Welcome! I am an associate professor in the department of agricultural and development economics at Peking University, and a faculty research fellow at the China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP). Previously, I was an associate and assistant professor in the school of economics and Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) at Xiamen University. I earned my Ph.D. in management in 2020 from Renmin University of China, and a B.A. in finance and a B.S. in mathematics in 2014 from Southwest University. I was a visiting Ph.D student at Michigan State University, 2018-2019, and Nanyang Technological University, 2017-2018. I am also a research associate at China Finance 40 Forum and Shanghai Institute for National Economy, as well as a fellow and virtual young scholar with Global Labor Organization.
My research interests are in the fields of development and agricultural economics, regional economics, and economic history. Early in my career, my research began with an inherent attraction to New Institutional Economics, which impelled me to examine the efficiency implications of land property rights. My current research combines empirical analysis, applied theory, structural estimation (production- and consumption-sides, quantitative spatial analysis), and randomized field experiments to investigate topics such as: land and productivity, inter-regional issues, consumer theory, entrepreneurship and innovations, and historical development, etc.
Feel free to reach out via email at: [email protected]
My research interests are in the fields of development and agricultural economics, regional economics, and economic history. Early in my career, my research began with an inherent attraction to New Institutional Economics, which impelled me to examine the efficiency implications of land property rights. My current research combines empirical analysis, applied theory, structural estimation (production- and consumption-sides, quantitative spatial analysis), and randomized field experiments to investigate topics such as: land and productivity, inter-regional issues, consumer theory, entrepreneurship and innovations, and historical development, etc.
Feel free to reach out via email at: [email protected]
Publications:
Property Rights and Market Frictions: Evidence from the Universe of Land Dispute Files in China (single author)
Journal of Development Economics, 2027
The Security Unlock: How Rural Social Pension Makes People More Entrepreneurial (w/ L Yuan)
Journal of Development Economics, 2027
The Social Payoff to Giving: Collectivistic Culture and Charity in Eighteenth-Century China (w/ Y Cai, & T Zhang)
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2027
The Power of Business Legislation: Evidence from China’s 1904 Company Law (w/ Y Cai)
Journal of Law and Economics, 2026
Property Rights and Land Quality (w/ H Li)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024
Cooperative Culture and the Birth of Modern Enterprises in China: Evidence from the Signing of the Treaty of Shim. (w/ Y Cai)
European Economic Review, 2024
Land Titling, Human Capital Misallocation, and Agricultural Productivity in China (w/ S Liu, S Ma, & L Yin)
Journal of Development Economics, 2023
The Effect of Pension Income on Land Transfers: Evidence from Rural China (w/ S Jin, Z Tang, & A Titus)
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022
Removing the “Hats of Poverty”: Effects of Ending the National Poverty County Program on Fiscal Expenditure (w/ S Liu, & Y Li)
China Economic Review, 2021 (invited paper for special issue on China’s anti-poverty experience)
The Agricultural Roots of Chinese Innovation Performance (w/ J Ang, & P Fredriksson)
European Economic Review, 2019
Other Writings (in Chinese):
Elite Capture in the Agricultural Credit Market (w/ T Wen & X Wang)
Economic Research Jounal, 2016
Understanding the Value of Cooperative Membership (w/ T Wen, X Wang, & D Yang)
Management World, 2015
Teaching:
Rural Development, Peking University, for undergraduate students, 2026
Agricultural Policy Studies, Peking University, for PhD students, 2026
Applied Micro Econometrics, Xiamen University, for PhD students, 2022
Developemnt Economics (fully in English), Xiamen University, for undergraduate students, 2020-2025
Economic History (fully in English), Xiamen University, for undergraduate students, 2020-2025
Grants:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Fund), PI, 2026-2029
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund), PI, 2022-2024
Natural Science Foundation of Fujian (Youth Fund), PI, 2022-2024
Property Rights and Market Frictions: Evidence from the Universe of Land Dispute Files in China (single author)
Journal of Development Economics, 2027
The Security Unlock: How Rural Social Pension Makes People More Entrepreneurial (w/ L Yuan)
Journal of Development Economics, 2027
The Social Payoff to Giving: Collectivistic Culture and Charity in Eighteenth-Century China (w/ Y Cai, & T Zhang)
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2027
The Power of Business Legislation: Evidence from China’s 1904 Company Law (w/ Y Cai)
Journal of Law and Economics, 2026
Property Rights and Land Quality (w/ H Li)
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024
Cooperative Culture and the Birth of Modern Enterprises in China: Evidence from the Signing of the Treaty of Shim. (w/ Y Cai)
European Economic Review, 2024
Land Titling, Human Capital Misallocation, and Agricultural Productivity in China (w/ S Liu, S Ma, & L Yin)
Journal of Development Economics, 2023
The Effect of Pension Income on Land Transfers: Evidence from Rural China (w/ S Jin, Z Tang, & A Titus)
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022
Removing the “Hats of Poverty”: Effects of Ending the National Poverty County Program on Fiscal Expenditure (w/ S Liu, & Y Li)
China Economic Review, 2021 (invited paper for special issue on China’s anti-poverty experience)
The Agricultural Roots of Chinese Innovation Performance (w/ J Ang, & P Fredriksson)
European Economic Review, 2019
Other Writings (in Chinese):
Elite Capture in the Agricultural Credit Market (w/ T Wen & X Wang)
Economic Research Jounal, 2016
Understanding the Value of Cooperative Membership (w/ T Wen, X Wang, & D Yang)
Management World, 2015
Teaching:
Rural Development, Peking University, for undergraduate students, 2026
Agricultural Policy Studies, Peking University, for PhD students, 2026
Applied Micro Econometrics, Xiamen University, for PhD students, 2022
Developemnt Economics (fully in English), Xiamen University, for undergraduate students, 2020-2025
Economic History (fully in English), Xiamen University, for undergraduate students, 2020-2025
Grants:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Fund), PI, 2026-2029
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Youth Fund), PI, 2022-2024
Natural Science Foundation of Fujian (Youth Fund), PI, 2022-2024
