The Scar of Political Conflict (with Derek Huo) under review
Bottom-Up Institutional Change and Growth in China (with Bingjing Li and Xiaodong Zhu)
Cronies in the Courtroom: Political Interference and Judicial Reforms (with Hongbin Cai, Yuyu Chen and Sisi Zhang) under review
Women in the Courtroom: Technology and Justice (with Yuyu Chen and Qingxu Yang) Review of Economic Studies Accepted
The Media and Foreign Powers: Does Market Access Matter for News Reporting? (with Li Han) The Economic Journal Conditionally Accepted
Competition for Attention and News Quality (with Wing Suen) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2023, 15 (3):1-32 (lead article)
Radicalism in Mass Movements: Asymmetric Information and Endogenous Leadership (with Wing Suen) American Political Science Review 2021, 115, 1, 286-306
Aspiring for Change: A Theory of Middle Class Activism (with Wing Suen) The Economic Journal 2017, 127:1318-1347
The Power of Whispers: A Theory of Rumor, Communication and Revolution (with Yang Lu and Wing Suen) International Economic Review 2016, 57(No.1):89-116
Falling Dominoes: A Theory of Rare Events and Crisis Contagion (with Wing Suen) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2016, 8(1):228-55
Expectation and Confusion: Evidence and Theory (with Yicheng Liu) under review
Heterogeneous Overreaction in Expectation Formation: Evidence and Theory (with Xu Li, Guangyu Pei and Qian Xin) Journal of Economic Theory 2024, Volume 218, 105839
Attention Misallocation, Social Welfare and Policy Implications (with Yulei Luo and Guangyu Pei) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 2015, 59(Oct):37-57