Wei Cui, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Asian legal studies Law and development Tax law and policy

Latest papers

How well-targeted are payroll tax cuts as a response to COVID-19? evidence from China.
International tax and public finance · 2022 · first author
Constrained public benefits from global catch share fisheries.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Trade in Services: A New Foundation for the Economics and Law of International Taxation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$39,618
Trade in Services: A New Foundation for the Economics and Law of International Taxation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$39,618
Building rule-based tax collection: empirical analyses based on large-scale, firm-level administrative data from China
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$178,370

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

How well-targeted are payroll tax cuts as a response to COVID-19? evidence from China.

Cui W, Hicks J, Norton M

International tax and public finance2022First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10797-022-09746-w PMID: 35965611

02

Constrained public benefits from global catch share fisheries.

Ben-Hasan A, De La Puente S, Flores D, Melnychuk MC, Tivoli E, Christensen V, Cui W, Walters CJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2021580118 PMID: 34544851

Trade in Services: A New Foundation for the Economics and Law of International Taxation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cui, Wei

Keywords: international conflict and cooperation; trade agreements; trade in services; tax policy; international taxation; digital services tax; capital mobility; global minimum tax; history of tax treaties; corporate taxation; tariffs; discriminatory taxation

$39,618

Trade in Services: A New Foundation for the Economics and Law of International Taxation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cui, Wei

Keywords: international conflict and cooperation; trade agreements; trade in services; tax policy; international taxation; digital services tax; capital mobility; global minimum tax; history of tax treaties; corporate taxation; tariffs; discriminatory taxation

$39,618

Building rule-based tax collection: empirical analyses based on large-scale, firm-level administrative data from China

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cui, Wei

Keywords: rule of law; legal norms; compliance; coercion; law and development; tax administration; tax evasion; revenue mobilization; informal economy; firm productivity; bureaucratic performance metrics; public administration reform; sustainable development

$178,370

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Villy Christensen

Oceans and Fisheries, Institute for the

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Asian legal studies Dear Professor Cui, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "How well-targeted are payroll tax cuts as a response to COVID-19? evidence from China." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Trade in Services: A New Foundation for the Economics and Law of International Taxation" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]