Research

Working Papers

1. Geospatial Inequality in the Green Transition: Pollution Redistribution from Electric Vehicles, with Zheng Xiao and Wendong Zhang (2/26) 

SSRN Working Paper  (Under Review)

2. Ports, Trade Costs, and Food Imports, with Fei Nie, Tao Xiong, and Wendong Zhang (2/26)   (Under Review)

3. Environmental Regulation, Market Power in Input Markets, and the Labor Share (12/25) 

SSRN Working Paper   (Under Review)

4. A Geospatial Approach to Measuring Economic Activity, with Costas Arkolakis and Anton Yang  (11/25) 

Latest Version | NBER WP | Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers   (Revise and Resubmit, Nature Communications)

5. Spatial Competition and Strategic Entry in China's Agricultural Markets (New Draft Coming Soon) 

6. Market Competition as Climate Adaptation in Agriculture, with Puyu Zhang (2/26)   (Submitted)

7. Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Product Quality: Evidence from Food Recalls in China, with Fei Nie, Lei Li, Tao Xiong, and Wendong Zhang (8/25)    (Under Review, Selected for presentation at the JEBO Beyond Automation: GenAI and Economics Conference)

8. Employment Effects of Environmental Regulations: Evidence from the Clean Water Act, with Xibo Wan, Anton Yang, and Wendong Zhang

Work in Progress

1. The Economics of Space

2. Risky Global Agricultural Supply Chains: Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Trade, with Bernhard Dalheimer and Wendong Zhang