Welcome to my webpage! I am an associate professor of economics at National School of Development at Peking University. I received my Ph.D. in applied economics from Cornell Univeristy.
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 Environment and Digital Consumer Research Group Email: [email protected] Address: No. 5 Yiheyuan Road, Peking University Beijing, China 100871 |
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
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)
- Urban Forests: Environmental Health Values and Risks, with Zhiren Hu, Fan Xia, Jintao Xu, and Eric Zou NBER Working Paper #31554 (R&R at Review of Economics and Statistics)
- Breaking the Iron Rice Bowl: Tenure-Track Systems and the Rise of Academic Innovation in China with Wei Huang, Qingfeng Liu, and Shilin Zheng (R&R at Economic Journal)
- “Heterogeneity of Indirect Network Effects: Empirical Analysis of the Chinese Electric Vehicle Market” with Junji Xiao, Jiming Wang, and Xiaodan Guo
- “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
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)
- China’s Ecological Restoration: Evidence from the Last 20 Years (with Guojun He, Yuanning Liang, Yuhang Pan, Jintao Xu, Zheng Zhong, and Eric Zou)
- Mobilizing Green Support (with Jiayin Hu, Shang-Jin Wei, and Eric Zou)
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 Fall semesters
- Graduate Courses
- Empirical Industrial Organization Fall semesters