Publications

• “Currency Carry Trade by Trucks: The Curious Case of China’s Massive Imports from Itself.” (with Heiwai Tang, University of Hong Kong, Zhi Wang, UIBE & George Mason University, and Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University). Review of Finance 27(2): 469-93, March 2023.
• “The Trade Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic.” (with Emanuel Ornelas, Sao Paulo School of Economics & Huimin Shi, Renmin University of China). World Economy 45(12): 3751-79, December 2022.
• "Services Development and Comparative Advantage in Manufacturing" (with Aaditya Mattoo, The World Bank; Zhi Wang, UIBE; Shang-Jin Wei, Columbia University). Journal of Development Economics 144, May 2020.
• "Free Trade Agreements and Consolidation of Democracy" (with Emanuel Ornelas, London School of Economics). American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics 6(2): 29-70, April 2014.
• "Tax Avoidance through Re-imports: The Case of Redundant Trade." Journal of Development Economics 104: 152-164, 2013.
• "Evasion Behaviors of Exporters and Importers: Evidence from the U.S.-China Trade Data Discrepancy" (with Michael Ferrantino & Zhi Wang, USITC). Journal of International Economics 86(1): 141-157, 2012.
• "The Location Decisions of Foreign Investors in China: Untangling the Effect of Wages Using A Control Function Approach." (with Mary Lovely & Jan Ondrich, Syracuse University). The Review of Economics & Statistics 92(1): 160-166, 2010.
• "GATT/WTO Promotes Trade Strongly: Sample Selection Bias and Model Specification." Review of International Economics 17(3): 428-446, 2009.

Selected Presentations

• CESifo Venice Summer Institute, Venice, Italy
• Global Value Chains Conference, Peterson Institute of International Economics, Washington DC
• China Summer Institute Conference, Tsinghua University
• NBER Conference on the Chinese Economy, NBER, Cambridge, MA
• WTO Economics Seminar, WTO, Geneva, Switzerland