Jingwen Tian

Jingwen Tian

Assistant Professor in Economics

Wuhan University

Biography

I am an assistant professor in Economics and Management School of Wuhan University. My major research interests lie in industrial organization (R&D, patent licensing, oligopoly pricing, etc.), game theory (supermodular games), public good theory and crowdfunding.

Interests

  • Industrial Organization
  • Public Economics
  • Supermodular Games
  • Crowdfunding/Entrepreneurship

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2025

    The University of Iowa

  • Bachelor of Economics in Finance, 2017

    Peking University

Publications

Jingwen Tian, Ju Wei, Weiguo Fan, Yafei Wang (2024). When crowdfunding meets traditional bank financing: Substitute or supplement?. International Journal of Production Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2024.109374.

Rabah Amir, Christine Halmenschlager, Jingwen Tian (2024). University-firm collaboration in basic research. Annals of Economics and Statistics https://doi.org/10.2307/48767561.

Rabah Amir, Zhiwei Liu, Jingwen Tian (2023). Negative network effects and public policy in vaccine markets. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.10.005.

Huizhong Liu, Jingwen Tian (2023). Spillovers and strategic commitment in R&D. Theory and Decision, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-023-09953-9.

Working Papers

Rabah Amir, Dominika Machowska, Jingwen Tian (2025). Volunteer's Dilemma: Cost-Sharing Revisited. R&R in Journal of Conflict Resolution.

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Jingwen Tian (2025). Critical mass and campaign success: a behavioral model of reward based crowdfunding.

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Jingwen Tian (2024). Comparative statics for the private provision of normal and inferior public good. Job Market Paper.

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Rabah Amir, Jingwen Tian (2024). Bertrand duopoly with a captive uninformed consumer segment. Submitted to Games and Economics Behavior.

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Rabah Amir, Jingwen Tian (2023). Commitment, firm and industry effects in strategic divisionalization. R&R in Strategic Management Journal.

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Work in Progress

Rabah Amir, Hyunki Min, Jingwen Tian (2023). Patent licensing for single-network goods.

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Teaching

Econ 1100: Principles of Microeconomics

Instructor, The Univesity of Iowa, Summer 2019

Tippie Summer Math Camp For PhD Students

Instructor, The Univesity of Iowa, Summer 2020, 2021, 2022

Econ 1100: Principles of Microeconomics

Teaching Assistant, The Univesity of Iowa, 2018 till 2025

Contact

  • gin.tian217@gmail.com
  • Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, Luojia Hill, Wuhan, Hubei 430072