信息集、個人期望和喜好都是政客作出政治決策時的重要考慮因素，但这些因素并不能被直接观测。中國加入世界貿易組織的進程橫跨二十年，期間美國眾議院對是否給予中國正常貿易關係地位進行了多次投票。我們对國會議員掌握的信息集进行弱假设，並採用矩不平等的方法分析相關數據，確保估算一致。這種研究方法能可靠地測試政客在決策時所掌握的資訊，並估計選民、意識形態及其他因素對政策制定和投票時的影響力。
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American Economic Review
Prof. Bingjing LI
經濟學
Associate Professor
3917 0019
KK 905
Academic & Professional Qualification
- Ph.D. in Economics, The University of British Columbia
- M.Phil. in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- B.Soc.Sc (First Class Honors) in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. Bingjing Li is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Her main research fields are international trade and applied microeconomics. Her works focus on understanding how openness to trade interacts with development and political economy factors, using both micro data and quantitative models.
Dr. Li obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia in 2016, M.Phil. in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2011, and B.Soc.Sc. from CUHK in 2009. She joined the HKU Business School as an Associate Professor in 2021. Before joining HKU, she worked at the National University of Singapore.
Research Interest
- International Trade
- Political Economy
- Labor Economics
- Applied Econometrics
Selected Publications
- “Illuminating the effects of the US-China tariff war on China’s economy,” (with Davin Chor), Journal of International Economics, July 2024, 150:103926.
- “The Political Economy Consequences of China’s Export Slowdown.” (Filipe R. Campante and Davin Chor), Journal of the European Economic Association, October 2023, 21(5):1721-1771.
- “Did U.S. Politicians Expect the China Shock?” (With Matilde Bombardini and Francesco Trebbi), American Economic Review, 113(1):174-209.
- “Processing Trade and Costs of Incomplete Liberalization: The Case of China.” (With Loren Brandt and Peter M. Morrow), Journal of International Economics, July 2021, 131:103453.
- “Grain Export and Causes of China’s Great Famine: County-Level Evidence.” (With Hiroyuki Kasahara), Journal of Development Economics, September 2020, 146:102513.
- “Trade, Pollution and Mortality in China.” (With Matilde Bombardini), Journal of International Economics, July 2020, 125:103321.
- “Export Expansion, Skill Acquisition and Industry Specialization: Evidence from China.” Journal of International Economics, September 2018, 114:346-361.
Recent Publications
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