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.

Cite Abstract Link SSRN EEG Working Paper Policy Brief

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.

Cite Abstract Link SSRN CES Best Student Paper

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

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

Husnain Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang, Javed Younas (2025). Constrained Cooling: Electricity Infrastructure, Heat, and Household Responses in Pakistan. Working Paper.

Yaqin Liu, Qingran Li, Zhenxuan Wang (2024). Critical Thresholds for Fish Resources in a Changing Climate. Working Paper, Under Review.

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

Cite Abstract SSRN Presented at the NBER Summer Institute

Robyn Meeks, Jacquelyn Pless, Zhenxuan Wang (2024). Can Digitalization Improve Public Services? Evidence from Innovation in Energy Management. Management Science, Revise & Resubmit.

Cite Abstract MIT CEEPR Working Paper

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

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.

Works in Progress

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

Evaluating the Competitiveness Effects of Global Climate Change Policy

Joseph Aldy, William Pizer, Zhenxuan Wang