Publications 

2019 

• "Power and Publications in Chinese Academia" (with Huihua Nie and Wei Xiao). Journal of Comparative Economics, 47(4): 792-805. 

• “Is China’s Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence for the Asian Dust” (with Hyejin Ku). Economic Journal, 129 (624): 3154-3188.

• "The Rise of Robots in China” (with Hong Cheng, Dandan Li and Hongbin Li). Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 33 (2): 71-88.

2017 

• “Decentralization, Collusion and Coalmine Deaths” (with Huihua Nie). Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99 (1): 105–118. 

2016 

• “Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China’s Civil Service Exam System” (with Ying Bai). Econometrica, vol. 84 (2), 677-733. 

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.

2014

 • “Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China”.Economic Journal, vol. 124 (4), 92–118.

 • “The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China’s Treaty Ports”.Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 96 (4), 596-608. 

2012

 • “Decentralization and Military Coup” (with Pinghan Liang). in Manas Chatterji (ed.)Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, 149-170.