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Research Interests
Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy and Management, Public Economics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Economics of Innovation, Applied Econometrics.
Papers
Journal Publications
[1] “Lessons Learned from China’s Regional Carbon Market Pilots” [pdf]Junjie Zhang, Zhenxuan Wang*, and Xinming Du
Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy 6(2): 1-20, 2017.
Working Papers
[3] “Can Environmental Regulation Enhance Competitiveness?”Jingbo Cui, Jing Dai, Zhenxuan Wang*, and Xiande Zhao
Working Paper, 2017. (Under review)
Jingbo Cui, Zhenxuan Wang*, and Junjie Zhang
Working Paper, 2017
Zhenxuan Wang*
Working Paper, 2017
Working in Progress
[4] “Green Finance and Corporate Green Innovation”(with Jingbo Cui and Junjie Zhang)
[3] “Induced Impact of Energy-Saving Policy on Firm’s Innovation”(with Jingbo Cui and Junjie Zhang)
[2] “Air Pollution, Labor Supply, and Wages”(with Junjie Zhang)
[1] “Air Pollution and Migration”(with Junjie Zhang)
Research Experience
Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University
Research Associate, 08/2017-Present
Supervisor: Prof. Junjie Zhang
Details
- Work on data collection, processing, visualization and analysis.
- As a key member, involve in research projects about air pollution, climate change, cost-benefit analysis, and carbon market.
- Provide assistantship to literature review, manuscript preparation, and research project management.
Environmental Research Center, Duke Kunshan University
Research Assistant, 10/2016-06/2017
Advisor: Prof. Junjie Zhang
Details
- Evaluate the effectiveness of environmental credit policy in Jiangsu Province.
- Conduct research on detecting manipulation in official environmental data.
- Study the history and development of cost-benefit analysis in China by reviewing government documents and existing literatures.
- Make a summary report of the top-level design of China’s regional carbon market pilots.
School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University
Research Assistant, 04/2016-12/2016
Advisor: Prof. Jingbo Cui
Details
- Collect patent data of Chinese listed firms from State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO).
- Use Echarts.js for data visualization to illustrate the regional and time heterogeneity of patent applications. [link]
- Distinguish environmental patents from others and create a firm-by-year green patent panel dataset.
- Collect and clean patent data of Chinese industry firms and construct green patent dataset.
School of Economics and Management, Wuhan University
Research Assistant, 02/2016-/04/2016
Advisor: Prof. Wei Zou
Details
- Measure and compare China’s provincial real economy marketization level, provincial financial marketization level, provincial internal opening level and provincial opening-up level, using a factor analytical method, and analyze the market vitality of Hubei province.