Selected Journal Publications
Vehicle Exhaust Standards and Urban Air Quality in China
(w/ Li Shu and Wei Wang), Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 172: 103387.
The Distributional Effects of Temperature Changes: Evidence from China's Cement Industry
Environmental and Resource Economics, 2025, 88(1): 163-184.
Environmental Regulation and Intermediate Imports: Firm-Product-Level Evidence
(w/ Chao Han, Chongyu Li and Jiansuo Pei), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2024, 127: 103043.
The Impact of Air Quality on Innovation Activities in China
(w/ Jingbo Cui and Shaoqing Huang), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 122: 102893.
- Featured in South China Morning Post. link here.
Is Environmental Regulation the Answer to Pollution Problems in Urbanizing Economies?
(w/ JunJie Wu and Kathleen Segerson), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 117: 102754.
- Recived the AAEA Quality of Research Discovery Award Honorable Mention, 2024.
Size Control or Intensity Control: A Comparative Study of Two Common Environmental Regulations
(w/ Hongyu Nian and Haitao Yin), Journal of Regulatory Economics, 2022, 61: 169-190.
The Effectiveness of China’s Regional Carbon Market Pilots in Reducing Firm Emissions
(w/ Jingo Cui, Junjie Zhang and Yang Zheng), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021, 118(52): e2109912118.
- Research highlight (Nature Climate Change)
- Media coverage: South China Morning Post, Carbon Brief, Global Times
(w/ JunJie Wu and Bing Zhang), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 92: 54-73.
Regulating Land Development in a Disaster-Prone Area: The Roles of Building Codes
Resource and Energy Economics, 2014, 36: 209-228.
Natural Amenities, Increasing Returns, and Urban Development
(w/ JunJie Wu), Journal of Economic Geography, 2011, 11: 687-707.
Sources of Energy Productivity Growth and Its Distribution Dynamics in China
Resource and Energy Economics, 2011, 33: 279-292.
Working Papers
“Carbon Leakage within Firm Ownership Networks.” (w/ Jingbo Cui, Zhenxuan Wang, Junjie Zhang and Yang Zheng), R&R at JAERE
“Environmental Regulation, Markup, and Price: Evidence from China’s Paper Industry.” (w/ Zhiyun Wang, Weisi Xie, and Haitao Yin), R&R at JEEM
“The Enduring Impacts of Early Life Exposure to Heatwaves on Climate Governance.” (w/ Jingbo Cui and Zhenxuan Wang), R&R at JEEM
Book Chapters
Who Wants More Open Space? Study of Willingness to Be Taxed to Preserve Open Space in an Urban Environment, (w/ Jean-Claude Thill and Ross Meentemeyer), in H. Shibusawa et al. (eds.), Socioeconomic Environmental Policies and Evaluations in Regional Science, Springer, 2017.
出口结构变动与碳排放:基于指数分解的分析, (与裴建锁合作), 载于《中国低碳经济发展报告(2014)》(薛进军、赵忠秀主编), 2004年, 社会科学文献出版社。
Publications in Leading Chinese Journals
产业结构、最优规模与中国城市化路径选择, (合作者:王垚、年猛), 《经济学季刊》, 2017年第2期.
[Industrial Structure, Optimal Size of Cities and Urbanization in China (w/ Yao Wang, Meng Nian), China Economic Quarterly, 2017, 2.]
自然条件、行政等级与中国城市发展, (合作者:王垚、洪俊杰、年猛), 《管理世界》, 2015年第1期.
[Natural Amenities, Administrative Hierarchy, and Urban Growth in China, (w/Yao Wang, Junjie Hong and Meng Nian), Management World, 2015, 1.]
城市规模、幸福感与移民空间优化, (合作者:孙三百、黄薇、洪俊杰),《经济研究》, 2014年第1期.
[City size, Happiness and Spatial Optimization of Migration, (w/ Sanbai Sun, Wei Huang and Junjie Hong), Economic Research Journal, 2014, 1:97-111.]
农地配置与农村劳动力外出, (合作者:姚洋),《农村经济文稿》, 2001年第1期。
[Land Allocation and Labor Migration in Rural China, (w/ Yang Yao), Papers on Rural Economy, 2001, 1: 54-9.]
Grants
2023-2026, PI, “The Double Carbon Goals and Economic Growth in China: Microeconomic Perspectives,” National Science Foundation of China.
2018-2021, PI, “The Effects of Environmental Regulation on Firm Behaviors,” Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
2015-2016, PI, “Residential Electricity Consumption in China: The Roles of Weather and Household Income,” WorldFish/EEPSEA
2014-2015, PI, “Environmental Regulation, FDI Location and Regional Development: Evidence from Cambodia and China,” Global Development Network.
2013-2014, PI, “Environmental Satisfaction among Residents in Chinese Cities,” WorldFish/EEPSEA.
2011-2012, PI, “Changing Energy Intensity of Economies in the World,” University of International Business and Economics.
2011-2012, PI, “Regional Economic Development, Energy Consumption, and Carbon Emissions: Evidence from China and the United States,” International Development Research Center/EEPSEA.
2010-2013, CO-PI, “Hierarchical Analysis of Socio-Ecological Interactions in the Charlotte Metropolitan Region: Can Urbanization, Forest and Working Lands Coexist?” National Science Foundation, US.