Chen Shuo

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Salience and Persistent Reference Dependence: The Lasting Effect of Man-made Disasters on Risk Perceptions

Abstract: Households’ investment decisions are driven by their risk preferences. How do social disruptions res...

with Yang Cai and Dongxu Li, forthcoming in Journal of Corporate Finance.
The Abolition of People’s Communes and Fertility Decline in Rural China

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with Bin Xie, Journal of Development Economics 172: 103375.
Starving and Deceiving: Famine Experience, Politician Risk Preference, and GDP Manipulation in China

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with Xinyu Fan and Xuanyi Wang, Public Choice 1-20.
Canal and Trade: Transport Infrastructure and Market Integration in China:1780-1911

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with Jianan Li and Qin Yao, Journal of Comparative Economics 52(4): 793-812.
The Costs and Benefits of Clan Culture: Elite Control Versus Cooperation in China

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with Raymond Fisman, Xiaohuan Lan, Yongxiang Wang, and Qing Ye, forthcoming in Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization.
Institutional Discrimination and Assimilation: Evidence from the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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with Bin Xie, Explorations in Economic History 101615.
The Persistent Effects of Historical China’s Permanent Forced Military Service System: the Emperor is Dead, Long Live the Emperor

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with Danli Wang, Journal of Historical Political Economy 4(2): 159-187.
Communism and Patricide: Collectivization and Domestic Violence in 1960s’ China

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with Danli Wang and Yaohui Peng, Economic History Review 77(2): 703-727.
Pandemic and Insurance Purchase: The Behavioral Response to COVID-19

Abstract: We investigate how people insure themselves against an upsurge of risk and uncertainty during a pand...

with Zhuoer Lin, Xian Xu, and Xuanyi Wang, China Economic Review 79: 101946.
In the Shadow of Administrative Decentralization: The Impact of Devolution on Subnational Service Provision

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of Grand Canal abandonmentin 1825, the world’s largest and oldes...

with Yiran Li and Yaohui Peng, American Review of Public Administration 53.7-8: 280-295.
Competence-Loyalty Tradeoff under Dominant Minority Rule: The Case of Centuries of Manchu Rule

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of Grand Canal abandonmentin 1825, the world’s largest and oldes...

with Xinyu Fan, Colin Xu, Xun Yan, Journal of Public Economics 220: 104843.
Accountability from Cyberspace? Scandals Exposure on the Internet and Official Governance in China

Abstract: This article explores the effects of social media on government accountability under authoritarian r...

with Yiran Li, Political Science Research and Methods 12(1): 130-145.
From Past Lies to Current Misconduct: The Long Shadow of China's Great Leap Forward

Abstract: Using hand-collected data on yield over-reporting during China's Great Leap Forward (GLF) period...

with Haoyuan Ding, Shu Lin and Haichun Ye, Journal of Development Economics 157: 102888.
Rebel on the Canal: Disrupted Trade Access and Social Conflict in China, 1650–1911

Abstract: This paper examines the effects of the abandonment of China’s Grand Canal—the world’s largest and ol...

with Yiming Cao, American Economic Review 112(5): 1555-90.
Chasing or Cheating? Theory and Evidence on the Reliability of China’s GDP

Abstract: This paper studies the effect of promotion incentive on county officials’ GDP manipulation in China,...

with Xue Sherry Qiao and Zhitao Zhu, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 189: 657-71.
Gone with the wind? Emissions of Neighboring Coal-fired Power Plants and Local Public Health in China

Abstract: Based on a nationwide representative county-level dataset from China, this article empirically exami...

with Yiran Li, Guang Shi and Zhitao Zhu, China Economics Review 69: 101660.
Warcraft: The Legitimacy Building of Usurpers

Abstract: Rulers ascending to the throne differ substantially in their need for legitimization. This paper ask...

with Xinyu Fan. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 184: 409-31.
Running out of Steam? Political Terms and FDI Inflow in China

Abstract: Drawing on the sociological literature of state bureaucracy, we develop a political incentive perspe...

with Danqing Wang, Zhitao Zhu and Xiaowei Rose Luo, Journal of International Business Studies 52: 692-717.
Tractor vs. Animal: Rural Reforms and Technology Adoption in China

Abstract: Better institutions do not always advance technologies. China’s rural reforms during the early 1980s...

with Xiaohuan Lan, Journal of Development Economics 147: 1-10.
Move to Success? Headquarters Relocation, Political Favoritism, and Corporate Performance

Abstract: This study documents an unexplored corporate rent-seeking phenomenon in non-representative regimes—r...

with Bo Yang and Xun Yan, Journal of Corporate Finance 64: 1-31.
The Health Costs of the Industrial Leap Forward in China: Evidence from the Sulfur Dioxide Emissions of Coal‐fired Power Stations

Abstract: In this study, we attempt to empirically test the effects of air pollution on public health in China...

with Yiran Li and Qin Yao, China Economic Review 49: 68-83.
There Will Be Killing: Collectivization and Death of Draft Animals

Abstract: The elimination of private property rights can lead to inefficient use of productive assets. In Chin...

with Xiaohuan Lan. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 9(4): 58-77.
Of Maize and Men: The Effect of a New World Crop on Population and Economic Growth in China

Abstract: WeexaminethequestionofwhetherChinawastrappedwithinaMalthusianregime at a time when Western Europe ha...

with James KUNG, Journal of Economic Growth 21: 71-99.
The Tragedy of the Nomenklatura: Career Incentives and Political Radicalism during China's Great Leap Famine

Abstract: A salient feature of China’s Great Leap Famine is that political radicalism varied enormously across...

with James KUNG, American Political Science Review 105 (1): 27-45.

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Gun and Resources: War Extractions and Government Paradigm Shifts

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with Xinyu Fan, Yongtao Li and Yanfei Yin, revision requested by Journal of Economic History.
Generalist Middle Managers and Strategy Implementation

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with Shipeng Yan and Danqing Wang, revision requested by Journal of Management Studies.
Public-Private Partnership in Venture Investing: The Historical Origin

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Yang Cai and Dongxu Li, under review.
Trade or Raid? The Tea-Horse Trades and the Sino-Nomadic Conflicts, 1368-1432

Abstract: The increasing geopolitical turmoil in international trade calls for revisiting the longstanding que...

with Xinyu Fan and Yantong Fang, under review.
Political Stake and Policy Experimentation

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with Zhaotian Luo and Tianyang Xi, under review.
Deluge and the Multivariate Origin of Civilizations

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with Xinyu Fan, and Yanfei Yin, under review.
The Rule of Noble Lie: Omens, Taxes and Rebellions in Imperial China

Abstract: The tradition of linking celestial phenomena with secular political behavior has been a longstanding...

with Shuo Shi, Xican Xi, Jun Zhang, and Yanren Zhang, under review.
Knowledge for Lineage: Keju and Social Mobility in Tang China

Abstract: The transition from limited to open access societies is a fundamental driver of economic development...

with Sijie Hu and Shouying Liu, under review.
Masters of Masterpieces: Collector Changes and Social Mobility in Pre-modern Societies

Abstract: This paper traces and analyzes the ownership changes of art masterpieces by merging collector inform...

with Xinyu Fan, Luc Renneboog and Yanfei Yin, under review.
States and Wars: China’s Long March towards Unity and its Consequences, 221 BC-1911 AD”

Abstract: Based on the compilation of a large geocoded annual data series of political regimes and incidences ...

with Debin Ma, under review.
The Mobile Principal: The Political Economy of War and Capital Location

Abstract: Naming a new capital city is a major decision that often aims to safeguard national peace and securi...

with Xinyu Fan and Yongtao Li, under review.
Noble No More: Keju, Institutional Commitment, and Political Purges

Abstract: The civil examination system (Keju) created a meritocratic bureaucracy in imperial China. Utilizing ...

with Xinyu Fan and Zhichen Huang, under review.
Godfather Politicians and Organized Violence: The Good, The Bad, and The Bloody

Abstract: Virtuous politicians are considered as ideal public servants. Ironically, social order does not nece...

with Xinyu Fan and Xuanyi Wang, under review.
The Emperor's Tael: Fiscal Centralization, Commitment Problem and Tax Protests in Qing China, 1644-1912

Abstract: Scholars have recognized the formation of state fiscal capacity as a prerequisite for long-term econ...

with Xinyu Fan, Max Yu Hao, and Yuzheng Wang, under review.
The Diversity Mandate, Men’s Resistance and Promotion of Female Government Officials

Abstract: The widespread diversity norms have produced mixed results in closing the gender gap in workplaces, ...

with Shipeng Yan and Danqing Wang, under review.
Validation through Social Comparison on Social Media: Evidence from Chinese Academia

Abstract: Individuals exploit influence activities for personal gains. This paper shows that tenure-track assi...

with Xinyu Fan, Albert Roh, Weilei (Stone) Shi and Yinuo Tang, under review.
Promotion Club

Abstract: How can principals incentivize agents’ efforts while maintaining personnel flexibility? We propose a...

with Xinyu Fan and Zhitao Zhu, under review.

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