Meiyang Zhang

Meiyang Zhang

Associate Professor of Economics

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publications

Innovation incentives and urban carbon dioxide emissions: A quasi-natural experiment based on fast-tracking green patent applications in China

Published in Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023

Using the patent review system as an entry point, my co-authors and I assessed the economic effectiveness of innovation incentives for environmental protection.

Recommended citation: Liu, R., Zhu, X., Zhang, M., & Hu, C. (2023). Innovation incentives and urban carbon dioxide emissions: A quasi-natural experiment based on fast-tracking green patent applications in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 382, 135444.
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Does geographic proximity affect firms’ cross-regional development? Evidence from high-speed rail construction in China

Published in Economic Modelling, 2023

By leveraging firm registration data from 2003 to 2014, and exploiting the staggered construction of China’s high-speed rail (HSR) as a quasi-natural experiment, this paper studies the effects of falling communication costs on firms’ cross-regional development.

Recommended citation: Chen, H., Cheng, K., & Zhang, M. (2023). Does geographic proximity affect firms’ cross-regional development? Evidence from high-speed rail construction in China. Economic Modelling, 126, 106402.
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China’s High-Quality Innovation Development from An Institutional Perspective: Regional Differences and Convergence

Published in Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 2023

In this study, my co-authors and I construct a dataset of high-value inventions, and we find that High-Quality Inventions are significantly and positively correlated with various indicators measuring the quality and value of patents.

Recommended citation: Cheng, K., Chen, H., Zhang, F., & Zhang, M. (2023). China’s high-quality innovation development from an institutional perspective: regional differences and convergence. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 29(6), 1657-1686.
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Patent length and innovation: Novel evidence from China

Published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024

In this study, my co-authors and I found interesting correlations between the patent review system and patent length, and conducted an empirical investigation on the impact of patent length on innovation development.

Recommended citation: Zhang, M., Zhu, X., & Liu, R. (2024). Patent length and innovation: Novel evidence from China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 198, 123010.
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Patent Thicket: Impetus or Barrier in Technological Innovation?

Published in Journal of Financial Research (in Chinese), 2024

This paper examines how patent thickets affect the quantity, quality, and commercialization of corporate innovation in China.

Recommended citation: Zhang, M., & Long, X. (2024). Patent Thicket: Impetus or Barrier in Technological Innovation? Journal of Financial Research, 5, 169-187 (in Chinese).
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The Value of Forward Citations of Patents: An Empirical Analysis Based on Invention Patent Data of Chinese Listed Companies

Published in Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) (in Chinese), 2024

This paper estimates the market value of patent forward citations using invention patents held by Chinese listed companies.

Recommended citation: Long, X., Wang, Y., & Zhang, M. (2024). The Value of Forward Citations of Patents: An Empirical Analysis Based on Invention Patent Data of Chinese Listed Companies. Journal of Shandong University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 5, 47-58 (in Chinese).
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teaching

Teaching experience 1

Undergraduate course, University 1, Department, 2014

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Teaching experience 2

Workshop, University 1, Department, 2015

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