Working Papers

“Flick, Click, and Sick: Mental Health Risks of Short-video Platforms” (with Jiayi Hou at Peking U, Yankun Kang at Xi’an Jiaotong U, Chang Liu at Renmin U). 
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“Sowing Seeds of Mobility: The Uneven Impact of Land Reforms” (with Jiajia Gu at IMF, L. Rachel Ngai at LSE, and Jin Wang at HKUST). 
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“Barriers in the Sky” (with Ziyang Chen at Nanjing U and Qiyao Zhou at Oklahoma State U).
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“Political Segregation in Innovation Collaboration: Evidence from the 2016 Presidential Election” (with Kaiji Gong at HKUST).
Preparing for submission  

“The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party” (with James Kung). 
Conditionally Accepted at JEEA.

“Railroads and Industrial Development in China, 1858-1936” (with Shiyu Bo and Cong Liu at IESR, JINAN and Yan Zhou at HKU).
Revise and resubmit at Journal of Development Economics.

“The Intellectual Origin of Legal Institution and Modern Banking” (with Chong Liu at PKU, Shuang Shi at Nankai, and Yuling Zhu at SUFE).
Reject and resubmit at Journal of Public Economics.

“Digital Footprints and Policing: The Socioeconomic Impacts of Mobile Payment Reform on China's Sex Industry” (with Yifan Zhang and Zhaoguang Wang at CUHK)
Preparing for submission  

“Railways, Telegraph and Technology Adoption: The Introduction of American Cotton in Early 20th Century China” (with Chong Liu at PKU, Han Qi at SZU, and Jin Wang at HKUST).
Preparing for submission  

“Going Native: Foreign Firms’ Responses to Domestic Boycotts” (with Shiyu Bo and Cong Liu at IESR, JINAN).
Submitted 

“Commercial Revolution in Medieval China” (with James Kung). 
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“Environmental Change, Water Scarcity, and Farmers’ Differentiated Adaptations: Evidence from the Three Gorges Dam” (with Chong Liu at PKU and Sen Ma at IESR, JINAN).
Submitted 

“How COVID-19 Affects Democracy Discourses in China: Evidence from Weibo and Zhihu” (with Jean Hong at Michigan and  Hanying Wei at HKUST).
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Selected Work in Progress

“When Skilled Workforce Comes to Town: Evidence from Talent Policies in China” (with Ziyang Chen, Yatang Lin, and Jin Wang)

“A Thirst for Silver: Trade Disruption, Currency Shortage, and the Institutional Cause of Riots” (with Jianan Li, Chong Pang, and Yuan Zi) 

“Library and Human Capital Development” (with Yan Zhou) 

“Folksong and Revolution” (with James Kung and Ruoyu Qian at SUFE).


Resting Papers

“Air Pollution and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from China” (with Shiyu Bo and Cong Liu). 

“A Tale of Three Channels: Real Estate Shocks and Firm Investment in China” (with Laura Xiaolei Liu, Wei Xiong and Li’an Zhou).