Zhang Min Associate professor

2024.01-2024.02, LSE-Miguel Dols Fellowship, the Cañada Blanch Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), England. 

2012.09-2018.06     Ph.D. in Economics, Department of Economics, Zhejiang University, China

2016.09-2017.09   Visiting Ph.D. Student, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, Ohio State University, USA 

2008.09-2012.06   Bachelor in Economics, Hunan University, China    

August 2021-till now, Associate Professor in Economics, Business School, Soochow University

August 2018-July 2021, lecturer, Dongwu Business School, Soochow University

Min Zhang is currently an Associate Professor of Economics and Dean of the Department of Digital Finance and Taxation at Business School, Soochow University. She obtained her PhD in Economics from Zhejiang University and used to be a visiting scholar at the Ohio State University and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her main research interests include institutions and economic growth, innovation development, amenities and human capital, social network and local economic development. She has published in academic journals including Regional Studies, Journal of Regional Science, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Annals of Regional Science, Technological Forecasting & Social Change.

·Institutions and economic development

·Innovation and innovation policy

·Fiscal incentives and local economic development

·Social capital and innovative performance

1.       Public Finance (BSc), Instructor, Fall 2019-2023

2.       Public Sector Economics (Bilingual course) (BSc), Instructor, Spring 2019-2024

3.       Government Budget (BSc), Instructor, Spring 2023

(1) National Natural Science Foundation ofChina, Grant/Award Number: 72003140, Period: January 2021-December 2023. Budget:  240,000 Yuan.

Title: “Impact of institutional quality on regional innovation: theoretical mechanism and empirical evidence”,

1.       Min Zhang & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (2024). Government reform and innovation performance in China, VoxEU.org, 6 December,2024. https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/government-reform-and-innovation-performance-china

2.       Min Zhang & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (2024).  Government reform and innovation performance in China. Papers in Regional Science. 103(3),100023.

3.       Ren Jianhui Yi Jinfeng & Zhang Min (2024). Geographical pattern of innovation in the three major coastal urban agglomerations and its driving factors, Regional Economic Review, 3, 61-69. In Chinese.

4.       Min Zhang (2021). Impact of business institutional environment on entrepreneurship: Evidence from Chinese administrative approval system reform. Journal of Central University of Finance & Economics (6): 90-103. In Chinese.

5.       Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Callum Wilkie & Min Zhang (2021). Innovating in “lagging” cities: A comparative exploration of the dynamics of innovation in Chinese cities. Applied Geography, 132.                       

6.       Min Zhang & Seung-hun Chung (2020).Is air pollution detrimental to regional innovation? Evidence from Chinese cities. Growth and Change,51(4):1657-1689.

7.       Seung-hun Chung, Min Zhang & Mark Partridge (2020). Positive feedback in skill aggregation across Chinese cities.Regional Studies, 54(11): 1596-1611.

8.       Min Zhang, Mark Partridge & Huasheng Song (2020). Amenities and geography of innovation: Evidence from Chinese cities. Annals of Regional Science, 66(1):105-145                    

9.       Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Min Zhang (2020). The cost of weak institutions for innovation in China.Technological Forecasting & Social Change.153

10.       Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Min Zhang (2019). Government institutions and the dynamics of urban growth in China. Journal of Regional Science.59(4): 633-668.

11.       Huasheng Song & Min Zhang (2017). Spatial spillovers of regional innovation: evidence from Chinese provinces. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 53(9):2104-2122.                  

12.       Huasheng Song, Min Zhang & Ruqu Wang (2016). Amenities and spatial talent distribution: evidence from the Chinese IT industry. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. 9 (3):517-533. 

13.   Huasheng Song & Min Zhang (2015). Spatial distribution of Chinese IT industry and the determinants. Zhejiang Academic Journal2: 187-194. In Chinese

14.   Lianfen Wang & Min Zhang (2012). Study on virtual water trading strategy aimed at alleviating China’s aridity problem: Case study of five provinces in middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River”, Theory and Practice of Finance and Economics. 33(175): 114-118. In Chinese

1.       Min Zhang (2023). Amenities and Regional Innovation. Beijing: Economic Science Press. 224 pages. 

1.       Excellent Internship Instructor for the Undergraduates, Soochow University, 2022

2.       Soochow Scholarship for Scientific Research, Soochow University, 2021

3.       Doctor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Jiangsu Province, 2019

Supervisor of master's degree program