Research

Published & Forthcoming Papers

1. “Unequal Spacing in Dynamic Panel Data: Identification and Estimation.” With Yuya Sasaki. Journal of Econometrics, 196 (2), 320–330, February 2017. 

2.  “xtusreg: Software for Dynamic Panel Regression under Irregular Time Spacing.” With Yuya Sasaki. The Stata Journal, 22 (3), 713–724, October 2022. 

3. “Time-Varying Risk Aversion? Evidence from Near-Miss Accidents.” With Matthew Shum. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 104 (6), 1317–1328, November 2022.

4. “Dynamic Discrete Choice Models with Incomplete Data: Sharp Identification.” With Yuya Sasaki, Yuya Takahashi, and Yingyao Hu. Journal of Econometrics, 236(1), September 2023.

5. “A Neural Autopilot Theory of Habit: Evidence from Consumer Purchases and Social Media Use.” With Colin Camerer and Clarice Zhao. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 121(1), 108–122, January 2024.

6. “Identification and Estimation of Dynamic Structural Models with Unobserved Choices.” With Yingyao Hu. Journal of Econometrics, 242(2), June 2024.

7. “Financing Micro-Entrepreneurship in Online Crowdfunding Markets: What Drives Local Biases?” With Jian Ni and Fangzhu Yang. Accepted at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, August 2025.

Working Papers

1. “Asymmetric Information, Reputation, and Welfare in Online Credit Markets.” Revise and Resubmit at the Rand Journal of Economics.

2. “Competing under Information Heterogeneity: Evidence from Auto Insurance.” With Marco Cosconati, Fan Wu, and Yizhou Jin. Revise and Resubmit at the Review of Economic Studies. Extended abstract accepted at EC’25.

3. “A Structural Neural Autopilot Analysis of Social Media Use Around the Pandemic Lockdown.” With Lawrence Jin, Jessica Fong, and Colin Camerer. Revise and Resubmit at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

4. “Estimating Nonseparable Selection Models: A Functional Contraction Approach.” With Fan Wu. 2025 Econometric Society Summer School in Econometrics and Statistics Best Paper Award.

5. “Dynamic Discrete Choice with General Time Preferences: Did Harold Zuercher Have Non-Separable Time Preferences?” With Jay Lu, Yao Luo, and Kota Saito. 

6. “Optimal Linear Rank Indexes for Latent Variables.” With Yingyao Hu, Ji-Liang Shiu, and Jiaxiong Yao. 

7. “Social Learning in Lung Transplant Decision.” With Laura Doval, Federico Echenique, and Wanying Huang.

Work in Progress

1. “Self-Control and Commitment in Consumer Credit Markets.” With Ke Shi.