Specialized human capital and Invention Patent Performance: How do inventors and patent attorneys drive urban innovation in China? [link] (with Hao Mao and Howei Wu), Studies in Science of Science, January 2026. (in Chinese)
How to characterize patent quality with multiple indicators? Evidence based on economic performance of Chinese companie [link] (with Howei Wu and Ho-Mou Wu), Scientometrics, August 2025.
Investigating the real effect of China's patent surge: New evidence from firm-level patent quality data[link, media (English), media (Chinese)] (with Howei Wu and Ho-Mou Wu), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 204, pp. 422-442, December 2022.
Could government lead the way? Evaluation of China's patent subsidy policy on patent quality [link] (with Howei Wu and Ho-Mou Wu), China Economic Review, vol. 69, 101663, October 2021.
Going Out to Innovate More at Home: Impacts of Outward Direct Investments on Chinese Firms’ Domestic Innovation Performance [link] (with Anthony J. Howell and Stephan Worack ), China Economic Review, vol. 60, 101404, 2020.
Understanding the Unique Role of State-owned Enterprises: The Knowledge Spillover Perspective [link] (with Jingyi Ye, Pengfei Zhang, and Siwei Cao), Economic Research Journal, vol. 54(06), pp. 40-54, 2019. (in Chinese)
Social Credit System in China: Based on the Analysis of Intellectual Property [link] (with Yuan Liao and Qin Chen), Forum on Science and Technology in China, pp.150-160, August 2019. (in Chinese)
Knowledge Spillover, Distance and Innovation: Evidence from city cluster data of Yangtze River Delta [link] (with Jingyi Ye and Yunlu Jiang), World Economic Papers, pp.21-41, June 2016. (in Chinese)
Innovation and Total Factor Productivity: Evidence from China Manufacturing Enterprises [link] (with Jingyi Ye), Study & Exploration, pp. 105-111, May 2016. (in Chinese)
