Research Interests

Industrial Organization, International Trade, Quantitative Macro, Applied Econometrics

Courses

Graduate Course: Empirical Methods in Economics and Business Studies

MBA: Managerial Economics

Publications

Selected Academic Articles

(1) Chen, Zhiyuan; Jie Zhang; Yuan Zi ; A cost-benefit analysis of R&D and patents: Firm-level evidence from China, European Economic Review, 2021, 133: 103633

(2) Chen, Zhiyuan; Xin Jin; Xu Xu, Is Cracking Down on Corruption Really Good for the Economy? Firm-level Evidence from China, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 37(2), 2021.

(3) Chen, Zhiyuan; Jie Zhang, Types of Patents and Driving Forces behind the Patent Growth in China, Economic Modelling, 2019 (80), 294-302.

(4) Chen, Zhiyuan; Jie Zhang; Wenping Zheng ; Import and innovation: Evidence from Chinese firms, European Economic Review, 2017, 94: 205-220

(5) Chen, Zhiyuan; Yong Li; Jie Zhang; The Bank-Firm Relationship: Helping or Grabbing? International Review of Economics and Finance. 2016(42): 385-403.

Services & Awards

(1) The 7th Peikang Chang Award for Outstanding Papers in Development Economics, Peikang Chang Research Foundation of Development Economics, 2018

(2) Top 10 Chinese Papers on International Trade in 2016, Institute of World Economics and Politics of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Yearbook of World Economy, 2017

(3) The 3rd prize of the 18th An Zijie International Trade Research Awards, UIBE, 2014

Others

Research Grants

(1) National Natural Science Foundation of China (Young Scholar Program), 2021-2023