Papers in Refereed International Journals
Dong, Z., Li, Y., Balland, P. A., & Zheng, S. (2022). Industrial land policy and economic complexity of Chinese Cities. Industry and Innovation, 29(3), 367-395.
Wang, J., Fan, Y., Palacios, J., Chai, Y., Guetta-Jeanrenaud, N., Obradovich, N., ... & Zheng, S. (2022). Global evidence of expressed sentiment alterations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Human Behaviour, 1-10.
Palacios, J., Fan, Y., Yoeli, E., Wang, J., Chai, Y., Sun, W., ... & Zheng, S. (2022). Encouraging the resumption of economic activity after COVID-19: Evidence from a large scale-field experiment in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(5).
Wang, B., Williams, M., Duarte, F., & Zheng, S. (2022). Demand for social interactions: Evidence from the restaurant industry during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Journal of Regional Science. Forthcoming.
Yoshimura, Y., Kumakoshi, Y., Fan, Y., Milardo, S., Koizumi, H., Santi, P., Arias, J., Zheng, S., & Ratti, C. (2022). Street pedestrianization in urban districts: Economic impacts in Spanish cities. Cities, 120, 103468.
Kahn, M. E., Sun, W., & Zheng, S. (2022). Clean air as an experience good in urban China. Ecological Economics, 192, 107254.
Sonnenschein, T. S., Scheider, S., & Zheng, S. (2021). The rebirth of urban subcenters: How subway expansion impacts the spatial structure and mix of amenities in European cities. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 23998083211056955.
Luo, R., Fan, Y., Yang, X., Zhao, J., & Zheng, S. (2021). The impact of social externality information on fostering sustainable travel mode choice: A behavioral experiment in Zhengzhou, China. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 152, 127-145.
Yoshimura, Y., Santi, P., Arias, J. M., Zheng, S., & Ratti, C. (2021). Spatial clustering: Influence of urban street networks on retail sales volumes. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(7), 1926-1942.
Ou, Y., Zheng, S., & Nam, K. M. (2021). Impacts of air pollution on urban housing prices in China. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 1-19.
Tan, Z., Zheng, S., Palacios, J. and Hooks, C. (2021). Market Adoption of Healthy Buildings in the Office Sector: A Global Study from the Owner’s Perspective. International Real Estate Review, 24(2), 253 – 292.
Zhang, Y., Zhang, T., Zeng, Y., Yu C., and Zheng, S. (2021). The rising and heterogeneous demand for urban green space by Chinese urban residents: Evidence from Beijing. Journal of Cleaner Production: 127781.
Dong, L., Du, R., Kahn, M. & Zheng, S. (2021). Ghost cities versus boom towns: Do China’s high speed rail new towns thrive? Regional Science and Urban Economics, 103682.
Duan, L., Sun, W., Niu, D. & Zheng, S. (2021). Transportation Infrastructure and Capital Mobility: Evidence from China’s High Speed Railway. Annals of Regional Science, 1-32.
Fan, Y., Palacios, J., Arcaya, M., Luo, R., & Zheng, S. (2021). Health perception and commuting choice: a survey experiment measuring behavioral trade-offs between physical activity benefits and pollution exposure risks. Environmental Research Letters, 16(5), 054026.
Sun, W., Zhang, S., Lin, C., & Zheng, S. (2021). How do home purchase restrictions affect elite Chinese graduate students’ job search behavior?. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 87, 103644.
Niu, D., Sun, W., & Zheng, S. (2021). The role of informal housing in lowering China’s urbanization costs. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 103638.
DeSouza, P., Lu, R., Kinney, P., & Zheng, S. (2021). Exposures to multiple air pollutants while commuting: Evidence from Zhengzhou, China. Atmospheric Environment, 247, 118168.
Kahn, M. E., Sun, W., Wu, J., & Zheng, S. (2020). Do Political Connections Help or Hinder Urban Economic Growth? Evidence from 1,400 Industrial Parks in China. Journal of Urban Economics, 103289.
Zheng, S., Wang, J., & Dong, L. (2021). Urban network and vibrancy. Habitat International, 106, 102290.
Guo, X., Sun, W., Yao, S., & Zheng, S. (2020). Does high-speed railway reduce air pollution along highways?——Evidence from China. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 89, 102607.
Wang, B., & Zheng, S. (2020). Air pollution lowers travel demand in a consumer city. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 89, 102616.
Duan, L., Sun, W., & Zheng, S. (2020) Transportation network and venture capital mobility: An analysis of air travel and high-speed rail in China. Journal of Transport Geography, 88, 102852.
Deng, H., Sun, W., Yip, S. & Zheng, S. (2020). Household Income Inequality Aggravates High-Temperature Exposure Inequality in Urban China. Journal of Environmental Management, 275, 111224.
Fan, Y., & Zheng, S. (2020) . Dockless Bike Sharing Alleviates Road Congestion by Complementing Subway Travel: Evidence from Beijing. Cities, 107, 102895.
Yoshimura, Y., Santi, P. Arias, J. Zheng, S. & Ratti, C. (2020). Spatial clustering: Influence of urban street networks on retail sales volumes. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 2399808320954210.
Niu, D., Sun, W., & Zheng, S. (2020). Travel Costs, Trade, and Market Segmentation: Evidence from China’s High-Speed Railway. Papers in Regional Science, 99(6), 1799-1825.
Wang, J., Obradovich, N., & Zheng, S. (2020). A 43-Million-Person Investigation into Weather and Expressed Sentiment in a Changing Climate. One Earth, 2(6), 568-577.
Wu, W., Zheng, S., Wang, B., & Du, M. (2020). Impacts of rail transit access on land and housing values in China: a quantitative synthesis. Transport Reviews, 1-17.
Zheng, S., & Du, R. (2020). How does urban agglomeration integration promote entrepreneurship in China? Evidence from regional human capital spillovers and market integration. Cities, 97, 102529.
Du, R., & Zheng, S. (2020). Agglomeration, Housing Affordability, and New Firm Formation: The Role of Subway Network in Beijing. Journal of Housing Economics, 48, 101668.
Zheng, S., Duan, L., & Sun, W. (2020). Global air network and cross-border venture capital mobility. Habitat International, 102105.
Dong, X., Zheng, S., & Kahn, M. E. (2019). The role of transportation speed in facilitating high skilled teamwork across cities. Journal of Urban Economics, 103212.
Zheng, S., Wang, J., Sun, C., Zhang, X., & Kahn, M. E. (2019). Air pollution lowers Chinese urbanites' expressed happiness on social media. Nature Human Behaviour, 3(3), 237.
Zheng, S., Zhang, X., & Sun, W. (2019). Air Pollution and Elite College Graduates' Job Location Choice: Evidence from China. Annals of Regional Science.
Chiu-Shee, C., & Zheng, S. (2019). A Burden or A Tool? Rationalizing Public Housing Provision in Chinese Cities. Housing Studies.
Zheng, S., Song, Z. & Sun, W. (2019). Do Affordable Housing Programs Facilitate Migrants' Social Integration in Chinese Cities? Cities.
Dong, L., Ratti, C., & Zheng, S. (2019). Predicting neighborhoods' socioeconomic attributes using restaurant data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(31), 15447-15452.
Sun, C., Zheng, S., Wang, J., & Kahn, M. E. (2019). Does clean air increase the demand for the consumer city? Evidence from Beijing. Journal of Regional Science.
Zheng, S., Zhang, X., Sun, W., & Wang, J. (2019). The effect of a new subway line on local air quality: A case study in Changsha. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 68: 26-38.
Yan, L., Duarte, F., Wang, D., Zheng, S., & Ratti, C. (2019). Exploring the effect of air pollution on social activity in China using geotagged social media check-in data. Cities, 91, 116-125.
Hidalgo, C. A., Balland, P. A., Boschma, R., Delgado, M., Feldman, M., Frenken, K., ... Zheng, S. & Zhu, S. (2018, July). The principle of relatedness. In International conference on complex systems (pp. 451-457). Springer, Cham.
Liu, H., Yi, D., & Zheng, S. (2018). Small property rights housing in major Chinese cities: Its role and the uniqueness of dwellers. Habitat International, 77, 121-129.
Sun, W., Zhang, X., Li, H., Wu, J., & Zheng, S. (2018). Environmental ideology and household energy conservation in Beijing. Journal of cleaner production, 195, 1600-1608.
Xu, Y., Zhang, Q., Zheng, S., & Zhu, G. (2018). House Age, Price and Rent: Implications from Land-Structure Decomposition. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 56(2), 303-324.
Zheng, S., Sun, W., Wu, J., & Kahn, M. E. (2017). The birth of edge cities in China: Measuring the effects of industrial parks policy. Journal of Urban Economics, 100, 80-103.
Zhang, Y., Zheng, S., Sun, C., & Wang, R. (2017). Does subway proximity discourage automobility? Evidence from Beijing. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 52, 506-517.
Zheng, S., & Kahn, M. E. (2017). A new era of pollution progress in urban China?. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31(1), 71-92.
Lu, M., Sun, C., & Zheng, S. (2017). Congestion and pollution consequences of driving-to-school trips: A case study in Beijing. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 50, 280-291.
Sun, W., Fu, Y., & Zheng, S. (2017). Local Public Service Provision and Spatial Inequality in Chinese Cities: The Role of Residential Income Sorting and Land‐Use Conditions. Journal of Regional Science, 57(4), 547-567.
Sun, C., Kahn, M. E., & Zheng, S. (2017). Self-protection investment exacerbates air pollution exposure inequality in urban China. Ecological economics, 131, 468-474.
Sun, W., Zheng, S., Geltner, D. M., & Wang, R. (2017). The housing market effects of local home purchase restrictions: evidence from Beijing. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 55(3), 288-312.
Yang, Z., Fan, Y., & Zheng, S. (2016). Determinants of household carbon emissions: Pathway toward eco-community in Beijing. Habitat International, 57, 175-186.
Zhang, L., Sun, C., Liu, H., & Zheng, S. (2016). The role of public information in increasing homebuyers' willingness-to-pay for green housing: Evidence from Beijing. Ecological Economics, 129, 40-49.
Zheng, S., Xu, Y., Zhang, X., & Wang, R. (2016). Transit development, consumer amenities and home values: Evidence from Beijing's subway neighborhoods. Journal of Housing Economics, 33, 22-33.
Zheng, S., Hu, X., Wang, J., & Wang, R. (2016). Subways near the subway: Rail transit and neighborhood catering businesses in Beijing. Transport Policy, 51, 81-92.
Zheng, S., Sun, W., & Kahn, M. E. (2016). Investor confidence as a determinant of China's urban housing market dynamics. Real Estate Economics, 44(4), 814-845.
Auffhammer, M., Sun, W., Wu, J., & Zheng, S. (2016). The decomposition and dynamics of industrial carbon dioxide emissions for 287 Chinese cities in 1998–2009. Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(3), 460-481.
Zhang, Y., Zheng, S., Song, Y., & Zhong, Y. (2016). The Spillover Effect of Urban Village Removal on Nearby Home Values in Beijing. Growth and Change, 47(1), 9-31.
Zheng, S., Hu, W., & Wang, R. (2016). How much is a good school worth in Beijing? Identifying price premium with paired resale and rental data. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 53(2), 184-199.
Lin, B. C. A., & Zheng, S. (2016). A new direction in environmental economics. Journal of Economic Surveys, 30(3), 397-402.
Sun, W., Zheng, S., & Wang, R. (2015). The capitalization of subway access in home value: A repeat-rentals model with supply constraints in Beijing. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 80, 104-115.
Xu, Y., Zhang, Q., & Zheng, S. (2015). The rising demand for subway after private driving restriction: Evidence from Beijing's housing market. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 54, 28-37.
Guo, X., Zheng, S., Geltner, D., & Liu, H. (2014). A new approach for constructing home price indices: The pseudo repeat sales model and its application in China. Journal of Housing Economics, 25, 20-38.
Zheng, S., Sun, C., Qi, Y., & Kahn, M. E. (2014). The evolving geography of China's industrial production: Implications for pollution dynamics and urban quality of life. Journal of Economic Surveys, 28(4), 709-724.
Sun, C., Zheng, S., & Wang, R. (2014). Restricting driving for better traffic and clearer skies: Did it work in Beijing?. Transport Policy, 32, 34-41.
Zheng, S., Kahn, M. E., Sun, W., & Luo, D. (2014). Incentives for China's urban mayors to mitigate pollution externalities: The role of the central government and public environmentalism. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 47, 61-71.
Zheng, S., Sun, W., & Wang, R. (2014). Land supply and capitalization of public goods in housing prices: evidence from Beijing. Journal of Regional Science, 54(4), 550-568.
Zheng, S., Cao, J., Kahn, M. E., & Sun, C. (2014). Real estate valuation and cross-boundary air pollution externalities: evidence from Chinese cities. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 48(3), 398-414.
Zheng, S., & Kahn, M. E. (2013). China’s bullet trains facilitate market integration and mitigate the cost of megacity growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(14), E1248-E1253.
Zheng, S., & Kahn, M. E. (2013). Understanding China's urban pollution dynamics. Journal of Economic Literature, 51(3), 731-72.
Zheng, S., & Kahn, M. E. (2013). Does government investment in local public goods spur gentrification? Evidence from Beijing. Real Estate Economics, 41(1), 1-28.
Zheng, S., Wu, J., Kahn, M. E., & Deng, Y. (2012). The nascent market for “green” real estate in Beijing. European Economic Review, 56(5), 974-984.
Fan, C. C., Sun, M., & Zheng, S. (2011). Migration and split households: a comparison of sole, couple, and family migrants in Beijing, China. Environment and Planning A, 43(9), 2164-2185.
Zheng, S., Wang, R., Glaeser, E. L., & Kahn, M. E. (2010). The greenness of China: household carbon dioxide emissions and urban development. Journal of Economic Geography, 11(5), 761-792.
Zheng, S., Kahn, M. E., & Liu, H. (2010). Towards a system of open cities in China: Home prices, FDI flows and air quality in 35 major cities. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 40(1), 1-10.
Zheng, S., Long, F., Fan, C. C., & Gu, Y. (2009). Urban villages in China: A 2008 survey of migrant settlements in Beijing. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50(4), 425-446.
Zheng, S., Peiser, R. B., & Zhang, W. (2009). The rise of external economies in Beijing: Evidence from intra-urban wage variation. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 39(4), 449-459.
Zheng, S., Fu, Y., & Liu, H. (2009). Demand for urban quality of living in China: evidence from cross-city land rent growth. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 38(3), 194-213.
Zheng, S., & Kahn, M. E. (2008). Land and residential property markets in a booming economy: New evidence from Beijing. Journal of Urban Economics, 63(2), 743-757.
Zheng, S., Fu, Y., & Liu, H. (2006). Housing-choice hindrances and urban spatial structure: Evidence from matched location and location-preference data in Chinese cities. Journal of Urban Economics, 60(3), 535-557.
Authored Books
Matthew E. Kahn and Siqi Zheng. “Blue Skies over Beijing: Economic Growth and the Environment in China.” Princeton University Press, 2016.
Siqi Zheng. “China’s Urban Spatial Structure: Housing, Jobs and Related Urban Issues”, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press. (In Chinese)
Siqi Zheng. “A Microeconomic Analysis of Housing Demand in Chinese Cities”, Beijing: China Architecture and Building Press. (In Chinese)
Edited Books
Chi-ang Lin and Siqi Zheng (eds.). Environmental Economics and Sustainability. Wiley
Siqi Zheng and Zhengzhen Tan (eds.). Toward Urban Economic Vibrancy: Patterns and Practices in Asia’s New Cities. MIT SA+P Press
Book Chapters
Siqi Zheng, “Environmental Sustainability in Urban China”, in Huang Y. eds. Chinese Cities in the 21st Century. Springer, 2020.
Siqi Zheng, Cong Sun, Jianghao Wang, Xiaoke Hu. “Congestion and Pollution in Chinese Cities”, in Wan G. and Lu M. eds. Dragon, Elephant and Cities: Urbanization and Urban Development in China and India. Oxford University Press. 2019.
Siqi Zheng. “Urban Spatial Structure in Chinese Cities”, 312-371, in Lu et. al. eds. China's Regional Development: Review and Prospect. New York: Routledge, 2013.
Joyce Man, Siqi Zheng and Rongrong Ren. “Housing Policy and Housing Markets: Trends, Patterns, and Affordability”, 3-18, in Joyce Man. Eds. China’s Housing Reform and Outcomes. Cambridge: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2011.
Yuming Fu, Siqi Zheng and Rongrong Ren. “Housing Demand of Migrants in Chinese Cities”, 61-70, in Joyce Man. Eds. China’s Housing Reform and Outcomes. Cambridge: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2011.
Invited Book Reviews
Siqi Zheng. Review of “Regional Research Frontiers – Vol. 1: Innovations, Regional Growth and Migration”, edited by Jackson and Schaeffer. Journal of Regional Science. January 2019.