Zhikuo Liu

About

Welcome! I am a Professor of Economics at Fudan University, specializing in industrial policy, tax by design, and innovation, with a particular focus on Chinese economy.

Email: liuzhikuo@fudan.edu.cn and lzhikuo@gmail.com

Working Papers:

• The US-China Trade War, Production Relocation, and Trade Reallocation, with Bohan Wang.

Publications: 

• Regulating Conglomerates in China: Evidence from an Energy Conservation Program, with Qiaoyi Chen, Zhao Chen, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and Daniel Yi Xu,  American Economic Review,Forthcoming.

• The Impacts of the U.S. Trade War on Chinese Exporters, with Yang Jiao, Zhiwei Tian and Xiaxin Wang, Accepted at Review of Economics and Statistics.

• Tax Policy and Lumpy Investment: Evidence from China VAT Reform, with Zhao Chen, Xian Jiang, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and Daniel Yi Xu, The Review of Economic Studies,2023, 90 (2): 634-674.

• Notching R&D Investment with Corporate Income Tax Cuts in China,  with Zhao Chen, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and Daniel Yi Xu,   American Economic Review, 2021, 111(7): 2065-2100. (Lead Article)

  • 2017，Best Paper Award for Chinese Young Economists

• Industrial Energy Regulation: The Role of Business Conglomerates in China, with Qiaoyi Chen, Zhao Chen, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and Daniel Yi Xu, AEA Papers and Proceedings 2021, 111: 396–400.

• The Structure of Business Taxation in China, with Zhao Chen, Yuxuan He, Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato and Daniel Yi Xu, Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 35, University of Chicago Press.

• Location-Based Tax Incentives and Entrepreneurial Activities: Evidence from Western Regional Development Strategy in China,  with Huihang Wu and Jianfeng Wu, Small Business Economics, 2019, 52(3): 729-742.