ZHANG Rui (Ray)
Contact: zhangr359@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Research Areas: International Trade, Spatial Economics, Chinese Economy
Email: zhangr359@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Personal academic webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/rayzhangrui23
Current Academic Employment
2022.11- Associate Professor, Sun Yat-sen University, Business School, Shenzhen Campus
Past Academic Employment
2019.9-2022.9 Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, Department of Economics and Business Economics
Education
2019
PhD in Economics, Peking University, China Center for Economic Research (CCER)
Advisor: Prof. Miaojie Yu
Fall 2016-Spring 2018
Visiting PhD, Yale University, Department of Economics
Advisors: Prof. Samuel Kortum, Prof. Peter Schott
2014
Second Major in Statistics, Renmin University of China, School of Statistics
2013
Bachelor in Finance, Renmin University of China, School of Finance
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dong Xiang
Fall 2011
Exchange Student, The University of Warwick, Warwick Business School
Research Interests
International Trade, Spatial Economics, Chinese Economy.
Articles Published in Journals
In English:
Wan, Guanghua, Xu Wang, Rui Zhang, and Xun Zhang. “The impact of road infrastructure on economic circulation: Market expansion and input cost saving.” Economic Modelling 112 (2022): 105854.
Cui, Xiaomin, Miaojie Yu, and Rui Zhang. “Judicial quality, input customisation, and trade margins: The role of product quality.” The Economic Journal 132.643 (2022): 926-952.
Yu, Miaojie, and Rui Zhang. “Understanding the recent Sino-US trade conflict.” China Economic Journal 12.2 (2019): 160-174.
Tian, Wei, Miaojie Yu, and Rui Zhang. “International trade and firm innovation: patterns and evidence from the Chinese Employer-Employee Survey data.” China Economic Journal 10.1 (2017): 4-17.
Zhang, Rui, and Xun Zhang. “Capital structure premium in multinational SOEs: evidence from China.” Review of Development Economics 20.1 (2016): 283-293.
In Chinese:
谭莹、张勋、张睿、王俊凯，2022，《中国交通基础设施的投资回报率：理论、方法与估算》，《世界经济》，第3期，第3-27页。
余淼杰、黄杨荔、张睿，2019，《中国出口产品质量提升的“富国效应”》，《学术月刊》，第9期，第32-45页。
余淼杰、张睿，2018，《国际贸易与经济地理中的量化一般均衡研究综述》，《长安大学学报》，第6期，第1-10页。
人大复印资料《国际贸易研究》2019年第5期全文转载
余淼杰、金洋、张睿，2018，《工业企业产能利用率衡量与生产率估算》，《经济研究》，第5期，第56-71页。
人大复印资料《产业经济》2018年第9期全文转载
张睿、张勋、戴若尘，2018，《基础设施与企业生产率：市场扩张与外资竞争的视角》，《管理世界》，第1期，第88-102页。
获2019年商务发展研究成果奖，入选《产业经济学年鉴》（2020），人大复印资料《产业经济》2018年第6期全文转载
张勋、张睿，2017，《水利基础设施的经济增长效应及其作用机制》，《财政研究》，第10期，第30-42页。
许天启、张轶龙、张睿，2017，《政策不确定性与企业融资成本差异--基于中国EPU数据》，《科研管理》，第4期，第113-122页。
余淼杰、张睿，2017，《人民币升值对出口质量的提升效应：中国企业的经验实证》，《管理世界》，第5期，第28-40页。
获社科院世经所《世界经济年鉴》2017年国际贸易学最佳中文论文Top 10
余淼杰、张睿，2017，《中国制造业出口品质量的准确衡量：挑战与解决方法》，《经济学（季刊）》，第16期第2卷，第464-484页。
余淼杰、崔晓敏、张睿，2016，《司法质量、不完全契约与贸易产品质量》，《金融研究》，第12期，第1-16页。
人大复印资料《国际贸易研究》2017年4月全文转载
余淼杰、张睿，2016，《国际贸易中的产品质量研究》，《宏观质量研究》，第3期，第23-31页。
《中国社会科学文摘》2017年第2期全文转载
余淼杰、张睿，2016，《以我为主，为我所用：中国应积极主动寻求加入TPP》，《国际经济评论》，第2期，第39-56页。
向东、张睿、张勋，2015，《国有控股、战略产业与跨国企业资本结构：来自中国A股上市公司的证据》，《金融研究》，第1期，第178-191页。
Articles Published as Book Chapters
“Quantifying the Impacts of Local Content Requirements: An Analysis on Indonesia,” (with Lili Yan Ing) in Lili Yan Ing and Gene M. Grossman, eds., Local Content Requirements: Promises and Pitfalls, Routledge, 2023, 212-245.
“Automation in Indonesia: Productivity, Quality, and Employment,” (with Lili Yan Ing) in Lili Yan Ing and Gene M. Grossman, eds., Robots and AI: a New Economic Era, Routledge, 2022, 275-309.
“The Evolution of Export Quality: China and Indonesia,” (with Lili Yan Ing and Miaojie Yu) in Lili Yan Ing and Miaojie Yu, eds., World Trade Evolution: Growth, Productivity, and Employment, Routledge, 2019, 261-302.
Working Papers
“Fight or Flight? How Do Firms Adapt their Product Mix in Response to Demand and Competition”, (with Luca Macedoni and Frederic Warzynski), 2024
“Migration, Remittances and the Distributional Effects of Trade,” (with Sarah Schroeder), 2024
“Road Infrastructure, Market Integration, and Productivity: Evidence from China’s Manufacturing Sector,” (with Ruochen Dai and Xun Zhang), 2022
“Far Away from Work: Quantifying the Effects of Labor Flow Disruptions,” (with Wei Xiang and Xun Zhang), 2022
“Automate to Upgrade: Export Destinations and Technology Adoption,” (with Ruochen Dai and Kailin Gao), 2022
Manuscripts under Revisions
“Trade Costs beyond Iceberg and Quality Choices: Evidence and Implications,”
Top PhD Submission Award, 2018 FREIT Rocky Mountain Empirical Trade (RMET) Conference
“Market Interdependence through Shared Suppliers,” (with Daisy Chen Sun)
Best Graduate Student Paper, 2018 FREIT Empirical Investigation in International Trade (EIIT) Conference
“Import Quality Competition and Firm Performance: Evidence from Indonesia,” (with Lili Yan Ing and Miaojie Yu)
Grants
National Natural Science Foundation of China (72303254)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Sun Yat-sen University (23wkqb06)
Professional Service
Deputy Dean, Institute of Regional Openness and Cooperation of Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU-IROC): 2024-
Coordinator of the FIND Seminar Series, Aarhus University: 2021-2022
Referee for: 经济学季刊, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Review of International Economics, Review of World Economics, The Economics of Transition, The World Economy.
Teaching
Sun Yat-sen University:
Firms in the Global Economy (Bachelor): Spring 2024
International Economics – International Trade Part (Bachelor): Spring 2024
International Trade (Bachelor): Spring 2023
Aarhus University:
Firms in the Global Market Place (Bachelor): Fall 2019 (with Valerie Smeets), Fall 2020, Fall 2021
International Economics – International Trade Part (Master): Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021
Tools for Empirical Economic Analysis and Consulting (Master): Spring 2021, Spring 2022
Awards and Fellowships
IEA (International Economic Association) Featured Economist, 2024
Contemporary Economics Doctoral Innovation Project, National Economics Foundation, 2020
Commercial Development Research Award (with Ruochen Dai and Xun Zhang), China Ministry of Commerce, 2019
Distinguished Graduate in Beijing Municipality & Distinguished Graduate of Peking University, 2019
Best Graduate Student Paper (with Daisy Chen Sun), FREIT EIIT Conference, 2018
Top PhD Submission Award, FREIT RMET Conference, 2018
Innovative Award in Academics, Peking University, 2016-2018
Caizhai Research Fellowship (with Ruochen Dai), Peking University, 2016
Tang Lixin Fellowship, Peking University, 2015-2018
Distinguished Teaching Assistant, National School of Development, Peking University, 2015
PhD National Scholarship, Peking University, 2014
Distinguished Graduate, School of Finance, Renmin University of China, 2013
Academic Scholarship, Renmin University of China, 2010-2012
