Working Papers

Working Papers and Research in Progress:

• "Engel Curves on Outsourcing and Foreign Environmental Regulations: A Value-Added Approach" (with Leilei Shen and Ailun Li), revise and resubmit in the Review of International Economics.

• "Product Differentiation, Interdependence, and the Formation of PTAs" (with Kiran Ayub), revise and resubmit in the Review of World Economics.

• "Understanding Household Consumption and Environmental Quality in China: A Study of Industrial Waste and Dust Emissions using Engel Curves" (with Leilei Shen and Ailun Li), submitted to the Energy Economics.

• "The Political Economy of Imperial Trade Policy" (with Roberto Bonfatti, Giovanni Facchini, and Ling Zhou), working paper in progress.

• "General Trade Policy Uncertainty and U.S. Trade Flows" (with Leilei Shen and Tian Liu), working paper under revision.

• “Policy Intervention, Cost-Benefit, and Efficiency” (with Earl L. Grinols), working paper.

• “Polarization of American Workers: The Big Squeeze from Occupational Exposure to Value-Added Imports” (with Leilei Shen and Han Wang), working paper under revision.

• “Potential Pareto-improving Move towards Most-Favored Nation Tariffs” (with Sajal Lahiri), Economic Inquiry, vol. 54 (2016), pp. 1086-1104.

• “Trade Policy and the Domestic Content of Imported Goods” (with Alessandro Nicita and Marcelo Olarreaga), research in progress.