Zhen Sun
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor (untenured), Institute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, 2021/06-present.
Assistant Professor, Institute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, 2017/03-2021/06.
FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION
Primary: Economics of Innovation, Digital & Platform Economy
Secondary: Development Economics, Applied Econometrics
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2011 – 2016
M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2010 – 2011
M.A. in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 2009 – 2012
M.S. in Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2007 – 2009
B.E. in Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2003 –2007
PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Zhen Sun, Xinzhen Xu, and Yong Wang, “Welfare analysis of platform mergers: market positioning and account interoperability.” Management World. 2 (2024) 117-133. (in Chinese)
Zhifeng Yin, Zhen Sun, “Predicting the value of Chinese patents using patent characteristics: evidence based on a Chinese patent auction.” Industrial and Corporate Change 32 (2023) 1286-1304.
Zhen Sun and Brian Wright, “Citations backward and forward: insights into the patent examiner’s role.” Research Policy 51 (2022) 104517.
Zhen Sun, Zhen Lei, Brian D. Wright, Mark Cohen, and Taoxiong Liu, “Government targets, end-of-year patenting rush and innovative performance in China.” Nature Biotechnology 39 (2021) 1068–1075.
Zhen Sun, Jianping Liu, and Taoxiong Liu, “Cross-Platform Competition and Market Segmentation in China’s Online Market——Evidence Based on Platform Prices and Price Dispersion.” China Industrial Economics 6 (2021) 118-136. (in Chinese)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Junbyoung Oh, Zhen Sun, Kineung Choo, Financial Market Reactions to Patent Litigation: An Event Study of Litigation in Korea. Korean Economic Review 39 (2023) 175-203.
Yong Wang, Kaiyuan Jin, Weiyi Zhang, and Zhen Sun, “The effect of social relationships and digital credit on sharing economy.” Journal of Quantitative & Technological Economics 1 (2023) 172-191. (in Chinese)
Xin Ouyang, Zhen Sun, and Xinzhen Xu, “Patent system in the digital era – Opportunities and new challenges.” Journal of Digital Economy 1 (2022) 166-179.
Zhifeng Yin, Jian Guo, Zhen Sun, Mindan Zhou, “How do patent trolls affect the technological innovation of Chinese enterprises? Evidence from enterprise patent survey data in China.” Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 65 (2022) 101695.
Zhen Sun and Lei Cheng, “Air pollution and procyclical mortality: Evidence from China.” China Economic Review 68 (2021) 101625.
Lei Cheng and Zhen Sun, “The white elephant in IP management market frictions, market connections and escalation of commitment.” China Economic Review 67 (2021) 101597.
Zheng et al., “Consideration of culture is vital if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.” One Earth 4 (2021) 307-319.
Zhifeng Yin, Qiqiong Yan, and Zhen Sun, “The Effect of Technology Stock and Technology Relatedness on Patent Litigation Outcomes.” Economic Science 6 (2020): 98-110. (in Chinese)
Lei Cheng and Zhen Sun, “Do politically connected independent directors matter? Evidence from mandatory resignation events in China.” China Economic Review 58 (2019) 101188.
Zhen Sun, “Paradox of Chinese individual patent maintenance - Evidence of frictions in the patent market.” Science Research Management 40 (2019): 179-187. (in Chinese)
Zhen Sun, Zhen Lei, and Zhifeng Yin, “Innovation policy in China: nationally promulgated but locally implemented.” Applied Economics Letters 25 (2018) 1481-1486.
Zhen Sun and Yang Xie, “Error analysis and comparison of two algorithms measuring compensated income.” Computational Economics 42 (2013) 433-452.
TEACHING
Instructor for Intermediate Microeconomics (30700693, 2019-2023), Development Economics (30700123, 2017-2023), Applied Econometrics (80701083, Graduate-level, 2018-2023), Econometrics II (30700932, 2019-2021).
Co-instructor for Academic English Training (40700504, 2017-2023), Economic Thinking (10700053, 2021, 2023), Advanced Academic Training (40701202, 2021-2023),
Co-Instructor for Economics of Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (SE 1452) at Department of Statistics, Renmin University of China. Summer 2014.
Graduate Student Instructor for Economic Statistics and Econometrics (ECON 140, 2013, 2015), Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP/ECON C102, 2013), Microeconomic Theory with Applications to Natural Resources (EEP100, 2010, 2015), Environmental Economics (EEP C101/ECON125, 2016), Economics of Innovation and Intellectual Property (EEP143, 2015) at the University of California, Berkeley.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
“Expansion of Domestic Demand with Supply-Side Reforms,” Key Project of the National Social Science Fundation [Grant No. 23AZD016], Sub-project PI, CNY 350,000, 2023/06-2025/06.
“Big Data and Digital Economy Security Governance in Future Societies,” Tsinghua-Toyota Joint Research Fund, Sub-project PI, CNY 1,500,000, 2022/11-2024/11.
“Innovation, Patent and Chinese Economy,” Startup Foundation of Tsinghua University [Grant No. 20185080060], CNY 200,000, 2018/01 – 2020/12.
“The Innovation Performance of State-owned vs. Private Enterprises,” Institute of China Modern State-owned Enterprises of Tsinghua University [Grant No. 19iSOEZD002], CNY 200,000, 2019/01 – 2020/12.
Young Scholar Award ($6000), China Times Cultural Foundation, 2014.
BOOKS AND CHAPTERS
Di Zhou, Ke Rong, Zhen Sun, Decoding the Digital Economy:, 100 Questions and Answers. People’s Publishing House, in press.
“Network Effects” and “Digital Economy and Development,” in Taoxiong Liu (Eds.), Digital Economics, Tsinghua University Press, in press.
“Platform Mergers and Antitrust Regulation,” in Eight Lectures on the Forntier of Digital Economy, People’s Publishing House, 2022.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
American Economic Association Annual Meeting (2020 in San Diego, 2021 Virtual conference); Academy of Management Annual Meeting (2019 in Boston); Agricultural and Applied Economics Annual Meeting (2019 in Atlanta); The Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference (2012 in Seoul, 2013 in Taipei, 2015 in Hangzhou, 2018 in Delhi, 2019 in Beijing); Chinese Economic Society Annual Meeting (2017 in Perth, 2018 in Hefei, 2020 Virtual conference); Annual Research Symposium and Business Meeting (2016 in Tampa); Patent Statistics for Decision Makers (2012 in Paris); Conference on Innovation and Patent Harmonization (2011 in Boston)
REFEREE SERVICE
Research Policy; China Economic Review; Management World; China Industrial Economics; Economic Modelling
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Deputy Director, Research Center for Digital Economy, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, 2023/09-present.
Deputy Director (Acting), Office of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Administration, Tsinghua University, 2023/07-2024/07 (expected).
Assistant to the Director, Institute of Economics, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, 2022/09-present.
Program Coordinator, Tsinghua Xuetang Economics Program, 2022/09-present.
Program Director, Tsinghua University School of Social Sciences – University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics Exchange and Joint Training Program, 2019/10-present.
