Development Economics
"Forced" Gifts: The Burden of Being a Friend (with Erwin Bulte and Xiaobo Zhang). 2018. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 155(C), 79-98. The working paper version is IFPRI Discussion Paper 1615.The on-line appendix is available here [PDF].
The Re-Emergence of "Missing Women" (with Erwin Bulte, Chih-Sheng Hsieh and Qin Tu). 2020. The China Quarterly. Forthcoming.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Evidence from Two-wave Phone Surveys in China (with Rouchen Dai, Hao Feng, Junpeng Hu, Quan Jin, Huiwen Li, Ranran Wang, Lihe Xu and Xiaobo Zhang). The working paper version is CGDEV Working Paper 549.
Gift Expenses and Risk Sharing: A Theory of Signaling and Evidence from Rural China (with Xiaobo Zhang and 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.
Empowering the Elderly - the Effect of Pensions on Eldercare Mode, Brideprice, and Sex Ratio (with Naijia Guo and Wei Huang).
When Buddies Migrate: School Dropout and Peer Migration in China (with Chih-Sheng Hsieh and Xiaobo Zhang).
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.
Public Economics
税收努力与官员个人效应 （与吕炜，王友友合作），2020，经济学（季刊），已录用.
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.
Behavioral Economics
The Macbeth Factor: How Status-seeking Influences Analyst Performance (with Koon Hung Chan and Ray R. Wang). 2020. Abacus. Forthcoming.
Reluctant to Threat: Choice of Bargaining Tactic and Personality (with Zhuoqiong Chen and Jichuan Zong).
"Forced" Gifts: The Burden of Being a Friend (with Erwin Bulte and Xiaobo Zhang). 2018. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 155(C), 79-98. The working paper version is IFPRI Discussion Paper 1615.The on-line appendix is available here [PDF].
The Re-Emergence of "Missing Women" (with Erwin Bulte, Chih-Sheng Hsieh and Qin Tu). 2020. The China Quarterly. Forthcoming.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Evidence from Two-wave Phone Surveys in China (with Rouchen Dai, Hao Feng, Junpeng Hu, Quan Jin, Huiwen Li, Ranran Wang, Lihe Xu and Xiaobo Zhang). The working paper version is CGDEV Working Paper 549.
Gift Expenses and Risk Sharing: A Theory of Signaling and Evidence from Rural China (with Xiaobo Zhang and 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.
Empowering the Elderly - the Effect of Pensions on Eldercare Mode, Brideprice, and Sex Ratio (with Naijia Guo and Wei Huang).
When Buddies Migrate: School Dropout and Peer Migration in China (with Chih-Sheng Hsieh and Xiaobo Zhang).
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.
Public Economics
税收努力与官员个人效应 （与吕炜，王友友合作），2020，经济学（季刊），已录用.
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.
Behavioral Economics
The Macbeth Factor: How Status-seeking Influences Analyst Performance (with Koon Hung Chan and Ray R. Wang). 2020. Abacus. Forthcoming.
Reluctant to Threat: Choice of Bargaining Tactic and Personality (with Zhuoqiong Chen and Jichuan Zong).