Publications
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy, British Journal of Political Science, 52(1), 41-64 (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang), 2022 [pdf]
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, 83(2):777-782 (with Zhaotian Luo), 2021 [pdf]
Mandarins Make Markets: Leadership Rotation and Inter-Provincial Trade in China, Journal of Development Economics, 147 (November) (with Yuan Mei), 2020 [pdf]
Friends with Benefits: Patronage Networks and Distributive Politics in China, Journal of Public Economics, 184 (April), (with Muyang Zhang), 2020 [pdf]
Enlightened One-Party Rule? Ideological Differences between Chinese Communist Party Members and the Mass Public, Political Research Quarterly, 73(3): 651-666, (with Chengyuan Ji), 2020 [pdf]
Countering Capture: Elite Networks and Government Responsiveness in China's Land Market Reform, Journal of Politics, 82(1):13-28 (with Yu Zeng), 2020. [pdf]
From Internet to Social Safety Net: the Policy Consequences of Online Participation in China. Governance. 32(3): 531-546 (with Tianguang Meng and Qing Zhang), 2019. [pdf]
Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China. American Journal of Political Science. 62(4): 982-999, 2018 [pdf]
Lying or Believing? Measuring Preference Falsification from a Political Purge in China. Comparative Political Studies. 49(5): 600-634, (with Dali Yang), 2016. [pdf]
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, 83(2):777-782 (with Zhaotian Luo), 2021 [pdf]
Mandarins Make Markets: Leadership Rotation and Inter-Provincial Trade in China, Journal of Development Economics, 147 (November) (with Yuan Mei), 2020 [pdf]
Friends with Benefits: Patronage Networks and Distributive Politics in China, Journal of Public Economics, 184 (April), (with Muyang Zhang), 2020 [pdf]
Enlightened One-Party Rule? Ideological Differences between Chinese Communist Party Members and the Mass Public, Political Research Quarterly, 73(3): 651-666, (with Chengyuan Ji), 2020 [pdf]
Countering Capture: Elite Networks and Government Responsiveness in China's Land Market Reform, Journal of Politics, 82(1):13-28 (with Yu Zeng), 2020. [pdf]
- Masahiko Aoki Best Paper Nomination Award, CIDEG, 2019
From Internet to Social Safety Net: the Policy Consequences of Online Participation in China. Governance. 32(3): 531-546 (with Tianguang Meng and Qing Zhang), 2019. [pdf]
- Sage Best Paper Award (honorable mention) for best paper in comparative politics presented at APSA annual meeting 2016
Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China. American Journal of Political Science. 62(4): 982-999, 2018 [pdf]
- Gregory Luebbert Article Award for best article in comparative politics, APSA, 2020 [link]
- Featured in Comparative Politics Newsletter (Fall 2020) [pdf]
Lying or Believing? Measuring Preference Falsification from a Political Purge in China. Comparative Political Studies. 49(5): 600-634, (with Dali Yang), 2016. [pdf]
Working Papers
The Rise of Grassroots Civil Society under One-Party Rule: The Case of China's Homeowner Associations (with Yu Zeng, Jie Li, and Christian Göbel) [link] Conditionally Accepted at World Politics
Democracy and Mass Skepticism of Science (with Kinman Wan) [link] R & R
In the Shadows of Great Men: Leadership Turnovers and Power Dynamics in Autocracies (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie) [link] R & R
Intergroup Relations and Support for Democratization: Evidence from Hong Kong (with Tak-Huen Chau) [link]
Liberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality in the Post-Cold War Era (with Kinman Wan) [link]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]
Democracy and Mass Skepticism of Science (with Kinman Wan) [link] R & R
- Evan Ringquist Award for the best paper on the topic of political institutions, MPSA 2021
In the Shadows of Great Men: Leadership Turnovers and Power Dynamics in Autocracies (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie) [link] R & R
Intergroup Relations and Support for Democratization: Evidence from Hong Kong (with Tak-Huen Chau) [link]
Liberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality in the Post-Cold War Era (with Kinman Wan) [link]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]