Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Ph.D. in Economics, The University of British Columbia                                                                                     2016                               

M.Phil. in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong                                                                           2011

B.Soc.Sc (First Class Honors) in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong                           2009

Research Fields

Primary: International Trade, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Secondary: Environmental Economics, Development Economics

Working Papers

"Migration Costs, Sorting, and the Agricultural Productivity Gap." (With Qingen Gai, Naijia Guo, Qinghua Shi, and Xiaodong Zhu), Econometrica, Revise and Resubmit.

"Regional Trade Integration and Input Sourcing Patterns of Multinational Enterprise Plants: Evidence from the ECFA." (With Yuting Huang)

Publications

"Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China's Economy." (With Davin Chor), Journal of International Economics, July 2024, 150:103926.

"The Political Economy Consequences of China's Export Slowdowns." (With Filipe R. Campante and Davin Chor), Journal of the European Economic Association, October 2023, 21(5):1721-1771.

"Did U.S. Politicians Expect the China Shock?" (With Matilde Bombardini and Francesco Trebbi), American Economic Review, January 2023, 113(1):174-209. 

"Migration, Transportation Infrastructure, and Spatial Transmission of COVID-19 in China." (With Lin Ma), Journal of Urban Economics: Insights, January 2022, 127:103351.

"Processing Trade and Costs of Incomplete Liberalization: The Case of China." (With Loren Brandt and Peter M. Morrow), Journal of International Economics, July 2021, 131:103453

"Grain Exports and the Causes of China's Great Famine, 1959-1961: County-Level Evidence." (With Hiroyuki Kasahara), Journal of Development Economics, September 2020, 146:102513

"Trade, Pollution, and Mortality in China." (With Matilde Bombardini), Journal of International Economics, July 2020, 125:103321.

"Export Expansion, Skill Acquisition and Industry Specialization: Evidence from China."  Journal of International Economics, September 2018, 114:346-361.

"Does Population Control Lead to Better Child Quality? Evidence from China's One-Child Policy Enforcement." (With Hongliang Zhang), Journal of Comparative Economics, May 2017, 45(2):246-260. 

Work in Progress

"Import Competition and Innovation: Evidence from China." (With Matilde Bombardini and Ruoying Wang)