2023 “Communism and Patricide: Collectivization and Domestic Violence in 1960s’ China” with Danli Wang and Yaohui Peng, accepted by Economic History Review.
2023 “In the Shadow of Administrative Decentralization: The Impact of Devolution on Subnational Service Provision” with Yiran Li and Yaohui Peng, accepted by American Review of Public Administration.
2023 “Pandemic and Insurance Purchase: The Behavioral Response to COVID-19” with Zhuoer Lin, Xian Xu and Xuanyi Wang, accepted by China Economic Review.
2023 “Competence-Loyalty Tradeoff under Dominant Minority Rule: The Case of Centuries of Manchu Rule” with Xinyu Fan, Colin Xu, Xun Yan, accepted by Journal of Public Economics.
2023 “Accountability from Cyberspace? Scandals Exposure on the Internet and Official Governance in China” with Yiran Li, accepted by Political Science Research and Methods.
2022 “Government Wrongdoings in the Past and Corporate Misconduct in the Present: Evidence from China” with Haoyuan Ding, Shu Lin and Haichun Ye, accepted by Journal of Development Economics 157.
2022 “Rebel on the Canal: Disrupted Trade Access and Social Conflict in China, 1650–1911” with Yiming Cao, American Economic Review 112(5): 1555-90. [
Full text ]AEA Chart of the Week: China’s Grand Canal
2021 “Chasing or Cheating? Theory and Evidence on the Reliability of China’s GDP” with Xue Sherry Qiao and Zhitao Zhu, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 189: 657-71. [ Full text ]
2021 “Gone with the Wind? Neighboring Thermal Power Plants’ Emissions and Local Public Health in China” with Yiran Li, Guang Shi and Zhitao Zhu, Accepted by China Economics Review.
2023 “States and Wars: China’s Long March towards Unity and its Consequences, 221 BC-1911 AD” with Debin Ma, revision requested by Journal of Economic History.
2023 “The Diversity Mandate, Men’s Resistance and Promotion of Female Government Officials” with Shipeng Yan and Danqing Wang, revision requested by Strategic Management Journal.
2023 “Kinship, Cooperation, and Organizational Performance” with Raymond Fisman, Xiaohuan Lan, Yongxiang Wang and Qing Ye, revision requested by Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization.
2023 “Lucky Survivors Love Risk More? How Social Disruptions Reshape Household's Stock Market Participation” with
Yang Cai and Dongxu Li, under review.2023 “Masters of Masterpieces: Collector Changes and Social Mobility in Pre-modern Societies” with Xinyu Fan and Yanfei Yin, under review.
2023 “The Mobile Principal: The Political Economy of War and Capital Location” with Xinyu Fan and Yongtao Li, under review.
2023 “The Magical Power of Rare Names: Can You Get Better Educational Attainment by Having a Rare Name” with Xiaomeng Fan, Jianfeng Xu and Bohan Xue, under review.
2023 “The Persistent Effects of Historical China’s Permanent Forced Military Service System: the Emperor is Dead, Long Live the Emperor” with Danli Wang, under review.
2023 “Noble No More: Keju, Institutional Commitment, and Political Purges” with Xinyu Fan and Zhichen Huang, under review.
2022 “Canal and Grain: Transport Infrastructure and Market Integration in China:1780-1911” with Jianan Li and Qin Yao, under review.
2022 “Godfather Politicians and Organized Violence: The Good, The Bad, and The Bloody” with Xinyu Fan and Xuanyi Wang, under review.
2022 “
The Fruit of Egalitarianism: People’s Communes and Population Growth in Rural China” with Bin Xie, under review.2022 “The Emperor's Tael: Fiscal Centralization, Commitment Problem and Tax Protests in Qing China, 1644-1912” with Xinyu Fan and Max Yu Hao, under review.
2022 “Institutional Discrimation and Assimilation: Evidence from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882” with Bin Xie, under review.
2022 “Influence Activities in Academia: Evidence from Social Media” with Changyu Lu and Xinyu Fan, under review.
2022 “Trade or Raid? The Tea-Horse Trades and the Sino-Nomadic Conflicts, 1368-1432” with Xinyu Fan and Yantong Fang, under review.
2022 “Starving and Deceiving: Famine Experience, Politician Risk Preference, and GDP Manipulation in China” with Xinyu Fan and Xuanyi Wang, under review.
2022 “Generalist Middle Managers and Strategy Implementation” with Shipeng Yan and Danqing Wang, under review.
2022 “Promotion Club” with Xinyu Fan and Zhitao Zhu, under review.
2023 “Gun and Resources: War Extractions and Government Paradigm Shifts” with Xinyu Fan, Yongtao Li and Yanfei Yin.
2023 “State Building and Revenge in Pre-modern China: The Decline of Xiayi” with Xinyu Fan, Bo Yang and Yuzheng Wang.
2022 “Pilot or Persuasion? The Politics of Reform Dynamics in Authoritarianism” with Zhaotian Luo, and Tianyang Xi.
Book Chapter
2022 “Redistribution and Development: Good Redistribution as Empowerment” in Institutional Foudnation of Economic Development, by Shiping Tang. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.