· Credit Constraints and the Demand for Higher Education: Evidence from Financial Deregulation Review of Economics and Statistics, 98:1 (2016), with Constantine Yannelis
· Quantifying the Premium Externality of the Uninsured Journal of the European Economic Association, 14:2 (2016), with Constantine Yannelis
· Technological Links and Predictable Returns Journal of Financial Economics, 132:3 (2019), with Charles M.C. Lee, Rongfei Wang, and Ran Zhang
· Trade and Management Review of Economics and Statistics, 103:3 (2021), with Nicholas Bloom, Kalina Manova, John Van Reenen and Zhihong Yu
· Corporate Income Tax, Capital Deepening and Labor Share: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from China Journal of Development Economics, 150, 102624 (2021), with Bing Li and Chang Liu
· Production Complementarity and Momentum Spillover Across Industries, Journal of Financial Economics, 155, 103812 (2024), with Charles M.C. Lee, Tianshuo Shi and Ran Zhang
· Unintended Workplace Safety Consequences of Minimum Wages, with Qing Liu, Ruosi Lu, and Meng Zhang, accepted at the Journal of Public Economics
· Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports, with Robin Kaiji Gong, Yao Amber Li, and Kalina Manova, Journal of International Economics
· Accounting Standards and Antidumping Investigations, with Shang-Jin Wei, and Jin Xie, Journal of Accounting and Economics
Principal Investigator, “Auditor Labor Market Mobility Constraints and Audit Outcomes: Evidence from Enforceability of Non-Compete Covenants,” RGC/GRF, CityU 11613721, 2021-2023, HK$259,993.
Principal Investigator, “Product Market Implications of Corporate Accounting Fraud: Evidence from Scanner Data,” RGC/GRF, CityU 11507023, 2023-2026, HK$ 536,648.00.
Papers invited for resubmission:
Capital Markets Regulation and Human Capital Investments: Evidence from SOX and Accounting Major Choice, with Yinghua Li, Haotian Shi, and Xiao Xiao
Review of Accounting Studies (Revise and Resubmit)
Presentations: NUS Accounting Seminar (2022)*; SMU Accounting Seminar (2022)*
Tax Pass-through of Partnership Firms, with Yupeng Lin and Michael Shen
Review of Accounting Studies (Reject and Resubmit)
Presentations: 2022 ATA (American Taxation Association) Midyear Meeting
· Corporate Taxes and Retail Prices, with Scott Baker and Constantine Yannelis
Presentations: 2019 SFS Cavalcade Asia-Pacific; 2020 Midwest Finance Association Annual Meeting; 2021 Financial Intermediation Research Society Conference; 2021 WFA (Western Finance Association) Annual Meeting*; 2019 NBER on Business Taxation*; NUS; MIT Sloan*; Stanford*; Northwestern University*; University of Minnesota*; University of Chicago*; Rice University*; UIUC*; GSU*; the Adam Smith Workshop*; the UNC Tax Symposium*; 2021 SFS Cavalcade NA*; 2021 Labor and Finance Group Meetings*; 2024 American Finance Association Annual Meeting (Scheduled)
· Input Capability, Core Competence, and M&As, with Qing Liu, Larry Qiu, and Chaoqun Zhan
Presentations: Wuhan University*; Jinan University*; 2022 HKU Trade and Development Workshop
· Not All Corporate Tax Cuts Are Created Equal: Evidence from Bonus Depreciation and M&A, with Qianqian Huang and Tao Yuan
Presentations: Lingnan University; Nanjing University; Renmin University of China;
· Demand Complementarity and Mergers and Acquisitions, with Xiao Jia and Nuo Shi
· Auditor Liability and Investment Efficiency, with Xiao Xiao
Presentations: 2019 HK Junior Accounting Faculty Conference
· Robot Penetration and State-dependent Cost Elasticity, with Yinghua Li and Nuo Shi
Presentations: 2022 MIT-Asia Accounting Conference; brownbag at CityU Accounting (2022); HK PolyU accounting seminar (2022); CUHK Accounting seminar (2022)
· Does the Rise of Robots Lead to More Dominant Human Leaders? Evidence from Earnings Conference Calls, with Zheng Wang and Bingyi Qin
Presentations: University of Melbourne Accounting Seminar (2022)*
· Technology Spillovers, Information Externality, and Stock Price Crash Risk with Jeong-Bon Kim and Zilong Zhang
First draft: 2017/Nov.
Presentations: CICF 2018; Canadian Accounting Association Annual meeting 2018*
· Segment Reporting and the Market for Corporate Control: Evidence from SFAS 131, with Bright Godigbe and Zilong Zhang
First draft: 2019/Feb.
Presentations: 2019 AAA Doctoral Consortium*; 2019 Australasian Finance and Banking Conference; Brownbag at WUSTL Accounting*
· Managerial Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from 2003 Tax Cut
with Xing Li and Constantine Yannelis
First draft: 2014
Presentations: AFA (American Finance Association Annual Meeting) 2015