Courses

Advanced Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Resource Environmental Economics, Productivity Analysis

Research direction

Environmental Economics, Resource Economics, Environmental Sciences

Educational background (including overseas training experience)

In December 2016, Doctor of Management of Management Science and Engineering Major of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).

2016.9 The University of Western Australia, PhD in Agricultural and resource economics

In June 2010, Bachelor of Management of Marketing Major of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law

Overseas experience:

2012-2016 The University of Western Australia,Australia

Work experience

Held the post of Associate Professor of School of Economics and Trade of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies from October 2016.

Paper publishing

1. Lin Yang, Yuantao Yang, Xian Zhang, Kai Tang*.2018. “Whether China's industrial sectors make efforts to reduce CO2 emissions from production? A decomposed decoupling analysis”,Energy, 160:796-809. (corresponding author, SCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.1 Zone, TOP journal, 5-year influence factor 5.582)

2. Kai Tang, Atakelty Hailu, Marit Kragt, Chunbo Ma. 2018. “The response of broadacre mixed crop-livestock farmers to agricultural greenhouse gas abatement incentives”, Agricultural Systems. 60:459-475 (SSCI/SCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.1 Zone, TOP journal, 5-year influence factor 3.190)

3. Tang Kai. 2018. Analysis on Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Reduction Potential of Australia Based on Bioeconomics, People’s Publishing House.

4. Lin Yang, Kai Tang*, Zhaohua Wang, Haizhong An, Wei Fang. 2017. “Regional eco-efficiency and pollutants’ marginal abatement costs in China: a parametric approach”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 167:619-629 (corresponding author, SSCI/SCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.1 Zone, TOP journal, 5-year influence factor 6.207)

5. Kai Tang, Lin Yang and Jianwu Zhang. 2016. “Estimating the regional total factor efficiency and pollutants’ marginal abatement costs in china: a parametric approach”, Applied Energy, 184, 230-240. (SSCI/SCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.1 Zone, TOP journal, 5-year influence factor 7.500)

6. Kai Tang, Chengzhu Gong and Dong Wang. 2016. “Reduction potential, shadow prices, and pollution costs of agricultural pollutants in China”, Science of the Total Environment, 541:42-50. (SSCI/SCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.2 Zone, TOP journal, 5-year influence factor 5.102)

7. Chengzhu Gong, Kai Tang*, Kejun Zhu, Atakelty Hailu. 2016. “An optimal time-of-use pricing for urban gas: A study with a multi-agent evolutionary game-theoretic perspective”, Applied Energy, 163:283-294. (corresponding author, SSCI/SCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.1 Zone, TOP journal, 5-year influence factor 7.500)

8. Kai Tang, Marit Kragt, Atakelty Hailu, Chunbo Ma. 2016. “Carbon farming economics: What we have learned?” Journal of Environmental Management, 172:49-57. (SSCI/SCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.2 Zone, 5-year influence factor 4.712)

9. Kai Tang, Atakelty Hailu, Marit Kragt, Chunbo Ma. 2016. “Marginal abatement costs of greenhouse gas emissions: broadacre farming in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia”, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,60:459-475 (SSCI, JCR No.1 Zone, Chinese Academy of Sciences No.2 Zone, 2016 influence factor 1.826)

10. Wang Zhanwu, Tang Kai, Yan Liang, 2011. “Comprehensive Decision-making for the Site Selection of Thermal Power Plants Based on Entropy TOPSIS”, Safety and Environmental Engineering, 18(5):103-106.

Projects (including scientific research and consulting projects)

Scientific research projects:

Guangdong Province Natural Science Fund (compere), Research program in the University of Western Australia (compere), key project of major task of philosophy and social science research of Ministry of Education (participant), general project of national social science fund (participant), Guangdong Province innovation team project (participant), research on evaluation and optimization of coal purchasing logistics system of Sanmenxia Huayang Power Generation Co., Ltd. (participant)

Talent project:

High-level talent ad Yunshan scholar of Guangdong Province Zhujiang Talent Plan

Received awards

1. International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (IPRS) of Government of Australia

2. University Postgraduate Award (International Students) (UPAIS) of The University of Western Australia

3. UWA Top-up Scholarship of The University of Western Australia

4. 2016 Second Award for Excellent Scientific Research Performance of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies