Research

This page presents my publications and working papers.

Selected Publications

  • Zhang, Xueli, Wei Miao, Junhong Chu, and Ivan Png (2026). “The Design of Centralized Matching Systems on Two-Sided Platforms: Evidence from the Ride-Hailing Market.” Marketing Science (Zhang and Miao are joint first authors). [Journal] [SSRN] [extended abstract] [code]

    • Autonomy or Automation? Taxi Organisations Caught Between Two Systems, UCL School of Management Newsletter [link]

  • Miao, Wei, Yiting Deng, Wei Wang, Yongdong Liu, and Christopher Tang (2023). “The Effects of Surge Pricing on Driver Behavior in the Ride-Sharing Market: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment.” Journal of Operations Management, 69(5), 794–822. [Journal] [SSRN] [extended abstract]

    • Surge Pricing’s Benefits Go to a Subset of Ride-Hailing Drivers, UCLA Anderson Review [link]

    • Does Surge Pricing Really Help Ride-sharing Drivers Earn More? South China Morning Post [link]

  • Wang, Wei, Wei Miao, Yongdong Liu, Yiting Deng, and Yunfei Cao (2022). “The Impact of COVID-19 on the Ride-Sharing Industry and Its Recovery: Causal Evidence from China.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 155 (January): 128–41. [Journal]

Selected Ongoing Research

  • “A Rising Tide that Lifts All Boats: The Effects of Collective Certification Programs on E-commerce Sellers”, with Liqiang Huang, Christopher Tang, and Xuchu Xu, under revision [SSRN]

  • “Measuring Seller Response to Buyer-initiated Disintermediation: Evidence from a Field Experiment on a Service Platform”, with Pradeep Chintagunta, Liqiang Huang, and Wanqing Zhang, under review [SSRN]

  • “The Design of Flat-Rate Pricing in the Ride-Hailing Market”, with Junhong Chu and Yanlai Chu [Conference Slides]

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