Working papers (draft available upon request):
The allocative and welfare effects of disrupting supply chains by government interventions (Job Market Paper).
Misallocation in production networks across space: The role of regulations and firm lobbying in the US. Submitted
A unified theory of environmental regulation and firm dynamics.
The dilemma of public information disclosures: Theory and evidence (with Jiaowei Gong, Chang Wang, and Xin Zhang)
The geography of bureaucratic networks and development. Under review
Social Networks and Peer Effects of Corruption: Theory and Evidence From China. Submitted
Short-term pain, long-term gain? Import competition and technological diffusion under trade liberalization
Authoritarian social control in economic transitions through political turmoils. Under review
Optimal compensation schemes in networked organizations. Under review
Connect to Invest: Hometown ties, intercity capital flows, and allocative efficiency in China. (with Yu Liu) Under review
Carbon emissions regulation, input-output networks, and firm dynamics: The case of a low-carbon-zone pilot (with Chang Wang). Revision requested, Economic Journal
Work in progress (draft available upon request):
Financial crisis, production networks, and shock transmissions across sectors and space
Pollution and environmental policy in a dynamic spatial general equilibrium (with Chang Wang and Xin Zhang)
Buyer-seller networks with two-sided information asymmetry: Theory and empirical analysis (with Guangyan Gan)
Networked difference-in-differences estimation
Networked instrumental variable design
Estimating treatment effects with dyadic data under spatial dependence
Publications:
Race to Safety: Political Competition, Neighborhood Effects, and Coal Mine Deaths in China (with Tianyang Xi), Journal of Development Economics, 2018. pdf
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. pdf
Relative performance evaluation in organizations with information networks. Economic Theory Bulletin, 2023
Does national leaders' work experience matter for economic growth? Economics Letters, 2024
Helping behavior in networked organizations, European Economic Review, 2024. pdf
Anti-corruption campaign and economic growth in Chinese cities: The dichotomous mechanism of intra-factional competition. European Journal of Political Economy, 2024
Political risk dynamics, leaders’ capability, and economic performance: New evidence of national executives. Economics Letters, 2025
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
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
Extreme high temperatures, firm dynamics and heterogeneity, and aggregate productivity. (with Xin Zhang) International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2025
A New Historical Narrative for ``Needham Puzzle'' and the Modern Chinese Growth Miracle: The perspective of keju. Economics Letters, 2025
Leaders and institutions as joint determinants of economic growth. European Journal of Political Economy, 2025