1. Pageants and the President: The Liability of Celebrity Politicians (with Yang Xu) under review
2. The Scar of Political Conflict: Evidence from Tear Gas Deployments in Hong Kong (with Derek Huo) under review
3. Medals and Mindsets: How Women’s Olympic Competitiveness Advances Gender Equality (with Qingxu Yang) under review Slides
4. Becoming Cinderella: Strategic Beauty Investment Under Marriage Norms (with Xiangyu Lu and Qingxu Yang) under review
5. Bottom-Up Institutional Change and Growth in China (with Bingjing Li and Xiaodong Zhu)
6. Cronies in the Courtroom: Political Interference and Judicial Reforms (with Hongbin Cai, Yuyu Chen and Sisi Zhang) Journal of Public Economics Volume 257, May 2026, 105615
7. Women in the Courtroom: Technology and Justice (with Yuyu Chen and Qingxu Yang) Review of Economic Studies Volume 93, Issue 3, May 2026, Pages 1574–1601
8. The Media and Foreign Powers: Does Market Access Matter for News Reporting? (with Li Han) The Economic Journal Forthcoming
9. Competition for Attention and News Quality (with Wing Suen) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2023, 15 (3):1-32 (lead article)
10. Radicalism in Mass Movements: Asymmetric Information and Endogenous Leadership (with Wing Suen) American Political Science Review 2021, 115, 1, 286-306
11. Aspiring for Change: A Theory of Middle Class Activism (with Wing Suen) The Economic Journal 2017, 127:1318-1347
12. 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
13. Falling Dominoes: A Theory of Rare Events and Crisis Contagion (with Wing Suen) American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 2016, 8(1):228-55
1. Expectation and Confusion: Evidence and Theory (with Yicheng Liu) Journal of Economic Theory 2026, Volume 235, 106189
2. Heterogeneous Overreaction in Expectation Formation: Evidence and Theory (with Xu Li, Guangyu Pei and Qian Xin) Journal of Economic Theory 2024, Volume 218, 105839
3. Attention Misallocation, Social Welfare and Policy Implications (with Yulei Luo and Guangyu Pei) Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 2015, 59(Oct):37-57