Centralization and regulatory enforcement. Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming. (with Chenhao Liu)

Politically Affiliated Analysts. Management Science, accepted. (with Chen Lin, Shasha Liu, and Yuhai Xuan) 

Banking Integration and Capital Misallocation: Evidence from China. Review of Corporate Finance Studies, forthcoming. (with Naide Ye)

Information Accessibility and Corporate Innovation. Management Science, 2022. (with Chen Lin, Lai Wei, and Jian Zhang) 

China’s anti-corruption campaign and entrepreneurship. Journal of Law and Economics, 2021. (with Ni Qin)

Minimum Wage and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, accepted. (with Ni Qin and Junyi Xiang) 

Trust and Innovation: Evidence from China. Journal of Corporate Finance, 2021. (with Ying Zhao and Shasha Liu)

Natural disasters and analysts’ earnings forecasts. Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming. (with Zhiyang Lin and Yanan Wang)

Does political incentive shape governments’ disclosure of air pollution information? China Economic Review, forthcoming. (with Chenhao Liu)  

Whose money is smart? Evidence from daily trading of institutional and individual investors. Journal of Empirical Finance, forthcoming. (with Shasha Liu, Chen Lin, and Weiqiang Tan)

Do Environmental Regulation Shape Entrepreneurship? Environmental and Resource Economics, forthcoming. (with Ni Qin) 

Human Capital and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Human Capital, forthcoming. (with Ni Qin) 

Unexpected housing wealth appreciation and stock market participation. Journal of Housing Economics, forthcoming. (with Yawen Cheng and Shasha Liu)

Language and Innovation, Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, forthcoming. (with Jialong Wang, Yanan Wang, and Jian Zhang)

Access to Finance and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from China. Economic Development and Cultural Change, forthcoming. (with Ni Qin) 

Efficiency Wages as Gift Exchange: Evidence from Corporate Innovation in China. Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming. (with Yanan Wang and Jian Zhang) 

Cash sharing and earnings management. European Accounting Review, forthcoming. (with Ni Qin, Jian Zhang, and Wei Yang) 

Tax Incentives and export production quality, Review of International Economics, 2020. (with Mengxu Xiong)

China’s anti-corruption campaign and firm productivity, China Economic Review, 2020. (with Yunqing Tao and Yanan Wang)

Pan, Y., D. Kong, G. Tian, and P. Zhang, CEOs' Hometown Connection and Access to Trade Credit. Journal of Corporate Finance, 2020.

Kong, G., D. Kong, and R. Lu, Political Promotion Incentives and Within-Firm Pay Gap. Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, 2020.

Kong, D., C. Lin, and S. Liu, Does information acquisition alleviate market anomalies? Categorization bias in stock splits. Review of Finance, 2019.

Han, B., D. Kong, and S. Liu, Do Analysts Gain an Informational Advantage by Visiting Listed Companies? Contemporary Accounting Research, 2018.

Zhang Q, Z. Yu, and D. Kong, The Real Effects of Legal Institutions: Environmental Courts and Firm-level Environmental Protection Expenditure. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019.

Qian, X., D. Kong, and L. Du, Proximity, Information, and Loan Pricing in Internal Capital Markets: Evidence from China. China Economic Review, 2019.

Kong, D., S. Lu, and Z. Yang, Product Recalls, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Firm Value, Food Policy, 2019.

Kong, D., Minority shareholder participation and earnings management: A test of catering theory, China Finance Review International, 2019.

Kong, D., S. Liu, and J. Xiang, Political Promotion and Labor Investment Efficiency, China Economic Review, 2018.

Zhang, J., D. Kong, and J. Wu, Doing Good Business by Hiring Directors with Foreign Experience. Journal of Business Ethics, forthcoming.

Dai, Y., D. Kong, and S. Liu, Returnee Talents and Corporate Investment: Evidence from China. European Accounting Review, 2018,2.

Liu, S., Y. Dai, and D. Kong, Does It Pay to Communicate with Listed Firms? Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2017.

Chen X., Y. Dai, D. Kong, and W. Tan, Effect of International Working Experience of Individual Auditors on Audit Quality. Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 2017.

Nartea G., D. Kong, and G. Wu, Do Extreme Returns Matter in Emerging Markets? Evidence from the Chinese Stock Market. Journal of Banking and Finance, 2017.

Xu M., G. Kong, and D. Kong, Does Wage Justice Hamper Creativity? Pay Gap and Firm Innovation in China, China Economic Review, 2017.

Cheung S., D. Kong, W. Tan, and W. Wang, Being Good When Being International in Emerging Economies, Journal of Business Ethics, 2015, 130(4), 805–817.

Ye D., S. Liu, and Kong D., Do efforts on energy saving enhance firm values? Evidence from China's stock market, Energy Economics, 2013, 40, 360-369.

Kong D., Does Corporate Social Responsibility Matter in the Food Industry? Food Policy, 2012, 37(3), 323-334.

Wang M., M. Qiu and D. Kong, CSR, Investor Behaviors and Stock Market Returns: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China, Journal of Business Ethics, 2011, 101: 127-141.