Selected Journal Articles
2022 Zhao, J., M. Wang, J. Zhu*. Household energy transition and social status: Evidence from large-scale heating renovation in China. Environmental Research Letters, 7(11): 115011.
2022 Zhu, J., X. Li*, Y. Fan, H. Shi and L. Zhao. Effect of carbon market on air pollution: Firm-level evidence in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 182: 106321.
2022 Zhu, J.*, Z. Ge, J. Wang, X. Li*, C. Wang. Evaluating regional carbon emissions trading in China: effects, pathways, co-benefits, spillovers, and prospects. Climate Policy, 1-17. (Chinese Policy Scholars Group’s Best Policy Research Article Award in 2023;ESI Highly Cited)
2021 Zhu, J. and J. Wang*. The effects of fuel content regulation at ports on regional pollution and shipping industry. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 106: 102424.
2020 Zhu, Junming. Suggested use? On evidence-based decision-making in industrial ecology and beyond. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 2020; 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13009
2019 Zhu J*, Y. Fan, X. Deng*, and L. Xue. Low-carbon innovation induced by emissions trading in China. Nature Communications, 10(1): 1-8. (first class of the 16th best publication prize of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing; 2019 Best Paper Prize, Chinese Society for Industrial Ecology; ESI Highly Cited)
2019 Zhu, J. and M. Chertow* Authoritarian but responsive: Local regulation of industrial energy efficiency in Jiangsu, China. Regulation & Governance, 13: 384-404.
2019 Zhu, J.*, C. Fan, H. Shi, and L. Shi. Efforts for a Circular Economy in China: A Comprehensive Review of Policies. Journal of Industrial Ecology, Vol. 23: 110-118. (ESI Highly Cited for consecutively 20 months; Wiley Top Downloaded Paper 2018-2019; Wiley Top Cited Article 2019-2020)
2018 Dong, Y., S. Hu, and J. Zhu*. From source credibility to risk perception: How and when climate information matters to action. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 136: 410-417.
2018 Zhu, J.*, L. Niu, M. Ruth, and L. Shi. Technological Change and Energy Efficiency in Large Chinese Firms. Ecological Economics 150: 241-250.
2017 Zhu, J. and M. Chertow. Business Strategy Under Institutional Constraints: Evidence from China's Energy Efficiency Regulations. Ecological Economics 135: 10-21.
2017 Hu, S., X. Jia, X. Zhang, X. Zheng, and J. Zhu*. How political ideology affects climate perception: Moderation effects of time orientation and knowledge. Resources, Conservation & Recycling 127: 124-131.
2016 Zhu, J.* and M. Chertow. Greening industrial production through waste recovery: "Comprehensive Utilization of Resources" in China. Environmental Science & Technology 50(5): 2175-2182.
2015 Zhu, J.* and M. Ruth. Relocation or reallocation: Impacts of differentiated energy saving regulation on manufacturing industries in China. Ecological Economics 110: 119-133.
2014 Zhu, J.* and M. Ruth. The development of regional collaboration for resource efficiency: A network perspective on industrial symbiosis. Computers, Environment, and Urban Systems 44: 37-46.
2013 Zhu, J.* and M. Ruth. Exploring the resilience of industrial ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management 122: 65-75.
2022-2024 “Highly-Efficient Use of Natural Resources, Economic Security, and High-Quality Development Mechanism”, National Social Science Fund of China Key Project, PI.
2021-2021 “Green Development Cases of Belt and Road Initiative Countries”, Environmental Defense Fund, PI.
2020-2021 “Economic Impacts of Ship Emissions Control Regulation”, Transportation Planning and Research Institute at the Ministry of Transport, PI.
2020-2020 “Impact of Public Apparel Consumption on Ecological Environment”, China Environmental Protection Foundation, PI.
2018-2020 “Policy efficiency, social impacts, and mechanisms of carbon emissions trading: A quasi-experimental design,” the National Natural Science Foundation (71704092), PI.
2018-2020 “Policy evaluation and policy process of environmental administrative system: Information, Implementation, and Performance,” Tsinghua University, PI.
2018-2019 “Policy Evaluation of Green Credit and Green Bond,” Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, Ministry of the Ecology and Environment, PI.
2016-2019 “Evaluating the Effectiveness of China’s Local Administration for Environmental Governance,” Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance and Summer Institute for China’s Green Innovators at Tsinghua University, PI.
2014-2015 “The Power of Information: Bringing to Scale an Industrial Symbiosis Database to Address Market Inefficiency in Resource Reuse among Industrial Firms,” Yale Center for Business and the Environment (Sobotka Research Fund 56526A), co-PI with Marian Chertow.
2013-2014 “Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant: The Effect of Energy-Saving Regulations on the Location of Manufacturing,” the U.S. National Science Foundation (1303113).