Make or Buy? Trade-Induced Shifts in Firms' Innovation Behaviour (Draft)
with Zoe Zhang (University of Tokyo)
Presented at: University of Tokyo (2026), APTS in Hong Kong (2026), SPACE in Shanghai (2026), WESEAMS in Hong Kong (2026)
Pro-Competitive Gains of Trade Facilitation: Evidence from China (New draft coming soon!)
with Yumeng Ao (Peking University)
Presented at: EWMES (2023) in Manchester, RES (2024) in Belfast, CAED (2024) in Penn State, CITP (2024) in Nottingham, UEA (2024) in Copenhagen, AMES (2024) in Hangzhou, APTS (2024) in Bangkok, ASSA (2025) in San Francesco, Göttingen workshop (2025), RIEF (2025) in Marseille-Aix, Econometric Society World Congress (2025) in Soeul.
Teflon Capitalism: Geoeconomic Risks and Investment Funds (Draft coming soon!)
with Daniel Kaat and Alexander Raabe
Presented at: ADB seminar (2025), HKIMR-BIS-IMF (2026).
Parts of this research entered ADB’s Asian Economic Integration Report 2026
Digital Trade Facilitation and Container Traffic: Evidence from China's Electronic Single Window (ADB Working Paper)
with Dan Xie, Sandra Poncet, and Pamina Koenig
Presented at: Göttingen workshop (2025), STEP Paris (2025), APTS (2025) in Tokyo, Paperless Trade Week (2025) in Bangkok, ETSG (2025) in Milan, ADB ERDI seminar (2025)
Does Fraudulent Science Hurt Biomedical Entrepreneurship?
with Yi Ding (University of Warwick), Moksh Matta (Simon Fraser University), and Haifeng Xu (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
Weak Banks Make You Feel the Heat: How Non-Performing Loans Slow Down the Green Transition
with Alexander Raabe
Biased Tax Enforcement as A Trade Barrier: The Role of Mandated Transparency at Customs
Presented at: 9th Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries (2024), 6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference (2024) in DC, Midwest International Trade & Theory Conference (2023) in Atlanta, EEA (2023) in Barcelona, AMES (2023) in Beijing, GEP-CEPR (2023) in Nottingham, RIEF (2023) in Brussels