When Stars Are Silenced: How Creator Suspensions Reshape the Long Tail in Online Video Platforms. 2025. (with Yilin Li, and Chong Alex Wang)

• Conferences: ICIS Proceedings (2025)

We investigate the ecosystem-wide consequences of suspending star creators on an online content platform. Our findings reveal that this action significantly improves overall content performance, an effect driven by a marked increase in the performance of creators in the long tail. 

Shedding Light on Bias: Consumer Complaint Disclosure and Racial Equity in Financial Services. 2024. (with Xiang Li)

• Conferences: Inter-Finance PhD Seminar (2024); CEPR European Conference on Household Finance (2024); Accounting Ethics Symposium (2024); FMA New Ideas Session (2024); LaBS Banking workshop (2024); GSU CEAR Conference (2024); Third Durham Conference for Finance JMP (2025); NFA Meeting (2025); Miami University Finance and Real Estate Conference (2025); IBEFA-ASSA Meeting (Scheduled) (2026)

We investigate the effect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2015 disclosure of complaint narratives on reducing racial disparities in financial services. Employing a triple-differences approach, we find that post-disclosure, minority communities experience welfare enhancements. 

Bilateral Relationships in Live Streaming: A Power-Dependence Perspective. 2024. (with Xinyan Yao, Chong Alex Wang, and Hongju Liu)

• Conferences: ICIS Proceedings (2024); Annual Conference of the CIES (2024); INFORMS International Meeting (2025)

We use power dependence theory to study the bilateral relationship between streamers and viewers, focusing on asymmetric and joint dependence and analyzing its impact on tipping behavior. Additionally, we explore the power restructuring operations of those at a disadvantage. 

Urban Expansion and Climate Change in Cities. 2023. (with Jindong Pang and Shulin Shen)

• Conference: Jinan-SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (2023)

We quantitatively analyze the impact of urban expansion on temperatures in urban or suburban areas of 259 cities in China during the period of 2000-2017. We identify the urban heat island effect in the whole city by examining the difference between the impact in urban and suburban areas. 

The Spillover Effect of Government Locations on Economic Growth. 2024. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (with Jindong Pang and Shulin Shen)

Investigating 180+ Chinese city government relocations, this paper shows they boost regional economic growth and urbanization, acting as an effective place-based policy.