Scheduled Presentations

• Dec 2026: SMU-Jinan Conference on Urban and Regional Economics joint with 11th World Bank-George Washington University's Urbanization and Development Conference, SMU, Singapore
• Oct 2026: Economics Department Workshop, SHU, Shanghai


Selected Working Papers

Trade Costs, Entry Costs, and Regional Economic Growth in China
IZA Discussion Paper, No. 18507 (2026)
Joint with Kensuke Suzuki and Junfu Zhang

Population Aging, Tasks, and Regional Growth: A Quantitative Analysis of Japan
Joint with Kensuke Suzuki and Junfu Zhang

War Memory and Market Reallocation
R&R

Breaking Barriers: Regional Economic Integration and National Market Unification
R&R
Joint with Haoyun Zhao


Selected Works in Progress

Market Integration Drives Urban Systems toward Zipf's Law: Worldwide Evidence and Quantitative Spatial Analysis
Joint with Pengfei Li, Ming Lu, and Shihu Zhong

Leisure Demand and Pastime Trade
Joint with Shihe Fu

Extreme Weather and Spatial Distribution of Firms
Joint with Kensuke Suzuki, Abhishek Mallick, and Nick Wang