Publications

Journal Articles

  • Kerlin, J. A., Ye, M., & Hall, K. (2025). Do social enterprises fulfill their social promise? Comparing the quality outcomes of social care CICs with other sectors. (Forthcoming, Public Performance & Management Review). (Co-first author with Kerlin).

  • Kerlin, J. A., Ye, M., & Chen, W. (2023). A tax credit proposal for profit moderation and social mission maximization in long-term residential care businesses. Nonprofit Policy Forum, 14(1), 77–97.

  • Kerlin, J. A., Ye, M., & Hall, K. (2023). Do social enterprises fulfill their social promise? Quality of social care CICs and other legal forms. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023(1), 15284. (2023 AOM PNP Best Conference Paper).

  • Ye, M. (2021). Building an enabling legal environment: Laws and policies on social enterprises in China. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 14(2), 182–199.

  • Kerlin, J. A., & Ye, M.. Social enterprise in Asia: a new legal form: by Ernest Lim, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 350 pp., USD110.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-1-108-83815-3. Asia Pacific Law Review., 1–5. (Book Review).

  • Lu, E., Ma, L., Ye, M., Shi, Y., Chen, G., Hawes, D., … & Wang, C. (2025). Reimagining the future of IJPA: A vision for 2025 and beyond. International Journal of Public Administration, 1–4. (Editorial).

Book Chapters

  • Ye, M. (2023). Social enterprise in China. In The Social Enterprise: A New Form of the Business Enterprise? (pp. 153–180). Intersentia Publishers.

  • Kerlin, J. A., & Ye, M. (2023). Commercialism. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Nonprofit Management, Leadership and Governance (pp. 105–109). Edward Elgar Publishing.

  • Ye, M. (editing). Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT). In Encyclopedia of Social Enterprise. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Manuscripts R&R or Under Review

  • Hall, K., Kerlin, J. A., & Ye, M. (Revise & Resubmit). Government versus social enterprise: Comparing the quality of government-run and social enterprise spin-out organizations in English health and social care. Journal of Social Policy.

  • Sun, J., Shi, Y., & Ye, M. (Under review). Unlocking the impact of Charity Law on commercialization of charitable organizations: Evidence from a quasi-experiment design. Journal of Chinese Governance.

  • Ye, M., Lu, J., & Dong, Q. (under review). Why Do Nonprofits Invest? Exploring Financial and Political Drivers in Chinese Foundations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Work in Progress

  • Ye, M. (preparing for submission). How does commercialization impact nonprofit performance and service accessibility? Differentiating mission-related and unrelated earned income. (Selected for the 2025 NML-ESS Nonprofit Early Scholars Fellowship).

  • Ye, M., & Heiss, A. (preparing for submission). Enforcing boundaries: China’s Overseas NGO Law and operational constraints for global civil society.

  • Heiss, A., & Ye, M. (preparing for submission). Clarifying correlation and causation: A guide to modern quantitative causal inference in nonprofit studies. (Equal authorship)

  • Ye, M. (writing). Nonprofit commercialization in England’s health and social care: Impact on quality rating and the access disparity. (Selected for the 2025 ARNOVA Doctoral Seminar).

  • Ye, M. (writing). How do individual donors respond to nonprofit commercialization and related context and framing: A conjoint survey experiment study.

  • Ke, L., & Ye, M. (writing). Does commercialization improve nonprofits’ financial health? A quasi-experimental design.

  • Heiss, A., & Ye, M. (writing). How does reduced reporting burden in 990-EZ impact nonprofits’ financial health? (Equal authorship)