Research

Publication

[1] ``The Value of Superstitions.'' with Terence Chong, and Xin Du. Accepted at the Journal of Economic Psychology. Full Text

 

Working papers

[1] ``Does Holdup Lead to Vertical Integration?'' Full Text

[2] ``Outsourcing to Pool Risk.'' Full Text

[3] ``Outsourcing, Product Quality and Contract Enforcement.'' with Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao. Full Text

[4] ``What Determines the Price of a Racing Horse?'' with Terence Chong, Man-Tat Siu, & Benjamin Everard. Full Text

[5] ``Unbundling Economic Institutions: a Firm-level Investigation.'' with Yi Lu. Full Text

[6] ``Foreign Ownership and Firm Productivity: Causality and Channels.'' with Dongya Li, and Yi Lu. Full Text

[7] ``Does Import Competition ``Pull’’ Incremental Innovation?.'' with Yi Lu. Full Text

[8] ``Contract enforcement and R&D Alliance: Evidence from China.'' with Xi Chen, and Yi Lu. Full Text

 

Work-in-Progress

[1] `` Can Import Competition Explain the Skill Content in the United States? '' with Yi Lu.

[2] `` Shipping the Good Horses Out.’’ with Terence Chong, &  Jean Eid.

[3] ``Spinning Off a Hidden Gem: The Economics of Restructuring Joint Venture.’’ with Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao.

 

External Research Grant

[1] RGC Earmarked Grant, Hong Kong, 2010-2011, "Outsourcing, Risk-pooling, and Moral Hazard."

 

Dataset

[1] Outsourcing indices by 3-digit SIC Manufacturing industry for year 72, 77, 82, 87, 92.

The Broad and Narrow outsourcing measures are as defined in Feenstra & Hanson (1996).