Published Articles (in English):

  1. Decentralization, Incentives, and Tax Enforcement, (with J. Jia and S. Ding), Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming.
  2. Fiscal Incentives, Competition, and Investment in China, (with B. Lv and Y. Li), China Economic Review, forthcoming. 
  3. Financial Development and the Composition of Public Spending: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence, (with Z. Chen and B. Lv), International Review of Economics & Finance, 64, 2019, pp. 600-611.
  4. Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size: The Role of Democracy, (with M. Qiao and S. Ding), European Journal of Political Economy, 59, 2019, pp. 316-330.
  5. How do Tax Incentives Affect Investment and Productivity? Firm-Level Evidence from China, (with J. Mao), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy,   11(3), 2019, pp. 261-291.
  6. "Financial Constraints and Firm Tax Evasion," (with J. Alm and K. Zhang). International Tax and Public Finance, 26(1), 2019, pp. 71-102.  
  7. "Competition Policy and Trade Barriers: Empirical Evidence from China," (with G. Ye). Review of Industrial Organization, 54(2), 2019, pp. 193-219.  
  8. "Rawlsian vs. Utilitarian: Teachers' Incentives and the Distribution of Student Performance," (with Y. Xu). Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 174(3), 2018, pp. 548–569. 
  9. "Internet and Income Inequality: A Research Note," Economics Bulletin, 37(4), 2017, pp. 2846-2853. 
  10. "Corruption, Taxation, and Tax Evasion," (with J. Alm). eJournal of Tax Research, 15(2), 2017, pp. 161-189. (Invited) 
  11. "Fiscal Decentralization, Equalization, and Intra-Provincial Inequality in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and M. Wu). International Tax and Public Finance 24, 2017, pp. 248-281. 
  12. "'Province-Managing-County' Fiscal Reform, Land Expansion, and Urban Growth in China," (with J. Alm). Journal of Housing Economics 33, 2016, pp. 82-100. 
  13. "Do Government Preferences Matter for Tax Competition?",  International Tax and Public Finance, 23(2), 2016, 343-367. 
  14. "Frozen in Time: The Much Needed Reform of Expenditures Assignments in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and B. Qiao), Public Finance and Management, 15(4), 2015, 297-325. 
  15. "Public Input Competition under Stackelberg Equilibrium: A Note," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 17(6), 2015, pp. 1022-1037.
  16. "The Growth-Inequality Tradeoff in the Design of Tax Structure: Evidence from a Large Panel of Countries," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez), Pacific Economic Review 20(2), 2015, pp. 323-345. 
  17. "Rural Rebound: Determinants of Metro to Non-metro Migration in the U.S." (with A. Rupasingha and M. Partridge), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97(3), 2015, pp. 680-700. 
  18. "Tax Structure and Corruption: Cross-Country Evidence," (with H. Feng), Public Choice, 162(1), 2015, pp57-78. 
  19. "Falling Short: Intergovernmental Transfers in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and B. Qiao), Public Finance and Management,  14(4), 2014, pp.374-398. 
  20. "Inter-jurisdictional Tax Competition in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez), Journal of Regional Science, 54(4), 2014, pp. 606-628. 
  21. "Does Competition for Capital Discipline Governments? The Role of Fiscal Equalization," International Tax and Public Finance, 21(3), 2014, pp. 345-374. [Paper]      
  22. "China's Tax-for-Fee Reform and Village Inequality," (with J. Alm), Oxford Development Studies 42(1), 2014, pp.38-64.
  23. "Did China's Tax-for-Fee Reform Improve Farmers' Welfare in Rural Areas?" (with J. Alm), Journal of Development Studies  49(4), 2013, pp.516-532. 
  24. "Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Local Tax Effort: Evidence from Provinces in China," (with J. Zhao), Journal of Economic Policy Reform 14(4), 2011, pp.295-300. 

Published Book Chapters (in English): 
  1. "Measuring the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization: An Application to the U.S. States,'' in OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies: Measuring Fiscal Decentralization, ed. by J. Kim J. Lotz and H. Blöchliger, OECD Publishing, 2013 (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and A. Timofeev). 
  2. "Direct versus Indirect Taxation: Trends, Theory and Economic Significance," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and V. Vulovic), Papeles de Economía Española 125-126, 2010, pp.77-111. --Reprinted in The Elgar Guide to Tax System, ed. by E. Albi and J. Martinez-Vazquez, Edward   Elgar  Publishing, 2011.

​Published Articles (in Chinese): 
  1. 《地方财政治理:授人以鱼还是授人以渔——基于省直管县财政体制改革的研究》,《中国社会科学》, 2019年第7期(与贾俊雪、丁思莹合作).
  2. 《“自上而下”与“自下而上”融合的政策设计——基于农村发展扶贫项目的经验分析》,《中国社会科学》, 2017年第9期 (与贾俊雪、秦聪合作).
  3. 《中国的高速铁路建设与城市经济增长》,《金融研究》, 2017年第11期 (与李岩合作).
  4. 《中国的财政分权与政府信任》,《政治学研究》, 2015年第1期 (与冯海波合作).
  5. 《腐败、公共支出效率与长期经济增长》,《经济研究》, 2011年第9期 (与冯海波合作).
  6. 《多重目标制约下的中国房产税改革》, 《财贸经济》, 2011年第6期 (与冯海波合作).