Scheduled Presentations

▸December 2026, SMU-Jinan Conference on Urban and Regional Economics joint with 11th World Bank-George Washington University's Urbanization and Development Conference, SMU, Singapore
▸July 2026, Summer Meeting in Urban Economics, WHU, Wuhan, China
▸July 2026, Chinese Economists Society China Annual Conference, SWUFE, Chengdu, China
▸June 2026, International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China, CUFE, Beijing, China

Selected Working Papers

Trade Costs, Entry Costs, and Regional Economic Growth in China
Job Market Paper. 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

International Trade and Steel Firm Location Redistribution
Under Reivew
Joint with Junfu Zhang

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

Selected Works in Progress

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

Leisure Demand and Pastime Trade
Joint with Shihe Fu

Published & Forthcoming Papers

How City Size Affects Firm Survival: Evidence from Chinese Enterprise Registration Data
Applied Economics Letters, 2026, 33(14), 2441–2445.
Joint with Haoyun Zhao, Yameng Guo, and Yang Ye

Estimating Round-Tripping FDI from Firm-Level Data in China
International Studies of Economics (Frontiers of Economics in China), 2025, 20(2): 138-152.
Joint with Junfu Zhang and Qiangyuan Chen

Publications in Chinese