Peer-reviewed Publications

Lal, A., Lockhart, M., Xu, Y., & Zu, Z. (2024). How Much Should We Trust Instrumental Variable Estimates in Political Science? Practical Advice Based on 67 Replicated Studies. Political Analysis, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2024.2 link

Working Papers

Authoritarian Repression and Cooptation

• People Have Sharp Eyes: Consequences of Participatory Digital Surveillance link
• Social Origins of Rule of Law: Survey Experiments with Chinese Lawyers and Public
• The Logic of Selective Justice: Nationwide Field Experiment with State Lawyers
• Legitimizing Repression: How the Chinese Communist Party Co-opts Lawyers to Sustain Authoritarian Rule

Government-Business Relations

• Trade War and Governmental Intervention (with Paul-Emile Bernard, Jie Li)
• Distributional Consequences of Leader Turnover: Evidence from China’s Public Procurement link
• Fiscal Origin of Selective Law Enforcement: Evidence from Chinese Administrtaive Penalties (with Shengqiao Lin )
• Trade Interdependence and U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Technological Competition (with Yujin Zhang )

Non Peer-reviewed Publications

Translation: Imai, K. (2020). Quantitative Social Science: An Introduction (Xu, Y. & Zu, Z., Trans.). Shanghai University of Finance & Economics Press. (Original work published 2018).

Book Chapter: Zheng, Y., Zheng, Z., Ma, M., & Zu, Z. (2019). Improving Usability. In E-Government and Information Technology Management: Concepts and Best Practices (pp. 43-66). Melvin & Leigh. link