Zhe Li CV


School of Economics

Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

777 Guoding Road, Shanghai, 200433

Phone: 86-21-65904363

Email: li.zhe@shufe.edu.cn

Position:

Associate Professor,Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE), Aug. 2010 ------ Present

Employment History:

Assistant Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2010

Education:

PhD, Economics, University of Toronto (2009)

MSc, Environmental Economics, McGill University (2004)

BSc, Finance, China Agricultural University

Research Interests:

Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics

Environmental Economics


Publications:

1. “The Welfare Costs of Expected and Unexpected Inflation”, Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 56 (7), p. 1004-1013, 2009, with Miquel Faig.

2. "Credit Trading and theWelfare Cost of Inflation: A Search Approach", Economic Research Journal 《经济研究》, Vol 564 (49), p. 4-18, Oct., 2014, with Wei Zhao. (Lead article)

3. "An Empirical Test of the "Financial Accelerator" In China —— Evidence from the Chinese Industrial Enterprises Database", Frontiers of Economics in China, Vol. 10 (3), p. 509-526, Sep., 2015, with Jie Chen.

4. “Emission Taxes and Standards in a General Equilibrium with Entry and Exit”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 61, p. 34-60, Dec., 2015, with Jianfei Sun.

5. “Emission Taxes and Standards in a General Equilibriumwith Productivity Dispersion and Abatement”, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 21 (8), p. 1857-1886, Dec. 2017, with Shouyong Shi.

6. "Is risk shock a key factor driving business cycles in China?" The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (constributions), Vol. 19(1), p. 1-18, Jan. 2019, with Shuixing Luo.

7. "Lending Competition and Loan Sales: A Macroeconomic Analysis under Directed Search." Economic Inquiry, Vol. 59(2), p. 648-661, April 2021, with Kevin X.D., Huang and Jianfei Sun.

8. "How Much Between-Group Wage Gaps Can be Explained by Talent Allocation Frictions in China?" International Studies of Economics, Vol. 17(2), p.183-215, July 2022, with Qingyu Peng.



Honours and Awards

2014 -15: The 13th outstanding achievement award of philosophy and Social Sciences in Shanghai (Second grade)

2012: Advanced worker, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

2010: The 16th Zhong Zhen research fund for an excellent research paper, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

2009: Maurice Cody Research Fellowship for excellent academic achievement University of Toronto

2008-2009: University of Toronto Doctoral Thesis Completion Grant

2004-2008: University of Toronto Graduate Fellowship

2002-2004: McGill University Marian and Ralph Sketch Fellowship

Research Funding

2021: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), project number 72073085

(Jan. 2021- Dec. 2024). Title: "The Employment Effect of Environmental Regulation

-- on Multi-sectoral General Equilibrium Labor Search Model Based on China's Industry Data".

2013: The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), project

number 71203127 (Jan. 2013- Dec. 2015). Title: "Environmental

Policy, Regional Economy and Welfare".

2011: Shanghai Pujiang Program, project # 11PJC 060 (Oct. 2011- Sep. 2013).

Title: "Environmental Policy, Regional Economy and Welfare".

Professional Service

2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2014-2017: Recruiting Committee, SUFE

2010-2017: Organizer of the “Shanghai Macroeconomics Workshop”, SUFE

2010-2014: Coordinator of Seminars in Macroeconomics, SUFE

Other outside survices:

Corresponding review expert for The National Natural Science Foundation of China

(NSFC), 2014-2021

PhD thesis evaluation expert for the Education Ministry, 2014-2021

Referee: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Theory,

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Economic Inquiry,

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, China Economic Review,

Economic Research Journal 《经济研究》, Frontiers of Economics in China,

The Journal of World Economy 《世界经济》,Economics Bulletin,

Mathematical Social Sciences, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance