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)
Working papers:
- “The Institution of Merit: A Study of Chinese College Admissions” (with Jimmy Chan and Shunyi Zhao) Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3423896 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3423896
- "Transaction Mechanism and Industrial Land Allocation Efficiency in China: Evidence from the 2007 Auction Reform" (with Qinghua Zhang and Wenjia Tian)
- "The Visible Hand and the Invisible Hand in China's Industrial Land Market Post-2007" (with Qinghua Zhang and Wenjia Tian)
- "Spatial Structure of Peer Networks and Academic Achievement" (with Jimmy Chan, Shilan Feng, Ya Tan and Qinghua Zhang), R&R at Regional Science and Urban Economics
- “Build up a Metropolis: Evidence from Shanghai” (with Qinghua Zhang), coming soon