Research Papers
Working Papers
Export Controls and Innovation in Sanctioned Countries
with Yu Liu, Alexey Makarin, and Jaya Wen. 2025.
Coverage: HBS Working Paper, CEPR Discussion Paper, VoxEU
The Environmental Costs of Fiscal Distress: Evidence from China
with Chaoliang Liu, Yu Liu, and Cheng Zhao. 2025.
Trade Policy Uncertainty and the Labor Share: Evidence from Chinese Manufacturers
with Yu Liu, Yong Tan, and Cheng Zhao. 2025.
Population Aging and Robot Adoption: Evidence from China
with Kerui Du, Zonglai Kou, and Cheng Zhao. 2025.
Forthcoming in Journal of Population Economics
Outward FDI and Tightening Environmental Regulations: The Case of China
with Kerui Du, Zonglai Kou, and Yi Luo. 2025.
Revise and Resubmit at Economic Inquiry
Intellectual Property Judicial Reform, Litigation Bias, and Innovation: An “AI-Court” Approach and Evidence from China
with Hanming Fang, Zonglai Kou, and Wentian Zhao. 2024.
Publications
The Unintended Consequence of Trade Liberalization: Input Tariff Reduction and Firm Energy Rebound Effect in China
with Kerui Du and Cheng Zhao.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2025, 237: 107116.
Going Green in China: Firms’ Responses to Stricter Environmental Regulations
with Haichao Fan, Joshua Graff Zivin, Zonglai Kou, and Huanhuan Wang.
Canadian Journal of Economics, 2025, 58(1): 385-410.
Coverage: NBER Working Paper, VoxDev, VoxChina.
The Cause and Consequence of Robot Adoption in China: Minimum Wages and Firms’ Responses
with Richard B. Freeman, Zhikuo Liu, Ran Song, and Ruixiang Xiong.
Fundamental Research, 2025, 5(4): 1759-1770.
Import Competition and Energy Efficiency: Firms’ Responses to the WTO Accession in China
with Yu Liu and Ruili Zhao.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 214: 670-690.
From Equality to Polarization: Changes in Urban China’s Gender Earnings Gap from 1988 to 2016
with Sharon Xuejing Zuo.
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023, 205: 303-337.
Environmental Regulation Mitigates Energy Rebound Effect
with Kerui Du and Cheng Zhao.
Energy Economics, 2023, 125: 106851.
Minimum Wages, Import Status, and Firms’ Innovation: Theory and Evidence from China
with Angus C. Chu, Haichao Fan, Yuichi Furukawa, and Zonglai Kou.
Economic Inquiry, 2021, 59(1): 441-458.
Labor Union and the Wealth-income Ratio
with Angus C. Chu and Zonglai Kou.
Economics Letters, 2018, 167: 29-35.
Papers in Chinese
减税与企业工业机器人应用
《中国工业经济》, 2025, 7: 81-99. 合作者：赵城, 寇宗来。
中国企业的专利行为：特征事实以及来自创新政策的影响
《经济研究》, 2020, 3: 83-99. 合作者：寇宗来。
2023年，上海市第十六届哲学社会科学优秀成果奖（论文类）二等奖。
“五年规划”与中国企业跨境并购
《经济研究》, 2019, 4: 149-164. 合作者：钟宁桦, 温日光。
2020年，《世界经济年鉴》“国际投资学2019年最佳中文论文Top10”。
2022年，上海市第十五届哲学社会科学优秀成果奖（论文类）二等奖。
2024年，教育部第九届高等学校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社会科学）青年成果奖。