Long Xianling is an Assistant Professor of the National School of Development at Peking University, a Peking University Boya Young Fellow, and a recipient of the National Overseas High-level Youth Talent Program. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2021. Her work has been published in leading journals such as American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Development Economics, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. One of her collaborative papers was awarded the Journal of Public Economics Best Paper Award for 2018-2020. The courses she teaches include Environmental Economics and Climate Change Economics. She is a Principal Investigator on a General Program grant funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2016-2021
Master, Peking University 2014-2016
Bachelor, Peking University, 2010-2014
WORK EXPERIENCE
· Assistant Professor at Peking University, May 2022 - Present
· Research Scientist at Facebook Inc., Jan. 2021 - May. 2022
· Machine Learning Scientist Intern at Facebook Inc., Jun. 2019 - Sep. 2019
· Data Analyst Intern at Bank of China Int’l Ltd., Dec.2013 - Apr.2014
· Intern at China Banking Regulatory Commission, July 2013 - Aug.2014
· Journalist Intern at Southern Weekly, Environment Dept., Jun.2013 - Nov.2014
HONOR AND AWARD
· The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (Overseas), 2023
· Peking University Boya Young Fellow, 2023
· Atkinson Award for the best paper published during 2018-2020 in the Journal of Public Economics, 2022
· Enlight Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University, 2016-2018
· Excellent Graduate of Beijing, 2016
· National Scholarship of China, 2015
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"Climate-Driven Rooftop Solar Adoption Alleviates Rural Energy Poverty" (2026), with Shunlin Jin, Yana Jin, Weidong Wang, and Shiqiu Zhang. Nature Climate Change, accepted.
"The Health Effects of Genetically Modified Crops" (2026), with Zhiqiang Wang. Journal of Development Economics, 103930.
"China's Nationwide CO2 Emissions Trading System: A General Equilibrium Assessment" (2025), with Lawrence Goulder, Chenfei Qu, and Da Zhang, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Forthcoming.
"From Heat to High-Tech: How Innovation Responds to Climate Change" (2025), with Zhiqiang Wang, Journal of Development Economics. 103525.
"Is Broader Trading Welfare Improving for Emission Trading Systems?" (2025), with Nicolas Astier and Da Zhang, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 130, 103110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103110
"Carbon Emission Trading Systems: A Review of Systems Across the Globe and a Close Look at China’s National Approach." (2023), with Lawrence Goulder, China Economic Journal, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538963.2023.2246714
"China's Unconventional Nationwide CO2 Emissions Trading System: Cost-effectiveness and Distributional Impacts" (2022), with Lawrence Goulder, Jieyi Lu and Richard Morgenstern, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 111: 102561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102561
"Does legislation improvement alleviate the decoupling between welfare and wealth in China?" (2022), with Xi Ji, Guowei Wu, Pinyi Su, and Xuanyuan Luo, Ecological Economics 201: 107592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107592
"Impacts of a Carbon Tax Across U.S. Household Income Groups: What Are the Equity-Efficiency Trade-offs?" (2019), with Lawrence Goulder, Marc Hafstead, and GyuRim Kim, Journal of Public Economics 175: 44-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2019.04.002
"Economic Growth Quality, Environmental Sustainability, and Social Welfare in China: Provincial Assessment Based on Genuine Progress Indicator" (2019), with Xi Ji, Ecological Economics 159: 157-176.
"A Review of the Ecological and Socioeconomic Effects of Biofuel and Energy Policy Recommendations" (2016), with Xi Ji, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 61: 41-52.
TEACHING
· Instructor, Environmental Economics, Peking University, 2022-present
· Instructor, Climate Change Economics, Peking University, 2022-present
