Prof. Lin ZHANG
Prof. Dr. Zhang is a Full Professor at CityUHK and an Associate Director for the Institute of Global Governance and Innovation for a Shared Future. He has been appointed as a panel member of RAE 2026 by UGC Hong Kong, and serves as an editor for The Energy Journal (ABS 3). He joined CityUHK in 2016. Before that, he worked in the Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich (2011-2016). He was a council member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), the regional representative of Asia-Oceania leaders in energy economics (2023-2025), the SUSI Scholar (economics and sustainable development) by the U.S. Department of State (2024), researcher associate at the Energy Science Center, and the Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society, and Transition in Switzerland (2015-2016). He has also been the Hong Kong Convention Ambassador appointed by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (2023-2026).
His research, focused on sustainability, utilizes economic and interdisciplinary methods to seek policy solutions to energy and environmental sustainability from interdisciplinary lenses. Prof. Zhang has been listed in "Top 2% Scientists" by Stanford University, "Top 5% Economists (Last 10 years publications) by RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). He has also won many awards for his excellent research from regional and international professional organizations. His work has been cited in policy papers of international organizations such as the WTO, EU, OECD, etc. Prof. Zhang earned his bachelor’s degrees from Peking University, and MSc and PhD degrees from ETH Zurich. Prof. Zhang recently authored a book titled “Sustainability Economics”, published by Springer Nature.
Prof. Zhang’s research contributes to the following SDG(s):
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Research Interests
- Economic Impacts of Energy & Climate Change Policy
- Green and Sustainable Business
- Human-Environment Interactions and Sustainability
- Governance of Energy Transition
Position(s) available
Please visit the webpage of Prof. Zhang’s lab for more information:
https://www.cityu.edu.hk/see_eeem/index.html
Recent Publications
A: 5 Representative Papers on Economics Journals
- Xinya Hao, Yongying Huang, Lin Zhang (2025): High Temperature, Power Rationing, and Firm Performance. Journal of Development Economics, 103541. (Available online)
- 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)
- Christos Karydas and Lin Zhang (2019): Green tax reform, endogenous innovation and the growth dividend. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 97, 158-181. (Available online)
- Lin Zhang (2017): Correcting the uneven burden sharing of emission reduction across provinces in China. Energy Economics, 64, 335-345. (Available online)
- Lucas Bretschger, Filippo Lechthaler, Sebastian Rausch and Lin Zhang (2017): Knowledge diffusion, endogenous growth and the costs of global climate policy. European Economic Review, 93, 47-72. (Available online)
B: 5 Representative Papers on Interdisciplinary Journals
- Qiang Li, Lin Zhang (2026): Whose Voices Are Being Heard? The Impacts of Public Participation on Policy Attention in China. American Review of Public Administration, forthcoming. (Available online)
- Xinya Hao, Lin Zhang, Huanhuan Zheng (2026): FDI and Coal Lock-In: The Global South’s Development Dilemma. World Development, 206, 107453. (Available online)
- Cong Li, Minglai Li, Lin Zhang, Qiang Li, Hua Zheng, Marcus W. Feldman (2025): Energy-poverty-inequality SDGs: A large-scale household analysis and forecasting in China. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 122(1), e2408167121. (Available online)
- Hanmin Dong, Lin Zhang (2025): Climate Risk and Tax Avoidance of Climate Sensitive Firms. Business Strategy and the Environment, 34 (7), 8429-8449. (Available online)
- 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)
C: Full List of Publication
Please check HERE or Google Scholar for the full list of Prof. Zhang’s publications.
| Office: | YEUNG-G5445 |
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| Phone: | +(852)-3442-4012 |
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| Email: | l.zhang@cityu.edu.hk |
| Web: | https://lzhanghk.wixsite.com/econ |
- Energy & Sustainability Economics
- Policy for Sustainable Resource Use
- Green Business & Finance
- Economic Development under Climate Risks