Publications
Journal Articles
Ye, M., Lu, J., & Dong, Q. (2026). Why Do Nonprofits Invest? Exploring Financial and Political Drivers in Chinese Foundations. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. Published online 2026:9-1.
Hall, K., Kerlin, J. A., & Ye, M. (2026). 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. Published online 2026:1-19.
Kerlin, J. A., Ye, M., & Hall, K. (2026). Do Social Enterprises Fulfill Their Social Mission? Comparing Quality Across Ownership Models in Social Care. Public Performance & Management Review. 49(3), 755–781. (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., 34(1), 241–245. (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, 48(7), 407–410. (Editorial).
Book Chapters
Ye, M. (2026). Social enterprises. In Q. Dong & J. Lu (Eds.), Nonprofit organization management in China (pp. 350–382). Routledge.
Ye, M. (2023). Social enterprise in China. In D. Brakman Reiser, S. A. Dean, & G. Lideikyte Huber (Eds.), Social enterprise law: A multijurisdictional comparative review (1st ed., pp. 153–180). Larcier‑Intersentia.
Kerlin, J. A., & Ye, M. (2023). Commercialism. In K. F. Kearns & W. Wang (Eds.), 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
Ye, M. (R & R). Nonprofit commercialization and its implications for social service performance and accessibility: Comparing mission-related and unrelated business income. Nonprofit Management & Leadership.
Sun, J., Shi, Y., & Ye, M. (R & R). Unlocking the impact of Charity Law on commercialization of charitable organizations: Evidence from a quasi-experiment design. Nonprofit Policy Forum.
Ke, L., & Ye, M. (under review). Does rising tourism lift all boats? Tourism demand shocks and arts nonprofit commercial revenues. Journal of Urban Affairs.
Work in Progress
Ye, M., & Heiss, A. (preparing for submission). Enforcing boundaries: China’s Overseas NGO Law and operational constraints for global civil society.
Ye, M. (preparing for submission). 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. (preparing for submission). How do individual donors respond to nonprofit commercialization and related context and framing: A conjoint survey experiment study. (Selected for the 2026 ARNOVA Emerging Scholars Roundtable).
Heiss, A., & Ye, M. (preparing for submission). Clarifying correlation and causation: A guide to modern quantitative causal inference in nonprofit studies.
Ke, L., & Ye, M. (writing). Can commercialization improve nonprofit financial health? Evidence from the art industry.
Heiss, A., & Ye, M. (writing). How does reduced reporting burden in 990-EZ impact nonprofits’ financial health?