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Economic Zones and Regional Development

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Qifei Ma
Zhejiang Ocean University
2
Susanne A. Frick
Cardiff University
3
Yuan Tian
University of Nottingham
4
Zhen Wu
Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
5
Clare Balboni
London School of Economics and Political Science
6
Han Cheng
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
7
Isaac B. Kardon
Cornell University
8
Lianghu Wang
Jiangsu Normal University
9
Dunrui Li
Shanghai Drug Administration
10
Shulin Wan
Dalian Maritime University

Rising Stars Papers

1
In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities
American Economic Review|2024
56 cit.
2
Digital economy and urban green development: A quasi-natural experiment based on national big data comprehensive pilot zone
Energy & Environment|2024
19 cit.
3
The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics
The Review of Economic Studies|2025
16 cit.
4
Is port integration a panacea for regions green development: An empirical study of China port city
Transport Policy|2024
16 cit.
5
China, geoeconomics and the ‘new’ state capitalism
Environment and Planning A Economy and Space|2024
13 cit.
6
Lessons-learnt from growth pole strategies in the developing world
Progress in Planning|2025
10 cit.
7
Temporal and spatial effects of manufacturing agglomeration on CO2 emissions: evidence from South Korea
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications|2024
7 cit.
8
Investigating the impact of spatial dependence and heterogeneity on airport relationships: Empirical evidence from China
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications|2024
6 cit.
9
Security without Exclusivity: Hybrid Alignment under U.S.-China Competition
International Security|2025
5 cit.
10
Determinants of air cargo volumes within airport networks: Insights from an augmented gravity model with economic distance and geographic threshold effects
The Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics|2025
5 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Nwanna Gladson
Morgan State University
2
Alejandro Colás
Universidad de Londres
3
Muhammad Umar
Lebanese American University
4
Maria Aimee Sobrevega
Unknown
5
Tim Zajontz
University of Freiburg
6
Carlos Pais‐Montes
Universidade da Coruña
7
Yang Tang
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
8
Ren Yang
Sun Yat-sen University
9
Junyu Guo
Research Institute of Tropical Forestry
10
Nikhil Saxena
King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Do green finance and innovation matter for environmental protection? A case of OECD economies
Energy Economics|2023
337 cit.
2
Impact of Russian-Ukraine war on clean energy, conventional energy, and metal markets: Evidence from event study approach
Resources Policy|2022
324 cit.
3
The spillover effects among fossil fuel, renewables and carbon markets: Evidence under the dual dilemma of climate change and energy crises
Energy|2023
230 cit.
4
Renewable energy and technological innovation: Which one is the winner in promoting net-zero emissions?
Technological Forecasting and Social Change|2022
185 cit.
5
Extreme connectedness between renewable energy tokens and fossil fuel markets
Energy Economics|2022
151 cit.
6
Energy consumption within policy uncertainty: Considering the climate and economic factors
Renewable Energy|2023
143 cit.
7
Does technology innovation help to achieve carbon neutrality?
Economic Analysis and Policy|2023
142 cit.
8
Financial market development: A potentiating policy choice for the green transition in G7 economies
International Review of Financial Analysis|2023
140 cit.
9
Green Banking—Can Financial Institutions support green recovery?
Economic Analysis and Policy|2022
122 cit.
10
The interaction of climate risk and bank liquidity: An emerging market perspective for transitions to low carbon energy
Technological Forecasting and Social Change|2023
110 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Gordon Hanson
International Monetary Fund
2
Theo Notteboom
University of Antwerp
3
Xiaoyang Tang
Jilin Jianzhu University
4
César Ducruet
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
5
Douglas S. Massey
University of Chicago
6
Boopen Seetanah
North-West University
7
Yifei Zhang
State Grid Corporation of China (China)
8
Fabrizio Zilibotti
Yale University
9
Robert Read
Lancaster University
10
Hui‐Lin Lin
National Taiwan University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States
American Economic Review|2013
4.3k cit.
2
Endogenous Growth Theory
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d économique|1999
3.7k cit.
3
The Dimensions of Residential Segregation
Social Forces|1988
2.3k cit.
4
The Dimensions of Residential Segregation
Social Forces|1988
2.1k cit.
5
Foreign direct investment and relative wages: Evidence from Mexico's maquiladoras
Journal of International Economics|1997
1.6k cit.
6
Growing Like China
American Economic Review|2011
1.6k cit.
7
Was Prometheus Unbound by Chance? Risk, Diversification, and Growth
Journal of Political Economy|1997
1.5k cit.
8
Social Structure, Household Strategies, and the Cumulative Causation of Migration
Population Index|1990
1.5k cit.
9
Distance to Frontier, Selection, and Economic Growth
Journal of the European Economic Association|2006
1.5k cit.
10
The China Shock: Learning from Labor-Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade
Annual Review of Economics|2016
1.3k cit.

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