My CV
Working Papers:
- “When History Matters Little: Political Hierarchy and Regional Development in China, AD1000-2000” (with Ruixue Jia). pdf
- “The Struggle for Existence: Migration, Competition, and Human Capital Accumulation in Historic China.” pdf
- “Farewell to Confucianism: The Modernizing Effect of Dismantling China’s Imperial Examination System.” Under review. pdf
- “A Reversal of Trade Fortune: Opium, Silver, and the Decline of Late Imperial China, 1789-1910” (with James Kung). pdf
- “Does Genetic Distance Have a Barrier Effect on Technology Diffusion? Evidence from Historical China” (with James Kung). Revision requested. pdf
Publications:
- Bai, Ying and Titi Zhou. 2019. “‘Mao’s Last Revolution’: A Dictator’s Loyalty-Competence Tradeoff.” pdf
Public Choice, accepted. - Bai, Ying and Ruixue Jia. 2016. “Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China’s Civil Service Exam System.” pdf
Econometrica, vol. 84(2): 677-733. - Bai, Ying and James Kung. 2015. “Diffusing Knowledge while Spreading God’s Message: Protestantism and Economic Prosperity in China, 1840-1920.” pdf
Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 13(4): 669–698. - Bai, Ying and James Kung. 2014. “The Shaping of an Institutional Choice: Weather Shocks, the Great Leap Famine, and Agricultural Decollectivization in China.” pdf
Exploration in Economic History, vol. 54 (lead article): 1-26. - Bai, Ying, James Kung and Yang Zhao. 2013. “How Much Expropriation Hazard is Too Much? Land Reallocation and Fertilizer Usage in Rural China.” pdf
Land Economics, vol. 90(3): 434-457. - Bai, Ying and James Kung. 2011. “Climate Shocks and Sino-nomadic Conflict.” pdf
Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 93(3): 970-981. - Bai, Ying and James Kung. 2011. “Genetic Distance and Income Difference: Evidence from Changes in China’s Cross-Strait Relations.” pdf
Economics Letters, vol. 110(3): 255-258. - Kung, James and Ying Bai. 2011. “Induced Institutional Change or Transaction Costs? The Economic Logic of Land Reallocations in Chinese Agriculture.” pdf
Journal of Development Studies, vol. 47(10): 1510-1528. - Shen, Yan, Minggao Shen, Zhong Xu and Ying Bai. 2009. “Bank Size and Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Lending: Evidence from China.” pdf
World Development, vol. 37(4): 800-811.
Teaching:
- Development Economics (undergraduate)
- Development Economics (graduate)
