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.
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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
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Rotation, Performance Rewards, and Property Rights
accepted, The Economic Journal
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Erosion of State Power, Corruption Control, and Fiscal Capacity (with Gérard Roland and Yang Xie)
The Economic Journal, Volume 132, Issue 644, May 2022
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Working paper​s
Dual Leadership and Bureaucratic Capacity
Awarded the 2020 Asia-Pacific Prize in Economic History
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Digital Populism and Electoral Democracy (with Elliot Foote)
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Deterring Transgressions at the Apex of Government (with Yang Xie)
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Work in progress
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(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
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