1. Cai, Yang, and Shengmin Sun, 2026, “Economic Shocks and the Selection of Bureaucrats in a Meritocracy: Evidence from a Trade Regulation in China”, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, published online.
2. Zhang Tao, Yang Cai, 2025, "One for All: How Collectivist Culture Drives Corporate Charitable Donations in China", Applied Economics Letters, published online.
3. Li, Xinghao, Jian Zhou, and Yang Cai, 2025, “The Return of University Reputation in Job Applications: Evidence from a Field Experiment in China”, Applied Economics, 57(47), 7627-7642.
4. Cai, Yang, Shuo Chen, and Dongxu Li, 2025, “The Long-term Effect of Social Disasters on Stock Market Participation”, Journal of Corporate Finance, 93, 102799.
5. 姚沁、蔡杨、潘威、陈硕，2025，《极端天气与清代人口增长》，《中国经济问题》，第1期，第253-267页。
6. Cai, Yang, and Jiong Zhu, 2024, “Cooperative Culture and the Birth of Modern Enterprises in China: Evidence from the Signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki”, European Economic Review, 163, 104697. Media Coverage: https://voxchina.org/show-3-372.html.
7. Cai, Yang, and Dongxu Li, 2024, “Modern Banking Development during Natural Disasters: Evidence from the Early 20th Century China”, Journal of Empirical Finance, 77, 101496. Best Paper Award, China International Forum on Finance and Policy, 2022.
8. Cai, Yang, Sijie Hu, and Shengmin Sun, 2024, “Confucianism and War Mobilization: Evidence from Chinese Revolutions”, Cliometrica, 18, 493-529.
9. 赵劲松、何佩霖、蔡杨，2023，《晚清铁路建设与辛亥革命》，《中国经济史研究》，第6期，第104-125页。
10. 蔡杨、杨兰，2022，《晚清厘金征收与市场整合——基于双重差分法的量化研究》，《中国经济史研究》，第1期，第119-133页。
11. 蔡杨、赵劲松、何石军，2022，《天气冲击、交通条件与社会冲突：基于清代的历史证据（1736-1910）》，《经济科学》，第1期，第141-153页。
12. 何石军、蔡杨、高明，2020，《清代前期的交通成本与粮食市场整合的再估计——基于第二次金川之役自然实验的量化考察》，《经济科学》，第4期，第125-136页。（《经济科学》2020年度优秀论文）
