Research

International journals

• 2025 Shikun Qin and Jerry Zhirong Zhao. “Public-Private or Public-Public? Exploring Factors Affecting Private Participation in China's PPPs.” Review of Policy Research. DOI
• 2025 Weijie Luo, Shikun Qin, et al. “From Trade to Tensions: How Economic Interdependence Shapes Diplomatic Hospitality, 1989–2019.” The World Economy. Article
• 2025 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.” Sustainability. Article
• 2024 Shikun Qin, Hui Kong, and Jerry Zhirong Zhao. “Spatial Diffusion of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in China: A County-Level Analysis.” Cities. DOI
• 2024 Xiangwen Zheng, Xiaolin Li, and Shikun Qin*. “Does Childhood Traumatic Experience Affect Household Life Insurance Demand in Middle and Older Ages? Evidence from the 1959–1961 Great Chinese Famine.” Applied Economics Letters. DOI
• 2022 Shikun Qin and Weijie Luo. “Exploring Local Government Financing Strategies in China: A Capital Structure Perspective.” Public Performance & Management Review. DOI
• 2022 Shikun Qin, Weijie Luo, and Yaling Wang. “Policy Uncertainty and Firm-Level Investment: Evidence from Public-Private Partnership Market in China.” Applied Economics Letters. DOI
• 2022 Shikun Qin, Yaling Wang, and Xiaowen Yang. “Policy Innovation Diffusion and PPP Spatial Distribution.” China Finance and Economic Review. DOI
• 2021 Weijie Luo and Shikun Qin*. “China's Local Political Turnover in the Twenty-First Century.” Journal of Chinese Political Science. DOI

Chinese-language journals

• 2025 Shikun Qin and Haitao Ma. “The Rise of Livelihood Expenditure in China: Evidence from Tax Reduction Policies.” China Soft Science (中国软科学). Article
• 2023 Haitao Ma and Shikun Qin*. “Fiscal Rules and Local Government Behavior.” Modern Economic Science (当代经济科学). Article
• 2022 Haitao Ma and Shikun Qin*. “How Fiscal Stress Affects Local Welfare Expenditures.” Economic Perspectives (经济学动态). Record
• 2021 Shikun Qin, Yaling Wang, and Xiaowen Yang. “Policy Innovation Diffusion and PPP Spatial Distribution.” Finance & Trade Economics (财贸经济). Article
• 2020 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). Article
• 2020 Yue Liu, Shikun Qin, and Yingzi Jia. “Reflections on China's PPP Information Disclosure Mechanism.” Fiscal Science (财政科学). Article

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