| 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 | 278 | 2016 |
| Climate shocks and Sino-nomadic conflict Y Bai, JK Kung Review of Economics and Statistics 93 (3), 970-981, 2011 | 247 | 2011 |
| Bank size and small-and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lending: Evidence from China Y Shen, M Shen, Z Xu, Y Bai World development 37 (4), 800-811, 2009 | 234 | 2009 |
| Diffusing knowledge while spreading God's message: Protestantism and economic prosperity in China, 1840–1920 Y Bai, JK Kung Journal of the European Economic Association 13 (4), 669-698, 2015 | 190 | 2015 |
| Induced institutional change or transaction costs? The economic logic of land reallocations in Chinese agriculture JK Kung, Y Bai Journal of Development Studies 47 (10), 1510-1528, 2011 | 58 | 2011 |
| Farewell to confucianism: The modernizing effect of dismantling China's imperial examination system Y Bai Journal of Development Economics, 102382, 2019 | 56* | 2019 |
| The shaping of an institutional choice: Weather shocks, the Great Leap Famine, and agricultural decollectivization in China Y Bai, JK Kung Explorations in Economic History 54, 1-26, 2014 | 46 | 2014 |
| 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 | 34* | 2023 |
| “Mao’s last revolution”: a dictator’s loyalty–competence tradeoff Y Bai, T Zhou Public Choice 180 (3-4), 469-500, 2019 | 32* | 2019 |
| Web of power: How elite networks shaped war and politics in China Y Bai, R Jia, J Yang The Quarterly Journal of Economics 138 (2), 1067-1108, 2023 | 29* | 2023 |
| Surname distance and technology diffusion: the case of the adoption of maize in late imperial China Y Bai, JK Kung Journal of Economic Growth 27 (4), 569-607, 2022 | 28* | 2022 |
| Genetic distance and income difference: Evidence from changes in China's cross-strait relations Y Bai, JK Kung Economics Letters 110 (3), 255-258, 2011 | 22 | 2011 |
| How much expropriation hazard is too much? The effect of land reallocation on organic fertilizer usage in rural China Y Bai, J Kung, Y Zhao Land Economics 90 (3), 434-457, 2014 | 21* | 2014 |
| The struggle for existence: Migration, competition, and human capital accumulation in historic China Y Bai International Economic Review 63 (3), 1239-1269, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
| Shaking Legitimacy: The Impact of Earthquakes on Conflict in Historical China Y Bai The Economic Journal 133 (652), 1286-1317, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| Ideas Mobilize People: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China Y Bai, R Jia, R Wang National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ideas Mobilize Leaders: The Diffusion of Communist Ideology in China Y Bai, R Jia, R Wang | | 2024 |
| Opium, Silver, and the Decline of Late Imperial China, 1789-1910 Y Bai, JK Kung | | |
James Kai-sing KungThe University of MelbourneVerified email at unimelb.edu.au
