Working Papers
"Data-Driven Vertical Integration: Evidence from Large-Scale Job Postings," with Zexuan Liu, Zhiyuan Chen, and Fuxin Zhai, R&R at Management Science.
"Benchmark Attention and Positional Externalities in Multiplex Network," R&R at Games and Economic Behavior.
"Weather Shocks and Manufactured Exports from Sub-Saharan Africa: How Economic Freedom and Institutional Quality Shape Resilience," with Anurag Deb, Ruby Kishan, and Andrew Ojede, R&R at The World Economy.
Publications
"Residential Housing Investment and Local Corruption: Empirical Evidence from the Chinese Housing Market," with Firat Demir, Chenghao Hu, Junyi Liu, and Hewei Shen, European Journal of Political Economy, 93, 2026, 102850.
"The Heterogeneous Migration Motivations of College Graduates in China: The Role of Preferential Household Registration Policies," with Yuxue Sheng, Qianqian Huang, and Cheng Jiang, Empirical Economics, 70(2), 2026, 33.
"Antipollution Willingness and Urban Population Distribution: Evidence from Chinese Cities," with Yong Yang, Chenfei Wen, and Xuan Luo, Economic Modelling, 154, 2026, 107360.
"Computerization and the Decline of Unincorporated Self-employment," with Zexuan Liu and Sunhyung Lee, Journal of Human Capital, 19(4), 2025, 685-742.
"Foreign Direct Investment Spillovers and Regional Innovation in China: The Spatial Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacity," with Yuxue Sheng, Xin Yang, and Jun Zhang, Review of Development Economics, 28(4), 2024, 1803-1837.
"A Spatial Analysis of Local Corruption on Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from Chinese Cities," with Firat Demir, Chenghao Hu, Junyi Liu, and Hewei Shen, European Journal of Political Economy, 79, 2023, 102443.
"Be Good to Thy Neighbours: A Spatial Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa," with Ruby Kishan and Andrew Ojede, The World Economy, 45(3), 2022, 657-701.
"Energy Price Shocks and Economic Growth in the US: A State-level Analysis," with Michael Alexeev, Energy Economics, 98, 2021, 105242.
"Heterogeneous Coefficient Spatial Regression Panel Models," with James P. LeSage, Handbook of Regional Science, Fischer M. and Nijkamp P. (eds), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2021, 2219-2236.
"Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation of Spatial Dynamic Panel Models for Large Samples," with James P. LeSage and Colin Vance, Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 138, 2019, 107-125.
"A Bayesian Spatial Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients," with James P. LeSage, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 72, 2018, 58-73.
"A Matrix Exponential Spatial Panel Model with Heterogeneous Coefficients," with James P. LeSage, Geographical Analysis, 50(4), 2018, 422-453.
"Status Competition and Benevolence in Social Networks," Oxford Economic Papers, 70(1), 2018, 141-162.
"A Bayesian Heterogeneous Coefficients Spatial Autoregressive Panel Model of Retail Fuel Duopoly Pricing," with James P. LeSage and Colin Vance, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 62, 2017, 46-55.
"Delinquency Reinforcement and Balance: Is Exposure to Delinquent Peers Always Risky?" with Joni S. J. Charles, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 16(4), 2016.
"Social Network Structure and Government Provision Crowding-out on Voluntary Contributions," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 63, 2016, 83-90.
"Interpreting Heterogeneous Coefficient Spatial Autoregressive Panel Models," with James P. LeSage, Economics Letters, 142, 2016, 1-5.
"Social Network Structure and Status Competition," with Michael Alexeev, Canadian Journal of Economics, 48(1), 2015, 64-82.
Translation (English to Chinese)
Applied Spatial Econometrics: A Panel Data Toolbox for MATLAB (應用空間計量經濟學) by James P. LeSage, with Yuxue Sheng, Peking University Press, 2023.