Jing Zhang

Contact

• workRoom D3 International House
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 82 32169
• j.zhang@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Jing Zhang joined the School in 2009 following a one-year research stint at Oxford University's Department of International Development. She previously held research and teaching assistantships at the University of Birmingham, where she was awarded her PhD and MSc in Economics. She had obtained a BA (Hons) Business Management and Economics from Edinburgh Napier University and a Bachelor of Economics from Shandong University of Finance, China.

An environmental economist, Dr Zhang researches on the effects of globalization and economic development on the environment, foreign governance and governance. Her work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Development Studies and the Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. Her current research interests include the implications of the financial crisis for China amongst others. Dr Zhang recently won the British Academy's small research grant on the environmental goverance in a polluted city in China.

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Expertise Summary

Globalisation,economic development and the environment in China; foreign investment and corruption/goverance in China; management practices of firms; knowledge spillovers from FDI; firm innovation activities

Research Summary

The impact of China's exports on the prices of exports from other countries The determinants of Japanese firm to invest in China, and the determinants of location choice of Japanese firms in… read more

Selected Publications

• COLE, M.A., ELLIOTT, R.J.R. and ZHANG, J., 2009. Corruption, Good Governance and FDI location in China: a Province-level Analysis Journal of Development Studies. 45(9), 1494-1512
• COLE, M. A., ELLIOTT, R.J.R. and ZHANG, J., 2011. Growth, Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment: Evidence from Chinese Cities Journal of Regional Science. 51(1), 121-138
• ZHANG, J. and FU, X., 2008. FDI and Environmental Regulations in China Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 13(3), 332-353
• YAO, S. and ZHANG, J., 2011. On Economic Theory and Recovery of Financial Crisis The World Economy. 34(5), 764-777

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Current Research

• The impact of China's exports on the prices of exports from other countries
• The determinants of Japanese firm to invest in China, and the determinants of location choice of Japanese firms in China, focusing on the role of environmental regulations and local government quality.
• World financial crisis and implications for China
• Competition and spillovers from FDI in the UK retail sector

Past Research

• The relationship between FDI and the environmental regulations in China
• Economic growth, foreign investment and environmental degradation in China
• The relationship between foreign investment and corruption/governance
• The difference in management practices between foreign and domestic firms in the UK
• Knowledge spillovers from FDI to the UK firms
• Determinants and Impacts of firm innovation activities

• YAO, S. and ZHANG, J., 2011. On Economic Theory and Recovery of Financial Crisis The World Economy. 34(5), 764-777
• YAO, S. and ZHANG, J., 2011. World Financial Crisis and Implications for China. In: ARESTIS, P., SOBREIRA, R. and OREIRO, J.L., eds., An Assessment of the Global Impact of the Financial Crisis Palgrave Macmillian. 182-208
• FU, X. AND ZHANG, J., 2011. Technology Transfer, Indigenous Innovation and Leapfrogging in Green Technology: The Solar-PV Industry in China and India Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies.
• FU, X., HELMERS, C. and ZHANG, J., 2011. The Two Faces of Foreign Management Capabilities: Competition and Spillovers from FDI in the UK Retail Sector International Business Review. (In Press.)
• COLE, M. A., ELLIOTT, R.J.R. and ZHANG, J., 2011. Growth, Foreign Direct Investment and the Environment: Evidence from Chinese Cities Journal of Regional Science. 51(1), 121-138
• COLE, M.A., ELLIOTT, R.J.R. and ZHANG, J., 2009. Corruption, Good Governance and FDI location in China: a Province-level Analysis Journal of Development Studies. 45(9), 1494-1512
• ZHANG, J. and FU, X., 2008. FDI and Environmental Regulations in China Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 13(3), 332-353