Research

Publications

•  The Effect of Language Training on Immigrants’ Integration: Does the Length of Training Matter?  (with Alex Pont-Grau, Joel Lim, Xing Xia) 

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 212 (2023): 160-198.

• Quid Pro Quo? Government-Firm Relationships in China

Journal of Public Economics, Volume 199, July 2021, 104427

Previously circulated as "Can Governments Harvest Connections with Firms? Evidence from China"

• Communication Infrastructure and Stabilizing Food Prices: Evidence from the Telegraph Network in China  (with Pei Gao)  

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 13 No. 3 July 2021

[AEA Chart of the Week] | [VoxDev] | [Appendix]

• Do Giant Oilfield Discoveries Fuel Internal Armed Conflicts? (with Guy Michaels) 

Journal of Development Economics, Volume 110, September 2014, Pages 139-57,

[VoxEU] |  [Data]

Working Papers

• Safe Spaces for Children: School Sanitation and Sexual Violence (with Pei Gao and Aditi Kothari),  under review

• Cross-border Spillover Effects of Dams along International Rivers (with Momoka Ando), under review

• The Double-Edged Sword of Efficient Communication: The Impact of the Telegraph Network on Social Unrest in China (with Shuo Chen, Zhichen Huang, and Pei Gao), prepare for submission

Work in progress

• Are Dams Good for Trade? (with Hanwei Huang and Yan Lei)

• Local Tax Distortion in China (with Shiyu Bo)

• Resource Windfall and Fiscal Policy: Evidence from Oilfield Discoveries  (with Shawn Chen) 

• Proxy Warriors: A Theory of Military Assistance