Publications

Trade Liberalization and Domestic Vertical Integration: Evidence from China Journal of International Economics, 2019, 121, 103250 · with Qing Liu and Larry D. Qiu · Paper

FDI Inflows and Export Quality: Domestic Competition and Within-firm Adjustment Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 170, 103293 · with Qing Liu and Larry D. Qiu · Paper

Input Similarity, Core Competencies and M&As Conditional AcceptJournal of International Economics · with Qing Liu, Larry D. Qiu, and Stephen T. Sun · Paper

Foreign Direct Investment and Gender Education Gap Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2026, 75(1), 95–132 · with Rufei Guo, Haiji Lin, and Xin Wang · Paper

The Corruption Culture of Multinationals: Evidence from China Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 234, 107012 · with Haicheng Guo and Sibo Liu · Paper

The (Dis)Connection between R&D and Productivity in China: Policy Implications of R&D Tax Credits Journal of Comparative Economics, 2024, 52(1), 297–320 · with Qing Liu, Xing Wei, and Larry D. Qiu · Paper

Does Belt and Road Initiative Attract Cross-border M&As from Other Countries? The World Economy, 2024, 47(5), 1916–1942 · with Chenxue Hou and Hanxi Wang · Paper

Government Procurement and Resource Misallocation: Evidence from China Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 216, 568–589 · with Jing Hang · Paper

An Analysis of the China–US Trade War through the Lens of the Trade Literature Economic and Political Studies, 2019, 7(2), 148–168 · with Larry D. Qiu and Xing Wei · Paper

China’s Global Influence: A Survey through the Lens of International Trade Pacific Economic Review, 2016, 21(1), 45–71 · with Larry D. Qiu · Paper

Working Papers

Joining Global Supply Chains: Foreign Banks and Chinese Firms’ Import Sourcing with Larry D. Qiu

Trade Liberalization, Intermediate Input Substitution, and Labor Share with Jing Hang, Cui Hu, and Mohan Zhou · Paper

From Grain to Silver: Tax Reform, Monetary Adoption, and Economic Growth in Ming China with Ting Chen, Jiachen Li, and Chang Liu

Gender-biased Technology, Intra-household Bargaining, and Fertility with Aiya Feng and Dezhuang Hu · Paper

Work in Progress

Structural Transformation and Agricultural Adaptation with Ting Chen and Jing Hang

Exporting Pains: Export Slowdown and Domestic Violence with Rufei Guo, Hong Ma, Yu Pan, and Mingzhi (Jimmy) Xu

Economic Policy Uncertainty and the Role of Trade Intermediaries