Publications in English:

• ​"In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Power Constraints in Autocracies." joint with Junyan Jiang and Haojun Xie. Accepted for publication at British Journal of Political Science. 
• “Drinking Water Facilities and Inclusive Development: Evidence from Rural China.” joint with Yuanzhe Li and Li-An Zhou. 2024. World Development. 174. 106428.
• "Estimating the CO2 Marginal Abatement Cost and Implications for Climate Policies in China’s Industrial Sector: A Firm-level Analysis." joint with Xing Chen, Xuan Wang, and Jintao Xu. 2023. China Economic Journal. 16(2): 217-239
• "Trade Shock, Refugee, and the Rise of Right-wing Populism : Evidence from European Parliament Elections." joint with Yuchen Lin. 2022. China Economic Quarterly International, 2(2): 124-137.
• "Moving Umbrellas: Bureaucratic transfers and the comovement of interregional investments in China." joint with Xiangyu Shi, Xiaobo Zhang, and Yifan Zhang.  2021. Journal of Development Economics. 153: 102717.  
• "Evading by Any Means? VAT Enforcement and Payroll Tax Evasion in China." joint with Lixing Li, Zhengcheng Liu, and Zhuo Nie.  2021.  Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Vol. 185. 770-784.
• "Empowering Knowledge: Political Leaders, Education, and Economic Liberalization." joint with Jingheng Li and Yang Yao.  2020.  European Journal of Political Economy.  Vol 61, 101823

• "All the Emperor's Men? Conflicts and Power-sharing in Imperial China." 2019. Comparative Political Studies. 52(8): 1099-1130.
• "Capability and Opportunism:  Evidence from City Officials in China." joint with Yang Yao and Muyang Zhang. 2018.  Journal of Comparative Economics. 46: 1046-61.
• "Race to  Safety:  Political Competition,  Neighborhood Effects, and Coal Mine Deaths in China'' joint with Xiangyu Shi. 2018.  Journal of Development Economics. 131: 79-95.
• "Inclusive institutions and economic growth: comparative perspective and policy implications for China." 2017. China Economic Journal. 10(2): 108–127.
• "Elections as a Conflict Processing Mechanism.” joint with Adam Przeworski and Gonzalo Rivero. 2015. European Journal of Political Economy. 39: 235-48.​
• "Reform or revolution? Theory and evidence on the role of the middle class in the rise of universal male suffrage.'' 2014. Journal of Theoretical Politics. 26(2): 283 - 311.

Publications in Chinese:

• “地方财政压力与融资平台举债———基于“营改增”全面推广的研究。”合作者聂卓、刘松瑞、玄威, 《经济科学》，2023年第1期第100-117页。(Chinese: "Local Fiscal Pressure and Local Government Financing Vehicles: Evidence from the Replacement of the Business Tax with Value-added Tax." coauthored with Zhuo Nie, Songrui Liu, and Wei Xuan. Economic Science, Jingji Kexue. 2023, 1: 100-117.)  
• “城市评比表彰中的引领效应与同侪效应——基于创建国家卫生城市的研究。”合作者​刘松瑞、周润人，《公共行政评论》，2022年第3期第4-20页。(Chinese: "Leadership Effect and Peer Effect in Competition for Honorary City Titles ——Evidence from National Health Cities." coauthored with Songrui Liu and Runren Zhou. Journal of Public Administration, Gonggong Xingzheng Pinglun. 2022, 3: 4-20.)
• “增值税征收强度与企业排污：一个多维度国家治理能力的视角。” 合作者李力行、聂卓，《世界经济》，2022年第6期第112-135页。(Chinese: "Value-added Tax Enforcement and Pollution Emission: Perspective of Multi-dimensional State Capability.", coauthored with Lixing Li and Zhuo Nie. World Economy, Shijie Jingji. 2022, 6: 112-135.)
• “减税降费能促进地方政府提高财政支出效率吗？——来自2016年“营改增”试点全面推广的证据” 合作者 李力行、聂卓，《世界经济文汇》2021年第6期第17-35页。 (Chinese: "Can tax cuts Increase Local Fiscal Expenditure Efficiency? ——Evidence from the  the Replacement of the Business Tax with Value-added Tax. World Economic Papers, Shijie Jingji Wenhui). 2021. 6: 17-35.）
• “环保督察与企业信息披露——来自上市公司的证据.”  合作者：黄北辰、聂卓, 2021. 《南方经济》，2021年第40卷第6期，87-100。（Chinese: "Environmental protection inspection and information disclosure: Evidence from listed firms", coauthored with Beichen Huang and Zhuo Nie.  China South China Journal of Economics, Nanfang Jingji. 2021. 40(6): 87-100）
• "右翼民粹主义的政治经济学：来自进口贸易和难民冲击的影响"，合作者林雨晨，2020.《经济学季刊》第十九卷第4期1191-1212页  (Chinese: "The Political Economy of Right-wing Populism: Evidence from Trade Shocks and Refugee Crises". joint with Yuchen Lin. China Economic Quarterly, Jingjixue Jikan. Vol. 19, No.4, 1191-1212.)
• "选拔、培养和激励：来自CCER官员数据库的证据." 合作者：姚洋、李力行、王赫等，2020. 《经济学季刊》第十九卷第3期1017-1040页  （Chinese: "Selection, Training, and Incentive: An Introduction of CCER Official Dataset." joint with Yang Yao, Lixing Li, He Wang, et al 2020.  China Economic Quarterly, Jingjixue Jikan. 19(4): 1191-1212. 《中国人民大学复印报刊资料—理论经济学》2021 年 01 期。
•  "行政竞标制、治理绩效和官员激励——基于国家卫生城市评比的研究." 合作者：刘松瑞、王赫, 2020. 《公共管理学报》第十七卷第4期，10-20页。 (Chinese: "Administrative Bidding, Performance, and Political Incentives ——Evidence from National Health Cities." Journal of Public Management, Gonggong Guanli Xuebao. coauthored with Songrui Liu and He Wang. 2020. 17(4): 10-20.)

Working Papers:

• "Purifying the Leviathan: The Anti-Corruption Campaign and Changing Governance Models in China." joint with Yang Yao and Qian Zhang.  R&R
• "Natural Resource Shocks and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Coal Productions in China." joint with Ruochen Dai, Lixing Li, and Xuanli Xie. R&R
• "Pilot or Persuasion? The Politics of Reform Dynamics in Authoritarianism." joint with Shuo Chen and Zhaotian Luo. 

中文工作论文 (Working Papers in Chinese)

• “国家治理指数和发展中国家现代化：基于历史沿革、理论逻辑和构建方法的考察”，2023. 合作者刘诗尧、雷镇环、李怡爽、刘珍岑、赵家琪

Works in Progress:

• "Recruiting Agents: Land Reform and State Building in the People's Republic of China" joint with Yu Hao, Ningning Ma, and Wuyue You.
• "Does Female Leadership Matter in China?" joint with Songrui Liu
• "The Perils of Patronage: How Political Networks Undermine Economic Performance in China." joint with Weicheng Cai and Yujia Wang.