Research

Publications: 

• Indirect Effects of Access to Finance, with Adam Szeidl, 2024. American Economic Review, 114(8): 2308-51.

• Improving Management through Worker Evaluations: Evidence from Auto Manufacturing, with Shing-Yi Wang, 2022. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 137(4): 2459-2497.

• Subsidy Policies and Insurance Demand, with Alain de Janry and Elizabeth Sadoulet, 2020. American Economic Review, 110(8): 2422-53.

• Industrial Policy in China: Some Unintended Consequences? with Ann Harrison, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, November 2019, 1-36.

• Interfirm Relationships and Business Performance, with Adam Szeidl, 2018. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 133(3): 1229-1282. Online Appendix

• Do Disaster Experiences and Knowledge Affect Insurance Take-up, with Changcheng Song. Journal of Development Economics, January 2017, 124: 83-94.

• The Impact of Insurance Provision on Household Production and Financial Decisions. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2016, 8(2): 44-88.

• Industrial Policy and Competition, with Phillipe Aghion, Mathias Dewatripont, Luosha Du, Ann Harrison, and Patrick Legros. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2015, 7(4): 1-32.

• Social Networks and the Decision to Insure, with Alain de Janry and Elizabeth Sadoulet. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, April 2015, 7(2): 81-108.

Other Publications: 

•   “Microfinance”, with Muhammad Meki, Simon Quinn, Erica Field, Cynthia Kinnan, Jonathan Morduch, Jonathan de Quidt, and Farah Said. VoxDevLit, March 2023, 3(2).

• “Training Entrepreneurs”, with Bjorvatn Kjetil, Miriam Bruhn, Juanita Gonzalez-Uribe, David McKenzie, Simon Quinn, Tetsushi Sonobe, Martin Valdivia, and Christopher Woodruff. VoxDevLit, August 2021, 1(2).

Working Papers: 

• Firm-to-firm Referrals, with Wei Lin and Adam Szeidl, R&R, Quarterly Journal of Economics.

• Money or Monitoring: Evidence on Improving Worker Effort, with Sai Luo and Shing-Yi Wang. NBER Working Paper No. 33977.

• The Impact of Corporate Taxes on Firm Innovation: Evidence from Corporate Tax Collection Reform in China, with Yuyu Chen and Xuan Wang. NBER Working Paper No. 25146. 

• The Impact of Contract Design on Insurance Take-up.

Work in Progress:

• Formal Insurance and Informal Risk-sharing.

• Effects of E-commerce on Suppliers and Clients, with Wei Lin and Adam Szeidl.

• Government-led Certification and Quality Complementarity in Developing Country Food Supply Chains, with Jie Bai, Chaikal Nuryakin, Prani Sastiono, and Daniel Xu

• Enhancing Decision-Making: The Impact of Information Provision on Worker Task Assignment, with Yunzhu Lai.