Zhen Lei

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)

Research Summary

Research interests include economics of innovation, intellectual property, entrepreneurship, science and technology policy, energy and environmental economics, and applied econometrics.

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Projects

Recent Publications

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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-review

Government targets, end-of-year patenting rush and innovative performance in China

Sun, Z., Lei, Z., Wright, B. D., Cohen, M. & Liu, T., Sep 2021, In: Nature Biotechnology. 39, 9, p. 1068-1075 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-review

Deregulation and investment in generation capacity: Evidence from nuclear power uprates in the United States

Lei, Z., Tsai, C. H. & Kleit, A. N., May 2017, In: Energy Journal. 38, 3, p. 113-139 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review