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

Political Economy

  • Trade War and Government Interventions (with Paul-Emile Bernard, Jie Li)
  • U.S.-China Competition and Mass Preferences for Technological Adoption (with Yujin Zhang)
  • Why Mercantilism? Preferences for Trade Surplus and Mercantilist Policies (with Yujin Zhang)
  • Distributional Consequences of Leader Turnover: Evidence from China’s Public Procurement link
  • Social Origins of Rule of Law: Experimental Evidence from China
  • Trade-offs in Authoritarian Civic Participation: Evidence from China’s Participatory Digital Surveillance link
  • Fiscal Origin of Selective Legal Enforcement in Authoritarian Regimes (with Shengqiao Lin ) link
  • Gatekeepers of Justice or Tyranny? A Nationwide Field Experiment on Authoritarian Legal Bureaucracies
  • Promoting Rule of Law in an Autocracy: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural China

In Progress

  • Legitimizing Repression: How the Chinese Communist Party Co-opts Lawyers to Consolidate Authoritarian Rule

  • Judicial Quid Pro Quo: How Government Legal Advisors Reshape Litigation in China

  • Repression and Cooptation in Authoritarian Judiciary: Field Experiment with Chinese Lawyers

Information and Media Control

  • Breaking the Great Fire Wall: A Field Experiment on Western-Media Exposure in China

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