I am a Senior Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in Economics at
Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. I also serve as an
associate editor of the Economic Journal.
My research interests are in Political Economics, Economic History,
and Organizational Economics. My recent research focuses on the institutional
and religious foundations of constitutional government.
Email: weijia.li@monash.edu
Address: Department of Economics
Monash Business School
Building H, Room H4.60, 900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield East, VIC 3145, Australia
Papers
Crony capitalism, the party-state, and the political boundaries of corruption (with Gérard Roland and Yang Xie)
Journal of Comparative Economics Volume 50, Issue 3, September 2022
Rotation, Performance Rewards, and Property Rights
accepted, The Economic Journal
Erosion of State Power, Corruption Control, and Fiscal Capacity (with Gérard Roland and Yang Xie)
The Economic Journal, Volume 132, Issue 644, May 2022
Working papers
Dual Leadership and Bureaucratic Capacity
Awarded the 2020 Asia-Pacific Prize in Economic History
Digital Populism and Electoral Democracy (with Elliot Foote)
Deterring Transgressions at the Apex of Government (with Yang Xie)
Work in progress
(with Shaoda Wang) An Economic Theory of Salvation Religions
(with Klaus Ackerman, Simon Angus, Nathan Lane, and Paul Raschky) Mapping the Digital State
(with Nathan Lane) Information is Power - Monopoly Power, Information Technology, and the Rise of the Digital State