Publications

• “The effect of urbanization on fast-food preferences and body mass index: Evidence from China” (with Piao Hui), accepted at Applied Economics Letters

• “The differential effect of exchange rate fluctuations on local housing price growth: Evidence from Australia” (with  Liang Choon Wang), Regional Studies, 2024, 58(1):135-150

• “Spatial interactions” (with Eleonora Patacchini, Pierre Picard, and Yves Zenou), Quantitative Economics, 2023,  14(4):1295-1335

• “Geographic spread of COVID-19 and local economies: Heterogeneous effects by establishment size and industry” (with Taehoon Kim), Journal of Regional Science, 2022, 62(3): 696–731 

• “Spousal bereavement and the cognitive health of older adults in the US: New insights on channels, single items, and subjective evidence” (with Yuejun Zhao and Brett Inder), Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 43(December): 101055

• “Preferences for single-sex schools: Evidence from the housing market” (with Daniel Melser and Morteza Moallemi), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 189(September): 710-726

• “Counterparty choice in the UK credit default swap market: An empirical matching approach” (with Gerardo Ferrara, Bonsoo Koo, and Zijun Liu), Economic Modelling, 2021, 94(January): 58-74 

• “Price elasticities of residential electricity demand: Estimates from household panel data in Bangladesh” (with Hemawathy Balarama, Asad Islam, and Liang Choon Wang), Energy Economics, 2020, 92(October): 104937

• “Hedonic pricing and the role of stud fees in the market for Thoroughbred yearlings in Australia” (with Sophie Mitchell and Liang Choon Wang), The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2019, 63(3): 439-471 

• “The role of intergenerational mobility in internal migration” (with Jongkwan Lee), Economic Modelling, 2019, 81: 1-15

•  “Minimax after money-max: Why Major League Baseball players do not follow optimal strategies” (with Justin Choe), Applied Economics, 2019, 51(24): 2591–2605 

• “Returns to women’s education using optimal IV selection” (with Bin Jiang, Chuhui Li, and Hee-Seung Yang), Applied Economics, 2019, 51(8): 815–830. 

• “Social network structure and risk sharing in villages” (with Bin Jiang, Chuhui Li, and Ou Yang) The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2018, 18(3). 

Working papers

• “The effect of housing costs on household transportation: Evidence from longitudinal data in Australia” (with Faye Khammo and Liang Choon Wang), R&R

• “Assortative matching and network structure in over-the-counter financial markets” (with Gerardo Ferrara, Bonsoo Koo, and Zijun Liu), R&R

• “Effects of nonverbal policy communications on the crude oil market: The role of economic policy uncertainty” (with Dooyeon Cho), under review

• “Impacts of housing costs on health and satisfaction with life circumstances: Evidence from Australia” (with Ashani Abayasekara and Liang Choon Wang), under review

• “Skill heterogeneity and industrial agglomeration: Effects on wage markups in the United States” (with Keyu Guo and Daniel Melser)

• “Gender heterogeneity in peer effects on work: Evidence from multidimensional social networks in rural India” (with Youjin Hahn and Hee-Seung Yang)

• “A structural model of multigraph formation: Social networks in villages” (with Asad Islam and Yves Zenou)

• “Structural estimation of pairwise stable networks: An application to social networks in rural India” 

Selected works in progress

• “Network formation with unobserved homophily: Identification and evidence from Bangladesh” (with Asad Islam, Suyong Song, and Yves Zenou) 

• “The effect of commodity prices on the U.S. labor share in the 2000s” (with Myungkyu Shim and  Hee-Seung Yang)