accepted
"Choosing Ethnicity: The Interplay between Individual and Social Motives" (with Torsten Persson) draft appendix
2019
"The Rise of Robots in China" (with Hong Cheng, Dandan Li, and Hongbin Li) slides
"Power and Publications in Chinese Academia" (with Huihua Nie and Wei Xiao)
"Is China's Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust" (with Hyejin Ku)
2017
"Decentralization, Collusion and Coalmine Deaths" (with Huihua Nie)
2016
"Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China's Civil Service Exam" (with Ying Bai)
2015
"Political Selection in China: Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance" (with Masa Kudamatsu and David Seim)
2014
"Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China"
2012
"Decentralization and Military Coups" (with Pinghan Liang) a new version with empirical evidence
"Choosing Ethnicity: The Interplay between Individual and Social Motives" (with Torsten Persson) draft appendix
- Journal of the European Economic Association
2019
"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
- LSE Business Review: Understanding China's robot phenomenon
"Power and Publications in Chinese Academia" (with Huihua Nie and Wei Xiao)
- Journal of Comparative Economics, 47(4): 792-805. pdf
"Is China's Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust" (with Hyejin Ku)
- Economic Journal, 129 (624): 3154-3188. pdf
- Media briefing
2017
"Decentralization, Collusion and Coalmine Deaths" (with Huihua Nie)
- Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 99 (1), 105-118, working paper version pdf
2016
"Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China's Civil Service Exam" (with Ying Bai)
- Econometrica, vol. 84 (2), 677–733, working paper version pdf
- Data Visualization
2015
"Political Selection in China: Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance" (with Masa Kudamatsu and David Seim)
- Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 13 (4), 631-668, working paper version pdf
- VoxEU column: Who becomes a top politician in China?
2014
"Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China"
- Economic Journal, vol. 124 (575), 92-118. working paper version pdf
- Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 96 (4), 596-608. working paper version pdf
2012
"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.