Main Journal Articles

​Domestic Segment of Global Value Chains in China under State Capitalism 
Journal of Comparative Economics, 2020, forthcoming (with Fei Wang and Zhi Wang)
A methodology piece is circulated under the title Extending the Input-Output Table Based on Firm-level Data​
​Why is China Investing in Africa? Evidence from the Firm Level 
World Bank Economic Review, 32(3), Oct 2018, pp. 610–632 (with Wenjie Chen and David Dollar)
Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China 
American Economic Review, 106(6), June 2016, pp. 1402-1436. (with Hiau Looi Kee)​
Learning to Export from Neighbors
Journal of International Economics, 94(1), Sep 2014, pp. 67-84. (with Ana Fernandes)
Factor Intensity, Product Switching, and Productivity: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
Journal of International Economics, 92(2), March 2014, pp. 349–362. (with Yue Ma and Yifan Zhang)
International Politics and Import Diversification
Journal of Law and Economics, 56(4), Nov 2013, pp. 1091-1121. (with Sergei Mityakov and Kevin Tsui)
Determinants of Vertical Integration in Export Processing: Theory and Evidence from China
Journal of Development Economics, 99(2), Nov 2012, pp. 396–414. (with Ana Fernandes)
Labor Market Institutions, Firm-specific Skills, and Trade Patterns
Journal of International Economics, 87(2), July 2012, pp. 337–351. 
  • slides | appendix
  • Data: click here to download the sector-level measures of firm and sector specificity of skills​​

Refereed Special Issues

​Excessive Entry and Exit in Export Markets 
Journal of Japanese and International Economies, Sep 2019, Special Issue: Globalization and Welfare Impacts of International Trade (with Hiro Kasahara)
Are Foreign Firms Favored in China? Firm-level Evidence on the Collection of Value Added Tax​
Journal of International Business Policy, June 2018, Inaugural Issue (with Yasheng Huang)​

​​The Dragon is Flying West: Micro-level Evidence of Chinese Outward Direct Investment
Asian Development Review, Annual Research Conference Volume, 31(2), Sep 2014, pp. 109-140. (with Wenjie Chen)
​Exchange Rates and the Margins of Trade: Evidence from Chinese Exporters
CESIfo Economic Studies, Symposium on China's Trade Performance, 58(4), Dec 2012, pp. 671-702. (with Yifan Zhang)
​​FDI Policies in China and India: Evidence from Firm Surveys ​(with Yasheng Huang)
World Economy, Special Issue: India, 35(1), 2012, pp. 91-105.