Education
- PhD, Brandeis University
- MS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- BA, Hunan Normal University, China
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics, Energy Economics, Development Economics
- Applied Econometrics, Computational Economics
Publications
- Does Audit-based Evaluation Reduce Academics’ Creative Work Behavior? The Moderating Effect of Guanxi Practice and Population Characteristics, with Dingyi You, Ke Wen and Yi Liu, Research Policy, 2025, 54(6):105213.
- Interconnected Bank Networks: Shock Amplifiers or Absorbers in the Financial System?, with Jing Ren, International Review of Economics and Finance, 2025, 99:103979.
- A DSGE model of energy efficiency with vintage capital in Chinese industry, with Gary Jefferson, Economic Modelling, 2024, 132:106664.
- Dynamic Demand for Capital and Labor: Evidence from Chinese Industrial Firms, Economic Modelling, 2021: 105731.
- Investment dynamics and capital misallocation: State and non-state firms in China, Journal of Asian Economics, 2021, 73: 101274.
- Energy prices and investment in energy efficiency: evidence from Chinese industry 1997-2004, Asian Economic Literature, 2020, 34: 93-105.
- Re-evaluate the "smile curve" in Relation to Outsourcing Industrialization (with Jim Huangnan Shen and Kent Deng), Emerging Market Finance Trade, 57(5): 1247-1270, 2021.
- Capital misallocation in Chinese industrial firms, with Jun Zhang and Jim Huangnan Shen, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2023.
- Knowledge Path Dependence, External Connection and Radical Inventions: Evidence from Chinese Academy of Sciences, with Ningning Zhang, Dingyi You and Ke Wen, Research Policy, 2023, 52(4): 104738.
- SOEs Reform and Capital Efficiency in China: A Structural Analysis, International Review of Economics and Finance, 2023, 85:1-20.

Contact Me
- [email protected]
- 73 Tremont St., Rm. 1018
Office Hours
- Monday and Wednesday 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
- Schedule an Appointment
Courses Taught
- STATS 250 Applied Statistics
- EC 101 Applied Microeconomics
- EC 450 Applied Economics
- EC 490 Senior Seminars in Economics
- SF 1210 Data Visualization
- CAS H322 Honors Junior Year Interdisciplinary "Real-World Problem"