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Working Papers

2024

1. Real Savings, Entrepreneurship and Finance: A Monetary Model of Economic Growth
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2023

2. Is Producer Surplus a Surplus to the Producer?
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2022

3. Stepping Stone: The Logic of Financial Inclusion through Microcredit in Rural China
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2017

4. Surviving the Famine unscathed? An Analysis of the Long-term Health Effects of the Great Chinese Famine
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Surviving the Famine Unscathed? An Analysis of the Long‐Term Health Effects of the Great Chinese Famine, Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2016

5. Bank Finance for Private Firms in China: Does Political Capital Still Pay Off?
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Bank finance for private firms in China: Does political capital still pay off?, The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (10) (2019)
6. Basis for Bank Credit Allocation in China’s Private Sector: Political Connection or Firm Performance?
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2015

7. Country Size, Economic Structure and Transaction Efficiency: An Asymmetric Spatial General Equilibrium Model of Income Differences across Nations
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
8. Income inequality in China: Testing the Kuznets Hypothesis with National Time Series and Provincial Panel Data 1978-2011
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2014

9. Accounting for Labor Misallocation in China with Provincial Data 1980-2010
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
10. Corporate Philanthropy in China: A Case of Doing Well by Doing Good?
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
11. Environmental Levies, Distortionary Taxation and Increasing Returns
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
12. Optimal Environmental Tax-Subsidy Regime in the Presence of Increasing Returns
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Optimal Environmental Tax-Subsidy Regime in the Presence of Increasing Returns, Annals of Economics and Finance, Society for AEF (2021) (2021)
13. Relative Earnings and Firm Performance: Evidence from Publicly-listed Firms in China, 2005-2012
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Relative earnings and firm performance: Evidence from publicly-listed firms in China, 2005–2012, International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier (2020) (2020)
14. Understanding the Kuznets Process: An Empirical Investigation of Income Inequality in China 1978-2011
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Understanding the Kuznets Process—An Empirical Investigation of Income Inequality in China: 1978–2011, Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer (2017) View citations (8) (2017)
15. Who Gets Money First? Monetary Expansion, Ownership Structure and Wage Inequality in China
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (1)

2013

16. Prices, Politics and Persuasion: The Case of Pollution Control and Clean Technology Adoption
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article PRICES, POLITICS AND PERSUASION: THE CASE OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION, The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2024) (2024)

2012

17. Evolving Ownership Structures in Private Enterprises in China: the Case of Ningbo
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
18. Increasing Returns, Land Use Controls and Housing Prices
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
19. The Cantillon Effect of Money Injection through Deficit Spending
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2010

20. A Benefit from the Division of Labor that Adam Smith Missed
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article A Benefit from the Division of Labor that Adam Smith Missed, Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan (2012) (2012)
21. International Transmission of Monetary Shocks in a Ricardian World
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
22. North-South Trade and the Non-Neutrality of International Money
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
23. The Arm’s Length Principle, Transfer Pricing and Foreclosure under Imperfect Competition
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2008

24. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH TIME: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH TIME: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL, Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2008) (2008)

2007

25. FINANCIAL INTERMEDIATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2006

26. HOW SHOULD A PUBLIC GOOD BE PROVIDED? A TRANSACTION COST APPROACH
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article HOW SHOULD A PUBLIC GOOD BE PROVIDED? A TRANSACTION COST APPROACH, Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2011) (2011)
27. THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN AID ON THE CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH Wenli Cheng, Dingsheng Zhang and Heng-Fu Zou*
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

2005

28. Can Productivity Progress in China hurt the US ? Professor Samuelson's Example Extended
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
29. DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL SOURCING
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL SOURCING, Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2006) (2006)
30. Why Might a Country Want to Develop its Comparative Disadvantage Industries?
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
31. Would Outsourcing Increase or Decrease Wage Inequality? Two Models, Two Answers
    Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics

1999

32. A Ricardian Model with Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Endogenous Trade Policy Regimes
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) View citations (3)
    See also Chapter A RICARDIAN MODEL WITH ENDOGENOUS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND ENDOGENOUS TRADE POLICY REGIMES, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2005) (2005)
    Journal Article A Ricardian Model with Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Endogenous Trade Policy Regimes, The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia (2000) View citations (4) (2000)
33. An Infra-marginal Analysis of the Ricardian Model
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University
    See also Journal Article An Inframarginal Analysis of the Ricardian Model, Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2000) View citations (8) (2000)
    Chapter AN INFRAMARGINAL ANALYSIS OF THE RICARDIAN MODEL, World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
34. An Inframarginal Analysis of the Heckscher-Olin Model with Transaction Costs and Technological Comparartive Advantage
    Working Papers, Chicago - Graduate School of Business View citations (1)
    Also in CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) View citations (2)
    CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Stepping stone: the logic of financial inclusion through microfinance – evidence from China’s largest commercial microfinance institution
   China Agricultural Economic Review, 2025, 17, (2), 398-414

2024

2. PRICES, POLITICS AND PERSUASION: THE CASE OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
   The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2024, 69, (05), 1685-1695
   See also Working Paper Prices, Politics and Persuasion: The Case of Pollution Control and Clean Technology Adoption, Monash Economics Working Papers (2013) (2013)

2022

3. Land rights and investment incentives: Evidence from China’s Latest Rural Land Titling Program
   Land Use Policy, 2022, 117, (C) View citations (9)

2021

4. Early marriage and maternal health care utilisation: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
   Economics & Human Biology, 2021, 43, (C) View citations (5)
5. How does land titling affect credit demand, supply, access, and rationing: Evidence from China
   Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2021, 69, (3), 383-414 View citations (9)
6. Optimal Environmental Tax-Subsidy Regime in the Presence of Increasing Returns
   Annals of Economics and Finance, 2021, 22, (2), 525-540
   See also Working Paper Optimal Environmental Tax-Subsidy Regime in the Presence of Increasing Returns, Monash Economics Working Papers (2014) (2014)

2020

7. Does land titling improve credit access? Quasi-experimental evidence from rural China
   Applied Economics, 2020, 52, (2), 227-241 View citations (15)
8. Relative earnings and firm performance: Evidence from publicly-listed firms in China, 2005–2012
   International Review of Economics & Finance, 2020, 66, (C), 279-290
   See also Working Paper Relative Earnings and Firm Performance: Evidence from Publicly-listed Firms in China, 2005-2012, Monash Economics Working Papers (2014) (2014)
9. Switching from Group Lending to Individual Lending: The Experience at China’s Largest Microfinance Institution
   Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 2020, 56, (9), 1989-2006 View citations (1)

2019

10. Bank finance for private firms in China: Does political capital still pay off?
    The World Economy, 2019, 42, (1), 242-267 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper Bank Finance for Private Firms in China: Does Political Capital Still Pay Off?, Monash Economics Working Papers (2016) (2016)
11. How did land titling affect China’s rural land rental market? Size, composition and efficiency
    Land Use Policy, 2019, 82, (C), 609-619 View citations (41)
12. Surviving the Famine Unscathed? An Analysis of the Long‐Term Health Effects of the Great Chinese Famine
    Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86, (2), 746-772 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Surviving the Famine unscathed? An Analysis of the Long-term Health Effects of the Great Chinese Famine, Monash Economics Working Papers (2017) (2017)

2017

13. Understanding the Kuznets Process—An Empirical Investigation of Income Inequality in China: 1978–2011
    Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2017, 134, (2), 631-650 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Understanding the Kuznets Process: An Empirical Investigation of Income Inequality in China 1978-2011, Monash Economics Working Papers (2014) View citations (1) (2014)

2016

14. How might the South be helped by Northern technology yet harmed by Northern money?
    Economic Modelling, 2016, 55, (C), 83-91 View citations (1)
15. Labour misallocation in China: 1980--2010
    Applied Economics, 2016, 48, (25), 2321-2332 View citations (4)

2013

16. Increasing returns, land use controls and housing prices in China
    Economic Modelling, 2013, 31, (C), 789-795 View citations (16)

2012

17. A Benefit from the Division of Labor that Adam Smith Missed
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2012, 38, (3), 310-318
    See also Working Paper A Benefit from the Division of Labor that Adam Smith Missed, Monash Economics Working Papers (2010) (2010)
18. A monetary model of China–US trade relations
    Economic Modelling, 2012, 29, (2), 233-238 View citations (3)
19. International Transmission of Monetary Shocks and the Non‐neutrality of International Money
    Review of International Economics, 2012, 20, (1), 134-149 View citations (1)

2011

20. CAN DESTRUCTIVE NETWORK ACTIVITIES PUSH AN ECONOMY TO A LOWER LEVEL OF SPECIALIZATION? A THEORETICAL ILLUSTRATION
    Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2011, 03, (02), 57-67
21. HOW SHOULD A PUBLIC GOOD BE PROVIDED? A TRANSACTION COST APPROACH
    Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2011, 03, (02), 69-80
    See also Working Paper HOW SHOULD A PUBLIC GOOD BE PROVIDED? A TRANSACTION COST APPROACH, Monash Economics Working Papers (2006) (2006)

2008

22. ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH TIME: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
    Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2008, 03, (01), 7-16
    See also Working Paper ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE THROUGH TIME: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL, Monash Economics Working Papers (2008) (2008)
23. The Effects of Foreign Aid on the Creation and Distribution of Wealth
    Annals of Economics and Finance, 2008, 9, (2), 223-237 View citations (2)
24. WHO SHOULD BE GIVEN MORE FOREIGN AID?
    Pacific Economic Review, 2008, 13, (5), 641-648

2007

25. CAN PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS IN CHINA HURT THE USA? SAMUELSON'S EXAMPLE EXTENDED
    Pacific Economic Review, 2007, 12, (1), 101-115 View citations (3)
26. DOES TRADE IN INTERMEDIATE GOODS INCREASE OR DECREASE WAGE INEQUALITY?
    The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2007, 52, (02), 201-213 View citations (7)

2006

27. A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INCOME INEQUALITY
    Economic Papers, 2006, 25, (2), 125-130
28. DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL SOURCING
    Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2006, 02, (01), 37-53
    See also Working Paper DOMESTIC AND GLOBAL SOURCING, Monash Economics Working Papers (2005) (2005)
29. IN MEMORY OF XIAOKAI
    Division of Labor & Transaction Costs (DLTC), 2006, 01, (02), 205-206

2004

30. An extended Heckscher-Ohlin model with transaction costs and technological comparative advantage
    Economic Theory, 2004, 23, (3), 671-688 View citations (3)
31. Inframarginal analysis of division of labor: A survey
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 55, (2), 137-174 View citations (22)
32. The efficiency wage hypothesis: a mesoeconomic analysis
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2004, 55, (2), 257-269 View citations (1)

2000

33. A Ricardian Model with Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Endogenous Trade Policy Regimes
    The Economic Record, 2000, 76, (233), 172-182 View citations (4)
    See also Chapter A RICARDIAN MODEL WITH ENDOGENOUS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND ENDOGENOUS TRADE POLICY REGIMES, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2005, 109-130 (2005) (2005)
    Working Paper A Ricardian Model with Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Endogenous Trade Policy Regimes, CID Working Papers (1999) (1999)
34. An Inframarginal Analysis of the Ricardian Model
    Review of International Economics, 2000, 8, (2), 208-220 View citations (8)
    See also Chapter AN INFRAMARGINAL ANALYSIS OF THE RICARDIAN MODEL, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2005, 87-107 (2005) View citations (5) (2005)
    Working Paper An Infra-marginal Analysis of the Ricardian Model, CID Working Papers (1999) (1999)

1999

35. Division of Labor, Money, and Economic Progress
    Review of Development Economics, 1999, 3, (3), 354-368 View citations (1)
    See also Chapter DIVISION OF LABOR, MONEY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS, World Scientific Book Chapters, 2005, 491-513 (2005) (2005)
36. Intra‐firm Branch Competition for a Monopolist
    Australian Economic Papers, 1999, 38, (3), 238-249

Books

2005

1. An Inframarginal Approach to Trade Theory
   World Scientific Books, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. View citations (1)

Chapters

2005

1. A GENERAL-EQUILIBRIUM RE-APPRAISAL OF THE STOLPER-SAMUELSON THEOREM
   Chapter 8 in An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, 2005, pp 131-149 View citations (2)
2. A RICARDIAN MODEL WITH ENDOGENOUS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE AND ENDOGENOUS TRADE POLICY REGIMES
   Chapter 7 in An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, 2005, pp 109-130
   See also Working Paper A Ricardian Model with Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Endogenous Trade Policy Regimes, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) (1999)
   Journal Article A Ricardian Model with Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Endogenous Trade Policy Regimes, The Economic Society of Australia (2000) View citations (4) (2000)
3. AN INFRAMARGINAL ANALYSIS OF THE RICARDIAN MODEL
   Chapter 6 in An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, 2005, pp 87-107 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper An Infra-marginal Analysis of the Ricardian Model, Center for International Development at Harvard University (1999) (1999)
   Journal Article An Inframarginal Analysis of the Ricardian Model, Wiley Blackwell (2000) View citations (8) (2000)
4. DIVISION OF LABOR, MONEY AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS
   Chapter 22 in An Inframarginal Approach To Trade Theory, 2005, pp 491-513
   See also Journal Article Division of Labor, Money, and Economic Progress, Wiley Blackwell (1999) View citations (1) (1999)

1998

5. Specialization and the Emergence and the Value of Money
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)