International trade; Economic development; Applied econometric

PhD, Economics, University of Adelaide, December 2012.

PhD, Economics, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), (Combined Master and PhD program), July 2011.

B.A., English, Chongqing University, Jul 2006

2019.10-                Professor at China Agricultural University

2015.11- 2019.10  Associate Professor at SITE, CUFE  

2013.02-2015.10   Assistant Professor at SITE, CUFE  

2014.02-2015.06   Part time lecturer at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

2012.09-2013.09   Consultant Research Associate in Asian Development Bank (Headquarter), Manila, Philippines. (Full time from 2012.09-2013.01 and part time thereafter)

CUFE (2013.2-) Advanced international trade: theory and evidence. (Graduates), International Economics (Undergraduates)

Peking University Guanghua School of Management (2014.2-) International Economics (Undergraduates)  

Adelaide University (2010.2-2012.7): Econometrics, International Economics. (Graduates and Undergraduates)

2020-2021

Trade Liberalization and the Decentralization of State-Owned Enterprises: Evidence from China. Economic Inquiry, (SSCI) Forthcoming.

Environmental regulation and inward foreign direct investment: Evidence from the Eleventh Five-Year Plan in China. Journal of Economic Surveys. (SSCI) Forthcoming.

How trade affects pandemics? Evidence from SARS in 2003. The World Economy, (SSCI) Forthcoming.

ITC Antidumping toward China Rulings: Are political factors overwhelming? Bulletin of Economic Research, (SSCI) Forthcoming.

No time to look after the kids: The unintended consequences of export expansion on child health. Economics of Transition, (SSCI) Forthcoming.

Export as shelter from domestic corruption: Theory and evidence from 141 developing countries.  The World Economy, (SSCI) Forthcoming.

Global value chains, firms, and wage inequality: Evidence from China. China Economic Review, (SSCI) Forthcoming.

The hidden cost of trade liberalization: Input tariff shocks and worker health in China. Journal of International Economics. (SSCI) 2020, 126.

The impact of globalization on youth education: Empirical evidence from China's WTO accession. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. (SSCI) 2020. 178，820-839.

WTO accession, trade expansion, and air pollution: Evidence from China’s county-level panel data. 2020. Review of International Economics (SSCI) 2020. 28(4): 2020-1045.

Selected previous papers:

Minimum Wage and Outward FDI from China. With Haichao Fan and Lixin Tang. 2018. Journal of Development Economics, 135, 1-19.     

Trade, Income and Baltic Dry Index, with Nicholas C. Sim, 2013. European Economic Review. Vol. 59, 1-18.

BDI and democratic window of opportunity, with Nicholas C. Sim, 2014. Journal of Comparative Economics. Vol. 42 (1), 143-159. 

The effect of language on foreign direct investment. Oxford Economic Papers (SSCI).2019, 71(1), 269-291. 

High-speed railway to success? The effects of HSR connection on regional economic development in China.  Journal of Regional Science (SSCI), 2019. 59(4), 723-742. 

Trade, institution quality and income inequality. World Development. 2016, 77, 129-142. With  Dahai Fu

How exporting firms respond to technical barriers to trade? The World Economy, 2019. 42(5), 1400-1426. 

How Do Firms Respond to Political Tensions? The Heterogeneity of the Dalai Lama Effect on Trade.   China Economic Review (SSCI). 2019. 54, 73-93.

Product standards and export quality: Micro evidence from China. Economics Letters. 2016, 145, 274-277. With Cui Hu.

Exports, HIV Incidence and the Baltic Dry Index: Further Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa. Economics Letters, 2015. 126(1), 35-39.

Deaths of distance and the distance puzzle, with Nicholas C. Sim, 2012, Economics Letters. 116(2), 225-228.

How continuing exporters set the price? Theory and empirical evidence from China. International Review of Economics and Finance. With Yong Tan and Cui Hu, 2016. 44, 91-102.

Trade openness and air pollution: City-level empirical evidence from China. China Economic Review. 2017,45,78-88.

Learning by exporting effect in China revisited: An instrumental Approach. China Economic Review. 2015, 36, 1-13.

Remote markets as shelters for local distortions: Evidence from China. China Economic Review. 2016, 40, 241-253.

Cross country diffusion of ideology via FDI: Micro evidence from China.  Economics of Transition. 2018, 26(1), 3-34.

Learning from exporting in China: A firm-specific instrumental approach. Economics of Transition. With Cui Hu and Xiaosong Wang. 2016, 24(2), 299-334.

Trade openness and government size of small developing countries: An instrumental approach, with Bing Li, Nicholas C. Sim, 2014. Economics of Transition. 22(4), 783-808.  

Export sophistication increases income in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 1981-2000. Empirical Economics (SSCI). With Ermias O. Weldemicael  and Xiaosong Wang. 2017. 2017. 52(4), 1627-49. 

The impact of Africa-China’s diplomatic visits on bilateral trade. Scottish Journal of Political Economy (SSCI), 2017. 64(3),310-326. 

Romer was right on openness and inflation: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Applied Economics (SSCI), 2017. 20(1), 121-140.

Credit constraint and exporting regime: Theory and evidence from China’s private enterprises. Pacific Economic Review. 2017,22(1),123-143.

Internet and international trade revisited. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development. 2015. 24(3), 409-428.

Are distance effects really a puzzle?  Economic Modelling. 2013. Vol. 31, 684-689. 

Do high educated entrepreneurs matter?   Asian-Pacific Economic Literature. 27(2), 104-116.

The vertical spillover effects of multinationals on Chinese domestic firms via supplier-customer relationships. China and World Economy, 2013, 21(6), 37-57.

Labour quality and inward FDI: A firm-level empirical study in China. China &World Economy, 2011, Vol.19, No.3, pp.68-86.

Investigating the effect of fiscal subsidy policy to home appliances on domestic consumption and exports in China. China and World Economy (SSCI). 2019. 27(4), 53-73.

Anti-Dumping Petitions and Exports: Evidence on the People’s Republic of China during the Global Financial Crisis. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 2015, Vol. 8 No. 3, pp. 194-212. With Hsiao Chink Tang and Lin Wang.  Outstanding Paper in the 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. 

The pro-trade impacts of immigrants: A Meta analysis of network effects. Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 2011, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 17-27.

Exporting and firm’s Innovation: Theory and evidence from People’s Public of China.  International Journal of Applied Economics, 2013, 10(2), 52-76. With Hsiao Chink Tang. 

Uneven roles of FTAs: Selection effect or “learning effect”? Review of Applied Economics, 2012, Vol. 8, No.1-2, pp.1-13. 

Trade with distant partners: Is there a distance premium? The Empirical Economics Letters. 2015, 14(9), 970-914.