Selected Journal Articles1. Public Economics, Economic Growth
“Existence of equilibrium in an overlapping‐generations model with government debt”, coauthored with J. Li, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 23, 2021, 691-709.
“Optimal Income Taxation with Discrete Skill Distribution,” with J. Li, Mathematical Social Sciences, Vol. 83, 2016, 58–70.
“Tax Progressivity and Tax Incidence of the Rich and the Poor,” with C. Li, Economics Letters, Vol. 134, 2015, 148–151.
“Skill Distribution and the Optimal Marginal Tax rate,” co-authored with J. Li and C. Zhang, Economics Letters, Vol. 118, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2013, 515–518.
“Existence and Uniqueness of Steady-State Equilibrium in a Generalized Overlapping Generations Model,” co-authored with J. Li, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 16 (Supplement 3), 2012, 299–311.
“The Effect of Corruption on Capital Accumulation,” with W. Zhang, Journal of Economics, Vol. 97, 2009, 67-93.
“Existence and Uniqueness of Steady-State Equilibrium in a Two-sector Overlapping Generations Model,” co-authored with J. Li, Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 141, 2008, 255–275.
“On the Existence of Nash Equilibrium for Infinite Matrix Games," co-authored with J. Li and C. Zhang, Journal of Nonlinear Analysis： Real World Application,” 2008.
“China's Capital Tax Reforms in an Open Economy,” Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 31, 2004, 128-147.
“Population Growth and Social Security Financing,” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 16, 2003, 91–110.
“The Effect of Public Transfers on Physical and Human Capital Accumulation,” Public Finance Review, Vol. 31, No. 6, 2003, 649-669.
“Government Debt and Economic Growth,” co-authored with Kim Sosin, Economics of Transition, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2001, 635-655.
“Taxation, Human Capital Accumulation, and Economic Growth,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 52, No. 2, June 2001, 185-197.
“Government Debt and Economic Growth in an Overlapping Generations Model,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 66, No. 3, January 2000, 754-763.
“Tax Reform and External Balance,” Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 18, No. 6, October 1999, 891-909.
“Resource Allocation and Economic Growth in China,” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 38, Number 3, 2000, 515-526.
“Labor Income Taxation and Human Capital Accumulation,” Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 68, May 1998, 291-302.
"Government Education Spending and Human Capital Accumulation," Economics Letters, Vol. 61, December 1998, 391-393.
“Taxing Consumption in an Open Economy,” Public Finance Review (Formerly Public Finance Quarterly), Vol. 26, No. 3, May 1998, 250-269.
“Capital Taxation and External Accounts in a Small Growing Economy," Review of International Economics, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 1998, 59-73.
“Welfare Effects of Capital Taxation in a Small Open Economy," co-authored with Wei Zhang, Open Economies Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, January 1998, 5-20.
“Welfare Effects of Capital Taxation," Public Finance/Finances Publiques, co-authored with Yong Shi, Vol. 49, 1994, 391-408.
“Budget Deficits, Time Preference, and the External Deficits," Economic Studies Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 4, December 1994, 289-305.
“Capital Taxation and Accumulation in a Growing World Economy with Deficit Finance," International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 1, No.2, 1994, 127-146.
2. Chinese Economy
“Housing Property Tax, Economic Growth, and Intergenerational Welfare: The Case of China,” Coauthored with Shiyu Li, Review of International Economics and Finance, 83(C)，2023，233-251.
“How to Reform China’s Fiscal System?” China Economic Journal, 13 (1), 2020, 62-81.
“China’s Explicit Social Security Debt: How Large?” China Economic Review, China Economic Review, Volume 53, February 2019, Pages 128-139. (The 2020 Elsevier Best Paper Award)
“The Effects of Substituting Retail Sales Tax for Value-Added Tax in China,” with S. Li, Asian Economic Papers, electronic version online, June 2018.
“China’s Growing Government Debt in a Computable Overlapping Generations Model,” with S. Li, Y. Wang, and F. Zhai, Pacific Economic Review, 2017.
“How Much Will China Save? Projecting China’s National Savings Through 2040,” with S. Li, L. Kotlikoff, W. Woo, and Y. Jiang, Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2016, 255–274.
“Population Aging and China’s Social Security Reforms,” with S. Li, Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 38, 2016, 65–95.
“China to Curtail Local Government Debt，” East Asian Policy, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2016, 69-81.
“Optimal Income Tax for China,” with C. Li and J. Li, Pacific Economic Review, Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 20, No. 2, 2015, 243–267.
“Reforming China’s Public Finances to Sustain Growth,” with Sarah Tong, East Asian Policy, April 2014, Vol. 06, No. 2, 71-85.
“Is There Any Gain from Social Security Privatization?” co-authored with S. Li, China Economic Review, Vol. 21, No. 3, September 2011, 282-293.
“The Size and Structure of China’s Government Debt,” co-authored with S. Li, Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 3, September 2011, 527-542.
“Tax Reforms in China and Russia,” The Chinese Economy, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2009, 24-40.
“Solving the Renminbi Problem and China’s External Imbalance: A Structural and Institutional Perspective on Inflation, Appreciation, and Reform: A Comment,” Asian Economic Papers, 2009.
“China's Value-Added Tax Reform, Capital Accumulation, and Welfare Implications，” China Economic Review, Vol. 19, 2008, 197-214.
“Forced Savings, Social Safety Net, and Family Support: A New Old-age Security System for China,” The Chinese Economy, vol. 41, No. 6, 2008, 10–44.
“Determinants of the Profitability of China’s Regional SOEs,” co-authored with Wei Rowe, China Economic Review, 2006.
“The Excessive Fee Collections in China: Reasons, Consequences, and Strategies,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 23, No. 1, January 2005, 91-106.
“China's Government Debt: How Serious?” China: An International Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2003, 73-98.
“Urban Economic Growth in China: Theory and Evidence,” co-authored with Shunfeng Song, Urban Studies, Vol. 39, No. 12, 2002, 2251-2266, November 2002.
“Public Infrastructure Development in China,” Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 38, Summer, 2001, 83-109.
“The Decline of China’s Budgetary Revenue: Reasons and Consequences,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 27, Number 4, 2000, 477-490.
“Foreign Trade and China’s Economic Development: A Time-Series Analysis,” Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 25, Number 1, June 2000, 145-153.
“Export Expansion and Economic Growth: Evidence from Chinese Provinces,” Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, February 1999, 65-77.
“The Effect of an Expansion of Pay-As-You-Go Social Security System in China,” International Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 1, No. 4, 1999.
“Education and Economic Development in China,” Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 36, No. 3&4, December 1997, 66-85.
