Research

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Working Papers & in Progress:

1. Sun, S. & Wu, Y. (2025), Semiparametric Estimation of a Heterogenous Truncation Model.

2. Anwar, S. & Sun, S. (2024), The Impact of Raw Material Import Ban on Vertical Outward FDI: Theoretical Insights and Quasi-Experimental Evidence.

3. Sun, S. (2024), Neighbourhood Effects and Housing Demand: A Replication and Extension.

4. Sun, S. (2024), The Pro-growth Effect of Tertiary Education: Evidence from the University Expansion in China.

5. Sun, S. (2023), "Trade Liberalization, Export and Product Innovation".

6. Anwar, S. & Sun, S. (2023), “Globalization and Income Inequality: Evidence from China”,
   presented at the 15th Australasian Trade Workshop, the 32nd Annual Conference of Chinese Economics Society Australia, and the CBLG Research Seminar at JCU.

Selected Publications:

1. 1. Bai, L. & Sun, S. (2024), The existence, uniqueness and stability of steady state for a class of first-order difference equations with application to the housing market dynamic, Results in Applied Mathematics, vol.21, 100433, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinam.2024.100433.
      Hightlight: We provide sufficient conditions that guarantee the existence, uniqueness and stability of steady state for a class of first-order difference equations, y_t + F(y_t) = a*y_(t-1) + G(y_(t-1)), which extends the result for the well-known first-order difference equation y_t = a*y_(t-1).

   2. Sun, S. (2023), “Firm Heterogeneity, Worker Training and Labor Productivity: The Role of Endogenous Self-selection”, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 59, pp. 121–133.
      Working paper download here.
      Hightlight: This study proposed an algorithm to implement a generalized method of simulated moments estimator that addresses the endogenous self-selection issue. Data and codes can be found here.

   3. Anwar, S. & Sun, S. (2023), “Foreign Direct Investment and Product Quality in Host Economies”, The World Economy, vol.46, pp.1290– 1318, https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13321.

   4. Roche, S., Sun, S., & Welters, R. (2022), "Do Financial Constraints Reduce Process Innovation? Evidence from Australian Firms", Economic Record, vol. 98, pp. 335-353 https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4932.12703.

   5. Sun, S. (2022), The demand for a COVID-19 vaccine, Economics & Human Biology, 46, 101135, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101135.

   6. Underwood, D., Sun, S. & Welters, R. (2020), "The Effectiveness of Plain Packaging in Discouraging Tobacco Consumption in Australia", Nature Human Behaviour, 4, pp. 1273–1284, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-020-00940-6.

   7. Phan, C.T., Sun, S., Zhou, Z.Y., & Beg, R. (2020), Does Microcredit Improve Rural Households’ Social Network? Evidence from Vietnam, Journal of Development Studies, 56(10), pp. 1947-1963, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2020.1725485.

   8. Anwar, S., Sun, S., (2018), Foreign direct investment and export quality upgrading in China's manufacturing sector, International Review of Economics and Finance, 54, pp. 289-298.

   9. Shi, X., Sun, S. (2017), Energy price, regulatory price distortion and economic growth: A case study of China, Energy Economics, Vol. 63, pp. 261-271.

   10. Anwar, S. & Sun, S. (2015), "Can the presence of foreign investment affect the capital structure of domestic firms?", Journal of Corporate Finance, vol. 30, pp.32-43 .

   11. Sun, S. (2014), “Determinants of Firm Advertising Behaviour: The Role of Foreign Entry”, Review of Industrial Organisation, vol. 45, no.1, pp.79-97.

   12. Sun, S. (2009), “How Does FDI Affect Domestic Firms’ Exports? Industrial Evidence”, World Economy, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 1203-1222.