Weizeng Sun

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Weizeng Sun is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Weizeng Sun has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 17 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance and 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Weizeng Sun's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (14 papers), Housing Market and Economics (13 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (11 papers). Weizeng Sun is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (14 papers), Housing Market and Economics (13 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (11 papers). Weizeng Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Weizeng Sun's co-authors include Siqi Zheng, Matthew E. Kahn, Jianfeng Wu, Danglun Luo, Dongxiao Niu, Rui Wang, Xiaonan Zhang, Jianghao Wang, David Geltner and Matthew E. Kahn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Cleaner Production and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Weizeng Sun

57 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The birth of edge cities in China: Measuring the effects of industrial parks policy

2017 183 citations Siqi Zheng, Weizeng Sun et al. Journal of Urban Economics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Weizeng Sun	1.0k	361	324	203	194	61	1.7k
Wang Jin	1.6k 1.6×	116 0.3×	506 1.6×	378 1.9×	340 1.8×	33	2.5k
Jihai Yu	2.4k 2.4×	151 0.4×	172 0.5×	283 1.4×	210 1.1×	54	2.8k
Somik V. Lall	1.5k 1.4×	322 0.9×	513 1.6×	355 1.7×	465 2.4×	109	2.6k
Shengjun Zhu	1.1k 1.1×	115 0.3×	257 0.8×	306 1.5×	183 0.9×	84	1.8k
Mingqin Wu	1.2k 1.2×	99 0.3×	196 0.6×	143 0.7×	111 0.6×	22	1.5k
Alexey Levkov	1.6k 1.6×	154 0.4×	315 1.0×	105 0.5×	141 0.7×	7	2.4k
Julie Le Gallo	2.1k 2.1×	227 0.6×	123 0.4×	448 2.2×	307 1.6×	121	2.7k
Zhihua Tian	1.1k 1.1×	341 0.9×	301 0.9×	38 0.2×	94 0.5×	21	1.7k
Shihe Fu	739 0.7×	218 0.6×	80 0.2×	64 0.3×	140 0.7×	41	1.3k
Servaas Storm	973 1.0×	189 0.5×	708 2.2×	184 0.9×	314 1.6×	75	1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Weizeng Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weizeng Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weizeng Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weizeng Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weizeng Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Weizeng Sun. Weizeng Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Campante, Filipe, et al.. (2025). JUE insight: Political geography and the spatial allocation of economic activity: Evidence from China’s anti-corruption campaign. Journal of Urban Economics. 149. 103797–103797. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Ning, et al.. (2024). The innovation effects of transportation infrastructure: Evidence from highways in China. Economics of Transportation. 38. 100352–100352. 9 indexed citations

Niu, Dongxiao, et al.. (2024). Feeling the heat: Extreme temperatures and housing prices in China. Journal of Economic Surveys. 38(5). 1956–1982. 4 indexed citations

Guo, Dongmei, et al.. (2024). Urbanization and subjective well-being of native urban residents: evidence from the “new-type urbanization pilot policy” in China. The Annals of Regional Science. 74(1).

Sun, Weizeng, et al.. (2024). Special economic zone and infant mortality: Evidence from China. Health Economics. 33(8). 1660–1681. 1 indexed citations

Zhong, Meirui, et al.. (2024). Improving health and reducing health inequality: An innovation of digitalization?. Social Science & Medicine. 348. 116847–116847. 11 indexed citations

Hua, Yue, Mark D. Partridge, & Weizeng Sun. (2023). Pollution effects of place‐based policy: Evidence from China's development‐zone program. Journal of Regional Science. 63(3). 703–727. 15 indexed citations

Yue, Hua, et al.. (2023). The path towards sustainable finance: Venture capital and air pollution in China. China Economic Review. 79. 101979–101979. 11 indexed citations

Deng, Hui, Rui Du, Dongmei Guo, Weizeng Sun, & Yuhuan Xia. (2023). High‐stakes examinations and educational inequality: Evidence from transitory exposure to air pollution. Economic Inquiry. 61(3). 546–571. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Boning, et al.. (2023). The US-China Trade War: Quantify the Negative Shocks to Local Housing Markets and Land-Based Finance in Chinese Cities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Fangwen, Weizeng Sun, & Jianfeng Wu. (2023). Special Economic Zones and Human Capital Investment: 30 Years of Evidence from China. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 15(3). 35–64. 34 indexed citations

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Palacios, Juan, Yichun Fan, Erez Yoeli, et al.. (2022). 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. 119(5). 9 indexed citations

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Sun, Weizeng, et al.. (2022). Special Economic Zone and Infant Mortality: Evidence from China. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Sun, Weizeng, et al.. (2022). Administrative Division Adjustment and Housing Price Comovement: Evidence from City‐County Mergers in China. China & World Economy. 30(4). 149–173. 15 indexed citations

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Kahn, Matthew E., Weizeng Sun, & Siqi Zheng. (2021). Clean air as an experience good in urban China. Ecological Economics. 192. 107254–107254. 21 indexed citations

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Deng, Hui, et al.. (2020). Household income inequality aggravates high-temperature exposure inequality in urban China. Journal of Environmental Management. 275. 111224–111224. 25 indexed citations

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Zheng, Siqi, et al.. (2019). Do affordable housing programs facilitate migrants' social integration in Chinese cities?. Cities. 96. 102449–102449. 64 indexed citations

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Zheng, Siqi, Weizeng Sun, Jianfeng Wu, & Matthew E. Kahn. (2016). Urban Agglomeration and Local Economic Growth in China: The Role of New Industrial Parks. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Weizeng, Siqi Zheng, & Rui Wang. (2015). The Capitalization of Subway Access in Home Value: A Repeat-Rentals Model with Supply Constraints. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 1 indexed citations

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Zheng, Siqi, Weizeng Sun, & Rui Wang. (2013). LAND SUPPLY AND CAPITALIZATION OF PUBLIC GOODS IN HOUSING PRICES: EVIDENCE FROM BEIJING. Journal of Regional Science. 54(4). 550–568. 32 indexed citations

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