Political Selection in China: Complementary Roles of Connections and Performance R Jia, M Kudamatsu, D Seim Journal of the European Economic Association 13, 631-668, 2015 | 570 | 2015 |
The rise of robots in China H Cheng, R Jia, D Li, H Li Journal of Economic Perspectives 33 (2), 71-88, 2019 | 306 | 2019 |
Weather shocks, sweet potatoes and peasant revolts in historical China R Jia The Economic Journal 124 (575), 92-118, 2014 | 284 | 2014 |
Elite Recruitment and Political Stability: The Impact of the Abolition of China's Civil Service Exam Y Bai, R Jia Econometrica 84 (2), 677–733, 2016 | 281 | 2016 |
Pollution for promotion R Jia 21st Century China Center Research Paper, 2017 | 277 | 2017 |
Decentralization, Collusion and Coalmine Deaths R Jia, H Nie Review of Economics and Statistics 99 (1), 105-118, 2017 | 245 | 2017 |
The Legacies of Forced Freedom: China’s Ttreaty Ports R Jia Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (4), 596-608, 2014 | 220 | 2014 |
Can technology solve the principal-agent problem? Evidence from China’s war on air pollution M Greenstone, G He, R Jia, T Liu American Economic Review: Insights 4 (1), 54-70, 2022 | 186 | 2022 |
Just above the exam cutoff score: Elite college admission and wages in China R Jia, H Li Journal of Public Economics 196, 104371, 2021 | 152* | 2021 |
Choosing ethnicity: The interplay between individual and social motives R Jia, T Persson Journal of the European Economic Association 19 (2), 1203-1248, 2021 | 82* | 2021 |
Is China's Pollution the Culprit for the Choking of South Korea? Evidence from the Asian Dust R Jia, H Ku Economic Journal 129 (624), 3154–3188, 2019 | 81 | 2019 |
Doing business in China: Parental background and government intervention determine who owns busines R Jia, X Lan, GP i Miquel Journal of Development Economics 151, 102670, 2021 | 49* | 2021 |
The economic consequences of political hierarchy: Evidence from regime changes in China, 1000–2000 CE Y Bai, R Jia Review of Economics and Statistics 105 (3), 626-645, 2023 | 40* | 2023 |
Web of Power: How Elite Networks Shaped War and Politics in China Y Bai, R Jia, J Yang The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023 | 34* | 2023 |
The impact of US–China tensions on US science: Evidence from the NIH investigations R Jia, ME Roberts, Y Wang, E Yang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (19), e2301436121, 2024 | 30* | 2024 |
Expecting floods: Firm entry, employment, and aggregate implications R Jia, X Ma, VW Xie National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022 | 30 | 2022 |
Power and publications in Chinese academia R Jia, H Nie, W Xiao Journal of Comparative Economics 47 (4), 792-805, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
A theory of power structure and institutional compatibility: China vs. Europe revisited R Jia, G Roland, Y Xie National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
Rotating to the top: How career tracks matter in the Chinese Communist Party R Jia, Y Xu Available at SSRN 3613276, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
Institutional quality and the ownerships of foreign direct investment in China H Nie, R Jia NBER Working Paper, 2011 | 12 | 2011 |