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Ping Wang

Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

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St. Louis, MO 63130

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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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1.

Outsourcing of Innovation

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Oct 2006
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Economics, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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R&D Outsourcing, Principal-Agent Problem, Fixed versus Revenue-Sharing Contract

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Urbanization and Economic Development: A Tale of Two Barriers

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5742
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Mar 2016
Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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barriers to migration and trade, urbanization, economic development, surplus labor

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Nominal and Real Disturbances and Money Demand in the Chinese Hyperinflation

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2002-4
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Jun 2002
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) - Department of Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Hyperinflation, money demand

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Does Entrepreneurship Promote Growth? A Model of Occupational Choice with Risk-Attitude Heterogeneous Agents

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 27 Feb 2009
Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and City University of Hong Kong (CityU)
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Occupational Choice, Entrepreneurial Risk, Balanced Growth

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Institutional Barriers and World Income Disparities

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2020
Ping Wang, Tsz-Nga Wong and Chong Yip
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Washington University in St Louis and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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Techniques Choice, Misallocation and Total Factor Productivity

CentER Discussion Paper Series No. 2014-074, European Banking Center Discussion Paper Series No. 2014-012
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Dec 2014
Burak Uras and Ping Wang
Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Capital and Technique Misallocation, Production Flexibility, Aggregate Productivity

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Financial Matchmakers in Credit Markets with Heterogeneous Borrowers

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2000-14
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 28 Dec 2000
Zsolt Becsi, Victor Li and Ping Wang
Southern Illinois University - Department of Economics, Villanova University - School of Business - Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Financial Matchmaking, Search and Entry Frictions, Credit Composition Effects

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Intermediate Goods Trade, Technology Choice and Productivity

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5637
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Jan 2016
Academia Sinica - Institute of Economics, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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intermediate goods trade, technology choice, extensive versus intensive margin effect of trade liberalization

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Fertility and Internal Migration

FRB of St. Louis Working Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Dec 2020
National Taiwan University, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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Urban Growth and Subcenter Formation: A Trolley Ride from the Staples Center to Disneyland and the Rose Bowl

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Aug 2006
Marcus Berliant and Ping Wang
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Core-Periphery Urban Structure, Agglomerative Production Activity, Endogenous Formation of Cities

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Mismatch and Assimilation

NBER Working Paper No. w24960
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 17 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2023
Ping Wang, Tsz-Nga Wong and Chong Kee Yip
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Washington University in St Louis and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics
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China's Gains from WTO Accession: Imports versus Exports

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5668
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Jan 2016
Department of Economics, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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gains from trade, import substitution, export promotion

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Endogenous Market Structures and Financial Development

FRB Atlanta Working Paper Series No. 98-15
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Jan 2015
Zsolt Becsi, Ping Wang and Mark A. Wynne
Southern Illinois University - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Downloads 94 (720,278)
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financial intermediation, economic development, imperfect competition

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Preference Bias and Outsourcing to Market: A Steady-State Analysis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2222
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Feb 2008
Ping Wang and Raymond G. Riezman
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics
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outsourcing, multinational firms, foreign direct investment

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Rural-Urban Migration, Structural Transformation, and Housing Markets in China

NBER Working Paper No. w23819
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Federal Reserve Banks - Research Division, University of Missouri, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Economic Integration and Agglomeration in a Middle Product Economy

CORE Discussion Paper No. 2004/15
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Mar 2007
Academia Sinica - Institute of Economics, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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economic integration, agglomeration, intermediate goods

Economic Integration and Agglomeration in a Middle Product Economy

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Sep 2004
Academia Sinica - Institute of Economics, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Economic integration, agglomeration, intermediate goods trade, growth

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Rational Addiction, Peer Externalities and Long Run Effects of Public Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w9249
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 04 Oct 2002 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis & Management (PAM), University of Kentucky - Gatton College of Business and Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Group Corruption via Sequential Bargaining in a Hierarchical Organization

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Oct 2022
Fan-chin Kung, Ping Wang and Quan Wen
East Carolina University, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and University of Washington
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multi-stage sequential bargaining, hierarchical structures, group corruption, compromised equilibrium, endogenous bargaining configuration.

Group Corruption via Sequential Bargaining in a Hierarchical Organization

NBER Working Paper No. w29759
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2023
Fan-chin Kung, Ping Wang and Quan Wen
East Carolina University, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and University of Washington
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The Rise (and Fall) of Tech Clusters

CESifo Working Paper No. 8527
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Sep 2020
University of Trento - Department of Economics and Management, National Dong Hwa University, Academia Sinica, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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high-tech city, knowledge spillovers, intermediate firm clustering, land use, commuting, R&D

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Are Alcoholics in Bad Jobs?

NBER Working Paper No. w6401
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022
Donald Kenkel and Ping Wang
Cornell University - Department of Policy Analysis & Management (PAM) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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A Spatial Network Approach to Urban Configurations

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2013
Fan-chin Kung and Ping Wang
East Carolina University and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Spatial Networks, Knowledge Spillovers, Locational Equilibrium, Urban Configuration

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Within-Job Wage Inequality: The Nexus between Performance Pay and Skill Match

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 Dec 2024
Rongsheng Tang, Yang Tang and Ping Wang
Liaoning University, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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within-job wage inequality, performance pay, match quality, positive assortative job sorting

23.

Optimal Drug Policy in Low-Income Neighborhoods

NBER Working Paper No. w9248
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 05 Oct 2002 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2022
National Chengchi University (NCCU) - Department of Public Finance, University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Spatial Misallocation in Chinese Housing and Land Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w27230
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 28 May 2023
Yongheng Deng, Yang Tang, Ping Wang and Jing Wu
Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Tsinghua University - Hang Lung Center for Real Estate
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A Proposition of Lose-Lose: Detrimental Consequences of Trade Wars

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Oct 2024
Wan-Jung Cheng, Ping Wang and Shin-Ru Yang
Academia Sinica, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Iowa State University
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Trade Wars, Global Supply Chain, Industrial Responses and Welfare Consequences

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Barriers to Health and the Poverty Trap

NBER Working Paper No. w19263
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 01 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2023
Yin-Chi Wang and Ping Wang
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Misallocation, Productivity and Development with Endogenous Production Techniques

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 17 Feb 2022
Burak Uras and Ping Wang
Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Techniques, Misallocation, Generalized Production, TFP, Development.

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On the Economics of Science Parks

NBER Working Paper No. w25595
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 09 Jun 2023
National Dong Hwa University, Academia Sinica, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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On the Economics of Science Parks

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13568
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Mar 2019
National Dong Hwa University, Academia Sinica, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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intermediate inputs, Knowledge Spillovers, Land use, research & development, science parks

Artificial Intelligence and Technological Unemployment

NBER Working Paper No. w33867
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Jun 2025 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2025
Ping Wang and Tsz-Nga Wong
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Washington University in St Louis
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Artificial Intelligence and Technological Unemployment

FRB Richmond Working Paper No. 26-1
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 24 Feb 2026
Ping Wang and Russell Wong
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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generative artificial intelligence, technological unemployment, search and bargaining, en dogenous growth, constrained efficiency, indeterminacy

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Production Flexibility, Misallocation and Total Factor Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w23970
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 30 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
Burak Uras and Ping Wang
Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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The Timing of Childbearing Among Heterogeneous Women in Dynamic General Equilibrium

NBER Working Paper No. w9231
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Sep 2002 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Charles Mullin and Ping Wang
Vanderbilt University - College of Arts and Science - Department of Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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The Rise (and Fall) of Tech Clusters

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Aug 2023
University of Trento, National Dong Hwa University, Academia Sinica, Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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high-tech city, knowledge spillovers, intermediate firm clustering, land use, commuting, R&D

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Information Aggregation and Transmission in Network Games

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 20 Oct 2022
Fan-chin Kung and Ping Wang
East Carolina University and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Information transmission and aggregation, equilibrium and optimal networks, information-processing chain

Minimum Wage in a Multi-Tier Search and Wage-Posting Model with Cross-Market Substitutions

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 Jul 2023
C. Y. Kelvin Yuen and Ping Wang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Labor Search and Matching, Substitution of Heterogeneous Workers and Tasks, Market Spillover, Minimum Wage Policy

Minimum Wage in a Multi-Tier Search and Wage-Posting Model with Cross-Market Substitutions

NBER Working Paper No. w26378
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 21 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2023
C. Y. Kelvin Yuen and Ping Wang
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Housing Dynamics: Theory Behind Empirics

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 07 Oct 2022
Ping Wang and Danyang Xie
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Housing Dynamics, Locational Choice, Within-City Spatial Distribution

Housing Dynamics: Theory Behind Empirics

NBER Working Paper No. w30516
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 20 May 2023
Ping Wang and Danyang Xie
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Educational Choice, Rural-urban Migration and Economic Development

NBER Working Paper No. w23939
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 16 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
National Taiwan University, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics
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Rural-Urban Migration and House Prices in China

NBER Working Paper No. w28013
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Federal Reserve Banks - Research Division, University of Missouri, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Foreign Technology Adoption as a Flying Propeller

NBER Working Paper No. w31159
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 24 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 08 May 2023
Kobe University, Kwansei Gakuin University - School of Economics, Kobe University and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Dynamic Trade, Endogenous Institutions and the Colonization of Hong Kong: A Staged Development Framework

NBER Working Paper No. w23937
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 16 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 29 May 2022
Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Economics
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A Tale of Two Cities: Cross-Border Casino Competition Between Detroit and Windsor

NBER Working Paper No. w23969
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 30 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 30 Jun 2023
Academia Sinica, Academia Sinica and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Flying or Trapped?

NBER Working Paper No. w27278
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2023
Kobe University - Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kwansei Gakuin University - School of Economics, Kobe University and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Trade Wars, Technology and Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w26468
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 18 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2026
National Changhua University of Education, Academia Sinica, Academia Sinica, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Smoking, Health Capital, and Longevity: Evaluation of Personalized Cessation Treatments in a Lifecycle Model with Heterogeneous Agents

NBER Working Paper No. w23820
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2023
Li-Shiun Chen, Ping Wang and Yao Yao
Washington University in St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - School of Economics and Finance
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To Stay or to Migrate? When Becker Meets Harris-Todaro

NBER Working Paper No. w27767
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 11 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
National Taiwan University, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
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Within-Job Wage Inequality: Performance Pay and Job Relatedness

NBER Working Paper No. w27390
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
rongsheng tang, Yang Tang and Ping Wang
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Innovation, Growth, and Dynamic Gains from Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w26470
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2026
Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Long-Run Tax Incidence in a Human Capital-based Endogenous Growth Model with Labor-Market Frictions

NBER Working Paper No. w25783
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 30 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2023
Been-Lon Chen, Hung‐Ju Chen and Ping Wang
Academia Sinica - Institute of Economics, National Taiwan University and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Productivity Catch-Up or Factor Shift in the Race for Global Industrial Dominance

NBER Working Paper No. w34393
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Oct 2025
Department of Economics, Academia Sinica, Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Information Aggregation and Transmission in Strategic Networks

NBER Working Paper No. w30585
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Fan-chin Kung and Ping Wang
East Carolina University and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Inflation, Trade Frictions, and Productive Activity in a Multiple-Matching Model of Money

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2000-28
Posted: 13 Mar 2001
Derek Laing, Victor Li and Ping Wang
Pennsylvania State University, College of the Liberal Arts - Department of Economic, Villanova University - School of Business - Economics and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics

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multiple matching, endogenous search effort, money, inflation and productivity activity

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Costly Intermediation and the Big Push

FRB Atlanta Working Paper No. 98-16
Posted: 06 Nov 1998
Zsolt Becsi, Ping Wang and Mark A. Wynne
Southern Illinois University - Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

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