教育背景

暨南大学，经济学学士，2006年

中央财经大学，经济学硕士，2009年

美国佐治亚州立大学，经济学博士，2013年

工作经历 

2015-至今：中国人民大学财政金融学院财政系，副教授

2013-2015：中国人民大学财政金融学院财政系，讲师

2011-2012：美国联邦储蓄银行亚特兰大分行，研究助理

2008-2013：美国佐治亚州立大学经济系，研究助理

学术和社会兼职

副主编:  Applied Economic Analysis (SSCI)

审稿人: Journal of European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management;European Journal of Political Economy; Journal of Regional Science; International Tax and Public Finance; Public Budgeting and Finance; Public Finance Review; FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis; Hacienda Publica Espanola/Reviews of Public Economics; Public Finance and Management; World Development；Social Choices and Welfare; Growth and Change; Journal of International Trade and Economic Development; Applied Economics; China Review; China-An International Journal; Computers, Environment and Urban Systems; Economics E-Journal; Journal of Asian and African Studies; Post-Communist Economies; World Economy; Economic Modelling; Contemporary Economic Analysis; Journal of Urban Affair; Annals of Regional Science; China Economic Review; Economic and Political Studies;《经济研究》；《管理世界》;《金融研究》；《经济理论与经济管理》

讲授课程

财政学；地方财政学

科研方向

财政学；发展经济学；中国经济

代表性学术成果

英文论文

[1] "Fiscal Incentives and Local Tax Competition: Evidence from China" (with H. Tai and C. Yang), World Economy, forthcoming.


[2] "Decentralization, Incentives, and Local Tax Enforcement," (with J. Jia and S. Ding), Journal of Urban Economics, 115, 2020, 103225.


[3] "Fiscal Incentives, Competition, and Investment in China," (with B. Lv and Y. Li), China Economic Review, 59, 2020, 101371.


[4] "Financial Development and the Composition of Public Spending: Theory and Cross-Country Evidence," (with Z. Chen and B. Lv), International Review of Economics and Finance, 64, 2019, pp. 600-611.

[5]  "Fiscal Decentralization and Government Size: The Role of Democracy," (with M. Qiao and S. Ding), European Journal of Political Economy, 59, 2019, pp. 316-330.

[6] "How do Tax Incentives Affect Investment and Productivity? Firm-Level Evidence from China,"(with J. Mao). American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 11(3), 2019, pp. 261-291.

[7] "Financial Constraints and Firm Tax Evasion," (with J. Alm and K. Zhang). International Tax and Public Finance,  26(1), 2019, pp. 71-102.

[8] "Competition Policy and Trade Barriers: Empirical Evidence from China," (with G. Ye). Review of Industrial Organization, 54(2), 2019, pp. 193-219.


[9] "Rawlsian vs. Utilitarian: Teachers' Incentives and the Distribution of Student Performance," (with Y. Xu). Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 174(3), 2018, pp. 548–569. 

[10] "Internet and Income Inequality: A Research Note," Economics Bulletin, 37(4), 2017, pp. 2846-2853.

[11] "Corruption, Taxation, and Tax Evasion," (with J. Alm). eJournal of Tax Research, 15(2), 2017, pp. 161-189. (Invited)

[12] "Fiscal Decentralization, Equalization, and Intra-Provincial Inequality in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and M. Wu). International Tax and Public Finance, 24, 2017, pp. 248-281.

[13] "'Province-Managing-County' Fiscal Reform, Land Expansion, and Urban Growth in China," (with J. Alm). Journal of Housing Economics, 33, 2016, pp. 82-100.

[14] "Do Government Preferences Matter for Tax Competition?", International Tax and Public Finance, 23(2), 2016, 343-367.

[15] "Frozen in Time: The Much Needed Reform of Expenditures Assignments in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and B. Qiao), Public Finance and Management, 15(4), 2015, 297-325.

[16] "Public Input Competition under Stackelberg Equilibrium: A Note," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez), Journal of Public Economic Theory, 17(6), 2015, 1022-1037.

[17] "The Growth-Inequality Tradeoff in the Design of Tax Structure: Evidence from a   Large Panel of Countries," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez), Pacific Economic Review, 20(2), 2015, pp. 323-345.

[18] "Rural Bound: Determinants of Metro to Non-metro Migration in the U.S." (with A. Rupasingha and M. Partridge), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 97(3), 2015, pp. 680-700.

[19] "Tax Structure and Corruption: Cross-Country Evidence," (with H. Feng), Public Choice, 162(1), 2015, pp57-78.

[20] "Falling Short: Intergovernmental Transfers in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and B. Qiao), Public Finance and Management, 14(4), 2014, pp.374-398.

[21] "Inter-jurisdictional Tax Competition in China," (with J. Martinez-Vazquez), Journal of Regional Science, 54(4), 2014, pp. 606-628.

[22] "Does Competition for Capital Discipline Governments? The Role of Fiscal Equalization," International Tax and Public Finance, 21(3), 2014, pp. 345-374.                                                       

[23] "China's Tax-for-Fee Reform and Village Inequality," (with J. Alm), Oxford Development Studies, 42(1), 2014, pp.38-64.

[24] "Did China's Tax-for-Fee Reform Improve Farmers' Welfare in Rural Areas?" Journal of Development Studies, 49(4), 2013, pp.516-532 (with J. Alm).

[25] "Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Local Tax Effort: Evidence from Provinces in China," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 14(4), 2011, pp.295-300 (with J. Zhao).

书章节与报告

[1] "Measuring the Extent of Fiscal Decentralization: An Application to the U.S. States," in OECD Fiscal Federalism Studies: Measuring Fiscal Decentralization, ed. by J. Kim, J. Lotz and H. Blochliger, OECD Publishing, 2013 (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and A. Timofeev).

[2] "Direct versus Indirect Taxation: Trends, Theory and Economic Significance," Papeles de Economia Espanola 125-126, 2010, pp.77-111 (with J. Martinez-Vazquez and V. Vulovic).

--Reprinted in The Elgar Guide to Tax System, ed. by E. Albi and J. Martinez-Vazquez, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011.}

[3] "Philippines: Designing a Local Government Enhancement Fund," Asian Development Bank, 2011 (with J. Martinez-Vazquez).

 中文论文

[1] 《地方财政治理：授人以鱼还是授人以渔——基于省直管县财政体制改革的研究》,《中国社会科学》, 2019年第7期 (与贾俊雪、丁思莹合作).

[2] 《“自上而下”与“自下而上”融合的政策设计——基于农村发展扶贫项目的经验分析》,《中国社会科学》, 2017年第9期 (与贾俊雪、秦聪合作).

[3] 《中国的高速铁路建设与城市经济增长》,《金融研究》, 2017年第11期 (与李岩合作).

[4] 《中国的财政分权与政府信任》,《政治学研究》, 2015年第1期 (与冯海波合作).

[5] 《腐败、公共支出效率与长期经济增长》,《经济研究》, 2011年第9期 (与冯海波合作).

[6] 《多重目标制约下的中国房产税改革》, 《财贸经济》, 2011年第6期 (与冯海波合作).

 著作

[1] 《财政竞争：基本理论与中国经验》, 经济科学出版社, 2018年5月。

科研项目

[1] 国家自然科学基金面上项目，主持人，2018-2021。

[2] 霍英东教育基金会高校青年教师基础研究基金，主持人，2016-2019。

[3] 国家自然科学基金重点项目，主要参与人，2016-2020。

[4] 国家自然科学基金青年项目，主持人，2015-2017。（已结项）

[5] 教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”, 主持人，2013-2015。（已结项）

[6] 中国人民大学新老师启动金项目，主持人，2013-2015。（已结项）

[7] 中国人民大学海外引进人才科研启动金项目, 主持人，2013-2015。（已结项）

[8] "Inter-jurisdictional Tax Competition and the Loss of Farmland in China." Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Co-PI with J. Martinez-Vazquez. 2011-2012. （已结项）

学术会议报告及讲座

2017: the China Public Finance Forum (Shanghai, China); the 73th IIPF Congress (Tokyo, Japan); the 5th International Conference on “the Shadow Economy, Tax Evasion and Informal Labor" (Warsaw, Poland); Workshop on PMM China IGR theme (Hong Kong, China); 2017 CCER Summer Institute (Yantai, China); 中央财经大学；上海交通大学；厦门大学

2016: the ASSA meeting (San Francisco, USA); the China Public Finance Forum (Xiamen, China); 中央财经大学；浙江大学

2015: the ASSA meeting (Boston, USA); the Chinese Economists Society (Chongqing, China); the International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China (Beijing, China); the 71th IIPF Congress (Dublin, Ireland); the China Public Finance Forum (Beijing, China); 华中科技大学 ；中南财经政法大学；华南师范大学

2014年：the Southern Economic Association Conference (Atlanta, GA, USA); the Biennial Conference of Hong Kong Economic Association (Jinan, China).

2013年：National Tax Association Conference (Tampa, FL, USA); the Southern Economic Association Conference (Tampa, FL, USA).

2012年：the Southern Economic Association Conference (New Orleans, LA, USA); the Chinese Economists Society (Kaifeng, China); the International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China (Guangzhou, China).

2011年：Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (Ann Arbor, MI, USA); Western Economic Association Conference (San Diego, CA, USA); the Allied Social Science Associations Conference (Denver, CO, USA).

学术奖励

[1] 2018年, 中国留美经济学会“邹至庄最佳论文奖”（Gregory Chow Best Paper Award), 1st Runner-up

[2] 2016年, 第二届“中国财政学论坛优秀论文奖”

[3] 2015年, 中国留美经济学会“最佳青年经济学者奖”（The CES Best Junior Economist Award）

[4] 2015年, 教育部第七届高校科学研究优秀成果奖（人文社会科学）三等奖

[5] 2014年, Dudley Seers Prize (Honorable Mention), Journal of Development Studies.

[6] 2013年, 教育部“新世纪优秀人才支持计划”

[7] 2013年, 国家留学基金委“国家优秀留学生奖学金”

[8] 2013年, The Irving Fisher Article Award, Omicron Delta Epsilon International Economics Honor Society

[9] 2012年, The Best Third-Year Paper Award, 美国佐治亚州立大学经济系

[10] 2011年, The E.D. (Jack) Dunn Fellowship, 美国佐治亚州立大学经济系