Publications
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy, British Journal of Political Science, (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang), Accepted [link]
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]
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, (with Zhaotian Luo), Forthcoming [link]
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]
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]
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, (with Zhaotian Luo), Forthcoming [link]
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]
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
Professionalism or Politicization? Uncovering Civil Servants’ Preferences for Nonprofit Partners in China (with Youlang Zhang and Zijie Shao) R&R
In the Shadows of Great Men: Leadership Turnovers and Power Dynamics in Autocracies (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie) [link] R&R
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] R&R
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)
Meat & Poison (with Zigan Wang and Youan Wang)
Polyarchy (with Yu Zeng)
Meat & Poison (with Zigan Wang and Youan Wang)