Research Interests
I am broadly interested in Energy Economics, Environmental Economics, Economics of Innovation, and International Trade. My recent research has the following major themes:
(1) the driving forces of patent boom in China, in particular, climate policy and low-carbon innovation;
(2) China's great leap forward in science and technology;
(3) the evidence-based causal relationship between firms' decisions and climate risk in China;
(4) trade and the environment: theory and evidence;
(5) the welfare impacts of biofuels and related energy policies in the US and China.