Is Trade Policy Uncertainty Pushing Chinese Enterprises to Innovate (in Chinese)

Published in Journal of International Trade (国际贸易问题), 2024

This article uses the data of Chinese A-share non-financial listed companies from 2000 to 2022, and empirically tests the impact of trade policy uncertainty on Chinese corporate innovation, which measured by enterprise independent innovation strategy and R&D investment

Recommended citation: Kun Lang, Alexander X. Li. (2024). "Is Trade Policy Uncertainty Pushing Chinese Enterprises to Innovate (in Chinese)" Journal of International Trade. 2024(01):87-104.

Domestic Conflicts and Trade Protectionism: Evidence from Tweets (in Chinese)

Published in China Journal of Economics (经济学报), 2022

This study finds that non-trade factors that reflect the domestic conflicts in the United States, such as Trump’s disapproval rating and VIX index, have a significant impact on whether Trump posts negative tweets involving China’s economic and trade issues.

Recommended citation: Ming Feng, Kun Lang, Alexander X. Li. (2022). "Domestic Conflicts and Trade Protectionism: Evidence from Tweets (in Chinese)" China Journal of Economics. 9(01):56-84.

Disapproval rating, VIX index, COVID-19 cases and Trump’s tweeting against China

Published in Applied Economics Letters, 2021

The primary goal of this paper is to provide empirical evidence for how non-trade factors attribute to the China-US trade war. Trump’s tweets provide us with a unique perspective.
Recommended citation: Lang, K., & Li, A. X. (2022). “Disapproval rating, VIX index, COVID-19 cases and Trump’s tweeting against China”. Applied Economics Letters, 29(14), 1306-1312.