Tianyang Xi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4072189 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tianyang Xi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tianyang |
| FAMILY NAME | Xi |
| SIGNATURE | XI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Peking University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5234-9202 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The agricultural and economic impacts of massive water diversion
Introduction to the special issue: Rethinking Institutions and Development
Institutional change and development from a dynamic perspective
Purifying the Leviathan: The Strategic Dilemma of an Anti-Corruption Campaign Under One-Party Rule
In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Power Constraints in Autocracies
Autocratic leaders differ considerably in how they consolidate power, but what gives rise to these variations remains under-theorized. This article studies how informal political constraints associated with retired leaders shape intra-elite power dynamics. We argue that ageing leaders' efforts to manage the succession problem create an important yet impermanent check on the power of subsequent leaders. To test this argument, we use the massive te…
Estimating the CO2 marginal abatement cost and implications for climate policies in China’s industrial sector: A firm-level analysis
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) for CO2 of China’s industrial sector. Leveraging comprehensive firm-level panel data spanning the period 2011–2015, we employ a parameterized directional output distance function to estimate the shadow price of CO2. By doing so, we derive the marginal abatement cost for individual firms across different years, which provides crucial insights into two fundamental …
Drinking water facilities and inclusive development: Evidence from Rural China
Trade shock, refugee, and the rise of right-wing populism: Evidence from European Parliament elections
Recent years have witnessed the rising support for right-wing populism in European politics. We rely on the outcomes of the 2014 European Parliament elections to empirically examine the economic and cultural mechanisms that fuel this trend. Using import competition to measure economic shocks and regional-level refugee shocks, we find that regions exposed to more intense trade shocks are more likely to vote for right-wing parties. We further show …
Moving Umbrella”: Bureaucratic transfers and the comovement of interregional investments in China
This paper studies the pattern of interregional investment after bureaucratic transfers across Chinese cities. Using the administrative records of business registration, we find that the transfer of a local leader between prefecture cities is associated with about 3% increase in interregional investment along the direction of transfer. The comoving firms purchase larger parcels of land and at lower prices. They also exhibit a higher likelihood of…
Empowering knowledge: Political leaders, education, and economic liberalization
All the Emperor’s Men? Conflicts and Power-Sharing in Imperial China
Autocracies often rely on power-sharing to maintain political survival. The literature, however, does not provide an adequate explanation for why autocratic regimes differ in the capability to enforce power-sharing. Drawing on the case of imperial China in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), this article argues that institutionalized bureaucratic system may be an arguably credible mechanism for facilitating power-sharing. Examining the pattern of burea…
Inclusive institutions and economic growth: Comparative perspective and policy implications for China
This paper examines the empirical relationship between the presence of inclusive institutions and the pattern of economic growth in a cross-country setting. We find evidence that the presence of inclusive institutions, indicated by political democracy, positively affects consumption share. In turn, the increase of the latter in the preceding year is associated with a significantly higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. The link fr…
Race to safety: Political competition, neighborhood effects, and coal mine deaths in China
Reform or revolution? Theory and evidence on the role of the middle class in the rise of universal male suffrage
This paper presents a theoretical account of suffrage extensions from a specific perspective: the strategic role of the middle class in the struggle for political power. Extensions are analyzed as a game among three players: the elite, the middle class, and the poor. To thwart the threat presented by the poor, the elite had to cede economic and political power to the middle class, who in turn might have an interest in extending suffrage further, …
Moving Umbrella”: Bureaucratic transfers and the comovement of interregional investments in China
This paper studies the pattern of interregional investment after bureaucratic transfers across Chinese cities. Using the administrative records of business registration, we find that the transfer of a local leader between prefecture cities is associated with about 3% increase in interregional investment along the direction of transfer. The comoving firms purchase larger parcels of land and at lower prices. They also exhibit a higher likelihood of…
Race to safety: Political competition, neighborhood effects, and coal mine deaths in China
All the Emperor’s Men? Conflicts and Power-Sharing in Imperial China
Autocracies often rely on power-sharing to maintain political survival. The literature, however, does not provide an adequate explanation for why autocratic regimes differ in the capability to enforce power-sharing. Drawing on the case of imperial China in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), this article argues that institutionalized bureaucratic system may be an arguably credible mechanism for facilitating power-sharing. Examining the pattern of burea…
In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Power Constraints in Autocracies
Autocratic leaders differ considerably in how they consolidate power, but what gives rise to these variations remains under-theorized. This article studies how informal political constraints associated with retired leaders shape intra-elite power dynamics. We argue that ageing leaders' efforts to manage the succession problem create an important yet impermanent check on the power of subsequent leaders. To test this argument, we use the massive te…
Purifying the Leviathan: The Strategic Dilemma of an Anti-Corruption Campaign Under One-Party Rule
Drinking water facilities and inclusive development: Evidence from Rural China
The agricultural and economic impacts of massive water diversion
Trade shock, refugee, and the rise of right-wing populism: Evidence from European Parliament elections
Recent years have witnessed the rising support for right-wing populism in European politics. We rely on the outcomes of the 2014 European Parliament elections to empirically examine the economic and cultural mechanisms that fuel this trend. Using import competition to measure economic shocks and regional-level refugee shocks, we find that regions exposed to more intense trade shocks are more likely to vote for right-wing parties. We further show …
Reform or revolution? Theory and evidence on the role of the middle class in the rise of universal male suffrage
This paper presents a theoretical account of suffrage extensions from a specific perspective: the strategic role of the middle class in the struggle for political power. Extensions are analyzed as a game among three players: the elite, the middle class, and the poor. To thwart the threat presented by the poor, the elite had to cede economic and political power to the middle class, who in turn might have an interest in extending suffrage further, …
Inclusive institutions and economic growth: Comparative perspective and policy implications for China
This paper examines the empirical relationship between the presence of inclusive institutions and the pattern of economic growth in a cross-country setting. We find evidence that the presence of inclusive institutions, indicated by political democracy, positively affects consumption share. In turn, the increase of the latter in the preceding year is associated with a significantly higher rate of total factor productivity (TFP) growth. The link fr…
Race to safety: Political competition, neighborhood effects, and coal mine deaths in China
All the Emperor’s Men? Conflicts and Power-Sharing in Imperial China
Autocracies often rely on power-sharing to maintain political survival. The literature, however, does not provide an adequate explanation for why autocratic regimes differ in the capability to enforce power-sharing. Drawing on the case of imperial China in the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), this article argues that institutionalized bureaucratic system may be an arguably credible mechanism for facilitating power-sharing. Examining the pattern of burea…
Empowering knowledge: Political leaders, education, and economic liberalization
Moving Umbrella”: Bureaucratic transfers and the comovement of interregional investments in China
This paper studies the pattern of interregional investment after bureaucratic transfers across Chinese cities. Using the administrative records of business registration, we find that the transfer of a local leader between prefecture cities is associated with about 3% increase in interregional investment along the direction of transfer. The comoving firms purchase larger parcels of land and at lower prices. They also exhibit a higher likelihood of…
Trade shock, refugee, and the rise of right-wing populism: Evidence from European Parliament elections
Recent years have witnessed the rising support for right-wing populism in European politics. We rely on the outcomes of the 2014 European Parliament elections to empirically examine the economic and cultural mechanisms that fuel this trend. Using import competition to measure economic shocks and regional-level refugee shocks, we find that regions exposed to more intense trade shocks are more likely to vote for right-wing parties. We further show …
Estimating the CO2 marginal abatement cost and implications for climate policies in China’s industrial sector: A firm-level analysis
This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) for CO2 of China’s industrial sector. Leveraging comprehensive firm-level panel data spanning the period 2011–2015, we employ a parameterized directional output distance function to estimate the shadow price of CO2. By doing so, we derive the marginal abatement cost for individual firms across different years, which provides crucial insights into two fundamental …
Drinking water facilities and inclusive development: Evidence from Rural China
In the Shadows of Great Men: Retired Leaders and Informal Power Constraints in Autocracies
Autocratic leaders differ considerably in how they consolidate power, but what gives rise to these variations remains under-theorized. This article studies how informal political constraints associated with retired leaders shape intra-elite power dynamics. We argue that ageing leaders' efforts to manage the succession problem create an important yet impermanent check on the power of subsequent leaders. To test this argument, we use the massive te…
The agricultural and economic impacts of massive water diversion
Introduction to the special issue: Rethinking Institutions and Development
Institutional change and development from a dynamic perspective
Purifying the Leviathan: The Strategic Dilemma of an Anti-Corruption Campaign Under One-Party Rule
Economics (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · China (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)