"Trade, Income and the Baltic Dry Index" with F Lin (2013) European Economic Review 59: 1–18. "Baltic Dry Index and the Democratic Window of Opportunity" with F Lin (2014) Journal of Comparative Economics 42: 143-59. "Trade Openness and Government Size of Small Developing Countries" with F Lin and B Li (2014) The Economics of Transition 22: 783-808. "Exports, HIV Incidence and the Baltic Dry Index: Further Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa" with F Lin (2015) Economics Letters 126: 35–9. "Why do the Econometric-Based Studies on the Effect of Warming on Agriculture Disagree? A Meta-Analysis" with K Huang (2018) Oxford Economic Papers 70: 392–416.
"The Effect of Language on Foreign Direct Investment" with X Feng and F Lin (2019) Oxford Economic Papers 71: 269–291. "Does the Presence of Foreign Firms Reduce Domestic Firms’ Financial Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa?" with H Edjigu (2019) Journal of African Economies 4: 343–370. "Did Rainfall Shocks Cause Civil Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa? Implications of Data Revisions" with W Liang (2019), European Journal of Political Economy 60 (Article 101808).
"Real Exchange Rate Misalignment and Civil Conflict: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa" with D Ambaw (2019) Oxford Economic Papers, In Press. "Gender Specific Effects of Exports on Work Decisions in Indonesia" with T Chesnokova and J Rupa (2019) Journal of International Trade and Economic Development 28: 686-711. "Shipping Cost and Development of the LLDCs: Panel Evidence from the Common Correlated Effects Approach" with N Pham (2020) The World Economy 43: 892-920. "Trade Uncertainty, Income, and Democracy" with J Tian, Y L and W Yan (2020) Economic Modelling 90: 21-31. "The Impact of Microcredit Loans on School Enrolment in Bangladesh" with J Kandulu, S Wheeler and A Zuo (2020) Journal of Development Studies 56: 1725-1744. "Is Climate Change that Harmful? New Evidence on the Mitigating Effect of Agricultural Adaptation" with K Huang (2020) Journal of Agricultural Economics, In Press. "Do Exports Affect Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the Baltic Dry Index and Panel Regressions with Cross-Sectional Dependence" with N Pham (2020) Journal of African Economies, In Press. "Estimating the Correlation of Asset Returns: A Quantile Dependence Perspective", Handbook of Financial Econometrics and Statistics (C.F. Top 2 most cited paper in JBF since 2015. "Oil Prices, US Stock Return, and the Dependence Between Their Quantiles" with H Zhou (2015) Journal of Banking & Finance 55: 1-8. "Modeling the Dependence Structures of Financial Assets through the Copula Quantile-on-Quantile approach" (2016) International Review of Financial Analysis 48: 31-45. External Scholarships/Sponsorships & Awards.Alumni Continuing Education (ACE) Scheme.SkillsFuture Career Transition Programme (SCTP).National Service-Learning Clearinghouse.Centre of Excellence for Social Good (CESG).Centre for Chinese C-three (Counselling & Life Coaching).Centre for Continuing and Professional Education.College of Interdisciplinary & Experiential Learning.School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences.