Research

Publications

1. Replication and Sensitivity Analysis of  'Market Access and Quality Up-grading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments': A Comment on Bold et al. (2022b)

With R. McWay and K. Nchare, Journal of Comments and Replications in Economics, 2024, 3(2).

2. Does the Targeted Poverty Alleviation Program Reduce Income Inequality in China 

Review of Development Economics, 2026, 30(1), 484-502.

3. Reproducibility and Robustness of Economics and Political Science Research

With A. Brodeur et al., Nature, 2026, 652, 151-156. (Contracted research assistant to this project)

4. AI-assisted Teams Outperform AI-led Teams but Not Human-only Teams in Assessing Research Reproducibility in Quantitative Social Science

With A. Brodeur et al.,  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2026, 123(22), e2524747123. (Research design, research performance, and paper review)

Working Papers

1. Still in Pain? The Economic Suffering from the Wenchuan Earthquake in China  (Reject and Resubmit at Regional Science and Urban Economics)

2. Too Young To Get Over: Earthquake Exposure and Educational Attainment 

With J. Fu.

3. A Comment on “Monitoring in Small Firms: Experimental Evidence from Kenyan Public Transit” (Kelly et al., 2024)

With C. Aleman-Pericon. (Repliaction report at the 2025 CEA Replication Games)

4. Can Export Destination Income Affect Exporter's Emission Behaviors: Evidence from China (Under Review)

With J. Fu.

5. Do Intergovernmental Fiscal Arrangements Ease Local Government Debt Pressure? (Under Review)

With T. Du.