Contact: dongzhy8@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas: Empirical Industrial Origination,Empirical Operations Management,Chinese Economy

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

• Assistant Professor 2021-present
Business School, Sun Yat-sen University Shenzhen, China

• Associate Professor 2025-present
School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Management and Strategy, 2016-2021
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• M.Sc. in Economics, 2013-2014
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
• B.A. in Economics (Double Bachelor Degree), 2011-2013
Peking University, Beijing, China
• B.A. in Law, 2009-2013
University of International Relations, Beijing, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Empirical Industrial Origination
• Empirical Operations Management
• Chinese Economy
 

RESEARCH PAPERS

• Cheng, Z., Dong, Z.*, & Pang, M. S. (2025). Automated Enforcement and Traffic Safety. Management Science, 71(12), 10067-10087.

• Mao, W., Dong, Z.*, & Lee, H. H. (2022). Before It’s Too Late: Product Recall Delays and Policy Design. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 24(4), 1926-1938.

• Dong, Z., Sheng, G., Huang, Y., & Luan, M. (2025). Estimating Production and Demand Functions of Hospitals: An Evaluation of China’s Hospital Rating System. China Economic Quarterly, 25(01), 86-102. (in Chinese)

• Dong, Z., Chen, Z., Chen, J., & Shen, G. (2026). Unlocking Rural Entrepreneurship Through Rural Land Mortgage: Evidence from an Institutional Reform in China. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 34(1), 137-160.

• Jiang, Y., & Dong, Z.* (2025). Differential own price elasticity of demand for prescription drugs by clinical value. Social Science & Medicine, 118870.
• Dong, Z., Cai, J., Li, X., & Luan, M.* (2025). Firm-level impacts and recovery dynamics following a public health crisis: Lessons from China’s SARS experience. Journal of Asian Economics, 98, 101925.

• Dong, Z., Li, X.*, Li, Y., & Lin, J. (2025). Relocating innovation within firms: The impact of real estate booms on innovation transfer. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 102883.

• Dong, Z., Ma, H., & Shen, G. (2021). Estimating Production Functions Using Energy to Control for Unobserved Utilization. Economics Letters, 209, 110118.
(* Corresponding Author)

RESEARCH GRANDS

• PI: “O2O Retailing Inventory Management with Demand Heterogeneity: An Empirical Study”, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China, #72202247, 2023-2025, RMB300,000.

• PI: “A Master Key or A Double-Edged Sword? Profitability of O2O Retailing: Theory, Empirical Study, and Optimization Strategy”, Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, #2024A1515012806, 2024-2026, RMB150,000.