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Leading by Words: Evidence from xxx Oratory (with Letian Zhang).

This paper investigates how a charismatic leader’s oratory can catalyze political and social change. We assemble a new dataset of speeches linked to local outcomes, and employ several empirical strategies to identify the impact of exposure to oratory. The findings demonstrate that leaders’ speeches can influence political preferences, mobilize collective action, and shift media narratives. We expect this study will contribute to four strands of literature: leadership and charismatic influence, media economics and political communication, collective action and public goods provision, and historical political economy.

Publications & Under Review

• Xin Ouyang, Xuege (Cathy) Lu and Letian Zhang, Rise of the Collaborators: The Evolution of the Managerial Archetype and Women’s Collaborative Advantage, Revise & Resubmit at Strategic Management Journal.
• Xin Ouyang, Xuege (Cathy) Lu and Letian Zhang, Labor-Market Outcomes of Feminist Activists, Revise & Resubmit at Strategic Management Journal.
• 欧阳鑫, 汤珂, 孙震, 金融市场与企业创新发展:基于专利价值折损缓解的新视角[J].管理世界,2026,42(01):71-85.
• 欧阳鑫, 杨云龙, 孙震, 魏文石, 技术创新、地区竞合与经济增长:基于知识流动的视角, 管理世界（外审返修）.
• Cheng, W., Ouyang, X., Yu, A., Shen, Z., & Vardanyan, M., Subjective perceptions versus objective outcomes: Assessing the impact of smart city pilots on environmental quality in China, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024.
• Ouyang, X., Sun, Z., & Xu, X., Patent system in the digital era: Opportunities and new challenges, Journal of Digital Economy, 2022.
• Cheng, W., Wang, Q., Ouyang, X., Xie, Y., Gao, Y., & Yu, A., Effect of economic and technological development zones on green innovation: learning by importing perspective, Journal of Global Information Management, 2021.
• Xin Ouyang, Zhen Sun, Tianyi Xiao, Yi Zhao and Bozhong Zheng, Are Female Sellers More Trustworthy? Evidence From Large-scale Second-hand Transactions, Revise & Resubmit at Applied Economics Letters.
• Dongming He, Xin Ouyang, Zhen Sun and Can Xu (equal contribution) Pollution at the Political Perimeter:Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Chaohu Lake, Under Review at Economics Letters.
• Wenyin Cheng, Xin Ouyang, Yiwei Wang, From Words to Welfare: Bridging Policy Discourse and Human-Centered Outcomes in Smart City Pilots, Under Review at Research Policy.

Working Papers

• Xin Ouyang, Yunshu Ling, Zhen Sun and Richard Freeman, Patent Statistics with Chinese Characteristics, Working Paper.
• Xin Ouyang, Yixin Luo, Xie Yang and Zhen Sun, Nature or Nurture? Evidence from Competition Outcomes of Chinese Swimmers, Working Paper.
• 黄京磊, 赵正琳, 孙震, 欧阳鑫(通讯作者) 竞争性算力约束下的非竞争性数据驱动创新, 工作论文.
• 欧阳鑫 , 陈香 产业结构、数据流动与地区先发优势, 工作论文.

Works In Progress

• Waste Management and Urban Development: Evidence from China, with Bobing Qiu and Jaecheol Lee.
• Upstream Incentives, Downstream Costs: Environmental Externalities and Green Innovation in China's River-Chief System, with Bobing Qiu and Jaecheol Lee.
• Can More Be Less? AI and the Divergence between Inventive Influence and Collaborative Dependence in Innovation, with Junqing Pu.
• Eastward Spread of Western Learning in the 21st Century: Evidence from Chinese Technology Companies, with Richard Freeman.
• Spread the Gospel: The Effects of Protestant Missionary on Gender Inequality in China.
• Cannot Flay the Same Ox Twice? Assessing the Impact of Production System Reform on US Patent Examinations, with Zhen Sun and Richard Freeman.
• How Generative AI Reshapes Gender Inequality in Innovation, with Yunshu Lin and Zhen Sun.
• Call of Duty: Strategic Innovation Missions and Breakthrough Innovation in China, Yunshu Ling, Zhen Sun and Richard Freeman.
• 数据驱动型技术发展，合作者：孙震，王锦霄和黄京磊.