Publications

• Philip Kofi Adom, Joonho Yeo, Lin Zhang (202x): Is Water Use Sustainable and Efficient in China? Evidence from a Macro Level Analysis. Applied Economics, forthcoming. (Available online)

  
  

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

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• L. Fang, F. Wu, Y. Yu, L. Zhang (2020): Irrigation technology and water rebound in China's agricultural sector. Journal of Industrial Ecology， 24 (5), 1088-1100. (Available online)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

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

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• A. Marcucci and L. Zhang (2019): Growth impacts of Swiss Climate Policies. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 155:9. (Available online)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• 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 Environmntal Management, 240, 343-351. (Available online)

  
  

• Y. An & L. Zhang (2018): Environmental Regulation, Energy Structure Change and Industrial Pollution. Journal of Environmntal Economics, 3 (4), 158-151. In Chinese. (Available online)

  
  

• Y. Yao & R. Salim (2018): Crowds in or crowds out? The effect of foreign direct investment on domestic investment in Chinese cities. Empirical Economics, pp 1-26. (Available online)

  
  

• T. Geissmann & L. 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)

  
  

• L. Zhang & 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)

  
  

• P.K. Adom(SEE), P.A. Kwakwa & A. Amankwaa (2018): The long-run effects of economic, demographic, and political indices on actual and potential CO2 emissions. Journal of Environmental Management, 218, pp 516-526. (Available online)

  
  

• P.K. Adom(SEE), K. Amakye, K.K. Abrokwa & C. Quaidoo (2018): Estimate of transient and persistent energy efficiency in Africa: A stochastic frontier approach. Energy Conversion and Management, 166, pp 556-568. (Available online)

  
  

• S.A. Sarkodie & P.K. Adom(SEE) (2018): Determinants of energy consumption in Kenya: A NIPALS approach. Energy, 159, pp 696-705. (Available online)

  
  

• P.K. Adom(SEE), D.M. Djahini-Afawoubo, S.A. Mustapha, S.G. Fankem & N. Rifkatu (2018): Does FDI moderate the role of public R&D in accelerating agricultural production in Africa? African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 9(3), pp 290-304. (Available online)

  
  

• P.K.Adom(SEE), M.K. Minlah & S. Adams (2018): Impact of renewable energy (hydro) on electricity prices in Ghana: A tale of the short- and long-run. Energy Strategy Reviews, 20, pp 163-178.(Available online)

  
  

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

  
  

• 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)

  
  

• L. Zhang (2018): Book Review on “Energy Economics: Energy Efficiency in China”. The Energy Journal, 39 (3), 272-274.(Available online)

  
  

• M. O. Appiah (2018): Investigating the multivariate Granger causality between energy consumption, economic growth and CO 2 emissions in Ghana. Energy Policy, 112, 198-208. (Available online)

  
  

• J. Deller & J. Metta (2018): Hong Kong’s Green Innovations Impact its Energy Market. International Association for Energy Economics Energy Forum. First Quarter 2018. (p35-36) (Available online)

  
  

• P.K. Adom(SEE), C. Barnor & M. Agradi (2017): Prosper Road transport energy demand in West Africa: a test of the consumer-tolerable price hypothesis", International Journal of Sustainable Energy, pp 1-22. (Available online)

  
  

• 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)

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

• 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)

  
  

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

  
  

• L. Bretschger & 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)

  
  

• R. Salim, Y. Yao & G. S. Chen (2017): Does human capital matter for energy consumption in China? Energy Economics, 67, 49-59.(Available online)

  
  

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

  
  

• Y. Yao, G. S. Chen, S. Salim & X. Yu (2017) : Schooling returns for migrant workers in China: Estimations from the perspective of the institutional environment in rural setting. China Economic Review. (Available online)

  
  

• M. Filippini & L. Zhang* (2016): Estimation of the energy efficiency in Chinese provinces. Energy Efficiency, 9(6), 1315-1328. (Available online)

  
  

• V. C. Jaunky & 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)

  
  

• L. Bretschger & 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)

  
  

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