working papers
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Development Economics
Gift Expenses and Risk Sharing: A Theory of Signaling and Evidence from Rural China (with Jie Zheng, used to be circulated under the title "Who Should I Share Risk with? Gifts Can Tell: Theory and Evidence from Rural China"). The previous version is CentER Discussion Paper, 2016-003. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
“Forced” Gifts: a Burden of Being Friend (with Erwin Bulte and Xiaobo Zhang). The working paper version is IFPRI Discussion Paper 1615. The on-line appendix is available here [PDF].
Fertility in the Time of AIDS: Adult Mortality, Portfolio Choice and Human Capital Investment (with Yang Zhou and Erwin Bulte, used to be circulated under the title "A Portfolio Approach to Mortality Shocks and Fertility Choice: Theory and Evidence from Africa"). The previous version is CentER Discussion Paper, 2013-051. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
Public Economics
Fiscal Fragmentation and the Spatial Distribution of Crime Rates in the United States (with Jinghua Lei, Jenny Ligthart and Mark Rider, used to be circulated under the title "Does Fiscal Decentralization Promote Public Safety? Evidence from the United States"). The previous version is CentER Discussion Paper, 2013-021. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
Dress-up Contest: A Dark Side of Fiscal Decentralization (with Wendun Wang). The previous version is IEB Working Paper 2013/30. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
Miscellaneous
The Macbeth Factor: How Status-seeking Influences Analyst Performance (with K. H. Chan, Tony Kang
and Ray R. Wang). The working paper version is available upon request.
Development Economics
Gift Expenses and Risk Sharing: A Theory of Signaling and Evidence from Rural China (with Jie Zheng, used to be circulated under the title "Who Should I Share Risk with? Gifts Can Tell: Theory and Evidence from Rural China"). The previous version is CentER Discussion Paper, 2016-003. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
“Forced” Gifts: a Burden of Being Friend (with Erwin Bulte and Xiaobo Zhang). The working paper version is IFPRI Discussion Paper 1615. The on-line appendix is available here [PDF].
Fertility in the Time of AIDS: Adult Mortality, Portfolio Choice and Human Capital Investment (with Yang Zhou and Erwin Bulte, used to be circulated under the title "A Portfolio Approach to Mortality Shocks and Fertility Choice: Theory and Evidence from Africa"). The previous version is CentER Discussion Paper, 2013-051. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
Public Economics
Fiscal Fragmentation and the Spatial Distribution of Crime Rates in the United States (with Jinghua Lei, Jenny Ligthart and Mark Rider, used to be circulated under the title "Does Fiscal Decentralization Promote Public Safety? Evidence from the United States"). The previous version is CentER Discussion Paper, 2013-021. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
Dress-up Contest: A Dark Side of Fiscal Decentralization (with Wendun Wang). The previous version is IEB Working Paper 2013/30. A substantially extended version is available upon request.
Miscellaneous
The Macbeth Factor: How Status-seeking Influences Analyst Performance (with K. H. Chan, Tony Kang
and Ray R. Wang). The working paper version is available upon request.