Topics

Adaptation Air Pollution Buildings Carbon Leakage Carbon Market CDM China Climate Change Climate Justice Climate Policy Collaborative Innovation Cost Recovery Cost-Sharing Schemes Electric Utilities Electricity Heat Infrastructure Patent Renewable Energy Service Quality

Publications

Husnain Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang, Javed Younas (2025). Down to the Wire: Leveraging Technology to Improve Electric Utility Cost Recovery. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Forthcoming.

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Robyn Meeks, Hope F. Thompson, Zhenxuan Wang (2025). Decentralized Renewable Energy to Grow Manufacturing? Evidence from Microhydro Mini-Grids in Nepal. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

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Husnain Fateh Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn Meeks, Victoria Plutshack, Zhenxuan Wang, Javed Younas (2024). Breaking the Culture of Nonpayment: A Qualitative Analysis of Utility Intervention in Pakistan. Utilities Policy.

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Zhenxuan Wang, Junjie Zhang (2023). The Value of Information Disclosure: Evidence from Mask Consumption in China. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

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Robyn Meeks, Arstan Omuraliev, Ruslan Isaev, Zhenxuan Wang (2023). Impacts of Electricity Quality Improvements: Experimental Evidence on Infrastructure Investments. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

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Jingbo Cui, Tianqi Li, Zhenxuan Wang (2023). Research Collaboration beyond the Boundary: Evidence from University Patents in China. Journal of Regional Science.

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Jingbo Cui, Zhenxuan Wang, Haishan Yu (2022). Can International Climate Cooperation Induce Knowledge Spillover to Developing Countries? Evidence from CDM. Environmental and Resource Economics.

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Steven Sexton, Zhenxuan Wang, Jamie T. Mullins (2022). Heat Adaptation and Human Performance in a Warming Climate. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists.

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Junjie Zhang, Zhenxuan Wang, Xinming Du (2017). Lessons Learned from China's Regional Carbon Market Pilots. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy.

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Working Papers

Jingbo Cui, Chunhua Wang, Zhenxuan Wang (2025). The Enduring Impacts of Early Life Exposure to Heatwaves on Climate Governance. Working Paper.

Robyn Meeks, Jacquelyn Pless, Zhenxuan Wang (2025). Can Digitalization Improve Public Services? Evidence from Innovation in Energy Management. Management Science, Revised & Resubmitted.

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Wenzhi Dave Ding, Xincheng Wang, Yucheng Wang, Zhenxuan Wang (2025). Steering Adaptation: Heat, Driver Performance, and Cost-Sharing in the Heavy-Duty Transportation Industry. Working Paper.

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Yaqin Liu, Qingran Li, Zhenxuan Wang (2025). Critical Thresholds for Fish Resources in a Changing Climate. Marine Resource Economics, Revised & Resubmitted.

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Husnain Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang, Javed Younas (2025). Turning Up the Heat: Electricity Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation Among the Poor. Working Paper.

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Jingbo Cui, Chunhua Wang, Zhenxuan Wang, Junjie Zhang, Yang Zheng (2024). Carbon Leakage within Firm Ownership Networks. JAERE, Revise & Resubmit.

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Zhenxuan Wang (2024). Bridge or Barrier to Net Zero? Gas Infrastructure Expansion and the Cost of Electrification. Working Paper.

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Qingran Li, Yaqin Liu, Zhenxuan Wang, Gregory L. Britten, Jorge García Molinos (2023). Adaptive Fisheries Management under Climate Change: A Closer Look at the Challenges and Opportunities. Working Paper.

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Selected Works in Progress

Improving Climate Resilience in Rural Credit: A Randomized Evaluation in China
Robyn Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang, Junjie Zhang, Xingchen Chen, Mengfu Han
Shining a Light on Energy Access: Evaluating the Impact of Free Solar Panel Installations on Low-income Households in Punjab, Pakistan
Husnain Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang, Javed Younas
Smoggy Instruments: A Breath of Bias in Air Pollution Impact Studies
Zhenxuan Wang, Alex Chu Yu
Prepayment and Electricity Usage in Temperature Extremes: Implications for Energy Poverty and Climate Justice
Debasish Kumar Das, Zhenxuan Wang
Lifesaving Broadcasts: The Value of Disseminating Weather Information
Zhenxuan Wang
Steered Away from Trees: Tree Inequality and Climate Injustice
Zhenxuan Wang, Christopher Timmins
Information and Behavioral Approaches to Increase Electricity Payment and Reduce Pollution from Electricity in Pakistan
Husnain Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang, Javed Younas
J-PAL Project
Evaluating the Competitiveness Effects of Global Climate Change Policy
Joseph Aldy, William Pizer, Zhenxuan Wang