Selected Working Papers
Selected Publications
* VoxChina (Link)
* Previous version: NBER Working Paper No. 19620. (Link)
- "Are More Decision Makers the Problem?", 2022.
- "Information, Incentives and Political Accountability", (with Yi Lu, Lu Peng and Jin Wang), 2022.
- "Engine-Specific Tax Program", (with Jiasheng Li and Yi Lu), 2022.
- "Decentralization and the Efficiency-Equity Tradeoff", (with Yi Lu and Tuan Hwee Sng), 2021.
Selected Publications
- "Air Pollution Lowers High Skill Public Sector Worker Productivity in China", (with Matthew Kahn), Environmental Research Letters, 2020, 15, 084003. (Link)
* VoxChina (Link)
- "The Effects of Fuel Standard Regulation on Air Pollution: Evidence from China", (with Yi Lu and Jin Wang), Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 146, 102488. (Link)
- "Career Concerns and Multitasking Local Bureaucrats: Evidence of A Target-Based Performance Evaluation System in China", (with Jie Chen and Yi Lu), Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 133, 84-101. (Link)
- "Does Government Flattening Improve Economic Performance? Evidence from China", (with Yi Lu and Jin Wang), Journal of Development Economics, 2016, 123, 18-37. (Link)
- "Water Pollution Progress at Borders: The Role of Changes in China’s Political Promotion Incentives", (with Matthew Kahn and Daxuan Zhao), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7, 223-242. (Link)
* Previous version: NBER Working Paper No. 19620. (Link)