Research | Alice Tianbo Zhang

Academic Publications

Agglomeration Spillovers from Native Nations: Evidence from Casino Reopenings

with M. T. Gregg and E. Charette. AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2025

Global Dam Tracker: A Database of More Than 35,000 Dams with Location, Catchment, and Attribute Information

with V. X. Gu. Nature Scientific Data, 2023.

Variability in the Household Use of Cooking Fuels: The Importance of Dishes Cooked, Non-Cooking End Uses, and Seasonality in Understanding Fuel Stacking in Rural and Urban Slum Communities in Six North Indian States

with C. Gould, S. Jha, S. Patnaik, S. Agrawal, S. Saluja, V. Nandan, J. Urpelainen. World Development, 2022.

Evidence of Multidimensional Gender Inequality in Energy Services from a Large-Scale Household Survey in India

with S. Patnaik, S. Jha, S. Agrawal, C. Gould, J. Urpelainen. Nature Energy, 2022.

Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits

with T. Carleton, M. Delgado, M. Greenstone, T. Houser, S. Hsiang, A. Hultgren, A. Jina, R. Kopp, K. McCuster, I. Nath, J. Rising, A. Rode, H. K. Seo, J. Simcock, A. Viaene, J. Yuan.

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2022.

NBER Working Paper #27599, July 2020.

Electoral Backlash or Positive Reinforcement? Wind Power and Congressional Elections in the United States

with J. Urpelainen. The Journal of Politics, 2022.

Pollution Exposure and Willingness to Pay for Clean Air in Urban China

with D. Guo and A. Wang. Journal of Environmental Management, 2020.

Policy Publications

The Economic Implications of the Energy Transition in Asia-Pacific

with J. Spray, S. Thube. International Monetary Fund, 2026.

Integrating Climate Change into Macroeconomic Analysis: A Review of Impact Channels, Data, Models, and Scenarios

with P. Mitra, M. Raissi, B. Versailles and others. International Monetary Fund, 2025.

The Gambia: Technical Assistance Report-Climate Policy Diagnostic

with D. Benedek, A. Garcia Huitron, D. Minnett, J. Mochizuki. International Monetary Fund, 2025.

Global and Domestic Energy Transition Risks: Australia

International Monetary Fund, 2024.

Key Challenges Faced by Fossil Fuel Exporters during the Energy Transition

with D. Mesa Puyo, A. Panton, T. Sridhar, M. Stuermer, C. Ungerer. International Monetary Fund, 2024.

Other Publications

A New Global Dam Database Sheds Light on the Social Cost of Energy Infrastructure

with V. X. Gu, Research Data at Nature Portfolio, March 2023

How Does Gender Equality (SDG 5) Relate to Sustainable Energy Policy (SDG 7)?

Behavioural and Social Sciences at Nature Portfolio, July 2022

Not in My Backyard? Wind Power Benefits Pro-Renewables Democrats in Congress

The Journal of Politics Blog, May 2022

Development and Displacement

Phenomenal World, Blog of the Jain Family Institute, November 2019

Power of the River: Introducing the Global Dam Tracker (GDAT)

with J. Urpelainen and W. Schlenker, Center on Global Energy Policy, November 2018

The Link between Migration and Health. In F. Thomas (Ed.), Handbook on Migration and Health.

with Y. Lu, Edward Elgar Publishing, December 2016

Selected Working Papers

Within but Without: Involuntary Displacement and Economic Development

The Global Growth Effects of Natural Disasters

with H. Nguyen, M. Raissi, B. Versailles

Heterogeneous Global Impact of Oil Price Shocks: Evidence from a Panel of 172 Countries over Three Decades