Kaicheng Luo is a second-year PhD student at MIT Economics department. His research interest lies in Political Economy, Environment, IO and Development Economics. He works on a wide variety of projects on topics including policy learning, innovation, emigration, censorship, and pollution mitigation. Prior to joining MIT, Kaicheng worked at Harvard Econ as a predoc for David Y. Yang. He received his bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) from Peking University.

Research

Working Papers

• “Emigration during turbulent times”, with Ben Olken and David Yang [draft]

• “Laboratories of autocracy: the landscape of central-local dynamics in China’s policymaking universe”, with Shaoda Wang and David Yang [draft]

Works in Progress

• Zero “Waste”? Competition and Pollution Abatement in the Waste Incineration Industry [draft]

• Direction of science, with Daron Acemoglu, Jacob Moscona and Karthik Sastry

• Censorship as political favor