Selected Publications (in English)

# equal contribution; * corresponding author(s)

Since 2019

• Zhang, Hongyu, Heng Liang, Da Zhang^*, Junling Huang, Xiliang Zhang^*. Options to enhance China's national emission trading system design for carbon neutrality. Climate Policy. (2024), 1-17.LINK

• Peng, Hantang, Chenfei Qu, Valerie J Karplus, Da Zhang^*, Xiliang Zhang^*. The C-REM 4.0 model: A CGE model for provincial analysis of China’s carbon neutrality target. Energy and Climate Management. (2024).LINK
• Zhang, Da, Ziheng Zhu, Shi Chen, Chongyu Zhang, Xi Lu^*, Xiliang Zhang, Xiaoye Zhang, Michael R. Davidson^*. Spatially Resolved Land and Grid Model of Carbon Neutrality in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (2024),121 (10) e2306517121.LINK

• Zhang, Hongyu, Da Zhang^*, Siyue Guo^*, Xiliang Zhang. Impact of benchmark tightening design under output-based ETS on China's power sector. Energy. (2024), 288, 129832.LINK

• Liang, Heng, Hongyu Zhang, Xiliang Zhang, Junling Huang, Da Zhang^*. Role of demand response in the decarbonisation of China's power system. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. (2024), 104, 107313.LINK

• Yu, Runxin, Da Zhang^*, Xiliang Zhang, Xiaodan Huang. Machine learning for data verification in emissions trading system. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. (2023), 199, 107239.LINK

• Zhang, Qiang^*, Zhicong Yin, Xi Lu, Jicheng Gong^*, Yu Lei^*, Bofeng Cai, Cilan Cai, Qimin Chai, Huopo Chen, Hancheng Dai, Zhanfeng Dong, Guannan Geng, Dabo Guan, Jianlin Hu, Cunrui Huang, Jianing Kang, Tiantian Li, Wei Li, Yongsheng Lin, Jun Liu, Xin Liu, Zhu Liu, Jinghui Ma, Guofeng Shen, Dan Tong, Xuhui Wang, Xuying Wang, Zhili Wang, Yang Xie, Honglei Xu, Tao Xue, Bing Zhang, Da Zhang, Shaohui Zhang, Shaojun Zhang, Xian Zhang, Bo Zheng, Yixuan Zheng, Tong Zhu, Jinnan Wang, Kebin He. Synergetic roadmap of carbon neutrality and clean air for China. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. (2023), 16, 100280.LINK

• Zhang, Da^*, Qingyi Wang, Shaojie Song, Simiao Chen, Mingwei Li, Lu Shen, Siqi Zheng, Bofeng Cai^*, Shenhao Wang, Haotian Zheng. Machine learning approaches reveal highly heterogeneous air quality co-benefits of the energy transition. iScience. (2023), 26(9).LINK
• Guo, Siyue, Yu Liu, Weichen Zhao, Jiaquan Li, Guangwen Hu, Hui Kong, Yifan Gu, Bang Xu, Xiaodan Huang, Yan Zheng, Shihan Zhang, Da Zhang, Lancui Liu, Xueting Peng, Yi-Ming Wei^*, Xiliang Zhang^*, Zuoren Nie^*. Technological development pathway for carbon neutrality in China. Science Bulletin, (2023),68(02),117-120.LINK
• Zhang, Da, Hantang Peng, Lin Zhang*. Share of polluting input as a sufficient statistic for burden sharing. Energy Economics, 121 (2023), 106647.LINK
  
• Zhang, Hongyu, Da Zhang*, Xiliang Zhang. The role of output-based emission trading system in the decarbonization of China’s power sector. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 173 (2023) 113080.LINK
  

• Zhao, Mengzhen^#, Xiaodan Huang^#, Tord Kjellstrom, Jason Kai Wei Lee, Matthias Otto, Xiliang Zhang, Marina Romanello, Da Zhang^*, Wenjia Cai^*. Labour productivity and economic impacts of carbon mitigation: a modelling study and benefit-cost analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health, (2022), 6(12): e941-e948.LINK

• Li, Chenxing#, Yang Yu#, Andrew Chi-Chih Yao*, Da Zhang*, Xiliang Zhang*. An authenticated and secure accounting system for international emissions trading. Climate Policy (2022), 22:9-10, 1333-1342.LINK
  
• Qin, Shize#, Sheng Nie#, Yusheng Guan, Da Zhang*, Cheng Wang*, Xiliang Zhang. Forest emissions reduction assessment using airborne LiDAR forbiomass estimation. Resources, Conservation & Recycling (2022), 181, 106224.LINK

• Wang, Xinhao, Lulin Xu, Qin Zhang, Da Zhang^*, Xiliang Zhang. Evaluating the data quality of continuous emissions monitoring systems in China. Journal of Environmental Management (2022), 314, 115081.LINK

• Davidson, Michael#, Valerie J. Karplus#, Da Zhang#, Xiliang Zhang#. Policies and institutions to support carbonneutrality in China by 2060. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy (2021), 10(2): 7–24.LINK
• Zhao, Bin#, Jing Zhao#, Hao Zha, Ruolan Hu, Yalu Liu, Chengrui Liang, Hongrong Shi, Simiao Chen,Yue Guo, Da Zhang,* Kristin Aunan, Shaojun Zhang, Xiliang Zhang, Lan Xue, and Shuxiao Wang*. Health Benefits and Costs of Clean Heating Renovation: An Integrated Assessment in a Major Chinese City. Environmental Science and Technology (2021), 55, 14, 10046–10055.LINK
• He, Guannan, Jeremy Michalek, Qixin Chen, Soummya Kar, Da Zhang*, Jay Whitacre*. Utility-scale portable energy storage systems. Joule (2021), 5(2): 379–392. LINK
• Zhang, Da*, Jun Gao, Ding Tang, Xiaomeng Wu, Junye Shi, Jiangping Chen, Yinghong Peng, Shaojun Zhang*, Ye Wu. Switching on auxiliary devices in vehicular fuel efficiency tests can help cut CO2 emissions by millions of tons. One Earth (2021), 4: 135–145. LINK
• Karplus, Valerie J., Thomas Geissmann, Da Zhang. Institutional complexity, management practices, and firm productivity. World Development (2021), 142: 105386. LINK

• Qu, Chenfei, Xi Yang, Da Zhang^*, Xiliang Zhang^*. Estimating health co-benefits of climate policies in China: An application of the regional emissions-air quality-climate-health (REACH) framework. Climate Change Economics (2020), 11(3): 2041004.

• Wang, Tianyang, Zhe Jiang, Bin Zhao^*, Yu Gu, Kuo-Nan Liou, Nesamani Kalandiyur, Da Zhang, Yifang Zhu^*. Health co-benefits of achieving sustainable net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in California. Nature Sustainability(2020), 3, 597–605.

• Zhang, Xiliang, Andreas Löschel^*, Joanna Lewis, Da Zhang^*, Jinyue Yan. Emissions trading systems for global low carbon energy and economic transformation. Applied Energy (2020), 279: 115858. LINK

• Guo, Hongye, Michael R. Davidson, Qixin Chen^*, Da Zhang^*, Nan Jiang, Qing Xia, Chongqing Kang, Xiliang Zhang. Power Market Reform in China: Motivations, Progress, and Recommendations. Energy Policy (2020), 145: 111717.LINK

• Karplus, Valerie J., Xingyao Shen, Da Zhang^*. Herding cats: Firm non-compliance in China’s industrial energy efficiency program. The Energy Journal (2020), 41(4): 3531.LINK

• Filippini, Massimo, Thomas Geissmann, Valerie J. Karplus^*, Da Zhang. The productivity impacts of energy efficiency programs in developing countries: Evidence from iron and steel firms in China. China Economic Review (2020), 59: 101364. LINK

• Mulvaney, Kathleen M.^*, Noelle E. Selin, Amanda Giang, Marilena Muntean, Chiao-Ting Li, Da Zhang, Hélène Angot, Colin P. Thackray, Valerie J. Karplus. Mercury benefits of climate policy in China: Addressing the Paris agreement and the Minamata convention simultaneously. Environmental Science and Technology (2020), 54, 3: 1326-1335.LINK

• Zhang, Da, Qin Zhang, Shaozhou Qi, Jinpeng Huang, Valerie J. Karplus^*, Xiliang Zhang^*. Integrity of firms’ emissions reporting in China’s early carbon markets. Nature Climate Change (2019), 9: 164-169.LINK

• Zhang, Da^*, Justin Caron, Niven Winchester. Sectoral aggregation bias in the accounting of emissions embodied in trade and consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology (2019), 23(2): 402-411.

• Bofeng Cai, Can Cui^*, Da Zhang, Libin Cao, Pengcheng Wu, Lingyun Pang, Jihong Zhang^*, Chunyan Dai. China city-level greenhouse gas emissions inventory in 2015 and uncertainty analysis. Applied Energy (2019), 253: 113579.LINK

• Li Mingwei^*, Da Zhang, Chiao-Ting Li, N. E. Selin, Valerie Karplus. Co-benefits of China’s climate policy for air quality and human health in China and transboundary regions in 2030. Environmental Research Letters (2019), 14: 084006.LINK

Before 2019

• Rausch, Sebastian and Da Zhang*. Capturing Natural Resource Dynamics in Top-Down Energy-Economic Equilibrium Models. Energy Economics (2018),Energy Economics (2018), 74: 917-926. LINK
  •     Stylized model. LINK
  •     Local or full-range fitting method. LINK
  •     Step-fitting method. LINK
• Li, Mingwei#, Da Zhang# (co-first author), Chiao-Ting Li, Kathleen M. Mulvaney, Noelle E. Selin, Valerie J. Karplus. Air quality co-benefits of carbon pricing in China. Nature Climate Change (2018), 8: 398–403. LINK
• Zhang, Da* (corresponding author), Justin Caron, Niven Winchester. Sectoral aggregation bias in the accounting of emissions embodied in trade and consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology (2018), in press. LINK
• Yang, Yuanzhe, Hongyu Zhang, Weiming Xiong, Da Zhang* (corresponding author), Xiliang Zhang*. Regional power system modeling for evaluating renewable energy development and CO2 emissions reduction in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review (2018), 73: 142-151. LINK
• Kwon, Sae Yun, Noelle E. Selin, Amanda Giang, Valerie J. Karplus, and D. Zhang. Present and future mercury concentrations in Chinese rice: Insights from modeling. Global Biogeochemical Cycles (2018), 32(3): 437-462. LINK
• Weng, Yuyan, Da Zhang*, Lanlan Lu, Xiliang Zhang. A general equilibrium analysis of floor prices for China’s national carbon emissions trading system. Climate Policy (2018), 18(S1): 60-70. LINK
• Zhang, Xu, Xunmin Ou, Xi Yang, Tianyu Qi, Kyung-Min Nam, Da Zhang, Xiliang Zhang. Socioeconomic burden of air pollution in China: Province-level analysis based on energy economic model. Energy Economics (2017), 68: 478-489. LINK
• Davidson, Michael R. #, Da Zhang# (co-first author),Weiming Xiong, Xiliang Zhang ,Valerie J. Karplus. Modelling the potential for wind energy integration on China’s coal-heavy electricity grid. Nature Energy (2016), 1. LINK (Nature Energy Editors'picks from 2016).
• Zhang, Da, Marco Springmann, Valerie J. Karplus. Equity and emissions trading in China. Climatic Change (2016), 134: 131-146. LINK
• Karplus, Valerie J., Sebastian Rausch, Da Zhang*. Energy caps: Alternative climate policy instruments for China? Energy Economics (2016), 56: 422–431. LINK
• Zhang, Xiliang, Valerie J. Karplus, Tianyu Qi, Da Zhang, Jiankun He. Carbon emissions in China: How far can new efforts bend the curve? Energy Economics (2016) 54: 388–395. LINK
• Luo, Xiaohu, Justin Caron, Valerie J. Karplus, Da Zhang, Xiliang Zhang. Interprovincial Migration and the Stringency of Energy Policy in China. Energy Economics (2016), 58: 164-173. LINK
• Qi, Tianyu, Niven Winchester, Valerie J. Karplus, Da Zhang, Xiliang Zhang. An analysis of China's climate policy using the China-in-Global Energy Model. Economic Modelling (2016), 52, Part B: 650–660. LINK
• Springmann, Marco, Da Zhang, Valerie J. Karplus. Consumption-Based Adjustment of China's Emissions-Intensity Targets: An Analysis of its Potential Economic Effects. Environmental and Resource Economics (2015), 61: 615–640. LINK
• Zhu, Zhao, Da Zhang*, Peggy Mischke, Xiliang Zhang. Electricity generation costs of concentrated solar power technologies in China based on operational plants. Energy (2015), 89: 65–74. LINK
• Zhang, Da, Weiming Xiong, Chun Tang, Zhen Liu, Xiliang Zhang. Determining the appropriate amount of subsidies in wind power: The Integrated Renewable Power Planning (IRPP) model and its application in China. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (2014), 6: 141-148. LINK
• Kishimoto, Paul, Da Zhang, Valerie J. Karplus. Modeling regional transportation demand in China and the impacts of a national carbon constraint. Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2014). LINK
• Zhang, Da, Valerie J. Karplus, Xiliang Zhang. Emissions Trading in China: Progress and Prospects. Energy Policy (2014), 75: 9–16. LINK
• Zhang, Da, Sebastian Rausch, Valerie J. Karplus, Xiliang Zhang. Quantifying regional economic impacts of CO2 intensity targets in China. Energy Economics (2013), 40: 687-701. LINK
• Zhang, Da, Qimin Chai, Xiliang Zhang, Jiankun He, Li Yue, Xiufen Dong, Shu Wu. Economical assessment of large-scale photovoltaic power development in China. Energy (2012), 40: 370-375. LINK
• Zhang, Da, Songlin Tang, Bao Lin, Zhen Liu, Xiliang Zhang. Co-benefit of polycrystalline large-scale photovoltaic power in China. Energy (2012), 41: 436-442. LINK 
• He, Jiankun, Zhiwei Yu, Da Zhang. China's strategy for energy development and climate change mitigation. Energy Policy (2012), 53: 7–13. LINK
• Zhang, Da, Xiliang Zhang, Jiankun He, Qimin Chai. Offshore wind energy development in China: Current status and future perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2011), 15: 4673–4684. LINK

Working Papers

• Management Practices and Energy Efficiency: Experimental Evidence from Manufacturing Firms, with Valerie Karplus. Revise and Resubmit at Nature Energy, CEEPR Working Paper Series 2022-009.
• Heterogeneous Responses to Carbon Pricing: Firm-Level Evidence from Beijing Emissions Trading Scheme, with Thomas Sterner, Ruijian Tian, Huajin Wang, and Xiliang Zhang. Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
• China’s Nationwide CO₂ Emissions Trading System: A General Equilibrium Assessment, with Lawrence Goulder, Xianling Long, and Chenfei Qu. NBER Working Paper 31809.
• Emissions Trading with Consignment Auctions: A Lab-In-the-Field Experiment, with Zhi Li and Xiliang Zhang. EfD Discussion Paper Series 22-10.