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Dr Dongna Zhang

Assistant Professor

Department: Newcastle Business School

Dr Dongna Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of York, UK. Dr Zhang’s research interests include financial economics, macro-finance, empirical asset pricing and corporate finance. Her research findings have shed light on the UK under-investment puzzle, climate risk, green finance and provided policy implications on industrial strategy.

Dongna Zhang

Dr Zhang’s research interests include financial economics, macro-finance, empirical asset pricing and corporate finance. Her research findings have shed light on the UK under-investment puzzle and provided policy implications on industrial strategy. 

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Do weather conditions drive China's carbon-coal-electricity markets systemic risk? A multi-timescale analysis, Zhao, Y., Dai, X., Zhang, D., Wang, Q., Cao, Y. 1 Jan 2023, In: Finance Research Letters
  • Implications of cryptocurrency energy usage on climate change, Zhang, D., Chen, X., Lau, C., Xu, B. 1 Feb 2023, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • The causal relationship between green finance and geopolitical risk: Implications for environmental management, Zhang, D., Chen, X., Lau, C., Cai, Y. 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Environmental Management
  • Macroeconomic outcomes of OPEC and non-OPEC oil supply shocks in the euro area, Cai, Y., Zhang, D., Chang, T., Lee, C. 1 May 2022, In: Energy Economics
  • Sovereign ESG and corporate investment: New insights from the United Kingdom, Zhang, D., Zhao, Z., Lau, C. 1 Oct 2022, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Intangibles and the UK under-investment puzzle: Evidence from firm-level panel data, Zhang, D. 1 Sep 2020, In: Economics Letters

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