Meiyang Zhang

Meiyang Zhang

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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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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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The Power of Standards: Empirical Evidence from China’s Standard Essential Patents

Published in Management World (in Chinese), 2023

In this study, we investigate how technical standards affect patent value and corporate innovation. The findings suggest that while technical standards facilitate technology diffusion and corporate innovation, they also wield market power, resulting in additional market value for the associated patent technology beyond its inherent technological contribution.

Recommended citation: Long, X. & Zhang, M. (2023). The Power of Standards: Empirical Evidence from China’s Standard Essential Patents. Management World (in Chinese), 39(10), 149-168+227. 龙小宁,张美扬.标准的力量——来自中国标准必要专利的经验证据[J].管理世界,2023,39(10):149-168+227.
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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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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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