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Working papers

2022

  1. Aude Pommeret & Xiaojun Yu & Lin Zhang, 2022, "Stringency of environmental policy in China: When pollution drives bribery," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-03969232, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2022.106048.

2020

  1. Wei Jin & Rick van der Ploeg & Lin Zhang, 2020, "Do We Still Need Carbon-Intensive Capital When Transitioning to a Green Economy?," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 8745.

2019

  1. Hu, Bin & Li, Zhengtao & Zhang, Lin, 2019, "Long-run dynamics of sulphur dioxide emissions, economic growth and energy efficiency in China," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 94588, Apr.

2018

  1. Zhang, Lin & Adom, Philip Kofi, 2018, "Energy Efficiency Transitions in China: How persistent are the movements to/from the frontier?," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 94797, Mar.

2017

  1. Christos Karydas & Lin Zhang, 2017, "Green tax reform, endogenous innovation and the growth dividend," CER-ETH Economics working paper series, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich, number 17/266, Jan.
  2. Zhang, Lin & An, Yao, 2017, "The government capacity on industrial pollution management in Shanxi province: A response impulse analysis," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 94796, Sep.

2015

  1. Chen, Yiu Por (Vincent), 2015, "Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization, and Undocumented Labor Mobility in Rural China (1982-87)," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 9024, Apr.
  2. Lucas Bretschger & Filippo Lechthaler & Sebastian Rausch & Lin Zhang, 2015, "Knowledge Diffusion, Endogenous Growth, and the Costs of Global Climate Policy," CER-ETH Economics working paper series, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich, number 15/226, Dec.

2014

  1. Lucas Bretschger & Lin Zhang, 2014, "Going beyond tradition: Carbon policy in a high-growth economy: The case of China," CER-ETH Economics working paper series, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich, number 14/201, Jul.
  2. Lucas Bretschger & Lin Zhang, 2014, "Carbon Policy in a High-Growth Economy: The case of China," OxCarre Working Papers, Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies, University of Oxford, number 143, Jul.

2013

  1. Massimo Filippini & Lin Zhang, 2013, "Measurement of the “Underlying energy efficiency” in Chinese provinces," CER-ETH Economics working paper series, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich, number 13/183, Oct.

2012

  1. Chen, Yiu Por (Vincent), 2012, "Land Use Rights, Market Transitions, and Labor Policy Change in China (1980-4)," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 6521, Apr.
  2. Lucas Bretschger & Lin Zhang & Roger Ramer, 2012, "Economic effects of a nuclear-phase out policy: A CGE analysis," CER-ETH Economics working paper series, CER-ETH - Center of Economic Research (CER-ETH) at ETH Zurich, number 12/167, Aug.

2009

  1. Chen, Yiu Por (Vincent), 2009, "Cream-Skimmer or Underdog? Labor Type Selectivity, Pre-Program Wage, and Rural Labor Training Program Outcome," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 3979, Jan.

2006

  1. Yiu Por Chen & Mingxing Liu & Qi Zhang, 2006, "Development of Financial Intermediation and the Dynamics of Rural-Urban Inequality: China, 1978-98," WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), number RP2006-65.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Li, Qiang & Zhang, Lin, 2026, "How does local policy attention reshape environmental justice?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, volume 241, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108864.
  2. Li, Minglai & Zhang, Hongyan & Zhang, Lin & Zheng, Huanhuan, 2026, "Home-country climate regulation and strategic response of multinational enterprises: Investment relocation or green innovation?," International Business Review, Elsevier, volume 35, issue 4, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2026.102597.
  3. Hao, Xinya & Zhang, Lin & Zheng, Huanhuan, 2026, "FDI and coal lock-in: The Global South’s development dilemma," World Development, Elsevier, volume 206, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2026.107453.
  4. Yunguo Lu & Jing Liang & Xiaojun Yu & Lin Zhang, 2026, "Environmental regulation and the proliferation of zombie firms: evidence from China," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, volume 69, issue 1, pages 1-36, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11149-025-09504-w.

2025

  1. Hanmin Dong & Lin Zhang, 2025, "Climate Risk and Tax Avoidance of Climate‐Sensitive Firms," Business Strategy and the Environment, Wiley Blackwell, volume 34, issue 7, pages 8429-8449, November, DOI: 10.1002/bse.70025.
  2. Hao, Xinya & Huang, Yongying & Zhang, Lin, 2025, "High temperature, power rationing, and firm performance," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, volume 176, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103541.
  3. Jiang, Zhe & Liu, Ning & Zhang, Xiaobing & Chu, Yanlai & Zhang, Lin, 2025, "Proactive social learning and green product consumption: Evidence from new energy vehicle sales in China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, volume 219, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2025.124232.
  4. Subedi, Mukti Nath & Rafiq, Shuddhasattwa & Zhang, Lin, 2025, "Impact of civil conflict on household energy choices: Implications for the clean energy transition," World Development, Elsevier, volume 189, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106922.
  5. Zhe Jiang & Zili Zhang & Lin Zhang, 2025, "Forecasting China’s Short-Term Energy Futures Price Using a Novel Secondary Decomposition-Optimized System," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, volume 66, issue 5, pages 4009-4043, November, DOI: 10.1007/s10614-024-10840-w.
  6. Xiaojun Yu & Wei Jin & Lin Zhang, 2025, "Hunting Tigers and Harvesting Productivity: Evidence from Energy Firms in China," The Energy Journal, , volume 46, issue 1, pages 203-239, January, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.45.4.xiyu.
  7. Yunguo Lu & Zhe Jiang & Lin Zhang, 2025, "Effects of Ownership Reform on Energy and Emission Intensity of Chinese Firms," The Energy Journal, , volume 46, issue 4, pages 87-116, July, DOI: 10.1177/01956574251322140.
  8. Zhe Jiang & Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2025, "Integrating sentiment information for risk prediction: the case of crude oil futures market in China," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 68, issue 4, pages 1677-1718, April, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-024-02678-w.
  9. Wei Jin & Meifen Ma & Lin Zhang, 2025, "Path dependence in environment-related innovation: evidence from listed firms in China," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 57, issue 52, pages 8799-8816, November, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2024.2404723.

2024

  1. Hongyan Zhang & Lin Zhang & Ning Zhang, 2024, "When and Under What Conditions Does an Emission Trading Scheme Become Cost Effective?," The Energy Journal, , volume 45, issue 2, pages 261-294, March, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.45.2.hzha.
  2. Jin, Wei & van der Ploeg, Frederick & Zhang, Lin, 2024, "How clean capital slows down disinvestment of carbon-intensive capital in the low-carbon transition," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, volume 162, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2024.104857.
  3. Dong, Hanmin & Zhang, Lin & Zheng, Huanhuan, 2024, "Green bonds: Fueling green innovation or just a fad?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 135, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107660.
  4. Yu, Xiaojun & Li, Qiang & Zhang, Lin, 2024, "Major government customer and corporate environmental responsibility: Evidence from China," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, volume 183, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114853.
  5. Ioanna Tzani & Marina Castro-Rivadeneyra & Paul Kelly & Lisa Strasser & Lin Zhang & Martin Clynes & Barry L. Karger & Niall Barron & Jonathan Bones & Colin Clarke, 2024, "Detection of host cell microprotein impurities in antibody drug products," Nature Communications, Nature, volume 15, issue 1, pages 1-17, December, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51870-0.
  6. Qiang Li & Minglai Li & Lin Zhang, 2024, "Revisiting the relationship between ESG, institutional ownership, and corporate innovation: An efficiency perspective," Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, John Wiley & Sons, volume 31, issue 6, pages 6504-6525, November, DOI: 10.1002/csr.2937.

2023

  1. Ying Zhao & Lin Zhang & Yuanping Lu & Bo Wen, 2023, "More Rights but Less Gains: Relaxed Birth Control Policy and the Loss for Women," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, volume 31, issue 2, pages 159-191, March, DOI: 10.1111/cwe.12454.
  2. Zhang, Hongyan & Zhang, Lin, 2023, "Public support and energy innovation: Why do firms react differently?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 119, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106528.
  3. Zhang, Da & Peng, Hantang & Zhang, Lin, 2023, "Share of polluting input as a sufficient statistic for burden sharing," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 121, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106647.
  4. Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2023, "Environmental information disclosure and firm production: evidence from the estimated efficiency of publicly listed firms in China," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 59, issue 1, pages 99-119, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-022-00655-y.
  5. Yao An & Lin Zhang, 2023, "The Thirst for Power: The Impacts of Water Availability on Electricity Generation in China," The Energy Journal, , volume 44, issue 2, pages 205-240, March, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.44.2.yaan.

2022

  1. Yu Haowei & Zhang Lin, 2022, "Politically Connected Firms and the Environment," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, volume 22, issue 2, pages 579-602, June, DOI: 10.1515/bejte-2020-0167.
  2. Pommeret, Aude & Yu, Xiaojun & Zhang, Lin, 2022, "Stringency of environmental policy in China: When pollution drives bribery," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 117, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2022.106048.
  3. Lu, Yunguo & Zhang, Lin, 2022, "National mitigation policy and the competitiveness of Chinese firms," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 109, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105971.
  4. Zhou, Ziqiao & Zhang, Lin, 2022, "Sustainable waste management and waste to energy: Valuation of energy potential of MSW in the Greater Bay Area of China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 163, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112857.
  5. Li, Sisi & Khan, Sufyan Ullah & Yao, Yao & Chen, George S. & Zhang, Lin & Salim, Ruhul & Huo, Jiaying, 2022, "Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: Some new evidence and policy options," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 170, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113244.
  6. Jiang, Zhe & Zhang, Lin & Zhang, Lingling & Wen, Bo, 2022, "Investor sentiment and machine learning: Predicting the price of China's crude oil futures market," Energy, Elsevier, volume 247, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.123471.
  7. Zhu, Bangzhu & Xu, Chenxin & Wang, Ping & Zhang, Lin, 2022, "How does internal carbon pricing affect corporate environmental performance?," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, volume 145, issue C, pages 65-77, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.071.
  8. Yao, Yao & Li, Xue & Smyth, Russell & Zhang, Lin, 2022, "Air pollution and political trust in local government: Evidence from China," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 115, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2022.102724.
  9. Wu, Zhanchi & Fan, Xiangjun & Zhu, Bangzhu & Xia, Jiahui & Zhang, Lin & Wang, Ping, 2022, "Do government subsidies improve innovation investment for new energy firms: A quasi-natural experiment of China's listed companies," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, volume 175, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121418.
  10. Yao An & Ning Liu & Lin Zhang & Huanhuan Zheng, 2022, "Adapting to climate risks through cross-border investments: industrial vulnerability and smart city resilience," Climatic Change, Springer, volume 174, issue 1, pages 1-29, September, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-022-03431-x.
  11. Yao Yao & George S. Chen & Lin Zhang, 2022, "Gender segregation in the causal effect of foreign direct investment on educational attainment: the Chinese experience," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 54, issue 51, pages 5889-5903, November, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2055268.

2021

  1. Zhou, Ziqiao & Zhang, Lin, 2021, "Destructive destruction or creative destruction? Unraveling the effects of tropical cyclones on economic growth," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, volume 70, issue C, pages 380-393, DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2021.03.010.
  2. Jin, Wei & Shi, Xunpeng & Zhang, Lin, 2021, "Energy transition without dirty capital stranding," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 102, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105508.
  3. Yao, Yao & Chen, George S. & Zhang, Lin, 2021, "Local financial intermediation and foreign direct investment: Evidence from China," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, volume 72, issue C, pages 198-216, DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2020.12.003.
  4. Ye Wang & Yunguo Lu & Lin Zhang, 2021, "Opportunity Cost of Environmental Regulation in China’s Industrial Sector," IJERPH, MDPI, volume 18, issue 16, pages 1-19, August.
  5. Yao Yao & Lin Zhang & Ruhul Salim & Shuddhasattwa Rafiq, 2021, "The Effect of Human Capital on CO2 Emissions: Macro Evidence from China," The Energy Journal, , volume 42, issue 6, pages 91-120, November, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.42.6.yyao.
  6. Philip Kofi Adom & Joonho Yeo & Lin Zhang, 2021, "Is water use sustainable and efficient in China? Evidence from a macro level analysis," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 53, issue 53, pages 6166-6183, November, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2021.1937496.

2020

  1. Lin Fang & Fengping Wu & Yantuan Yu & Lin Zhang, 2020, "Irrigation technology and water rebound in China's agricultural sector," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, volume 24, issue 5, pages 1088-1100, October, DOI: 10.1111/jiec.13001.
  2. Fang, Lin & Zhang, Lin, 2020, "Does the trading of water rights encourage technology improvement and agricultural water conservation?," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, volume 233, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2020.106097.
  3. Yu, Xiaojun & Yao, Yao & Zheng, Huanhuan & Zhang, Lin, 2020, "The role of political connection on overinvestment of Chinese energy firms," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 85, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.104516.
  4. Sheng, Weili & Zhang, Lin & Ridley, Ian, 2020, "The impact of minimum OTTV legislation on building energy consumption," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 136, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111075.

2019

  1. An, Yao & Zhang, Lin & Adom, Philip Kofi, 2019, "Economics of wastewater management in China's industry," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, volume 24, issue 5, pages 457-478, October.
  2. Karydas, Christos & Zhang, Lin, 2019, "Green tax reform, endogenous innovation and the growth dividend," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, volume 97, issue C, pages 158-181, DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2017.09.005.
  3. Yanming Sun & Lin Zhang, 2019, "Full Separation or Full Integration? An Investigation of the Optimal Renewables Policy Employing Tradable Green Certificate Systems in Two Countries’ Electricity Markets," IJERPH, MDPI, volume 16, issue 24, pages 1-17, December.
  4. Massimo Filippini & Lin Zhang, 2019, "Impacts of heat metering and efficiency retrofit policy on residential energy consumption in China," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, volume 21, issue 2, pages 203-216, April, DOI: 10.1007/s10018-018-0227-8.
  5. Adriana Marcucci & Lin Zhang, 2019, "Growth impacts of Swiss steering-based climate policies," Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Springer;Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics, volume 155, issue 1, pages 1-13, December, DOI: 10.1186/s41937-019-0043-5.

2018

  1. Chen, Yiu Por (Vincent) & Zhang, Yuan, 2018, "A decomposition method on employment and wage discrimination and its application in urban China (2002–2013)," World Development, Elsevier, volume 110, issue C, pages 1-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.05.012.
  2. Lin Zhang & Philip Kofi Adom, 2018, "Energy Efficiency Transitions in China: How Persistent are the Movements to/from the Frontier?," The Energy Journal, , volume 39, issue 6, pages 147-170, November, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.39.6.lzha.
  3. Thomas Geissmann & Lin Zhang, 2018, "Knowledge economy and industry performance in China: a provincial level analysis," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 16, issue 4, pages 393-415, October, DOI: 10.1080/14765284.2018.1507980.

2017

  1. Zhang, Lin, 2017, "The knowledge spillover effects of FDI on the productivity and efficiency of research activities in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 42, issue C, pages 1-14, DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2016.11.001.
  2. Bretschger, Lucas & Lechthaler, Filippo & Rausch, Sebastian & Zhang, Lin, 2017, "Knowledge diffusion, endogenous growth, and the costs of global climate policy," European Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 93, issue C, pages 47-72, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.11.012.
  3. Zhang, Lin, 2017, "Correcting the uneven burden sharing of emission reduction across provinces in China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 64, issue C, pages 335-345, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.04.005.
  4. Salim, Ruhul & Yao, Yao & Chen, George & Zhang, Lin, 2017, "Can foreign direct investment harness energy consumption in China? A time series investigation," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 66, issue C, pages 43-53, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.05.026.
  5. Bretschger, Lucas & Zhang, Lin, 2017, "Carbon policy in a high-growth economy: The case of China," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 47, issue C, pages 1-19, DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2016.10.001.
  6. Lucas Bretschger & Lin Zhang, 2017, "Nuclear Phase-out Under Stringent Climate Policies: A Dynamic Macroeconomic Analysis," The Energy Journal, , volume 38, issue 1, pages 167-194, January, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.38.1.lbre.

2016

  1. Yiu Por (Vincent) Chen, 2016, "Fiscal Decentralization, Rural Industrialization and Undocumented Labour Mobility in Rural China, 1982–87," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 50, issue 9, pages 1469-1482, September, DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1034666.
  2. Vishal Chandr Jaunky & Lin Zhang, 2016, "Convergence of Operational Efficiency in China’s Provincial Power Sectors," The Energy Journal, , volume 37, issue 1_suppl, pages 3-28, January, DOI: 10.5547/01956574.37.SI1.vjau.

2012

  1. Yiu Por Chen, 2012, "Land use rights, market transitions, and labour policy change in China (1980–84)," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, volume 20, issue 4, pages 705-743, October, DOI: j.1468-0351.2012.00447.x.

2010

  1. Yiu Por Chen & Mingxing Liu & Qi Zhang, 2010, "Development of Financial Intermediation and the Dynamics of Urban-Rural Disparity in China, 1978-1998," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 44, issue 9, pages 1171-1187, DOI: 10.1080/00343400903365052.

2005

  1. Yiu Por Chen, 2005, "Skill-Sorting, Self-Selectivity, and Immigration Policy Regime Change: Two Surveys of Chinese Graduate Students' Intention to Study Abroad," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, volume 95, issue 2, pages 66-70, May.

2004

  1. Liang, Zai & Chen, Yiu Por, 2004, "Migration and Gender in China: An Origin-Destination Linked Approach," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, volume 52, issue 2, pages 423-443, January, DOI: 10.1086/380594.

2002

  1. Zai Liang & Yiu Por Chen & Yanmin Gu, 2002, "Rural Industrialisation and Internal Migration in China," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, volume 39, issue 12, pages 2175-2187, November, DOI: 10.1080/0042098022000033926.

Books

2008

  1. Neslihan Aydogan & Yiu Por Chen, 2008, "Social Capital and Business Development in High-Technology Clusters," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Springer, number 978-0-387-71911-5, ISBN: ARRAY(0x7c6c0068), December, DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71911-5.

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