shen, Z., & Tian, G.
(2020).
When Is the Deferred Acceptance Mechanism Responsive to Priority-based Affirmative Action?
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Meng, D., & Tian, G.
(2020).
The competitive and welfare effects of long-term contracts with network externalities and bounded rationality. Economic Theory.
72(1), 337-375.
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Cao, X., Gong, J., & Tian, G.
(2020).
State aid in government procurement. World Economy.
45(12), 3933-3946.
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Dai, D., Gao, W., & Tian, G.
(2020).
Relativity, mobility, and optimal nonlinear income taxation in an open economy. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
172, 57-82.
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Tian, G., Huang, K., & Liu, Z.
(2020).
Promote Competitive Neutrality to Facilitate Chinas Economic Development: Outlook, Policy Simulations, and Reform Implementation - A Summary of the Annual SUFE Macroeconomic Report (2019-2020). Frontiers of Economics in China: selected publications from Chinese universities.
15, 1-24.
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Cao, X., Hsueh, S., & Tian, G.
(2019).
On the ratifiability of efficient cartel mechanisms in first-price auctions with participation costs and information leakage. Oxford Economic Papers.
73(1), 446-459.
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Dai, D., Liu, L., & Tian, G.
(2019).
Optimal interregional redistribution and local borrowing rules under migration and asymmetric information. Journal of Public Economic Theory.
21(6), 1266-1285.
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Dai, D., Gao, W., & Tian, G.
(2019).
Two Differential Games Between Rent-Seeking Politicians and Capitalists: Implications for Economic Growth. International Game Theory Review.
21(03), 1850011-1850011.
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Tian, G., Zhao, Y., & Gong, R.
(2019).
Market-oriented interest rate, deposit insurance system and bank runs. 2(1), 53-72.
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Chen, Y., Jiao, Z., Shen, Z., & Tian, G.
(2019).
Affirmative action under common school priorities: The top trading cycles mechanism case. Operations Research Letters.
47(3), 190-196.
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Dai, D., Liu, L., & Tian, G.
(2019).
Interregional redistribution and budget institutions with private information on intergenerational externality. Review of Economic Design.
23(3-4), 127-154.
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Jiao, Z., & Tian, G.
(2019).
Responsive affirmative action in school choice: A comparison study. Economics Letters.
181, 140-145.
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Tian, G.
(2019).
Deceleration of Chinas Economic Growth: Causes and Countermeasures. Frontiers of Economics in China: selected publications from Chinese universities.
14, 3-25.
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Tian, G., Huang, K., & Wang, Y.
(2019).
Tackle Chinas Economic Complexities by Deepening Reform and Opening Up: Macroeconomic Outlook, Policy Simulations, and Reform Implementation: A Summary of the Annual SUFE Macroeconomic Report (2018-2019). Frontiers of Economics in China: selected publications from Chinese universities.
14, 80-109.
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Huang, K., Ning, L., & Tian, G.
(2018).
Conquering Chinas Unbalanced and Inadequate Development: Macroeconomic Outlook, Policy Simulations, and Reform ImplementationA Summary of Annual SUFE Macroeconomic Report (20172018). 13(2), 147-170.
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Jiao, Z., & Tian, G.
(2018).
Two further impossibility results on responsive affirmative action in school choice. Economics Letters.
166, 60-62.
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Tian, G., Cao, X., Tan, G., & Yilankaya, O.
(2018).
Equilibria in Second-Price Auctions with Private Participation Costs. Economic Theory.
65, 60-62.
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Huang, K., Tian, G., & Yang, Y.
(2017).
China under Uncertainty: Outlook, Counterfactual and Policy Simulations, and Reform ImplementationA Summary of Annual Report (20162017). 12(2), 167-187.
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Huang, C., & Tian, G.
(2017).
Guaranteed size ratio of ordinally efficient and envy-free mechanisms in the assignment problem. Games and Economic Behavior.
105, 1-8.
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Jiao, Z., & Tian, G.
(2017).
The Blocking Lemma and strategy-proofness in many-to-many matchings. Games and Economic Behavior.
102, 44-55.
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Meng, D., Tian, G., & Yang, Z.
(2017).
Two-agent collusion-proof implementation with correlation and arbitrage. Review of Economic Design.
21(3), 177-229.
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Huang, K., & Tian, G.
(2016).
China's Macroeconomic Outlook and Risk Assessment: Counterfactual Analysis, Policy Simulation, and Long-Term GovernanceA Summary of Annual Report (2015C2016). 11(2), 173-191.
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Tian, G.
(2016).
Full characterizations of minimax inequality, fixed point theorem, saddle point theorem, and KKM principle in arbitrary topological spaces. Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications.
19(3), 1679-1693.
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Tian, G.
(2016).
On the existence of price equilibrium in economies with excess demand functions. Economic Theory Bulletin.
4(1), 5-16.
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Jiao, Z., Tian, G., Chen, S., & Yang, F.
(2016).
The blocking lemma and group incentive compatibility for matching with contracts. Mathematical Social Sciences.
82, 65-71.
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Nessah, R., & Tian, G.
(2015).
On the existence of Nash equilibrium in discontinuous games. Economic Theory.
61(3), 515-540.
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Tian, G.
(2015).
On the existence of equilibria in games with arbitrary strategy spaces and preferences. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
60, 9-16.
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Jiao, Z., & Tian, G.
(2015).
The stability of many-to-many matching with maxmin preferences. Economics Letters.
129, 52-56.
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Chen, X., & Tian, G.
(2014).
The Nature and Avoidance of the Middle Income Trap. Frontiers of Economics in China: selected publications from Chinese universities.
9(3), 347-369.
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Nessah, R., & Tian, G.
(2014).
On the existence of strong Nash equilibria. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.
414(2), 871-885.
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Tian, G., Wang, X., & Yang, L.
(2013).
Balanced Growth: A Potential Resolution to the Easterlin Paradox
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Sun, C., Tian, G., & Zhang, T.
(2013).
An Application of the Melitz Model. Review of Development Economics.
17(3), 494-509.
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Meng, D., & Tian, G.
(2013).
Multi-task incentive contract and performance measurement with multidimensional types. Games and Economic Behavior.
77(1), 377-404.
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Cao, X., & Tian, G.
(2013).
SecondPrice Auctions with Different Participation Costs. Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
22(1), 184-205.
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Tian, G., & Zhang, Y.
(2013).
When can we do better than autarky?. Economics Letters.
119(3), 328-331.
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Chen, X., Tian, G., & Xia, J.
(2013).
On the Fundamentals of a Successful Reform for National ProsperityAn Economic Analysis Based on the Practice of Chinas Reform. Frontiers of Economics in China: selected publications from Chinese universities.
8(4), 490-515.
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Nessah, R., & Tian, G.
(2012).
Existence of Solution of Minimax Inequalities, Equilibria in Games and Fixed Points Without Convexity and Compactness Assumptions. JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS.
157(1), 75-95.
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Chipman, J. S., & Tian, G.
(2011).
Detrimental externalities, pollution rights, and the Coase theorem. Economic Theory.
49(2), 309-327.
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Tian, G.
(2011).
Editors Note. Frontiers of Economics in China: selected publications from Chinese universities.
6(3), i-ii.
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Tian, G.
(2011).
On Deep-Rooted Problems in Chinas Economy. Frontiers of Economics in China: selected publications from Chinese universities.
6(3), 345-358.
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Huang, K., & Tian, G.
(2011).
REPUTATION AND OPTIMAL CONTRACTS FOR CENTRAL BANKERS. Macroeconomic Dynamics.
15(4), 441-464.
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Cao, X., & Tian, G.
(2010).
Equilibria in first price auctions with participation costs. Games and Economic Behavior.
69(2), 258-273.
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Li, J., Liu, Y., & Tian, G.
(2009).
A reputation strategic model of monetary policy in continuous-time. Journal of Macroeconomics.
31(4), 523-533.
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Tian, G.
(2009).
Implementation in economies with non-convex production technologies unknown to the designer. Games and Economic Behavior.
66(1), 526-545.
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Tian, G.
(2009).
Implementation of Pareto efficient allocations. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
45(1-2), 113-123.
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Tian, G.
(2009).
Implementation of marginal cost pricing equilibrium allocations with transfers in economies with increasing returns to scale. Review of Economic Design.
14(1-2), 163-184.
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Jingyuan, L. i., & Guoqiang, T.
(2008).
Time inconsistency and reputation in monetary policy: a strategic modelling in continuous time. Acta Mathematica Scientia.
28(3), 697-710.
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Tian, G., & Yang, L.
(2008).
Theory of negative consumption externalities with applications to the economics of happiness. Economic Theory.
39(3), 399-424.
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Tian, G.
(2006).
The unique informational efficiency of the competitive mechanism in economies with production. Social Choice and Welfare.
26(1), 155-182.
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Tian, G.
(2005).
Implementation in production economies with increasing returns. Mathematical Social Sciences.
49(3), 309-325.
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Tian, G.
(2004).
A Unique Informationally Efficient Allocation Mechanism In Economies With Consumption Externalities*. International Economic Review.
45(1), 79-111.
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Tian, G.
(2003).
A solution to the problem of consumption externalities. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
39(8), 831-847.
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Tian, G., Yuan, Y., & Zhou, X.
(2002).
Economic Globalization, Marketization Reform and Economic Development in China. 157, 1-16.
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Tian, G.
(2001).
A Theory of Ownership Arrangements and Smooth Transition to a Free Market Economy. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics.
157(3), 380-380.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Feasible and continuous double implementation of constrained Walrasian allocations. Annals of the Economics and Finance.
1(1), 19-32.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Double implementation of Lindahl allocations by a pure mechanism. Social Choice and Welfare.
17(1), 125-141.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Double implementation of linear cost share equilibrium allocations. Mathematical Social Sciences.
40(2), 175-189.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Implementation of balanced linear cost share equilibrium solution in Nash and strong Nash equilibria. Journal of Public Economics.
76(2), 239-261.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Incentive Mechanism Design for Production Economies with Both Private and Public Ownerships. Games and Economic Behavior.
33(2), 294-320.
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LI, Q., NAKAMURA, S., & TIAN, G. Q.
(2000).
NASH-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LINDAHL CORRESPONDENCE WITH DECREASING RETURNS TO SCALE TECHNOLOGIES. International Economic Review.
36(1), 37-52.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Property Rights and the Nature of Chinese Collective Enterprises. Journal of Comparative Economics.
28(2), 247-268.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Chinas Reforms: Past, Present, and Future. 1, 1-8.
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Tian, G.
(2000).
Double Implementation of Lindahl Allocations by a Continuous and Feasible Mechanism. Social Choice and Welfare.
17, 125-141.
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Liu, L., & Tian, G.
(1999).
A characterization of the existenceof optimal dominant strategy mechanisms. Review of Economic Design.
4(3), 205-218.
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Tian, G.
(1999).
Bayesian implementation in exchange economies with state dependent preferences and feasible sets. Social Choice and Welfare.
16(1), 99-119.
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Tian, G.
(1999).
Double implementation in economies with production technologies unknown to the designer. Economic Theory.
13(3), 689-707.
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Tian, G.
(1997).
Virtual implementation in incomplete information environments with infinite alternatives and types. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
28(3), 313-339.
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Tian, G.
(1996).
Continuous and Feasible Implementation of Rational-Expectations Lindahl Allocations. Games and Economic Behavior.
16(1), 135-151.
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Tian, G.
(1996).
On the existence of optimal truth-dominant mechanisms. Economics Letters.
53(1), 17-24.
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TIAN, G. Q., & LI, Q.
(1995).
ON NASH-IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PRESENCE OF WITHHOLDING. Games and Economic Behavior.
9(2), 222-233.
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TIAN, G. Q., & LI, Q.
(1995).
RATIO-LINDAHL EQUILIBRIA AND AN INFORMATIONALLY EFFICIENT AND IMPLEMENTABLE MIXED-OWNERSHIP SYSTEM. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
26(3), 391-411.
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Tian, G., & Zhou, J.
(1995).
Transfer continuities, generalizations of the Weierstrass and maximum theorems: A full characterization. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
24(3), 281-303.
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TIAN, G. Q., & LI, Q.
(1994).
AN IMPLEMENTABLE STATE-OWNERSHIP SYSTEM WITH GENERAL VARIABLE RETURNS. Journal of Economic Theory.
64(1), 286-297.
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Tian, G. Q.
(1994).
Generalized KKM theorems, minimax inequalities, and their applications. JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS.
83(2), 375-389.
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Tian, G.
(1994).
Implementation of Linear Cost Share Equilibrium Allocations. Journal of Economic Theory.
64(2), 568-584.
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Tian, G.
(1994).
On informational efficiency and incentive aspects of generalized ratio equilibria. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
23(4), 323-337.
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TIAN, G. Q., & LI, Q.
(1994).
RATIO-LINDAHL AND RATIO EQUILIBRIA WITH MANY GOODS. Games and Economic Behavior.
7(3), 441-460.
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Baye, M. R., Tian, G., & Zhou, J.
(1993).
Characterizations of the Existence of Equilibria in Games with Discontinuous and Non-quasiconcave Payoffs. The Review of Economic Studies.
60(4), 935-948.
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Tian, G.
(1993).
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Maximization of a Class of Preference Relations. The Review of Economic Studies.
60(4), 949-958.
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Tian, G.
(1993).
Generalized Quasi-Variational-Like Inequality Problem. Mathematics of Operations Research.
18(3), 752-764.
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Tian, G.
(1993).
Implementing Lindahl allocations by a withholding mechanism. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
22(2), 169-179.
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Lin, Y. J., & Tian, G.
(1993).
Minimax inequalities equivalent to the Fan-Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz theorems. Applied Mathematics and Optimization.
28(2), 173-179.
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Tian, G. Q., & Zhou, J. X.
(1993).
Quasi-Variational Inequalities without the Concavity Assumption. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.
172(1), 289-299.
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Zhou, J., & Tian, G.
(1992).
Transfer Method for Characterizing the Existence of Maximal Elements of Binary Relations on Compact or Noncompact Sets. SIAM Journal on Optimization.
2(3), 360-375.
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Chipman, J. S., & Tian, G.
(1992).
A general-equilibrium intertemporal model of an open economy. Economic Theory.
2(2), 215-246.
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Tian, G.
(1992).
Existence of equilibrium in abstract economies with discontinuous payoffs and non-compact choice spaces. Journal of Mathematical Economics.
21(4), 379-388.
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Tian, G.
(1992).
Generalizations of the FKKM theorem and the Ky Fan minimax inequality, with applications to maximal elements, price equilibrium, and complementarity. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.
170(2), 457-471.
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TIAN, G.
(1992).
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WALRASIAN CORRESPONDENCE WITHOUT CONTINUOUS, CONVEX, AND ORDERED PREFERENCES. Social Choice and Welfare.
9(2), 117-130.
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TIAN, G.
(1992).
ON THE EXISTENCE OF EQUILIBRIA IN GENERALIZED GAMES. International Journal of Game Theory.
20(3), 247-254.
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Tian, G., & Zhou, J.
(1992).
The maximum Theorem and the existence of Nash equilibrium of (generalized) games without lower semicontinuities. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.
166(2), 351-364.
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TIAN, G. Q., & LI, Q.
(1991).
COMPLETELY FEASIBLE AND CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LINDAHL CORRESPONDENCE WITH ANY NUMBER OF GOODS. Mathematical Social Sciences.
21(1), 67-79.
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Tian, G.
(1991).
Fixed points theorems for mappings with non-compact and non-convex domains. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.
158(1), 161-167.
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Tian, G.
(1991).
Implementation of Lindahl allocations with nontotalnontransitive preferences. Journal of Public Economics.
46(2), 247-259.
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Tian, G., & Zhou, J.
(1991).
Quasi-variational inequalities with non-compact sets. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.
160(2), 583-595.
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TIAN, G.
(1990).
COMPLETELY FEASIBLE AND CONTINUOUS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LINDAHL CORRESPONDENCE WITH A MESSAGE SPACE OF MINIMAL DIMENSION. Journal of Economic Theory.
51(2), 443-452.
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Tian, G.
(1990).
Equilibrium in abstract economies with a non-compact infinite dimensional strategy space, an infinite number of agents and without ordered preferences. Economics Letters.
33(3), 203-206.
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Tian, G.
(1989).
Implementation of the Lindahl Correspondence by a Single-Valued, Feasible, and Continuous Mechanism. The Review of Economic Studies.
56(4), 613-613.
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Tian, G.
(1988).
On the constrained Walrasian and Lindahl correspondences. Economics Letters.
26(4), 299-303.
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Tian, G.
(1984).
Studies on the Identification Problem of the Simultaneous Economic Models From View Point of Unique Determination of Parameters (III). 4(2), 89-98.
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Tian, G.
(1984).
Studies on the Identification Problem of the Simultaneous Economic Models From Viewpoint of Unique Determination of Parameters (II). 4(1), 89-98.
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Tian, G.
(1983).
Studies on the Identification Problem of the Simultaneous Economic Models From Viewpoint of Unique Determination of Parameters (I). 3(3), 13-24.
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Tian, G.
(1983).
The Identification of the Simultaneous Economic Models From Unique Determination of Parameters. Huazhong University of Science and Technology Journal.
3(3),
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Tian, G.
(1982).
Matrixes Satisfying Siljaks Conjecture. 2(1), 69-76.
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Chen, Y., Li, J., & Tian, G.
(2022).
Reputation and liability in experience goods markets with imperfect monitoring. Economics Letters.
220, 110854-110854.
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Chipman, J. S., & Tian, G.
(2016).
Detrimental Externalities, Pollution Rights, and the "Coase Theorem". ECONOMICS OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: CATASTROPHIC RISKS IN THEORY AND POLICY.
(pp. 473-492).
Springer Nature.
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Tian, G.
(1999).
What Kind of Privatization?. Nathan, A., Hong, Z., & Smith, S. (Eds.),
Dilemmas of Reform in Jiang Zemins China.
(pp. 114-134).
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Tian, G.
(1996).
Chinas Economic Reform and Smooth Institutional Transition. Hu, J., Hong, Z., & Stavrou, E. (Eds.),
Search of A Chinese Road Towards Modernization.
(pp. 22-46).
The Edwin Mellen Press.
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Tian, G.
(1996).
State-Owned Enterprise Reform and Smooth Institutional Transition in China A Three Stage Economic Reform Method. Wen, G. J., & Xu, D. (Eds.),
The Reformability of Chinas State Sector.
(pp. 220-240).
Word Scientific.
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Chipman, J. S., & Tian, G.
(1993).
Closed-Form Solutions of General Intertemporal Consumption-Maximization Models. Mathematical Modelling in Economics.
(pp. 95-109).
Springer Nature.
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Chipman, J. S., Eymann, A., Ronning, G., Tian, G., & Wolters, J.
(1992).
Estimating Price Responses of German Imports and Exports. European Integration in the World Economy.
(pp. 574-640).
Springer Nature.
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Tian, G., & Chipman, J. S.
(1989).
A Class of Dynamic Demand Systems. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics.
Advances in Econometrics and Modelling.
(pp. 93-116).
Springer Nature.
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Chipman, J. S., & Tian, G.
(1989).
Stochastic Specification and Maximum-Likelihood Estimation of the Linear Expenditure System. Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics.
Advances in Econometrics and Modelling.
(pp. 131-142).
Springer Nature.
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Chipman, J. S., & Tian, G.
(2016).
Detrimental Externalities, Pollution Rights, and the "Coase Theorem". ECONOMICS OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT: CATASTROPHIC RISKS IN THEORY AND POLICY.
(pp. 473-492).
Springer Nature.
Teaching
teaching activities
- ECMT660 Math Economics Instructor
- ECON323 Microeconomic Theory Instructor
- ECON460 Intro Math Economics Instructor
- ECON630 Microeconomic Theor Ii Instructor
- ECON631 Micro Theory Iii Instructor
- ECON632 Microeconomic Theory Iv Instructor
- ECON685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECON691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Cao, Xiaoyong (2009-08). Theories on Auctions with Participation Costs.
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Hsueh, Shao-Chieh (2011-12). Cartel Mechanism Design: Nonratifiable Conditions of Collusive Behavior.
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Long, Xinghua (2016-08). Essays on House Allocation Problems.
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Sharma, Priyanka (2013-08). The Impact of Asymmetric Information: Applications in Enterpreneurship and Finance.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Economics, University of Minnesota - (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) 1987
- M.A. in Mathematics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology - (Wuhan, China) 1982
Contact
first name
- Guoqiang
has last name
- Tian
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Economics
4228 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4228
USA
Other
- gtian@tamu.edu