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Research interests include economics of innovation, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, science and technology policy, energy and environmental economics, and applied econometrics.
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Lessons for future pandemics: Temporal evolution and rural-urban variations in the impacts of the COVID-19 on opioid use treatment
He, Z., Heess, J. M., Young, T. & Lei, Z., Sep 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 9 September, e0310386.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Direct extraction of lithium from ores by electrochemical leaching
Zhang, H., Han, Y., Lai, J., Wolf, J., Lei, Z., Yang, Y. & Shi, F., Dec 2024, In: Nature communications. 15, 1, 5066.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Relocation preference and settlement: Lessons from the Poverty Alleviation Relocation Program in China
Zhou, S., Chi, G., Qiu, H., Lei, Z., Smithwick, E. & Chen, J., Oct 2024, In: PloS one. 19, 10 October, e0309534.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Heterogeneous impacts of local traffic congestion on local air pollution within a city: Utilizing taxi trajectory data
Xia, F., Cheng, X., Lei, Z., Xu, J., Liu, Y., Zhang, Y. & Zhang, Q., Oct 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 122, 102896.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mining, loss, and despair: Exploring energy transitions and opioid use in an Appalachian coal community
Young, T., Baka, J., He, Z., Bhattacharyya, S. & Lei, Z., May 2023, In: Energy Research and Social Science. 99, 103046.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Command vs. market in China’s energy intensity reduction strategies: Firm-level evidence
Fan, M., Cao, J., Zhang, K. & Lei, Z., Feb 2022, In: PloS one. 17, 2 February, e0263325.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Connecting emerging industry and regional innovation system: Linkages, effect and paradigm in China
Li, Y., Wei, Y., Li, Y., Lei, Z. & Ceriani, A., Mar 2022, In: Technovation. 111, 102388.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The linear-analog method: A more efficient and effective linearization method for natural gas transportation optimization
Chen, Z., Kleit, A. N., Lei, Z., An, H., Ayala, L. F. & Pruvot, A. J. C. J., Aug 2020, In: Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 80, 103305.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
How do firms utilize the deferred patent examination system? Evidence from Korea
Cao, S., Lei, Z. & Oh, J., Feb 19 2019, In: European Journal of Innovation Management. 22, 2, p. 234-256 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Market deregulation and nuclear safety
Lei, Z. & Tsai, C. H., Aug 2019, In: Energy Economics. 82, p. 62-67 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Application publication or confirmation of grant: Which matters more for academic technology transfer?
Drivas, K., Lei, Z. & Wright, B. D., Jan 2018, In: International Journal of Industrial Organization. 56, p. 204-228 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Modeling citation dynamics of “atypical” articles
He, Z., Lei, Z. & Wang, D., Sep 2018, In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 69, 9, p. 1148-1160 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Rising wages and energy consumption transition in rural China
Qiu, H., Yan, J., Lei, Z. & Sun, D., Aug 2018, In: Energy Policy. 119, p. 545-553 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Innovation policy in China: nationally promulgated but locally implemented
Sun, Z., Lei, Z. & Yin, Z., Dec 15 2018, In: Applied Economics Letters. 25, 21, p. 1481-1486 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Academic patent licenses: Roadblocks or signposts for nonlicensee cumulative innovation?
Drivas, K., Lei, Z. & Wright, B. D., May 1 2017, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 137, p. 282-303 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review