SUN Weizeng
Email: sunweizeng@gmail.com
Biography
SUN Weizeng is a professor at the Joint Research Institute of Nanjing Audit University, the director of the Institute of Digital Economy and Urban Sustainability, and the associate editor of the Journal of Regional Science. His field of specialization is regional and urban economics. Professor SUN Weizeng has published over 120 papers such as American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Journal of Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, Regional Science and Urban Economics. His research achievements have earned academic honors and awards, such as the Best Paper Award from the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) and the Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES).
Research Interests
Place-based policy, transportation infrastructure, digital economy, market integration, and sustainable urban growth
Key Publications
[2] Filipe Campante, Rui Du, Weizeng Sun, Jianghao Wang, Siqi Zheng. JUE insight: Political geography and the spatial allocation of economic activity: Evidence from China’s anti-corruption campaign. Journal of Urban Economics, 2025, 149: 103797.
[3] Matthew E. Kahn, Weizeng Sun, Jianfeng Wu, Siqi Zheng. Do Political Connections Help or Hinder Urban Economic Growth: Evidence from 1,400 Industrial Parks in China. Journal of Urban Economics, 2021, 121: 103289.
[4] Siqi Zheng,Weizeng Sun, Jianfeng Wu,Matthew E. Kahn. The Birth of Edge Cities in China: Measuring the Effects of Industrial Parks Policy. Journal of Urban Economics, 2017, 100: 80-103.
[5] Juan Palacios, Yichun Fan, Erez Yoeli, Jianghao Wang, Yuchen Chai, Weizeng Sun, David G. Rand, Siqi Zheng. Encouraging the Resumption of Economic Activity after COVID-19: Evidence from A Large Scale-field Experiment in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Feb 2022, 119 (5) e2100719119.
