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.
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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. 
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Environment and Digital Consumer Research Group
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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​

• “Heterogeneity of Indirect Network Effects: Empirical Analysis of the Chinese Electric Vehicle Market” with Junji Xiao, Jiming Wang, and Xiaodan Guo (R&R at Journal of Environmental  Economics and Management)​
• “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)
• The Tenure-Track System and Academic Research Productivity: Evidence from Reforms in Chinese Universities  with Wei Huang, Qingfeng Liu, and Shilin Zheng​​​ ​
  
• “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 

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​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)

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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。

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Teaching

• Undergraduate Courses

1. Intermediate Microeconomics                            Spring semesters
2. Research and Writing in Economics                 Fall semesters

• Graduate Courses                                                                      

1. Empirical Industrial Organization                    Fall semesters

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