Wang, J., Peng C., Zhu, X* and Qian, X. 2025. Disasters as Catalysts for Renewable Energy Transitions: Evidence from Urban Residential Solar Adoption in Japan. Under Review.
Wang, J., Zhang, X., and Lin, K*.2025. Urban Export and Spatial Adjustments Under Carbon Regulation. Under Review.
Wang, J., Wang, F., Zhu, X* and Qian, X. 2025. Work-from-Home and Residential Carbon Emissions: Reconfiguring Household Energy Use . Under Review.
Wang, J., Qiu, T and Zhu, X*. 2025. The Real Estate Effects of High-Tech Plant Entry: Evidence from Japan.
Publications:
Book:
Economic Analysis of Industrial Agglomeration. 2018. Springer. ISBN 978-981-10-7437-0. Book Reviews in Regional Studies.
Selected Publications in Journals (* indicates the corresponding author):
The Causes, Consequences, and Responses to Urban Shrinkage:
Wang, J., Zhang L and Lin, K*. 2025. The Consequence of Urban Shrinkage: Investigation on the Local Fiscal Revenue. Regional Science Policy & Practice. Volume 17, Issue 7, July 2025, 100188.
Wang, L., Wang, J* and Qian, X. (2023). Does the Bullet Train Exacerbate Urban Shrinkage? Lessons from Japan. Papers in Regional Science. 102(1): 187-212.
Wang, J., Hong, T., Sun, F* and Qian, X. (2023). The Unintended Consequence of Urban Shrinkage: Adverse Impacts on Local Household Carbon Emissions. Urban Climate. Volume 52, 101761.
Wang, J.,Yang, Z and Qian X*.(2020). Driving Factors of Urban Shrinkage: Examining the Role of Local Industrial Diversity. Cities. 99:1-13.
Formation and Spillovers of Spatial Agglomeration: from Theory to Empirics
Wang, J., Du, H and Lin, K*. (2025). Substitution Effects of High-Speed Railway on Carbon Mitigation: From Theory to Empirics. Energy Economics. Volume 142, February 2025, 108179.
Wang, J*., Zhu, X and Chen Y. (2024). Climate Change, Carbon Neutrality: the Role of Spatial Economics. The Annals of Regional Science. Volume 73, pages 459–466.
Bu, N and Wang, J*. (2022). Economic Geography and Cross-region Fertility Revisited. Applied Economics Letters. 30(18), 2637–2640.
Wang, J., Sun,F., Lv, K and Wang*, L. (2022). Industrial Agglomeration and Firm Energy Intensity: How Important is Spatial Proximity? Energy Economics. Volume 12. 106155.
Liu, Q and Wang, J.* (2022). Spatial Agglomeration and Firm Productivity: Does Trade Status Matter? Regional Science Policy & Practice. 14(S2):5-18.
Wang, Y and Wang, J*.(2019). Does Industrial Agglomeration Facilitate Environmental Performance: New Evidence from Urban China. Journal of Environmental Management. 248: 1-11.
Wang, J* and Xu, J. (2015). Home Market Effect, Spatial Wages Disparity: An Empirical Reinvestigation of China. The Annals of Regional Science. 55(2):313–333.
Wang, J* and Zheng, X-P (2013). Industrial Agglomeration: Asymmetry of Regions and Trade Costs. Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies. 25 (2):61-78.(Awards the best paper of RURDS for 2013) Link
Wang, J* and Zheng, X-P (2013). Industrial Agglomeration and Dispersion of the Gate Region and Hinterland. Ritsumeikan Economic Review. 62 (1):39-60. Link
Green Business and Sustainable Finance:
Fan, P., Qian, X., Wang, J and Yamada, K*. (2024). Does Ownership Structure Influence Carbon Emission? Different Roles of Institutional Investors. Journal of Climate Finance. Volume 6, 100030.
Fan, P., Qian, X and Wang, J*.(2023). Does Gender Diversity Matter? Female Directors and Firm Carbon Emissions in Japan. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. Volume 77, 101931.
Wang, J., Wang, LS and Qian X*.(2021). Revisiting Firm Innovation and Environmental Performance: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data. Journal of Cleaner Production. 281(25):1-8.
Urban and Regional Studies: Considering Spatial Element:
Wang, J., Chen, X., Sun, F* and Qian, X. (2023). Spatial Migration Experience and Turnover Intention: Empirical Evidence from Japan. Japanese Psychological Research. Accepted and forthcoming.
Guo, H., Han J and Wang, J.*(2021). Population Mobility, Urban Centrality, and Subnetworks in China: Revealed by Social Sensing Big Data. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 53(8):1855–1858.
Wang, J* and Tranos, E. (2022). Regional Development in China. Introduction to the special issue in Regional Science Policy & Practice. 14(S2), 3–4.
Others:
Wang, J., Chai,Y., Shao, Y and Qian X*.(2020). Techno-economic Assessment of Biogas Project: a Longitudinal Case Study from Japan. Resources, Conservation & Recycling.164: 1-14.
Cheng, Y., Lv, K., Wang, J* and Xu, H.(2019). Energy Efficiency, Carbon Dioxide Emission Efficiency and Related Abatement Costs in Regional China: A Synthesis of Input-output Analysis and DEA. Energy Efficiency.12(4):863–877.
Wang, J., Lv, K., Bian, Y* and Cheng, Y.(2017). Energy Efficiency and Marginal Carbon Dioxide Emission Abatement Cost in Urban China. Energy Policy. 105:246–255.