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Forthcoming
  • "Organizing Regulatory Structure and Local Air Quality: Evidence from the Enviromental Vertical Management Reform in China", (with Pei Li, Lu Peng, and Kaihao Liu), Journal of Comparative Economics, forthcoming. [Paper]
  • "Trump, China, and the Republicans", (with Ben G. Li, Pasquale Sgro, and Xing Xu), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, forthcoming. [Paper]
  • "Productivity Gains from Trade: Bunching Estimates from Trading Rights in China", (with Yunong Li and Jianguo Wang), Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming. [Paper] 
  • "How do workers adjust to robots? Evidence from China", (with Osea Guintella and Tianyi Wang), Economic Journal, forthcoming. [Paper]

2024
  • "Information, Incentives, and Environmental Governance: Evidence from China's Ambient Air Quality Standards", (with Pei Li, Lu Peng, and Jin Wang), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (November 2024), Vol. 128, 103066. [Paper] 
  • "Global Corporate Tax Competition Challenges Climate Change Mitigation", (with Yuwan Duan, Zengkai Zhang, Yuze Li, Shouyang Wang, and Cuihong Yang), Nature Climate Change (28 March 2024). [Paper] [Policy Brief]

2023
  • "Valuing Domestic Transport Infrastructure: A View from the Route Choice of Exporters", (with Jingting Fan and Wenlan Luo), Review of Economics and Statistics (Novermber 2023), Vol. 105(6), 1562-1579. [Paper]
  • "Do Housing Regulations Affect Child Development? Evidence and Mechanisms", (with Han Li, Jiangyi Li and Huihua Xie), Journal of Public Economics (November 2023), Vol.227, 104995. [Paper]
  • "Trade and Welfare Effects of Export Tax: Theory and Evidence from China's Incomplete Export VAT Rebate", (with Eric Bond, Yuwan Duan, and Ting Ji), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (October 2023), Vol.214, 542-560. [Paper]
  • "Foreign Direct Investment and Industrial Agglomeration: Evidence from China", (with Wen-Tai Hsu, Xuan Luo, and Lianming Zhu), Journal of Comparative Economics (June 2023), Vol.51(2), 610-639. [Paper]
  • "Responses of Exporters to Trade Protectionism: Inference from the U.S.-China Trade War", (with Lingduo Jiang, Hong Song, and Guofeng Zhang), Journal of International Economics (January 2023), Vol.140, 103687. [Paper]

2022
  • "Import Competition and Workplace Safety in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector", (with Tat-kei Lai and Travis Ng), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (November 2022), Vol. 203, 24-42. [Paper]
  • "Did Trade Liberalization with China Influence US Elections?", (with Yi Che, Justin Pierce, Peter Schott, and Zhigang Tao), Journal of International Economics​ (November 2022), Vol. 139, 103652. [Paper]​
  • "The Effects of Computer-Assisted Learning on Students' Long-Term Development", (with Nicola Bianchi and Hong Song), Journal of Development Economics (September 2022), Vol. 158, 102919. [Paper]​

2021
  • "Environmental Regulations and International Trade: A Quantitative Economic Analysis of World Pollution Emissions", (with Yuwan Duan, Ting Ji and Siying Wang), Journal of Public Economics (November 2021), Vol. 203, 104521. [Paper]
  • "Import Competition and Firm Innovation: Evidence from China", (with Qing Liu, Ruosi Lu and Tuan Anh Luong), Journal of Development Economics (June 2021), Vol. 151, 102650. [Paper]
  • "Gender Peer Effects on Students' Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes: Evidence and Mechanism", with (Jie Gong and Hong Song), Journal of Human Resources (Summer 2021), Vol. 56, 686-710. [Paper]

2020
  • "Education and Mental Health: Evidence and Mechanisms", (with Wei Jiang and Huihua Xie), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (December 2020), Vol. 180, 407-437. [Paper]
  • "The Effects of Fuel Standard Regulations on Air Pollution: Evidence from China", (with Pei Li and Jin Wang), Journal of Development Economics (September 2020), Vol. 146, 102488. [Paper] ​
  • "The Average and Distributinal Effects of Teenage Adversity on Long-Term Health", (with Jie Gong and Huihua Xie), Journal of Health Economics​ (May 2020), Vol. 71, 102288. [Paper]
  • "Housing Wealth and Labor Supply: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design", (with Han Li, Jiangyi Li and Huihua Xie), Journal of Public Economics (March 2020), Vol. 183, 104139. [Paper]
  • "Did the Communists Contribute to China’s Rural Growth?", (with Mona Luan and Tuan Hwee Sng), Explorations in Economic History​ (January 2020), Vol. 75, 101315.[Paper]
  • "Competition, Markups, and Gains from Trade: A Quantitative Analysis of China Between 1995 and 2004", (with Wen-Tai Hsu and Guiying Wu), Journal of International Economics (January 2020), Vol. 122, 103266. [Paper]
  • "The Effect of Educational Technology on College Students’ Labor Market Performance", (with Hong Song), Journal of Population Economics (January 2020), Vol. 33, 1101-1126. [Paper]

2019
  • "Long-Term Impact of Trade Liberalization on Human Capital Formation", (with Jie Li, Hong Song and Huihua Xie), Journal of Comparative Economics (December 2019), Vol. 47, 946-961. [Paper]
  • "Expenditure Response to Health Insurance Policies: Evidence from Kinks in Rural China", (with Ju Shi and Wanyu Yang), Journal of Public Economics (October 2019), Vol. 178. [Paper]
  • "Place-Based Policies, Creation, and Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from China’s Economic Zone Program", (with Jin Wang and Lianming Zhu), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (August 2019), Vol. 11, 325-360. [Paper]
  • "Gender Gap under Pressure: Evidence from China’s National College Entrance Examination", (with Xiqian Cai, Jessica Pan, and Songfa Zhong), Review of Economics and Statistics (May 2019), Vol. 101, 249-263. [Paper]

2018
  • "Competitive Experience and Gender Difference in Risk Preference, Trust Preference and Academic Performance: Evidence from Gaokao in China, (with Xinzheng Shi and Songfa Zhong), Journal of Comparative Economics​ (December 2018), Vol. 46, 1388-1410. [Paper]
  • "The Impact of Temperature on Manufacturing Worker Productivity: Evidence from Personnel Data", (with Xiqian Cai and Jin Wang), Journal of Comparative Economics​ (December 2018), Vol. 46, 889-905. [Paper]
  • "How Do Exporters Adjust Export Product Scope and Product Mix to React to Antidumping?", (with Zhigang Tao and Yan Zhang), China Economic Review (October 2018), Vol. 51, 20-41. [Link]
  • "Exposure to Chinese Imports and Media Slant:Evidence from 147 U.S. Local Newspapers over 1998-2012", (with Xiang Shao and Zhigang Tao), Journal of International Economics​ (September 2018), Vol. 114, 316-330. [Paper]
  • "Recover Overnight? Work Interruption and Worker Productivity", (with Xiqian Cai, Jie Gong, and Songfa Zhong), Management Science (August 2018), Vol. 64, 3489-3500. [Paper]
  • "The Effect of Teacher Gender on Student's Academic and Noncognitive Outcomes", with (Jie Gong and Hong Song), Journal of Labor Economics (July 2018), Vol. 36, 743-778. [Paper]
  • "Career Concerns and Multitasking Local Bureaucrats: Evidence of A Target-Based Performance Evaluation System in China", (with Jie Chen and Pei Li), Journal of Development Economics (July 2018), Vol. 133, 84-101. [Paper]
  • "The Great Opening up and the Roadmap for the Future: The Story of China's International Trade", (with Yan Du), China & World Economy (March--April 2018), Special Issue: 40 Years of Economic Reform and Openness in China, Vol. 26 (2), 68-93. [Link]

2017
  • "Product Cycle, Contractibility, and Global Sourcing", (with Xiaoping Chen and Lianming Zhu), Journal of Development Economics (July 2017), Vol. 127, 283-296. [Paper]
  • "Identifying FDI Spillovers", (with Zhigang Tao and Lianming Zhu), Journal of International Economics (July 2017), Vol. 107, 75-90. [Paper] [Appendix]
  • "Vertical Integration and Firm Productivity", (with Hongyi Li and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Economics Management and Strategy (Summer 2017), Vol. 26 (2), 403-428. [Paper]
  • "Institutional Quality and Firm Survival", (with Yi Che and Zhigang Tao), Economics of Transition (July 2017), Vol. 25 (3), 495-525. [Paper]
  • "Intermediaries, Firm Heterogeneity, and Exporting Behavior: Evidence from Developing Economies", (with Jiangyong Lu, Yi Sun, and Zhigang Tao), World Economy (July 2017), Vol. 40 (7), 1381-1404. [Paper]

2016
  • "Does Environmental Regulation Drive away Inbound Foreign Direct Investment? Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment in China", (with Xiqian Cai, Mingqin Wu and Linhui Yu), Journal of Development Economics (November 2016), Vol. 123, 73-85. [Paper]
  • "Does Flattening Government Improve Economic Performance?", (with Pei Li and Jin Wang), Journal of Development Economics (November 2016), Vol. 123, 18-37. [Paper]
  • "Telecommunications Externality on Migration: Evidence from Chinese Villages", (with Huihua Xie and Colin Xu), China Economic Review (July 2016), Vol. 39, 77-90. [Paper]
  • "Does Trade Credit Boost Firm Performance?", (with Dongya Li, Travis Ng, and Jun Yang), Economic Development and Cultural Change (April 2016), Vol. 64 (3), 573-602. [Paper]

2015
  • "Firm Investment and Exporting: Evidence from China’s Value-Added Tax Reform", (with Qing Liu), Journal of International Economics (November, 2015), Vol. 97 (2), 392-403. [Paper]
  • "Trade Liberalization and Markup Dispersion: Evidence from China's WTO Accession", (with Linhui Yu), American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (October 2015), Vol. 7 (4), 221-253. [Paper] [Appendix]
  • "Once an Enemy, Forever an Enemy? The Long-run Impact of the Japanese Invasion of China from 1937 to 1945 on Trade and Investment", (with Yi Che, Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Journal of International Economics (May 2015), Vol. 96 (1), 182-198. [Paper]
  • "Government Expropriation and Chinese-Style Firm Diversification", (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Comparative Economics (February 2015), Vol. 43 (1), 155-169. [Paper]

2014
  •  "The Role of the State in Resolving Business Disputes in China", (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Comparative Economics (December 2014), Vol. 42 (4), 940-953. [Paper]
  • "Does Competition Lead to Customization?", (with Wen-Tai Hsu and Travis Ng), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (October 2014), Vol. 106, 10-28. [Paper]
  • "Pure Exporter: Theory and Evidence from China", (with Jiangyong Lu and Zhigang Tao), World Economy (September 2014), Vol. 37 (9), 1197–1333. [Paper]

2013
  • "City-industry Growth in China", (with Juan Ni, Zhigang Tao, and Linhui Yu), China Economic Review (December 2013), Vol. 27, 135-147. [Paper]
  • "How Do Exporters Respond to Antidumping Investigations?", (with Zhigang Tao and Yan Zhang), Journal of International Economics (November 2013), Vol. 91 (2), 290-300. [Paper] [Appendix] [Slides]
  • "Import Competition and Skill Content in U. S. Manufacturing Industries", (with Travis Ng), Review of Economics and Statistics (October 2013), Vol. 95 (4), 1404–1417. [Paper]
  • "The Impact of Income on Democracy Revisited", (with Yi Che, Zhigang Tao, and Peng Wang), Journal of Comparative Economics (February 2013), Vol. 41 (1), 159-169. [Paper]
  • "Do Institutions not Matter in China? Evidence from Manufacturing Enterprises", (with Ivan P.L. Png and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Comparative Economics (February 2013), Vol. 41 (1), 74-90. [Paper]

2012
  • "Do Imports Spur Incremental Innovation in the South?", (with Travis Ng), China Economic Review (December 2012), Vol. 23 (4), 819-832. [Paper] 
  • "Bank Loans versus Trade Credit: Evidence from China", (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Economics of Transition (July 2012), Vol. 20 (3), 457-480. [Paper]
  • "Do Domestic and Foreign Exporters Differ in Learning by Exporting? Evidence from China", (with Julan Du, Zhigang Tao, and Linhui Yu), China Economic Review (June 2012), Vol. 23 (2), 296-315. [Paper]
  • "Institutions, Culture Distance, and FDI Location Choice: Evidence from China", (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Asian Economics (June 2012), Vol. 23 (3), 210-223. [Paper]
  • "Industrial Agglomeration and Firm Size: Evidence from China", (with Dongya Li and Mingqin Wu), Regional Science and Urban Economics (March 2012), Vol. 42 (1-2), 135-143. [Paper]
  • "Outsourcing, Product Quality, and Contract Enforcement", (with Travis Ng and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (Spring 2012), Vol. 21 (1), 1-30. [Paper]
  • "Contracting Institutions and Vertical Integration: Evidence from China's Manufacturing Firms", (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Comparative Economics (February 2012), Vol. 40 (1), 89-107. [Paper]

2011
  • "Political Connections and Trade Expansion: Evidence from Chinese Private Firm", Economics of Transition (April 2011), Vol 19 (2), 231–254. [Paper]

2010
  • "Exporting Behavior of Foreign Affiliates: Theory and Evidence from China", (with Jiangyong Lu and Zhigang Tao), Journal of International Economics (July 2010), Vol. 81 (3), 197-205. [Paper]
  • "Union Effects on Performance and Employment Relations: Evidence from Chinese Private Enterprises", (with Zhigang Tao and Yijiang Wang), China Economic Review (March 2010), Vol. 21 (1), 202-210. [Paper]

2009
  • "Contract Enforcement and Family Control of Business: Evidece from China", (with Zhigang Tao), Journal of Comparative Economics (December 2009), Vol. 37 (4), 597-609. [Paper]
  • "Geographic Concentration and Vertical Disintegration: Case of China", (with Ben Li), Journal of Urban Economics (May 2009), Vol. 65 (3), 294-304. [Paper]
  • "Excludable Public Goods: Pricing and Social Welfare Maximization", (with Chong-en Bai and Zhigang Tao), Economics Letters (May 2009), Vol. 103 (2), 72-74. [Paper]
  • "Bi-sourcing in the Global Economy", (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Journal of International Economics (April 2009), Vol. 77 (2), 206-214. [Paper] [Appendix]

2008
  • "Economic Institutions and FDI Location Choice: Evidence from US Manufacturing Firms in China", (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Journal of Comparative Economics (September 2008), Vol. 36 (3), 412-429. [Paper]
  • "FDI Location Choice: Agglomeration vs. Institutions",  (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), International Journal of Finance and Economics (January 2008), Vol. 13 (1), 92-107.

2006
  • "Why Do Firms Conduct Bi-sourcing",  (with Julan Du and Zhigang Tao), Economics Letters (August 2006), Vol. 92 (2), 245-249. [Paper]