Dr. Jiarui Zhong

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jiarui completed her master’s and PhD in Economics at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Her doctoral research focused on analyzing the competitiveness impacts of climate policy, with a particular focus on CBAM. Since March 2023, Jiarui has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). Her research focuses on analyzing the inequality and distributional impacts of climate change and mitigation policies using Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). She investigates how climate change and policy interventions affect economic inequality and income distribution, aiming to enhance the representation of socio-economic disparities within IAM frameworks.

Contact

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
T +49 (0)331 288 2635
Jiarui.Zhong[at]pik-potsdam.de
P.O. Box 60 12 03
14412 Potsdam

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Jiarui earned her bachelor’s degree in German Studies from the University of International Business and Economics (UIBE) in 2015. She completed her master’s degree in Empirical Economics and Policy Advisory at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in 2018. Building on this foundation, she pursued a PhD in Economics at MLU from 2019 to 2023, focusing on the competitiveness impacts of climate policy.

Research interests:

Climate change economics and climate polices

International trade

Integrated assessment model

Distributional and inequality impacts of climate change and climate policies

Zhong, J., & Pies, I. (2024). The Fairness Controversy over CBAM and its policy implications. Climate Change Economics (CCE), 15(01), 1-22.
Zhong, J., & Pei, J. (2023). Carbon border adjustment mechanism: a systematic literature review of the latest developments. Climate Policy, 1-15.
Zhong, J., & Pei, J. (2022). Beggar thy neighbor? On the competitiveness and welfare impacts of the EU's proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism. Energy Policy, 162, 112802.
Blum, U., & Zhong, J. (2021). The Loss of Raw Material Criticality: Implications of the Collapse of Saudi Arabian Oil Exports. Intereconomics, 56, 362-370.