Publications
Friends with Benefits: Patronage Networks and Distributive Politics in China, Journal of Public Economics, (with Muyang Zhang), Forthcoming
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites, Journal of Politics, (with Zhaotian Luo), Forthcoming [link]
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]
Enlightened One-Party Rule? Ideological Differences between Chinese Communist Party Members and the Mass Public, Political Research Quarterly, (with Chengyuan Ji), Forthcoming. [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, (with Zhaotian Luo), Forthcoming [link]
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
Enlightened One-Party Rule? Ideological Differences between Chinese Communist Party Members and the Mass Public, Political Research Quarterly, (with Chengyuan Ji), Forthcoming. [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]
- 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]
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
Mandarins Make Markets: Leadership Rotation and Inter-Provincial Trade in China (with Yuan Mei) [pdf] R&R
Professionalism or Politicization? Uncovering Civil Servants’ Preferences for Nonprofit Partners in China (with Youlang Zhang and Zijie Shao) R&R
Liberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality in the Post-Cold War Era (with Kinman Wan) [link]
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang) [link]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]
Professionalism or Politicization? Uncovering Civil Servants’ Preferences for Nonprofit Partners in China (with Youlang Zhang and Zijie Shao) R&R
Liberal Democracy and Education-Based Inequality in the Post-Cold War Era (with Kinman Wan) [link]
The Price of Probity: Anticorruption and Adverse Selection in the Chinese Bureaucracy (with Zijie Shao and Zhiyuan Zhang) [link]
Tournament Characteristics: Accountability and Selection (with Pablo Montagnes and Stephane Wolton) [link]
Work in Progress
Political Economy of Statistical Falsification (with Jeremy Wallace and Shengqi Ni)
In the Shadows of Great Men (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie)
Polyarchy with Chinese Characteristics (with Yu Zeng)
Your Meat, My Poison (with Zigan Wang and Youan Wang)
In the Shadows of Great Men (with Tianyang Xi and Haojun Xie)
Polyarchy with Chinese Characteristics (with Yu Zeng)
Your Meat, My Poison (with Zigan Wang and Youan Wang)