Dr Jing Zhang

MSc (University of Birmingham), PhD (University of Birmingham)

Department: Industrial Economics
Centre/Institute: CRG
E-mail: J.Zhang@nottingham.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 115 8232169
Location: C27 (South Building, Jubilee Campus)

Dr Jing Zhang is a development economist. She works at the interaction of international economics, development economics and environmental economics. Her research covers a range of topics including trade, foreign direct investment, innovation, environment, and economic development. Jing has published her work in journals such as World Development, International Business Review, Ecological Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, R&D Management, Journal of Regional Science, and Journal of Development Studies.

Her current funded projects include "Data Analytics in Research on Investment Efficiency of Clean Technology in UK Start-ups" (British Academy), and "Mandatory Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting, Capital Allocation and the Green Behaviour of Firms" (supervisor-led ESRC DTP). Her previous funded projects include "The Environmental Governance in a Polluted City in China"(British Academy), Spatial Distribution of Industrial Pollution in China (Ministry of Education of China), and "Local Government, Economic Growth and Human Development: Chinese Lessons for Kenya and Uganda?" (ESRC with Professor Lina Song at the University of Nottingham).

Jing serves as a senior economist at OxValue.AI, a spin-off of the University of Oxford, to develop AI-powered valuation algorithms for technologies and startups in multiple sectors, facilitating technology transfer, investment and commercialisation. She is also an associate editor for Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies.

 

Recent Publications

The following lists my publications from 2014 to the present day.

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Jing is module convenor of the following module(s):

Undergraduate

Quantitative Analysis for Business (BUSI1006)


Details of all modules can be found on MyNottingham

Jing's main research covers international trade, foreign investment, economics of innovation, environmental economics, and development economics. Specific topics include: globalisation, economic development and the environment; empirical international economics; empirical environmental economics, corruption and governance; technology transfer and innovation; and economic development in developing countries. Her current research focuses on firms' green behaviour, innovation, as well as technology valuation.

Jing is currently supervising the following Research Students:

Zhenyu Fu

School Administrative Roles
ESRC DTP Pathway Coordinator
Deputy Director of PhD Programme (Pastoral)