Research

Publications in Journals (PDF link in parentheses)

[1] Shimeng Liu, 2015. “Spillovers from Universities: Evidence from the Land-Grant Program,” Journal of Urban Economics 87, 25–41. (Published version) (SSRN) (Google Drive)

--Cited in Bob Davis's Wall Street Journal article "There's an Antidote to America's Long Economic Malaise: College Towns". 

[2] Qianqian Cao, and Shimeng Liu, 2016. “The Impact of State Foreclosure and Bankruptcy Laws on Higher-Risk Lending: Evidence from FHA and Subprime Mortgage Originations,” Journal of Real Estate Research 38:4, 505–538. (Published version) (SSRN) (Google Drive)

[3] Shimeng Liu, 2017. “Agglomeration, Urban Wage Premiums, and College Majors,” Journal of Regional Science 57:4, 611–630. (Published version) (SSRN) (Google Drive)

[4] Shimeng Liu, Weizeng Sun and John Winters, 2019. “Up in STEM, Down in Business: Changing College Major Decisions with the Great Recession,” Contemporary Economic Policy 37:3, 476-491. (Published version) (SSRN) (Google Drive) (Online Appendix A) (Online Appendix B)

[5] Shimeng Liu and Xi Yang, 2020. “Property Tax Limits and Female Labor Supply: Evidence from the Housing Boom and Bust,” Journal of Housing Economics 50, 101714. (SSRN) (Online Appendix)

[6] Shimeng Liu, and Xi Yang, 2021. “Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-skill Human Capital across Low-skill Labor Markets”, Regional Science and Urban Economics 87, 103620 (SSRN)

--Won the Homer Hoyt Institute Best Paper Award at the 24th AsRES International Conference in 2019

[7] Shimeng Liu, and Sisi Zhang, 2021. “Housing Wealth Changes and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Urban China,” China Economic Review 69, 101656 (SSRN)

[8] Jing Li, Liyao Li, Shimeng Liu, 2022. “Attenuation of Agglomeration Economies: Evidence from the Universe of Chinese Manufacturing Firms”, Journal of Urban Economics (SSRN) (Online Appendix)

Publications in Chinese Journals (Corresponding author*)

[1] Sisi Zhang and Shimeng Liu, 2017. “Housing Policies: What Have We Learnt from U.S. Experience?”, Journal of Translation from Foreign Literatures of Economics 4 “我们从美国房地产市场学到了什么？”《经济资料译丛》

[2] Weizeng Sun, Hanxiong Li* and Shimeng Liu, 2021. “Housing Price Growth and Education Choice: Wealth Effect or Employment Shock?”, Economic Science 3, 136-149. “房价上涨与教育选择：财富效应还是就业冲击？”《经济科学》

[3] Shimeng Liu, Yifei Wang and Jingliang Lu*, 2021. “The Impact of Human Capital Agglomeration on Urban Wages and Employment Growth: Evidence from Major Cities in China”, Studies in Labor Economics 9:1, 27-49. “人力资本集聚对城市工资与就业增长的影响？——来自中国主要城市的证据”《劳动经济研究》

[4] Shimeng Liu and Yifei Wang*, 2023. “How Does Human Capital Agglomeration Promote Employment Growth of Cities: Mechanism Decomposition from Perspectives of Productivity and Quality of Life”, Economic Science 5, 219-240. “人力资本集聚如何促进城市就业增长——基于生产率和生活质量视角的机制分解”《经济科学》

Selective Working Papers

“Identifying Spillovers from Universities: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Urban China”, with Jing Li and Yifan Wu, R&R at Journal of Urban Economics 

“Special Economic Zones and Crime: The Dark Side of Economic Growth”, with Yufei Guo and Weizeng Sun