Research

Working papers (draft available upon request):

1. The allocative and welfare effects of disrupting supply chains by government interventions

2. The political economy of misallocation in economic networks

3. A unified theory of environmental regulation and firm dynamics

4. The social value of public information in developmental states (with Jiaowei Gong, Chang Wang, and Xin Zhang) 

5. The geography of bureaucratic networks and development

6. Social Networks and Peer Effects of Corruption: Theory and Evidence From China

7. Social control in developmental states during economic transitions: Theory and evidence

8. Contracts in networked teams

9. Carbon emissions regulation, input-output networks, and firm dynamics: The case of a low-carbon-zone pilot (with Chang Wang). 2nd Round Revision Requested, Economic Journal

Selected Work in Progress:

1. Firm dynamics with trade dynamics

2. Environmental-trade policy nexus

3. Dyadic treatment effects in spatial equilibrium

4. Hausman IV in spatial equilibrium

5. Trade with incomplete information

6. Financial inclusion

Selected Publications:

1. Race to Safety: Political Competition, Neighborhood Effects, and Coal Mine Deaths in China (with Tianyang  Xi),  Journal of Development Economics, 2018

2. Moving “Umbrella”:  Bureaucratic Transfers and the Comovement of Interregional Investments in China, with Tianyang Xi, Xiaobo Zhang, and Yifan Zhang, Journal of Development Economics, 2021

3. Helping behavior in networked organizations, European Economic Review, 2024 

4. How do extreme high temperatures reshape social dynamics in China: Theory and Evidence from China. (with Jiaowei Gong, Chang Wang, and Xin Zhang) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2025

5. Carbon emission trading and green transition in China: The perspective of input-output networks, firm dynamics, and heterogeneity. (with Chang Wang) International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2025

6. Extreme high temperatures, firm dynamics and heterogeneity, and aggregate productivity. (with Xin Zhang) International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2025

7. Connect to Invest: Hometown ties, intercity capital flows, and allocative efficiency in China. (with Yu Liu) Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2026