Selected Publications:
  • Da Zhang, Qin Zhang, Shaozhou, Jinpeng Huang, Valerie J. Karplus, Xiliang Zhang. Integrity of firms’ emissions reporting in China’s early carbon markets.  Nature Climate Change (2019), 9: 164-169. LINK
  • Sebastian Rausch, Da Zhang*. Capturing Natural Resource Dynamics in Top-Down Energy-Economic Equilibrium Models. Energy Economics (2018), in press. LINK
    • Stylized model. LINK
    • Local or full-range fitting method. LINK
    • Step-fitting method. LINK
  • Li, Mingwei#, Da Zhang# (co-first author), Chiao-Ting Li, Kathleen M. Mulvaney, Noelle E. Selin, Valerie J. Karplus. Air quality co-benefits of carbon pricing in China. Nature Climate Change (2018), 8: 398–403. LINK
  • Zhang, Da* (corresponding author), Justin Caron, Niven Winchester. Sectoral aggregation bias in the accounting of emissions embodied in trade and consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology (2018), in press. LINK
  • Davidson, Michael R. #, Da Zhang# (co-first author),Weiming Xiong, Xiliang Zhang ,Valerie J. Karplus. Modelling the potential for wind energy integration on China’s coal-heavy electricity grid. Nature Energy (2016), 1. LINK (Nature Energy Editors’ picks from 2016).
  • Zhang, Da, Marco Springmann, Valerie J. Karplus. Equity and emissions trading in China. Climatic Change (2016), 134: 131-146. LINK
  • Karplus, Valerie J., Sebastian Rausch, Da Zhang*. Energy caps: Alternative climate policy instruments for China? Energy Economics (2016), 56: 422–431. LINK
  • Zhang, Xiliang, Valerie J. Karplus, Tianyu Qi, Da Zhang, Jiankun He. Carbon emissions in China: How far can new efforts bend the curve? Energy Economics (2016) 54: 388–395. LINK
  • Luo, Xiaohu, Justin Caron, Valerie J. Karplus, Da Zhang, Xiliang Zhang. Interprovincial Migration and the Stringency of Energy Policy in China. Energy Economics (2016), 58: 164-173. LINK
  • Qi, Tianyu, Niven Winchester, Valerie J. Karplus, Da Zhang, Xiliang Zhang. An analysis of China's climate policy using the China-in-Global Energy Model. Economic Modelling (2016), 52, Part B: 650–660. LINK
  • Springmann, Marco, Da Zhang, Valerie J. Karplus. Consumption-Based Adjustment of China's Emissions-Intensity Targets: An Analysis of its Potential Economic Effects. Environmental and Resource Economics (2015), 61: 615–640. LINK
  • Zhang, Da, Valerie J. Karplus, Xiliang Zhang. Emissions Trading in China: Progress and Prospects. Energy Policy (2014), 75: 9–16. LINK
  • Paul Kishimoto, Da Zhang, Valerie J. Karplus. Modeling regional transportation demand in China and the impacts of a national carbon constraint. Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2014). LINK
  • Zhang, Da, Sebastian Rausch, Valerie J. Karplus, Xiliang Zhang. Quantifying regional economic impacts of CO2 intensity targets in China. Energy Economics (2013), 40: 687-701. LINK

Other Peer-reviewed Publications:
  • Yang, Yuanzhe, Hongyu Zhang, Weiming Xiong, Da Zhang*, Xiliang Zhang*. Regional power system modeling for evaluating renewable energy development and CO2 emissions reduction in China. Environmental Impact Assessment Review (2018), 73: 142-151. LINK
  • Weng, Yuyan, Da Zhang*, Lanlan Lu, Xiliang Zhang. A general equilibrium analysis of floor prices for China’s national carbon emissions trading system. Climate Policy (2018), 18(S1): 60-70. LINK
  • Zhang, Xu, Xunmin Ou, Xi Yang, Tianyu Qi, Kyung-Min Nam, Da Zhang, Xiliang Zhang. Socioeconomic burden of air pollution in China: Province-level analysis based on energy economic model. Energy Economics (2017), 68: 478-489. LINK
  • Zhu, Zhao, Da Zhang*, Peggy Mischke, Xiliang Zhang. Electricity generation costs of concentrated solar power technologies in China based on operational plants. Energy (2015), 89: 65–74. LINK
  • Zhang, Da, Weiming Xiong, Chun Tang, Zhen Liu, Xiliang Zhang. Determining the appropriate amount of subsidies in wind power: The Integrated Renewable Power Planning (IRPP) model and its application in China. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (2014), 6: 141-148. LINK
  • Zhang, Da, Qimin Chai, Xiliang Zhang, Jiankun He, Li Yue, Xiufen Dong, Shu Wu. Economical assessment of large-scale photovoltaic power development in China. Energy (2012), 40: 370-375. LINK
  • Zhang, Da, Songlin Tang, Bao Lin, Zhen Liu, Xiliang Zhang. Co-benefit of polycrystalline large-scale photovoltaic power in China. Energy (2012), 41: 436-442. LINK
  • Zhang, Da, Xiliang Zhang, Jiankun He, Qimin Chai. Offshore wind energy development in China: Current status and future perspective. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2011), 15: 4673–4684. LINK
  • He, Jiankun, Zhiwei Yu, Da Zhang. China's strategy for energy development and climate change mitigation. Energy Policy (2012), 53: 7–13. LINK