White Papers

1. Khaing Phyo Wai, Ruoqing Chen, Lim Meng Xuen, Lin Ma, Pao-Li Chang. (2026). SMU Centre for Research on International Trade: 2026 Annual Policy Report. SMU Research Data Repository (RDR). https://doi.org/10.25440/smu.32249292.

Working Papers

1. Pao-Li Chang, Lin Ma, Bohan Xue. (2026). sppmlhdfe: Sparse Poisson Pseudo-Maximum Likelihood Estimation with High-Dimensional Fixed Effects.
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2. Ruoqing Chen, Pao-Li Chang. (2026). Quantifying the Trump II Tariff Wars: A General Equilibrium Analysis of the 2025 U.S. Tariff Escalation.
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3. Michal Kolesar, Pengjn Min, Wenjie Wang, Yichong Zhang. (2026). Cluster-Robust Interface for Quadratic Forms.
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4. Khaing Phyo Wai, Lin Ma, Pao-Li Chang. (2026). A Hybrid Patent Analytics Framework for Monitoring AI Hardware Innovation.
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5. Pao-Li Chang, Ruoqing Chen, Lin Ma. (2026). The SMU Trade Dashboard: Tracking and Quantifying the Trump II Tariffs.
6. Alain Pirotte, Zhenlin Yang. (2026). Multi-Dimensional Spatial Panel Data Models with Fixed Effects: Formulation, Estimation, and Inference.
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7. Qiugu He, Renjing Chen, Zhifeng Wang. (2026). Estimating the Production Function of Multiproduct Firms by Customs Data.
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8. Qiugu He, Wei Jin, Jianhuan Xu, Guang Yang. (2026). Import-Export Product Scope Complementarity: Evidence from the Chinese Apparel Industry.
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9. Wenze Li, Liyu Dou, Ming Li, Shengmao Cao, Wenjie Wang. (2026). Firm-Level Network Effects of US-China Trade Shocks.
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10. Chen Liu. (2026). The Economic Impacts of Exporting Higher Education Services in the United States.
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11. Yang Tang, Lin Ma, Yunlong Song. (2026). The Long and Short-run Spatial Impacts of Trade.
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12. Yoshiki Ando, Emin Dinlersoz, Jeremy Greenwood. (2026). Technifying Ventures.
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13. Yoshiki Ando, James Bessen, Xiupeng Wang. (2026). The Rising Returns to R&D: Ideas Are not Getting Harder to Find.
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14. Yoshiki Ando, James Bessen, Xiupeng Wang. (2026). Is R&D Rivalry Slowing the Growth of Productive Firms?.
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15. Liyu Dou, Pengjin Min, Wenjie Wang, Yichong Zhang. (2026). An Improved Inference for IV Regressions.
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16. Liyu Dou, Paul Ho, Thomas A. Lubik. (2026). Max-Share Misidentification.
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17. Haichao Fan, Yuan Mei, Tong Ni, Huanhuan Wang. (2026). Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Trade Policy: A Quantitative Analysis.
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18. Lin Ma, Chi Zhang, Jipeng Zhang. (2026). Home, Sweet Home? The Spatial Consequences of Return Migration.
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19. Jing Li, Lin Ma, Xiao Lin Ong, Wei Yan, Junjian Yi. (2026). Vital Links, Divided Gains.
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20. Pao-Li Chang, Ryo Makioka, Bo Lin Ng, Zhenlin Yang. (2026). Estimating Firm-Level Production Functions with Spatial Dependence. (https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2769)
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21. Mostafa Beshkar, Pao-Li Chang, Shenxi Song. (2026). The Balance of Concessions in Trade Agreements. (https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2753)
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22. Pao-Li Chang, Kefang Yao, Fan Zheng. (2026). The Response of the Chinese Economy to the U.S.-China Trade War: 2018-2019. (https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/2415/)
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23. Khaing Phyo Wai, Rouqing Chen, Lin Ma, Pao-Li Chang. (2026). Unifying Patent Data from Heterogeneous Data Formats for Scalable Integration and Analysis.
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24. Davin Chor, Lin Ma. (2025). The Aggregate Welfare and Trade Implications of Contracting Frictions in Global Sourcing.

Journal Articles

1. Lin Ma, Yuan Mei, Qunfeng Wu, Mingzhi Xu. (Forthcoming). Connectivity and Selective Rural Migration. International Economic Review.
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2. Yuan Mei, Mingzhi (Jimmy) Xu. (2026). Horizontal Regulatory Barriers in International Trade: Evidence from Electric Plugs. Journal of International Economics.
3. Qiugu He, Xuan Luo. (2026). Catalysts for Third-country Market Entry: the Role of Preferential Trade Agreements. World Development.
4. Yoshiki Ando. (2026). Dynamics of High-Growth Young Firms and the Role of Venture Capitalists. International Economic Review.
5. Xiaoyu Meng, Zhenlin Yang. (2025). Genuinely Unbalanced Spatial Panel Data Models: Fixed Effects M-Estimation and Inference. Econometric Review.
6. Pao-Li Chang, Fan Zheng. (2025). Using Satellite-observed Geospatial Inundation Data to Identify the Impacts of Floods on Firm-level Performance: The Case of China during 2000–2009. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
7. Ruben Gaetani , Naqun Huang , Jing Li , Yanmin Yang. (2025). Are Cities Losing Innovation Advantages? Online versus Face-to-face Interactions. Economic Journal.
8. Xiaoyu Meng, Zhenlin Yang. (2025). Fixed Effects Estimation of Spatial Panel Model with Missing Responses: An Application to US State Tax Competition. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics.
9. Liyao Li, Ke Miao, Zhenlin Yang. (2025). Dynamic Spatial Panel Data Models with Interactive Fixed Effects: M-Estimation and Inference Under Fixed or Relatively Small T. Econometric Review.
10. Pao-Li Chang, Wei Jin, Kefang Yao. (2025). The Depth of Preferential Trade Agreements. IMF Economic Review.
11. Qiugu He, Xuan Luo, Fan Zheng. (2025). Product Technology Adoption and Aggregate Innovation. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
12. Yumi Koh, Jing Li, Yifan Wu, Junjian Yi, Hanzhe Zhang. (2025). Young Women in Cities: Urbanization and Gender-biased Migration. Journal of Development Economics.

Conference Papers

1. Khaing Phyo Wai, Minghong Geng, Shubham Pateria, Budhitama Subagdja, Ah-Hwee Tan. (2026). MEASE: Multi-agent Episodic Action Sequence Explanation. In Proc. of the 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2026).