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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
"The Increasing Cost of Buying American." (With Matilde Bombardini, Andres Gonzales-Lira, and Chiara Motta)
"Bottom-Up Institutional Change and Growth in China." (With Heng Chen and Xiaodong Zhu)
"Rural Pensions, Labor Reallocation, and Aggregate Income: An Empirical and Quantitative Analysis of China." (With Qingen Gai, Naijia Guo, Qinghua Shi, and Xiaodong Zhu), Econometrica, Conditionally Accepted.
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
"Exclusions for Sale? Tariff Exemptions and the US-China Tariff War." (With Davin Chor and Matthew Grant)