Publication

Section I: Peer-reviewed articles:

Year 2024 or forthcoming papers

[79] Cong Li, Minglai Li, Lin Zhang, Qiang Li, Hua Zheng, Marcus W. Feldman (2024): Energy-poverty-inequality SDGs: A large-scale household analysis and cross-country forecasting in China. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), in press.

[78] Xiaojun Yu, Wei Jin, Lin Zhang (2024): Hunting tigers and harvesting productivity: Evidence from energy firms in China. The Energy Journal, forthcoming [Working paper version]

[77] Lin Zhang (2024): Understanding the new quality productive forces in the energy sector. Energy Nexus, 16, 100352. (Available online)

[76] Qin, Zi-Hao, et al. (2024b): Environmental benefits of valorising food waste into bio-based polyols for the production of polyurethane rigid foams. Sustainable Production and Consumption 51, 572-583. (Available online)

[75] Qin, Zi-Hao, et al. (2024a): Valorisation of food waste into bio-based polyurethane rigid foams: From experimental investigation to techno-economic analysis. Chemical Engineering Journal, 493, 152680. (Available online)

[74] Zhe Jiang, Yunguo Lu, Lin Zhang (2024): Integrating sentiment information for risk prediction: The case of crude oil futures market in China. Empirical Economics, forthcoming. (Available online)

[73] Wei Jin, Meifen Ma, Lin Zhang (2024): Path Dependence in Environment-related Innovation: evidence from Listed Firms in China. Applied Economics, Published online: 22 Sep 2024. (Available online)

[72] 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, Published online: 17 Aug 2024. (Available online)

[71] Hanmin Dong, Lin Zhang, Huanhuan Zheng (2024): Green Bonds: Fueling Green Innovation or Just a Fad? Energy Economics, 135, 107660. (Available online)

[70] Xiaojun Yu, Qiang Li, and Lin Zhang (2024): Major government customer and corporate environmental responsibility: Evidence from China. Journal of Business Research, 183, 114853. (Available online)

[69] Wei Jin, Frederick van der Ploeg, and Lin Zhang (2024): How Clean Capital Slows Down Disinvestment of Carbon-Intensive Capital in the Low-Carbon Transition. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 162, 104857. (Available online)

[68] Ziqiao Zhou, et al. (2024): Equity-Based Carbon Neutral Plan Induces Cross-Regional Coal Leakage and Industrial Relocation”. iScience, 27(3), 109079. (Available online)

[67] Hongyan Zhang, Lin Zhang, Ning Zhang (2024): When and Under What Conditions Does an Emission Trading Scheme Become Cost Effective? The Energy Journal, 45(2), 261-294. (Available online)

Year 2023

[66] Ye Tian, Wen Zhou, Lin Zhang, Yue Zhang, and Ruhua Zhang (2023): Changes in ENSO Modulation of the Distribution of Rapidly Intensifying Tropical Cyclones over the Western North Pacific in Boreal Autumn. Journal of Climate, 36 (22), 7739-7753. (Available online)

[65] Shang, Shanshan, et al. (2023): Designing Multivariate Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks with Ni/Co Dual-Metal Atom Sites for Cooperative NO2 Capture and NO Retention. Separation and Purification Technology, 320, 124080. (Available online)

[64] Lin Zhang, Yao An, Xiaojun Yu, Lin Fang (2023). 张林;安瑶;喻筱珺;方琳（2023）：城市工业环境治理和企业效益：源头预防和末端治理的宏微观影响，管理评论，35(8): 31-42. (Available online)

[63] Da Zhang, Hantang Peng, Lin Zhang (2023): Share of polluting input as a sufficient statistic for burden sharing. Energy Economics, 106647. (Available online)

[62] Hongyan Zhang & Lin Zhang (2023): Public support and energy innovation: Why do firms react differently?. Energy Economics, 106528. (Available online)

[61] 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, 1-33. (Available online)

[60] 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, 59, 99-119. (Available online)

[59] Yao An, Lin Zhang (2023): The Thirst for Power: The Impacts of Water Availability on Electricity Generation in China. The Energy Journal, 44(2), 205-240. (Available online) [Working Paper Version]

[58] Hanmin Dong, Lin Zhang (2023): Transition towards carbon neutrality: Forecasting Hong Kong's buildings carbon footprint by 2050 using a machine learning approach. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 35, 633-642. (Available online)

Year 2022

[57] Wei Jin, Dihai Wang, Lin Zhang (2022). 靳玮, 王弟海, 张林（2022）：《碳中和背景下的中国经济低碳转型：特征事实与机制分析》，经济研究， 2022（12），87-103. (Available online)

[56] Igalavithana, Avanthi Deshani; You, Siming ; Zhang, Lin; Shang, Jin; Lehmann, Johannes; Wang, Xiaonan; Zhu, Yong-Guan; Tsang, Daniel; Park, Young-Kwon ; Hou, Deyi; Ok, Yong Sik (2022): Progress, barriers, and prospects for achieving a "hydrogen society" and opportunities for biochar technology. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2, 11, 1987–2001. (Available online)

[55] Aude Pommeret, Xiaojun Yu, Lin Zhang (2022): Stringency of environmental policy in China: when pollution drives bribery. Economic Modelling, 117, 106048. (Available online)

[54] Sisi Li, Sufyan Ullah Khan, Yao Yao, George S. Chen, Lin Zhang, Ruhul Salim, Jiaying Huo (2022): Estimating the long-run crude oil demand function of China: some new evidence and policy options. Energy Policy, 170, 113244. (Available online)

[53] 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, 174, 10. (Available online)

[52] Yao Yao, Xue Li, Russell Smyth, Lin Zhang (2022): Air pollution and political trust in local government: Evidence from China. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 115, 102724 (Available online). 

[51] Yao An, Qiang Li, Lin Zhang (2022): Managing Agricultural Water Use in a Changing Climate in China. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 33, 978-990. (Available online)

[50] Hongyan Zhang, Lixuan Zhou, Ning Liu, Lin Zhang (2022): Seemingly bounded knowledge, trust, and public acceptance: How does citizen's environmental knowledge affect facility siting? Journal of Environmental Management, 320, 115941. (Available online)

[49] Cuicui Cheng, You Zhou, Lin Zhang (2022): Sustainable Environmental Management through Municipal Solid Waste Charging Scheme: A Hong Kong Perspective. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10:919683. (Available online)

[48] Joonho Yeo, Shauhrat S. Chopra, David von Eiff, Sanghyun Jeong, Lin Zhang and Alicia Kyoungjin An (2022): An integrated techno-economic analysis on wastewater reclamation in Hong Kong: A comprehensive cost - benefit analysis with life cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 357, 131838. (Available online)

[47] Bangzhu Zhu, Junjie Tang, Ping Wang, Lin Zhang (2022): Exploring the drivers of carbon market risk: A meta regression analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 352, 131538. (Available online)

[46] Quande Qin, Lin Zhang, Xunpeng Shi, Bangzhu Zhu (2022): Rethinking on the Green Energy Development: Cognitive Biases. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10:895127. (Available online)

[45] Yunguo Lu, Lin Zhang (2022): National mitigation policy and the competitiveness of Chinese firms. Energy Economics, 109, May 2022, 105971. (Available online).

[44] Yao Yao, George Chen, Lin Zhang (2022): Gender Segregation in the Causal Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Educational Attainment: The Chinese Experience. Applied Economics, 54 (51), 5889–5903. (Available online)

[43] Bangzhu Zhu, Chenxin Xu, Ping Wang, Lin Zhang (2022): How does internal carbon pricing affect corporate environmental performance? Journal of Business Research, 145, June 2022, Pages 65-77. (Available online)

[42] Ziqiao Zhou, Lin Zhang (2022): Sustainable waste management and waste to energy: Valuation of energy potential of MSW in the Greater Bay Area of China. Energy Policy, 163, 112857. (Available online)

[41] Jiang Zhe, Lin Zhang, Lingling Zhang, & Wen Bo (2022): Investor sentiment and machine learning: Predicting the price of China's crude oil futures market. Energy, 123471. (Available online)

[40] Zhanchi Wu, Xiangjun Fan, Bangzhu Zhu, Jiahui Xia, Lin Zhang, Ping Wang (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, 175, 121418. (Available online)

[39] Ye Wang, Zhe Jiang, Lin Zhang (2022): Sponge city policy and sustainable city development: The case of Shenzhen. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 772490. (Available online)

[38] Haowei Yu, Lin Zhang (2022): Politically connected firms and the environment. The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 22 (2), 579-602. (Available online)

[37] Zhixiong Ding, Xiaojun Yu, Zhenxi Ma, Wei Wu, Lin Zhang, Denis Y. W. Yu, Don H.K. Cheng (2022): On-site measurement and simulation investigation on condensation dehumidification and desiccant dehumidification in Hong Kong. Energy and Buildings, 254, 111560. (Available online)

Year 2021

[36] Wei Jin, Xunpeng Shi, Lin Zhang (2021): Energy Transition without Dirty Capital Stranding. Energy Economics, Volume 102, October 2021, 105508. (Available online)

[35] Y. Yao, L. Zhang, R. Salim, S. Rafiq (2021): The effect of human capital on CO2 emissions: Macro evidence from China. The Energy Journal, 42(6), 67-96. (Available online)

[34] Yao Yao, George S. Chen, Lin Zhang (2021): Local financial intermediation and foreign direct investment: Evidence from China. International Review of Economics & Finance, 72, 98-216. (Available online)

[33] Philip Kofi Adom, Joonho Yeo, Lin Zhang (2021): Is Water Use Sustainable and Efficient in China? Evidence from a Macro Level Analysis. Applied Economics, 53:53, 6166-6183 . (Available online)

[32] Ziqiao Zhou, Lin Zhang (2021): Destructive destruction or creative destruction? Unravelling the effects of tropical cyclones on economic growth. Economic Analysis and Policy, 70, 380-393. (Available online)

[31] Weili Sheng, Xiaoming Kan, Bo Wen, Lin Zhang (2021): Design matters: New insights on optimizing energy consumption for the communal area in residential buildings. Energy and Buildings, 242, 110976. (Available online)

[30] Weili Sheng, Bo Wen, Lin Zhang (2021). Envelope performance of residential building in cool, warm and hot climatic zones: Results from self-designed in-situ monitoring campaigns. Energy and Buildings, 232, 110655. (Available online)

[29] Ye Wang, Yunguo Lu, and Lin Zhang. (2021): Opportunity Cost of Environmental Regulation in China’s Industrial Sector. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 16: 8579. (Available online)

Year 2020

[28] X. Yu, Y. Yao, H. Zheng, L. Zhang (2020): The role of political connection on over-investment of Chinese energy firms. Energy Economics, Volume 85, January 2020, 104516. (Available online)

[27] W. Sheng, L. Zhang and I. Ridley (2020): The impact of minimum OTTV legislation on building energy consumption. Energy Policy, 136. (Available online)

[26] L. Fang, F. Wu, Y. Yu, L. Zhang (2020): Irrigation technology and water rebound in China's agricultural sector. Journal of Industrial Ecology. (Available online) [Impact factor: 6.946]

[25] L. Fang and L. Zhang (2020): Does the trading of water rights encourage technology improvement and agricultural water conservation? Agricultural Water Management, 233, 106097. (Available online)

[24] H. Y. Zhang, Y.Q. Song, L. Zhang (2020): Pollution control in urban China: A multi-level analysis on household and industrial pollution, Science of The Total Environment, 749, 20 December 2020, 141478. (Available online) [Impact factor: 7.963]

[23] J. Metta, Y. An, H. Zheng, L. Zhang (2020): Potentials and opportunities towards the Low Carbon Technologies: From literature review to new classification. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 50(10), 1013-1042. (Available online) [Impact factor: 12.561]

Year 2019

[22] C. Karydas and L. Zhang (2019): Green tax reform, endogenous innovation and the growth dividend. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 97, 158-181. (Available online)

[21] M. Filippini and L. Zhang (2019): Impacts of heat metering and energy efficiency retrofit policy on energy consumption in China. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 21, 203-216. (Available online)

[20] Adriana. Marcucci and Lin Zhang (2019): Growth impacts of Swiss Climate Policies. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 155:9. (Available online)

[19] Y. An, L. Zhang, P.K. Adom (2019): Economics of wastewater management in China’s industry. Environment and Development Economics, 24, 457-478. (Available online)

[18] J. Yeo, Y. Wang, A. An, L. Zhang (2019): Estimation of energy efficiency for educational buildings in Hong Kong. Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 453-460. (Available online) [Impact factor: 9.297]

[17] B. Hu, Z. Li, L. Zhang (2019): Long-run dynamics of sulphur dioxide emissions, economic growth, and energy efficiency in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 227, 942-949. (Available online) [Impact factor: 9.297]

[16] J. Yeo, S. Chopra, L. Zhang, A. An (2019): Life cycle assessment (LCA) of putrescible waste treatment in Hong Kong: On-site fermentation methodology. Journal of Environmental Management, 240, 343-351. (Available online)

[15] Y. Sun and L. Zhang (2019): Full Separation or Full Integration? An Investigation of the Optimal Renewables Policy Employing Tradable Green Certificate Systems in Two Countries’ Electricity Markets. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(24), 4937. (Available online)

Year 2018

[14] L. Zhang and P.K. Adom (2018): Energy Efficiency Transitions in China: How Persistent are the Movements To/From the Frontier? The Energy Journal, 39(6), 147-169. (Available online)

[13] Thomas Geissmann and Lin Zhang (2018): Knowledge Economy and Industry Performance in China: a Provincial Level Analysis. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 16 (4), 393-415. (Available online)

[12] L. Zhang, P.K. Adom, & Y. An (2018): Regulation-induced structural break and the long-run drivers of industrial pollution intensity in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 198, 121-132. (Available online)

[11] L. Zhang and Y. An (2018): The government capacity on industrial pollution management in Shanxi province: A response impulse analysis. Journal of Environmental Management, 223, 1037-1046. (Available online)

[10] Y. An and L. Zhang (2018): Environmental Regulation, Energy Structure Change and Industrial Pollution. Journal of Environmental Economics, 2018, 3(4), 128-151. (in Chinese: 环境规制、能源供需结构与工业污染，环境经济研究) (Available online)

Year 2017

[9] L. Bretschger, F. Lechthaler, S. Rausch and L. Zhang (2017): Knowledge diffusion, endogenous growth and the costs of global climate policy. European Economic Review, 93, 47-72. (Available online)

[8] L. Bretschger and L. Zhang (2017): Carbon policy in a high-growth economy: The case of China. Resource and Energy Economics, 47, 1-19. (Available online)

[7] L. Bretschger and L. Zhang (2017): Nuclear phase-out under stringent climate policies: A dynamic macroeconomic analysis. The Energy Journal, International Association of Energy Economics, 38(1), 167-194. (Available online)

[6] R. Salim, Y. Yao, G. Chen, L. Zhang (2017): Can foreign direct investment harness energy consumption in China? A time series investigation. Energy Economics, 66, 43-53. (Available online)

[5] L. Zhang (2017): Correcting the uneven burden sharing of emission reduction across provinces in China. Energy Economics, 64, 335-345. (Available online)

[4] L. Zhang (2017): The knowledge spillover effects of FDI on the productivity and efficiency of research activities in China. China Economic Review. 42, 1-14. (Available online)

Year 2016 or before

[3] V. C. Jaunky and L. Zhang (2016): Convergence of operational efficiency in China’s provincial power sector. The Energy Journal, International Association of Energy Economics, Vol. 37, SI1, 3-27. (Available online)

[2] M. Filippini and L. Zhang (2016): Estimation of the energy efficiency in Chinese provinces. Energy Efficiency, 9(6), 1315-1328. (Available online)

[1] L. Zhang (2013): Model projections and policy reviews for energy saving in China’s service sector. Energy Policy, Volume 59, 312-320. (Available online)

Section II: Media/government reports/reviews:

[11] “The Impact and Coping Strategies of Energy Poverty on Human Well-being”. IAEE Energy Forum, Third Quarter 2024. forthcoming

[10] Qiang Li and Lin Zhang (2024): The Impact of AI on the Energy Sector in China. IAEE Energy Forum, Second Quarter 2024, p5-7. (Available online)

[9] Bin Hu and Lin Zhang (2023): Regional Climate Risks Become the Signal for Capital Flows. Economic Daily, December 14, 2023. (Available online)

[8] Lin Zhang (2022): Hong Kong’s fight for climate change: Facts, challenges, and opportunities. IAEE Energy Forum, Third Quarter 2022, p8-9. (Available online)

[7] Lin Zhang (2021): Fukushima waste water dump: how Hong Kong can respond to ensure safety. South China Morning Post, 2021-04-19. (Available online)

[6] Bangzhu Zhu and Lin Zhang (2020): COVID-19 Induces Emissions Cut and the Development of the Digital Economy. IAEE Energy Forum, COVID-19 Speicial Issue 2020, p43. (Available online)

[5] L. Zhang (2020): Hong Kong, hammered by the coronavirus and protests, must look to the Greater Bay Area for economic growth. South China Morning Post, 2020-02-22. (Available online)

[4] J. Shang and L. Zhang (2019): In the fight against climate change, hydrogen could be the answer to Hong Kong’s quest for greener fuel. South China Morning Post, 2019-09-24. (Available online)

[3] L. Zhang (2019): Win the trade war and lose the world? Why US and China need to focus on war against climate change. South China Morning Post, 2019-01-03. (Available online)

[2] L. Zhang (2018): Book Review on “Energy Economics: Energy Efficiency in China (Hua Liao and Yi-Ming Wei)”. The Energy Journal, 39 (3), 272-274. (Available online)

[1] L. Bretschger and L. Zhang (2014): Exploring the Limits in Dynamic Energy Modelling: Bottom-up framework, uncertainty, and multi-regional setup using the CITE model approach, Final Report for the Swiss Federal Office Of Energy, Publication 290981, Bern, Switzerland. (Available online)

Section III: Books:

〔瑞士〕卢卡斯·布雷斯彻　著 /张林等译：绿化经济与构建可持续社会———向可持续发展转型的挑战与应变。北京大学出版社，ISBN 978-7-301-30395-5.