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Welcome to my webpage! I am an associate professor of economics at the National School of Development at Peking University. I received my Ph.D. in applied economics from Cornell University. I currently serve as a co-editor of the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE) and the China Economic Quarterly International (CEQI).
My research areas include environmental economics, industrial organization, and Chinese economy. I am particularly interested in research topics of electric vehicles, industrial policy, environmental regulation, and digital economy. My CV Google Scholar Email: [email protected] |
Published and Accepted Papers
- "The Market for Electric Vehicles: Indirect Network Effects and Policy Impacts," with Shanjun Li, Lang Tong and Yiyi Zhou, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 4(1): 89-133, 2017 Media: The Economist
- “Transportation and the Environment in Developing Countries ” with Shanjun Li, Lin Yang and Fan Zhang , Annual Review of Resource Economics, 12: 389-409, 2020
- What Does an Electric Vehicle Replace?" with Benjamin Leard and Shanjun Li, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 107:102432, 2021 NBER Working Paper #27596 , Media: Driving, Vancouver Sun, Jalopnik, Resources, NBER Digest，香樟
- The Short-Term Impact of Air Pollution on Medical Expenditure: Evidence from Beijing with Fan Xia, Jintao Xu and Xiaochuan Pan, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 114:102680, 2022 Media: 香樟
- "Quick Response" Economic Stimulus: The Effect of Small-Value Digital Coupons on Spending with Eric Zou, Zhentao Yin, Yong Wang, and Zhenhua Li. NBER Working Paper #27596 ， American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 15(4), 2023, Media: 香樟
- (Re)scheduling Pollution Exposure: The Case of Surgery Schedule with Jialin Huang and Eric Zou NBER Working Paper #28708, Journal of Public Economics, 219:104825,2023. Data and Code
- "Development of the electric vehicle industry in China" with Xiyuan Liu and Yushuai Zhang, China Economic Journal, 16(2):139-184, 2023.
- "Steering in the Housing Market: Incentive Induced by the Tax Scheme" with Keyang Li, Jing Wu and Jubo Yan, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 103:103953,2023
- Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl: Tenure-Track Systems and the Rise of Academic Innovation in China with Wei Huang, Qingfeng Liu, and Shilin Zheng , Economic Journal, ueaf093, 2025
- Urban Forests: Environmental Health Values and Risks, with Zhiren Hu, Fan Xia, Jintao Xu, and Eric Zou NBER Working Paper #31554 , forthcoming, Review of Economics and Statistics
- China's Electric Vehicle Revolution: What Drove the Growth? with Xiangmeng Liu and Yushuai Zhang, Asian Economic Policy Review, 1–13, 2026
- Win-Win Cooperation Between China and Belt and Road Partner Countries in the Green and Low-Carbon Industries: A Case Study of the New Energy Vehicle Industry. with Yushuai Zhang and Xuan Fang, In: Huang, Y., Wang, M. (eds) China and Global South Development. Springer, Singapore.
Working Papers
- “Microgiving with Digital Platforms” with Xiheng Jiang, Jintao Xu and Eric Zou NBER Working Paper #30102 , Media:VoxChina, VoxEU (R&R at Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics)
- “Heterogeneity of Indirect Network Effects: Evidence from the Chinese Electric Vehicle Market” with Junji Xiao, Jiming Wang, and Xiaodan Guo (R&R at Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists)
- “What Does Ridesharing Replace?” with Benjamin Leard , 2020 RFF Working Paper, Media:Resources, Politico
- Subsidizing Industry Growth in a Market with Lemons: Evidence from the Chinese Electric Vehicle Market with Jingyuan Wang
- Mobilizing Green Support through Digital Technology, with Jiayin Hu, Shang-Jin Wei, and Eric Zou NBER Working Paper #34074
- Healing Nature at Scale and Return: Lessons from China's Ecological Restoration, with Guojun He, Yuanning Liang, Yuhang Pan, Jintao Xu, Zheng Zhong, and Eric Zou
- Drivers Respond More to Where than When: Evidence from EV Charging Demand, with Cong Peng, Kaixiang Liu, and Zhaosheng Zhang
Research in Progress
- Market Integration and Product Variety: Evidence from China's Tobacco Tax Reform (with Shengmao Cao, Kangkai Wang, and Qi Wu)
- Spatial Differentiation and Investment Inefficiency of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (with Jiming Wang )
- Beyond New: Consumer Trading of Used Items (with Eric Zou)
- Microclimate Risks and Urban Businesses （with Kangkai Wang, Hua Zhang, Shuang Zhang and Eric Zou）
- Incentivizing Sustainable Charging: Evidence from Real-Time Electric Vehicle Big Data (with Jingyuan Wang )
- Cultivating Winners by Subsidizing Losers: Evidence from the Rise of China's EV Ecosystem (with Shaoda Wang, Daniel Yi Xu, and Yushuai Zhang)
- Decentralization and Environmental Regulation: Evidence from China's Legislative Decentralization Reform (with Zhenhuan Lei, Yuanning Liang, and Shilong Zhuang)
- Urban Electrification and Spatial Externalities: Evidence from Charging Infrastructure (with Xianling long, Xiaohui Tian and Yan Zhang)
- Substantive or Performative Implementation? Local Variations in China's EV Charging Industrial Policy (with Junting Chen, Lizhi Liu, and Xiangmeng Liu)
Publications in Chinese
- “数字化工具对内循环堵点的疏通效应-基于消费券纾困商户的实证研究”，与汪勇和尹振涛合作，《经济学（季刊）》，2022年第1期，第1-20页。 English version: “Can digitalized tools help stimulate the domestic economy? Evidence from the effects of digital coupons on merchant operation ”with Yong Wang and Zhentao Yin. China Economic Quarterly International, 2(3), 2022
- “纵向一体化抑或专业化？-来自中国电力行业市场化改革的证据”, 与汪勇和郑世林合作， 《经济科学》，2023年第3期。
- “新能源汽车市场的本地偏好与地方保护”， 与陈俊廷和肖俊极合作，《数量经济技术经济研究》, 2023年第11期。
Teaching
- Undergraduate Courses
- Intermediate Microeconomics Spring semesters
- Research and Writing in Economics Spring semesters
- Graduate Courses
- Empirical Industrial Organization Fall semesters