Research

Published Peer-reviewed Papers (* corresponding author)

Shikun Qin, Jerry Zhirong Zhao. Public-Private or Public-Public? Exploring Factors Affecting Private Participation in China's PPPs [J]. Review of Policy Research, 2025.
Shikun Qin, Hui Kong, Jerry Zhirong Zhao. Spatial diffusion of public-private partnership (PPP) in China: A county-level analysis[J]. Cities, 2024.
Shikun Qin, Weijie Luo. Exploring local government financing strategies in China: A capital structure perspective[J]. Public Performance & Management Review, 2022.
Weijie Luo, Shikun Qin*. China's local political turnover in the Twenty-First Century[J]. Journal of Chinese Political Science, 2021.
Shikun Qin, Weijie Luo, Yaling Wang. Policy uncertainty and firm-level investment: Evidence from public-private partnership market in China[J]. Applied Economics Letters, 2022.
Xiangwen Zheng, Xiaolin Li, Shikun Qin*. Does childhood traumatic experience affect household life insurance demand in middle and older ages? Evidence from the 1959-1961 Great Chinese Famine[J]. Applied Economics Letters, 2024.
Sin Lin, Shikun Qin, Li Peng, et al. Assessing geographic barriers to access long-term services and supports in Chengdu, China: A spatial accessibility analysis[J]. Sustainability, 2025.
Shikun Qin, Yaling Wang, Xiaowen Yang. Policy innovation diffusion and PPP spatial distribution[J]. China Finance and Economic Review, 2022.
Shikun Qin, Haitao Ma. The rise of livelihood expenditure in China: Evidence from tax reduction policies [J]. China Soft Science (中国软科学), 2025. (in Chinese)
Haitao Ma, Shikun Qin*. Fiscal rules and local government behavior. Modern Economic Science (当代经济科学), 2023. (in Chinese)
Haitao Ma, Shikun Qin*. How fiscal stress affects local welfare expenditures. Economic Perspectives (经济学动态), 2022. (in Chinese)
Shikun Qin, Yaling Wang, Xiaowen Yang. Policy innovation diffusion and PPP spatial distribution. Finance & Trade Economics (财贸经济), 2021. (in Chinese)
Shikun Qin. Risk identification of urban fiscal stress in China. Journal of Central University of Finance & Economics (中央财经大学学报), 2020. (in Chinese)
Yue Liu, Shikun Qin, Yingzi Jia. Reflections on China's PPP information disclosure mechanism. Fiscal Science (财政科学), 2020. (in Chinese)

Books

Haitao Ma, Laicheng Wen, Tangzhe Cao, Shikun Qin. Performance Management of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Projects: Theory and Practice. China Financial & Economic Publishing House, 2021. (in Chinese)