Publications
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, 83(2):777-782 (with Zhaotian Luo), 2021 [pdf]
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy, British Journal of Political Science, (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang), 2020 [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]
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy, British Journal of Political Science, (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang), 2020 [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
Democracy and Mass Skepticism of Science (with Kinman Wan) [link]
In the Shadows of Great Men: Leadership Turnovers and Power Dynamics in Autocracies (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie) [link]
Liberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality in the Post-Cold War Era (with Kinman Wan) [link]
The Primacy of Performance for Regime Support: Evidence from a Global Dataset (with Chengyuan Ji) [link]
Intergroup Relations and Support for Democratization: Evidence from Hong Kong (with Tak-Huen Chau) [pdf]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]
In the Shadows of Great Men: Leadership Turnovers and Power Dynamics in Autocracies (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie) [link]
Liberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality in the Post-Cold War Era (with Kinman Wan) [link]
The Primacy of Performance for Regime Support: Evidence from a Global Dataset (with Chengyuan Ji) [link]
Intergroup Relations and Support for Democratization: Evidence from Hong Kong (with Tak-Huen Chau) [pdf]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]
In Progress
Falsification (with Jeremy Wallace and Shengqi Ni)
Polyarchy (with Yu Zeng)
Poison (with Zigan Wang and Youan Wang)
Third Front (with Jing Xu and Tianguang Meng)
Polyarchy (with Yu Zeng)
Poison (with Zigan Wang and Youan Wang)
Third Front (with Jing Xu and Tianguang Meng)