Publication
Economics
Project
Understanding the Influence of Government Controlled Media: Evidence from Air Pollution in China
This project establishes several empirical facts to better understand the influence of government-controlled media in autocratic regimes. We document that government control and bias on the controversial topic of air pollution are salient; that individuals…
Project
Firm Growth and Corruption: Empirical Evidence from Vietnam
This paper tests whether firm growth reduces corruption, using data from over 13,000 Vietnamese firms. We employ instrumental variables based on growth in a firm’s industry in other provinces within Vietnam and in China. We…
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The Impact of Local Trade Barriers on Export Activities, Firm Performance and Resource Misallocation
It is well known that various forms of non-tariff barriers exist among Chinese provinces. Empirically, it is difficult to measure these barriers because they can take many forms. This research takes advantage of an export…
Project
Melons as Lemons: Asymmetric Information, Consumer Learning and Seller Reputation
There is often a lack of reliable high quality provision in many markets in developing countries. I designed an experiment to understand this phenomenon in a setting that features typical market conditions in a developing…
Video
If technology has arrived everywhere, why has income diverged?
We study the cross-country evolution of technology diffusion over the last two centuries. We document that adoption lags between rich and poor countries have converged while penetration rates, once technologies are adopted, have diverged. The…
Event
Digital Economics Conference
Digital Economics is an annual day-and-a-half long conference hosted by Microsoft Research. This year’s theme was machine learning and economics, held at the Microsoft Research offices in New York City, on September 9-10, 2016.