Biography
Jiwei Chen is a PhD researcher at the Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
His PhD project investigates how energy transition projects (large-scale and decentralized) affect economic productivity and how energy innovation responds to climate change-induced risks in China.
His academic interests lie broadly in Climate Change Economics, Development Economics, and Economics of Innovation in developing countries. He is particularly interested in the impact of energy policies related to climate change mitigation, such as those aiming to support the development of clean energy.
He has research experience in green finance policy, fossil energy consumption, and the productivity consequences of the technology gap between countries. His research focuses on the following countries and regions: China, ASEAN, the Belt and Road Initiative countries, and RCEP.
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Work
- Jie Zhang, Jiwei Chen, Guohui Chen & Manlin Zhi (2025) - The temporal and spatial dynamics of FDI productivity spillovers: A technology gap perspective - Economic Systems, 49 (3) - doi: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2025.101292 - [link]
- Jiwei Chen & Jie Zhang (2024) - The nexus between green finance and energy consumption in regional comprehensive economic partnership countries - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31 (9), 14071-14087 - doi: 10.1007/s11356-024-32003-y - [link]
