Publications:
- “Fundamental Factors in the Housing Markets of China” (with Qinghua Zhang), Journal of Housing Economics, 25(2014), 53-61
- “Wage Growth, Ability Sorting, and Location Choice at Labor-Force Entry: New Evidence from U.S. Census Data,” Journal of Urban Economics, 96 (2016), 112-120
- “To Build above the Limit? Land Use Regulations and Implementation in Urban China” (with Hongbin Cai and Qinghua Zhang), Journal of Urban Economics, 98 (2017), 223-233
- "The Consequences of Spatial Differentiated Water Pollution Regulation in China" (with Zhao Chen, Matthew Kahn, Yu Liu), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 88(2018), 468-485
- "Career Incentives of City Leaders and Urban Spatial Expansion in China" (with Qinghua Zhang and Li'an Zhou), Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(2020), 897-911
- “Land-Use Regulation and the Intensive Margin of Housing Supply” (with Qinghua Zhang and Ya Tan), Journal of Urban Economics, 115(2020)
- "Valuing primary schools in urban China" (with Jimmy Chan, Qinghua Zhang, Xianhua Zai and Xian Fang), Journal of Urban Economics, 115(2020)
- “Spatial Structure of Peer Networks and Academic Achievement” (with Qinghua Zhang, Shilan Feng, Ya Tan), China & World Economy, accepted
- 王之,田文佳,张庆华.工业用地出让最低价政策与地方经济增长[J].经济学(季刊),2024,24(01):271-285.
- 周梦天,王之.空气质量信息公开会影响城市房价吗?——基于我国各城市公开PM2.5监测数据的自然实验[J].世界经济文汇,2018(03):20-42. (《世界经济文汇》2018年度最佳优秀论文奖)
- 王之,张庆华,张博通.如何保障“保障房”——搜索匹配模型框架下的住房市场分类均衡和政策分析[J].经济学报,2014,1(01):18-35.