Research

My current research interests are in macroeconomics and economic development.

Papers

Tax Revenue Cyclicality and Income Inequality: Evidence from U.S. Counties From 1989 to 2019
Senior honors thesis (UC Berkeley) 2022
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Fiscal Expenditure and Education Quality in China: A Regional Heterogeneity Analysis
with Fuxin Zhang
European Journal of Marketing and Economics 2018
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Work in Progress

Stablecoins as Pledgeable Liquidity: Savings, Collateral, and Investment in Developing Economies
Work in progress
Economic Ideas
with Abhishek Arora, Melissa Dell, Leander Heldring, Shao-Yu Jheng, and Pablo Querubín
Work in progress
Historical Decline in Chinese Technology
with Yasheng Huang and Shao-Yu Jheng
Work in progress
Forced Migration in Xin’anjiang and Regional Development
Work in progress