University of Exeter Business School

Dr Xiaohui Zhang

Dr Xiaohui Zhang

Senior Lecturer in Economics

 X.Zhang1@exeter.ac.uk

 3510

 +44 (0) 1392 723510

 Streatham Court 0.46

 

Streatham Court, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK

Overview

Dr Xiaohui Zhang joined the Exeter Business School in August 2016 as a Senior Lecturer in economics. Coming from a mathematics background, she obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from Monash University, Australia in 2009. Before joining the University of Exeter, she had been working at Monash University and Murdoch University, Australia.

Qualifications

  • 2009: PhD, Monash University, Australia

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Research

Research interests

  • Applied Econometrics
  • Health Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Education Economics

My research interests are in applied micro-econometrics, including cross-sectional and panel data modelling, applied Bayesian econometrics, semi-parametric and non-parametric modeling, and productivity and efficiency analysis. Health economics, environmental economics, and education economics are my major applied areas. My research topics include mental health, health services utilization, educational attainment, physical and cognitive development of children, and impacts of environmental factors on various economic outcomes. 

Research projects

  • children in care and their educational attainment
  • impact of COVID lockdown on educational performance
  • access to greenspace and mental health
  • internet usage, access to greenspace, and children's physical and cognitive development
  • heatwave and hospital length of stay
  • fast internet, air pollution, and economic development

Research grants

  • 2023 Economic and Social Research Council
    In this project, by applying advanced quantitative methods to the linked administrative data from Growing Up in England (GUiE), I examine the association between being in care and educational attainment, investigate if being in care causes poor educational attainment, and find out how different elements of care experience associate with looked after children's educational attainment. Results from this project will provide evidence to policymakers and practitioners to hold the care system accountable for providing children with opportunities to succeed.

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Publications

Journal articles

Fonseca MA, Chen J, Zhang X (In Press). How Much will Climate Change Reduce Productivity in a High-Technology Supply Chain? Evidence from Silicon Wafer Manufacturing. Environmental and Resource Economics
Quintana-Domeque C, Zeng J, Zhang X (2022). Internet and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from the UK. Oxford Open Economics, 2
Yan D, Zhang X, Wang M (2021). A robust bank asset allocation model integrating credit-rating migration risk and capital adequacy ratio regulations. Annals of Operations Research, 299(1-2), 659-710. Abstract.
Feng G, McLaren KR, Yang O, Zhang X, Zhao X (2021). The impact of environmental policy stringency on industrial productivity growth: a semi-parametric study of OECD countries. Energy Economics, 100, 105320-105320.
Tajik F, Wang M, Zhang X, Han J (2020). Evaluation of the impact of body mass index on venous thromboembolism risk factors. PLoS ONE, 15(7 July). Abstract.
Price S, Zhang X, Spencer A (2020). Measuring the impact of national guidelines: what methods can be used to uncover time-varying effects for healthcare evaluations?. Social Science and Medicine, n/a-n/a.
Price S, Spencer A, Zhang X, Ball S, Lyratzopoulos G, Mujica-Mota R, Stapley S, Ukoumunne OC, Hamilton W (2020). Trends in time to cancer diagnosis around the period of changing national guidance on referral of symptomatic patients: a serial cross-sectional study using UK electronic healthcare records from 2006–17. Cancer Epidemiology, 69, 101805-101805.
Feng G, McLaren K, Yang O, Zhang X, Zhao X (2019). The Impact of Environmental Policy Stringency on Industrial Productivity Growth: a Semi-Parametric Study of OECD Countries. Melbourne Institute Working Paper(16).
Feng G, Gao J, Zhang X (2018). Estimation of technical change and price elasticities: a categorical time–varying coefficient approach. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 50(3), 117-138. Abstract.
Hillberry R, Zhang X (2017). Policy and performance in customs: Evaluating the trade facilitation agreement. Review of International Economics, 26(2), 438-480. Abstract.
Feng G, Peng B, Zhang X (2017). Productivity and efficiency at bank holding companies in the U.S.: a time-varying heterogeneity approach. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 48, 179-192.
Gao J, Peng B, Ren Z, Zhang X (2017). VARIABLE SELECTION FOR a CATEGORICAL VARYING-COEFFICIENT MODEL WITH IDENTIFICATIONS FOR DETERMINANTS OF BODY MASS INDEX. Annals of Applied Statistics
Feng G, Gao J, Peng B, Zhang X (2016). A Varying-Coefficient Panel Data Model with Fixed Effects: Theory and an Application to U.S. Commercial Banks. Journal of Econometrics, 196, 68-82.
Hauck K, Zhang X (2016). Heterogeneity in the Effect of Common Shocks on Healthcare Expenditure Growth. Health Economics, 25(9), 1090-1103. Abstract.
Brown S, Harris M, Srivastava P, Zhang X (2016). Modelling Illegal Drug Participation. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society
Hong KJ, Peng B, Zhang X (2015). Capturing the Impact of Unobserved Sector‐Wide Shocks on Stock Returns with Panel Data Model. Economic Record, 91(295), 495-508. Abstract.
Feng G, Zhang X (2014). Returns to scale at large banks in the US: a random coefficient stochastic frontier approach. Journal of Banking & Finance, 39, 135-145.
Griffiths W, Zhang X, Zhao X (2013). Estimation and efficiency measurement in stochastic production frontiers with ordinal outcomes. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 42(1), 67-84.
Zhang X, Hauck K, Zhao X (2013). PATIENT SAFETY IN HOSPITALS – a BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF UNOBSERVABLE HOSPITAL AND SPECIALTY LEVEL RISK FACTORS. Health Economics, 22(9), 1158-1174. Abstract.
Feng G, Zhang X (2012). Productivity and efficiency at large and community banks in the US: a Bayesian true random effects stochastic distance frontier analysis. Journal of Banking & Finance, 36(7), 1883-1895.
Zhang X, Zhao X, Harris A (2009). Chronic diseases and labour force participation in Australia. Journal of Health Economics, 28(1), 91-108.

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Teaching

My teaching interests are in econometrics, research methods, and health economics.

Modules

2023/24

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