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Working Papers

2024

1. Comrades and Cause: Peer Influence on West Point Cadets' Civil War Allegiances
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Knowledge Suppression and Resilience under Censorship: Three-century Book Publications in China
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2023

3. Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023)
4. Improving Regulation for Innovation: Evidence from China’s Pharmaceutical Industry
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
5. Improving Regulation for Innovation: Evidence from China’s Pharmaceutical Industry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

6. Expecting Floods: Firm Entry, Employment, and Aggregate Implications
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (9)
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany (2022) View citations (11)
7. The Impact of U.S.-China Tensions on U.S. Science
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) View citations (2)

2021

8. A Theory of Power Structure and Institutional Compatibility: China vs. Europe Revisited
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (1)
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2021) View citations (1)
9. Doing Business in China: Parental Background and Government Intervention Determine Who Owns Businesses
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
10. Doing business in China: parental background and government intervention determine who owns busines
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Doing business in China: Parental background and government intervention determine who owns busines, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (14) (2021)
11. Entrepreneurial Reluctance: Talent and Firm Creation in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2021)
12. Just Above the Exam Cutoff Score: Elite College Admission and Wages in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    See also Journal Article Just above the exam cutoff score: Elite college admission and wages in China, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2021) View citations (15) (2021)
13. The Nexus of Elites and War Mobilization
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
14. Web of Power: How Elite Networks Shaped War and Politics in China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Web of Power: How Elite Networks Shaped War and Politics in China, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College (2023) View citations (3) (2023)

2020

15. Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from ChinaÂ’s War on Air Pollution
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China's War on Air Pollution, American Economic Review: Insights, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (29) (2022)
16. Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China’s War on Air Pollution
    Working Papers, Becker Friedman Institute for Research In Economics View citations (20)
17. The Economic Consequences of Political Hierarchy: Evidence from Regime Changes in China, AD1000-2000
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2019

18. Individual vs. Social Motives in Identity Choice: Theory and Evidence from China
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (27)
19. Power and Publications in Chinese Academia
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Power and publications in Chinese academia, Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (1) (2019)

2014

20. Political Selection in China: the Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance
    Working Paper Series, Research Institute of Industrial Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article POLITICAL SELECTION IN CHINA: THE COMPLEMENTARY ROLES OF CONNECTIONS AND PERFORMANCE, Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association (2015) View citations (162) (2015)

2013

21. Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance in Political Selection in China
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations (6)

2011

22. Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China
    HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China, Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2014) View citations (92) (2014)

Journal Articles

2024

1. A Theory of Power Structure and Institutional Compatibility: China versus Europe Revisited
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2024, 22, (3), 1275-1318
2. Meg Rithmire. Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2024, 62, (3), 1263-65

2023

3. The Economic Consequences of Political Hierarchy: Evidence from Regime Changes in China, 1000–2000 C.E
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2023, 105, (3), 626-645 View citations (3)
4. Web of Power: How Elite Networks Shaped War and Politics in China
   The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023, 138, (2), 1067-1108 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Web of Power: How Elite Networks Shaped War and Politics in China, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2022

5. Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from China's War on Air Pollution
   American Economic Review: Insights, 2022, 4, (1), 54-70 View citations (29)
   See also Working Paper Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from ChinaÂ’s War on Air Pollution, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (10) (2020)

2021

6. Choosing Ethnicity: The Interplay Between Individual and Social Motives
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19, (2), 1203-1248 View citations (6)
7. Doing business in China: Parental background and government intervention determine who owns busines
   Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 151, (C) View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Doing business in China: parental background and government intervention determine who owns busines, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) View citations (8) (2021)
8. Just above the exam cutoff score: Elite college admission and wages in China
   Journal of Public Economics, 2021, 196, (C) View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper Just Above the Exam Cutoff Score: Elite College Admission and Wages in China, NBER Working Papers (2021) View citations (28) (2021)

2019

9. Is China's Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust
   The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (624), 3154-3188 View citations (22)
10. Power and publications in Chinese academia
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 2019, 47, (4), 792-805 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper Power and Publications in Chinese Academia, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (1) (2019)
11. The Rise of Robots in China
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019, 33, (2), 71-88 View citations (108)
12. When History Matters Little: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD 1000–2000
    ifo DICE Report, 2019, 16, (04), 50-54

2017

13. Decentralization, Collusion, and Coal Mine Deaths
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99, (1), 105-118 View citations (68)

2016

14. Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China's Civil Service Exam
    Econometrica, 2016, 84, 677-733 View citations (67)

2015

15. POLITICAL SELECTION IN CHINA: THE COMPLEMENTARY ROLES OF CONNECTIONS AND PERFORMANCE
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2015, 13, (4), 631-668 View citations (162)
    See also Working Paper Political Selection in China: the Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance, Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (5) (2014)

2014

16. The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China's Treaty Ports
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (4), 596-608 View citations (41)
17. Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China
    Economic Journal, 2014, 124, (575), 92-118 View citations (92)
    See also Working Paper Weather Shocks, Sweet Potatoes and Peasant Revolts in Historical China, HiCN Working Papers (2011) View citations (29) (2011)