#Shanjun
Jiaxin Li, Shanjun Mao: Time-Varying Network Driver Estimation (TNDE) Quantifies Stage-Specific Regulatory Effects From Single-Cell Snapshots https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19813 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.19813 https://arxiv.org/html/2511.19813
November 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
“I’m most excited to decipher the key drivers behind the emerging dominance of China in clean energy industries during the last decade. We’re working to understand how lessons from China’s experience may inform the energy transition process in other countries.” Meet new professor Shanjun Li:
Uncovering policy lessons from the rise of clean energy industries in China
Stanford economist Shanjun Li models how policy choices in the U.S., China, and around the world shape the energy transition and give rise to clean energy leaders.
stanford.io
October 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🆕 How China’s business registration reform boosted entrepreneurship and productivity

Today on VoxDev w/ Panle Jia Barwick (UW–Madison), Luming Chen (University of Michigan), Shanjun Li (Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability) & Xiaobo Zhang (Peking University): https://ow.ly/NccF50XhoWm
How China’s business registration reform boosted entrepreneurship and productivity
China’s 2014 business registration reform spurred greater market dynamism by lowering entry barriers, which increased firm turnover and allowed smaller yet more productive entrepreneurs to establish new businesses, boosting overall productivity and growth.
ow.ly
October 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Forthcoming in the AER: "Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillovers, and Industrial Quality Upgrading: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry" by Jie Bai, Panle Jia Barwick, Shengmao Cao, and Shanjun Li. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Quid Pro Quo, Knowledge Spillovers, and Industrial Quality Upgrading: Evidence from the Chinese Auto Industry
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper studies the impact of quid pro quo (technology for market access) in facilitating knowledge spillovers and quality upgrading in the Chinese automobile industry. The ...
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August 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior
by Li, Shanjun & Linn, joshua & Muehlegger, Erich J. (2012)
IDEAS/RePEc link
to RePEc:hrv:hksfac:8506866
ideas.repec.org
August 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Feed: "Kellogg Insight"
By: Jie Bai, Panle Jia Barwick, Shengmao Cao and Shanjun Li on Friday, August 1, 2025
How Trade Secrets Fuel the International Auto Industry
To expand into China, companies like Toyota, Volkswagen, and BMW were required to work with local manufacturers, who then gained access to crucial knowledge.
insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu
August 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Great to see the Stanford Center on China’s Economy and Institutions' newest research program on sustainability and energy transition in China taking off, led by Shanjun Li, a senior fellow at @fsi.stanford.edu and professor at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social. buff.ly/2aj2coI
Shanjun Li to Lead New Research Program on Sustainability and Energy
SCCEI's newest research program addresses the pressing sustainability challenges facing China and examines their broader global implications. Grounded in rigorous empirical analysis and economic…
sccei.fsi.stanford.edu
July 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The new program focuses on three areas: sustainability challenges, energy transition, and policy solutions. It also examines China's move from fossil fuels to clean energy and its emergence as a global leader in this transition.
fsi.stanford.edu/news/shanjun...
#China #energytransition #policy
Shanjun Li to Lead New Research Program on Sustainability and Energy
SCCEI's newest research program addresses the pressing sustainability challenges facing China and examines their broader global implications. Grounded in rigorous empirical analysis and economic model...
fsi.stanford.edu
July 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Published papers can become suddenly more important. This 2017 paper is among the most read and cited #JAERE papers in the last 12 months.

*Subsidizing EV charging stations would be twice as effective as subsidizing EVs.*

By Shanjun Li, Lang Tong, Jianwei Xing, and Yiyi Zhou
tinyurl.com/bhrt3zsj
The Market for Electric Vehicles: Indirect Network Effects and Policy Design | Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: Vol 4, No 1
Abstract The market for plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) exhibits indirect network effects due to the interdependence between EV adoption and charging station investment. Through a stylized model, we d...
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July 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"Shanjun’s groundbreaking work as an economist, particularly on China, will enrich our research and expand our global impact." –Michael McFaul, Director, FSI
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@stanforddoerr.bsky.social
#energytransition
Shanjun Li Joins FSI as Senior Fellow
Professor Li's research examines pressing sustainability issues in China and their global implications in order to inform evidence-based policymaking
fsi.stanford.edu
June 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior
by Shanjun Li & Joshua Linn & Erich Muehlegger (2014)
IDEAS/RePEc link
to RePEc:aea:aejpol:v:6:y:2014:i:4:p:302-42
ideas.repec.org
June 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Qingyang Mo, Shanjun Liang, Xiangke Lan, Jie Zhu, Shuang Zhang: Demonstration of returning Thouless pump in a Berry dipole system https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08582 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.08582 https://arxiv.org/html/2505.08582
May 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Demonstration of returning Thouless pump in a Berry dipole system
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2505.08582
Qingyang Mo, Shanjun Liang, Xiangke Lan, Jie Zhu, Shuang Zhang.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08582
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Qingyang Mo, Shanjun Liang, Cuicui Lu, Jie Zhu, Shuang Zhang: Tensor-monopole-induced topological boundary effects in four-dimensional acoustic metamaterials https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12950 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12950 https://arxiv.org/html/2504.12950
April 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Tensor-monopole-induced topological boundary effects in four-dimensional acoustic metamaterials
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.12950
Qingyang Mo, Shanjun Liang, Cuicui Lu, Jie Zhu, Shuang Zhang.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12950
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
April 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This dude's game is such a block of Velveeta! Even Mei ShanJun finds him totally cringe! #cdrama #AMomentButForever
April 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
The learning rate for EV battery production is 7.5%, meaning costs ⬇️ by 7.5% as production experience doubles, boosting EV subsidies and creating global spillovers. Brief by Panle Jia Barwick, Hyuk-soo Kwon (@harrissocial.bsky.social), Shanjun Li, & Nahim Bin Zahur. #EconSky ow.ly/ihm050VkZ74
Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry | Becker Friedman Institute
Between 2010 and 2020, the cost of electric vehicle (EV) batteries dropped by nearly 90%, reducing a major obstacle to widespread EV adoption. Industry experts attribute much of this decline to learni...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry: Panle Jia Barwick; Hyuk-Soo Kwon; Shanjun Li; Nahim B. Zahur
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
March 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry: Panle Jia Barwick; Hyuk-Soo Kwon; Shanjun Li; Nahim B. Zahur
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
February 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry: Panle Jia Barwick; Hyuk-Soo Kwon; Shanjun Li; Nahim B. Zahur
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
February 25, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry: Panle Jia Barwick; Hyuk-Soo Kwon; Shanjun Li; Nahim B. Zahur
NEP/RePEc link
to paper
d.repec.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Learning by doing in the global electric vehicle battery sector is estimated at 7.5 percent and accounted for 35.5 percent of battery cost reductions from 2013–2020, from Panle Jia Barwick, Hyuk-Soo Kwon, Shanjun Li, and Nahim B. Zahur https://www.nber.org/papers/w33378
January 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM