Accepted
The Economic Consequences of Political Hierarchy: Evidence from Regime Changes in China, 1000-2000 C.E. (w. Ying Bai)
Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China's War on Air Pollution (w. Michael Greenstone, Guojun He, and Tong Liu)
Doing Business in China: Parental Background and Government Intervention Determine Who Owns Businesses (w. Xiaohuan Lan and Gerard Padró I Miquel) slides
2021
Just Above the Exam Cutoff Score: Elite College Admission and Wages in China (w. Hongbin Li)
Choosing Ethnicity: The Interplay between Individual and Social Motives (with Torsten Persson)
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
The Economic Consequences of Political Hierarchy: Evidence from Regime Changes in China, 1000-2000 C.E. (w. Ying Bai)
- Review of Economics and Statistics pdf
- Data and Code
- Masahiko Aoki Award 2021
- Distinguished CESifo Research Affiliate Award, 2018, summary
Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China's War on Air Pollution (w. Michael Greenstone, Guojun He, and Tong Liu)
- American Economic Review: Insights pdf
- Data and Code
- VoxDev: Technology as a tool for governance
Doing Business in China: Parental Background and Government Intervention Determine Who Owns Businesses (w. Xiaohuan Lan and Gerard Padró I Miquel) slides
- Journal of Development Economics pdf
2021
Just Above the Exam Cutoff Score: Elite College Admission and Wages in China (w. Hongbin Li)
- Journal of Public Economics, 2021, vol. 196 pdf
- The Economist, Bloomberg, Times Higher Education
Choosing Ethnicity: The Interplay between Individual and Social Motives (with Torsten Persson)
- Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, vol. 19 (2): 1203-1248. pdf
- Data and Code
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, vol. 47(4): 792-805. pdf
- Elephant in the lab, LSE Blog, University World News
Is China's Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust (with Hyejin Ku)
- Economic Journal, vol. 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. pdf
- Data and Code
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 pdf
- Data and Code, 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. pdf
- VoxEU column: Who becomes a top politician in China?
- Data and Code
2014
Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China
- Economic Journal, vol. 124 (575), 92-118. pdf
- Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 96 (4), 596-608. pdf
- Data and Code
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.