Publications
Zhang, X.*,(solo authored) (2026). Corruption as a Political Control Device: Enforceable Vulnerability and Coalition Breakdown. Economics Letters.
Zhang, X. (solo authored) (2026). Production over Protection: How Tax Incentives Reshape Firms’ Investment and Emission. Journal of Economics and Business.
Zhang, X.*, (2026) In the shadow of performance chasing: the environmental externality of equity incentive. Emerging Markets Review. (with Zhou, H. & Zhong, J.)
Zhang, X.*, (2026). Clicking Away Conflict: How Government-Service Digitalization Shapes Labor Unrest. Economic Analysis and Policy. (with Yang, L., Wei, X. & Jiang, Y.)
Zhang, X.*, (2025). Balancing Export Intensity and Innovation: Uncovering the Inverted-U Relationship in Chinese Manufacturing Firms. Economic Analysis and Policy. (with Zhou, H. & Yang, L.)
Zhang, X.*, (2024). The impact of biased land resource allocation on local behaviour and subnational service provision: evidence from China. Applied Economics, 1–18. (with Jiang, Y., Yang, L., & Duan, K.)
Zhang, X., (2024). Land Regulation and Local Service Provision: Can Economic Growth and Environmental Protection Be Achieved Simultaneously? Land, 13(9), 1422. (with Duan, K., Yang, L., & Wei, X.)
Zhang, X., (2024). The Impact of Government Digital Transformation on Land Use Efficiency: Evidence from China. Land, 13(12), 2080. (with Jiang, Y., Yang, L., & Wei, X.)
Working Paper
Zhang, X., Tang, Z., Wang, R., Pay You Can See but Cannot Use: How Do Salary History Bans Reshape the Executive Labor Market? (Accepted for presentation at the 2026 Financial Management Association Annual Meeting)
Zhang, X. (solo authored). Reversing Environmental Burdens: Plastic Waste Trade Disruption and Directed Technological Change. R&R at Energy Economics.
Zhang, X., Hao, Y., Do Executives Gain or Lose from Labor Protection? Evidence from China’s Social Insurance Law. R&R at Applied Economics.
Zhang, X., Yang, S., Racing with the clock: Political Career Concerns and Firm-Level Credit Rationing. Under review at Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money.
Draft or Processing
Environmentally Inclined Politicians and Strategic Pollution Shifts: Evidence from Chinese Firms. (with K. Kim & Y. Hu, Draft)
Girls Hurt Girls? Earnings Pressure, Female Managers, and Gender Gap in Employment. (solo authored, Draft)
The impact of industrial land decentralization on housing price. (with Hao Y., Draft)
Media
Stabilizing the Economy Needs Financial Opening and Release [N]. China First Financial Daily, 2022-02- 28(A11)
Yangtze River Delta Regional Empowerment Development: Highlighting Industrial Advantages and Perfecting Industrial Chain [N]. China First Financial Daily, 2021-03-18(A11)
Economic Internal Circulation and Poverty Alleviation and Prevention: Positive Feedback and Complementation [N]. China First Financial Daily, 2020-09-09(A11)
After Winning the "Epidemic" of Economic War, More Attention Should be Paid to Solving the "Sequel" [N]. China First Financial Daily, 2020-02-19(A11)
State-owned Assets Transfer and Social Security Accelerating the Sprint, “Use for the People” Is the Key [N]. China First Financial Daily, 2019-12-23(A12)
Yangtze River Delta Integration from a New Perspective: Breaking Geographical Constraints and Optimizing Industrial Distribution [N]. China First Financial Daily, 2019-12-11(A11)