Political Economy, History and Development
"Is China's Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust" (with Hyejin Ku)
"Decentralization, Collusion and Coalmine Deaths" (with Huihua Nie)
"Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China's Civil Service Exam" (with Ying Bai)
"Political Selection in China: Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance" (with Masa Kudamatsu and David Seim)
"Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China"
"The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China's Treaty Ports"
"Decentralization and Military Coups" (with Pinghan Liang) a new version with empirical evidence
"Is China's Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust" (with Hyejin Ku)
- Economic Journal, forthcoming. working paper version pdf
"Decentralization, Collusion and Coalmine Deaths" (with Huihua Nie)
- Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, vol. 99 (1), 105-118, working paper version pdf
"Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China's Civil Service Exam" (with Ying Bai)
- Econometrica, 2016, vol. 84 (2), 677–733, working paper version pdf
- Data Visualization
"Political Selection in China: Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance" (with Masa Kudamatsu and David Seim)
- Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, vol. 13 (4), 631-668, working paper version pdf
- VoxEU column: Who becomes a top politician in China?
"Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China"
- Economic Journal, 2014, vol. 124 (575), 92-118. working paper version pdf
"The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China's Treaty Ports"
- Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, vol. 96 (4), 596-608. working paper version pdf
"Decentralization and Military Coups" (with Pinghan Liang) a new version with empirical evidence
- in Manas Chatterji (ed.) 2012, Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 20, 149-170.
Education, Labor and Technology
"The Rise of Robots in China" (with Hong Cheng, Dandan Li, and Hongbin Li) slides
"The Rise of Robots in China" (with Hong Cheng, Dandan Li, and Hongbin Li) slides
- Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, vol. 33 (2): 71-88. pdf
- AEA's Chart of the Week: China's Embrace of Robots