Zhang Min Associate professor

2012.09-2018.06     Ph.D. in Economics, Department of Economics, Zhejiang University, China

2016.09-2017.09   Visiting Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, USA 

2008.09-2012.06   Bachelor in Economics, Hunan University, China    

2018.8-till now   lecturer, Dongwu Business School, Soochow University

Min Zhang is currently a lecturer at Dongwu Business School, Soochow University. Her research interests include institutions and economic development, innovation and innovation policy, amenities and location choice, diversity, fiscal decentralization and so on. She has published in academic journals including Regional Studies, Journal of Regional Science, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Annals of Regional Science, Technological Forecasting & Social Change.

·        Institutions and economic development

·        Innovation and innovation policy

·        Amenities and location choice

·        Diversity

·        Fiscal decentralization

   Sole instructor (full responsibility)

Ø  Fall-Winter 2020, Public Finance

Ø  Spring-Summer 2020, Public Sector Economies (bilingual course)

Ø  Fall-Winter 2019, Public Finance

Ø  Spring-Summer 2019, Public Finance

(1) National Natural Science Foundation ofChina, Grant/Award Number: 72003140, Period: January 2021-December 2023. Budget:  240,000 Yuan.

Title: “Impact of institutional quality on regional innovation: theoretical mechanism and empirical evidence”,

Ø 2020. Positive feedback in skill aggregation across Chinese cities. Regional Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2020.1743823. with Seung-hun Chung and Mark Partridge.

Ø 2020 Amenities and geography of innovation: Evidence from Chinese cities. Annals of Regional Science,66(1):105-145  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-020-00977-5. with Mark Partridge and Huasheng Song.

Ø 2020. The cost of weak institutions for innovation in China.Technological Forecasting & Social Change.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.119937. With Andrés Rodríguez-Pose. 

Ø    2019. “Government institutions and the dynamics of urban growth in China”. Journal of Regional Science.59(4): 633-668. With Andrés Rodríguez-Pose.     

Ø    2017.“Spatial spillovers of regional innovation: evidence from Chinese provinces”. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade 53(9):2104-2122. With Huasheng Song.   

Ø    2016. “Amenities and spatial talent distribution: evidence from the Chinese IT industry”. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society9 (3):517-533. With Huasheng Song and Ruqu Wang.

Ø    2015. Spatial Distribution of Chinese IT Industry and the Determinants. Zhejiang Academic Journal (In Chinese), 2: 187-194. with Huasheng Song.

Ø    2012. Study on Virtual Water Trading Strategy Aimed at Alleviating China’s Aridity Problem: Case Study of Five Provinces in Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River. The Theory and Practice of Finance and Economics (In Chinese). 33(175): 114-118. with Lianfen Wang.