Prof. Dr. Benteng Zou

Benteng Zou

Associate professor

Faculty or Centre Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance
Department Department of Economics and Management
Postal Address Campus Kirchberg, Université du Luxembourg
6, rue Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi
L-1359 Luxembourg
Campus Office G 014
Email
Telephone (+352) 46 66 44 6622

Main research interests:

  • Spatial economics
  • Foreign direct investment
  • Optimization theory and differential game
  • Economic growth
  • Environmental Kuznet curve

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Benteng Zou is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance at  the University of Luxembourg since Feb. 2007. He holds two Ph.Ds: one in Mathematics from Peking University, China, 1999, and one in Economics from the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium, 2005.

Benteng's current research interests lie in the broad area of theory and application of Optimal Control Theory and Dynamics Games
with focus on foreign direct investment and technology spillover, transboundary pollution and strategic choices for different players,
dynamic fiscal competition and international migration study.

His researches have been presented in international conferences in economics and published in scientific reviews  such as,  European
Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control,
Ecological Economics, Economics Letters, Macroeconomics Dynamics.

Last updated on: Tuesday, 22 November 2022

CV Benteng Zou

Education

  •  May. 2005 - Feb. 2007 : Post-doctoral fellowship (from German ScienceFoundation), IMW(Institute of Mathematical Economics), BielefeldUniversity, Germany.
  •  Sep. 2001 - June 2005 : Ph.D, Economics Department, Catholic Univer-sity of Louvain, Belgium.
  •  Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2000 : Post-doctoral fellowship (Education Ministry ofFrance), Mathematics Department, Nantes University, France.
  •  Sep. 1996 - July 1999 : Ph.D, Mathematics Department, Peking Univer-sity, China.
  •  Sep. 1994 - July 1996 : Graduate student(Equivalent to Master Degree),Mathematics Department, Peking University, China.
  •  Sep. 1990 - July 1994 : Bachelor Degree, Mathematics Department, Yan-tai University, China.

Teaching experience

  •  2006-2010 : Visiting assistant professor, Economics Department, B.E.T.A/ Theme, UMR 7522 du CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France; Course Taught (graduate level) : Stochastic Calculus in Finance.
  •  Apr. 2006 - May 2006 : Visiting professor, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Aziendali Facolta' di Economia LUISS - Guido Carli, Rome, Italy; Course Taught (graduate level) : Difference and Differential Equations with application in Economics.
  •  Jan. 2001 - July 2001 : Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, IA, USA; Course Taught : Engineer Calculus II.
  • Sep. 1999 - Dec. 1999 : Assistant Professor, Yantai University, China; Course Taught : Linear Algebra.

Research experience

Economic Ph.D Thesis

  • Ph.D Thesis Title : Economic dynamics with heterogeneous capital goods : (1)Different vintage capital models are introduced to consider new technology adoption, improvement and its cost. At the same time applying these theoretical models to study energy saving programm, and environmental (pollution) problem related to economic growth ; (2) New economic geography : Bridging the gap between growth theory and the new economic geography, where capital can flow freely. Published in Louvain-la-Neuve : CIACO, 2005. (UCL. Faculté des sciences économiques, sociales et politiques, NS 475).

Mathematical Ph.D Thesis Title

  • Initial-oblique derivative boundary value problems for parabolic equations with discontinuous coefficients



Last updated on: 22 Nov 2022

  • 2007 to present, Course Taught : Macroeconomics, Linear Algebra, Optimization Theory, Economic Dynamics, Stochastic Calculus.



Last updated on: 02 Aug 2011

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Articles published in scientific periodicals

Boucekkine, R., Fabien, P., Ruan, W., & Zou, B. (2022, January). Uncertainty-driven symmetry-breaking and stochastic stability in a generic differential game of lobbying. Economic Theory.
Zou, B., Poncin, S., & Bertinelli, L. (2022). The U.S.–China Supply Competition for Rare Earth Elements: A Dynamic Game View. Environmental Modeling and Assessment.
Paulus, N., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2021). Is a dynamic approach to tax games relevant? Annals of Economics and statistics, 144, 113-138.
Boucekkine, R., Prieur, F., Vasilakis, C., & Zou, B. (2021). Stochastic petropolitics: The dynamics of institutions in resource-dependent economies. European Economic Review.
Boucekkine, R., & Zou, B. (2019). A Pedagogical Note on Risk Sharing Versus Instability in International Financial Integration: When Obstfeld Meets Stiglitz. Open Economies Review.
Chen, Y., Fromentin, V., & Zou, B. (2019). To MigrateWith orWithout Ones’ Children in China - That is the Question. Annals of Eceonomcis and statistics.
Prieur, F., & Zou, B. (2019). Climate politics: how public persuasion affects the trade-off between environmental and economic performance. Mathematical Social Sciences.
Bertinelli, L., Marchiori, L., Tabakovic, A., & Zou, B. (2018). The Impact of Unilateral Commitment on Transboundary Pollution. Environmental Modeling & Assessment, 23, 25-37.
Boucekkine, R., Pintus, P., & Zou, B. (2018). Mean growth and stochastic stability in endogenous growth models. Economics Letters.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2018). Does tax competition increase disparity among jurisdictions? Review of International Economics.
Chen, Y., & Zou, B. (2017). To Migrate With orWithout the Children—A Theoretical Note. Economics Bulletin, 37(2), 686-696.
Dawid, H., & Zou, B. (2017). Foreign direct investment with endogenous technology choice. Pacific Economic Review.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2017). ON THE DESIRABILITY OF TAX COORDINATION WHEN COUNTRIES COMPETE IN TAXES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. Economic Inquiry.
Marchiori, L., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2017). Immigration, occupational choice and public employment. Annales d'Economie et de Statistique.
Fromentin, V., Damette, O., & Zou, B. (2016). The Global Economic Crisis and the Effect of Immigration Workers on Native-born Employment in Europe. The World Economy.
Zou, B. (2016). Differential Games with (A) symmetric Players and Heterogeneous Strategies. Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, 5, 171-179.
Schumacher, I., & Zou, B. (2015). Threshold preferences and the environment. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 60, 17-27.
Bertinelli, L., Camacho, C., & Zou, B. (2014). Carbon capture and storage and transboundary pollution: A differential game approach. European Journal of Operational Research.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., Zanaj, S., & Zou, B. (2014). Asymmetric Competition among Nation States: A Differential Game Approach. Journal of Public Economics.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2014). Does size asymmetry exacerbate the inefficiency of tax competition? Economics Letters, 122.
Goutte, S., & Zou, B. (2013). CONTINUOUS TIME REGIME-SWITCHING MODEL APPLIED TO FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE. Mathematical Finance Letters, 2013-8.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2013). The Dynamics of Firms Location: A Revisit of Home Attachment under Tax Competition. Economics Letters, 121.
Bertinelli, L., Strobl, E., & Zou, B. (2012). Sustainable economic development and the environment: Theory and evidence. Energy Economics, 34(4), 1105-1114.
Bertinelli, L., Strobl, E., & Zou, B. (2010). Polluting Technologies and Sustainable Economic Development. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 10(1/2), 63-83.
Bourgain, A., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2010). The Migration of Medical Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Substitution Policy. Revue Economique, 61(6), 1011-1022.
Dawid, H., Greiner, A., & Zou, B. (2010). Foreign direct investment under international competition : Control of Spillover ? Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
Pieretti, P., Marchiori, L., & Zou, B. (2010). Migration and human capital in an endogenous fertility model. Annales d'Economies et Statistiques, 97/98, 185-205.
Boucckine, R., Camacho, C., & Zou, B. (2009). Bridging the gap between growth theory and the new economic geo-graphy : The spatial Ramsey model. Macroeconomic Dynamics, 13(1), 20-45.
Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2009). Brain Drain and Factor Complementarity. Economic Modelling, 26(2), 285-548.
Bertinelli, L., Strobl, E., & Zou, B. (2008). Economic Development and Environmental Quality: A Reassessment in Light of Nature's Self-Regeneration Capacity. Ecological Economics, 66(2-3), 371-378.
Bertinelli, L., & Zou, B. (2008). Does Urbanization Always Foster Human Capital Accumulation. Journal of Developing Areas, 41(2), 171-184.
Camacho, C., Zou, B., & Briani, M. (2008). On the dynamics of capital accumulation across space. European Journal of Operational Research, 186(2), 451-465.
Marchiori, L., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2008). Brain Drain, Remittances, and Fertility. Economie Internationale.
Schumacher, I., & Zou, B. (2008). Pollution Perception: A Challenge for Intergenerational Equity. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 55, 296-309.
Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2007). An Extended Solow Growth Model with Emigration: Transitional Dynamics and Skills Complementarity. Economics Bulletin, 6(35), 1-11.
Perez-Barahona, A., & Zou, B. (2006). A comparative study of energy saving technical progress in a vintage capital model. Resource and Energy Economics.
Zou, B. (2006). Vintage technology, optimal investment and 2 technology adoption. Economic Modelling.
Camacho, C., & Zou, B. (2004). The spatial Solow model. Economics Bulletin.
Wen, G., & Zou, B. (2000). Initial-irregular oblique derivative problems for nonlinear parabolic complex equations of second order with measurable coefficients. Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications.
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Contributions to collective works

Boucekkine, R., Camacho, C., & Zou, B. (2020). Optimal Switching from Competition to Cooperation: A Preliminary Exploration. In J., Haunschmied, R., Kovacevic, W., Semmler, & V., Veliov, Dynamic economic problems with regime switches. Springer.
Beine, M., Bertinelli, L., Cömertpay, R., maystadt, J.-F., Litina, A., & Zou, B. (2019). Refugee Mobility: Evidence from Phone Data in Turkey. In A. A., Salah, A., Pentland, B., Lepri, & E., Letouzé, Guide to Mobile Data Analytics in Refugee Scenarios: The 'Data for Refugees Challenge' Study (pp. 433-449). Springer.
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E-Prints/Working papers – first made available on ORBilu

Boucekkine, R., Camcho, C., Ruan, W., & Zou, B. (2022). Optimal coalition splitting with heterogenous strategies. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/52314.
Chen, Y., Wan, X., & Zou, B. (2022). Optimal Timing of Carbon Capture and Storage Policies - a Social Planner's View. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/51993.
Boucekkine, R., Ruan, W., & Zou, B. (2022). A dynamic programming approach to optimal pollution control under uncertain irreversibility: The Poisson case. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/51922.
Prieur, F., Ruan, W., & Zou, B. (2022). Optimal lockdown and vaccination policies to contain the spread of a mutating infectious disease. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/51242.
Boucekkine, R., Camacho, C., Ruan, W., & Zou, B. (2022). Why and when coalitions split? An alternative analytical approach with an application to environmental agreements. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/51061.
Mavi, C., & Zou, B. (2022). Pandemic Impacts on Sustainability and Hartwick’s Rule. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/50839.
Boucekkine, R., Ruan, W., & Zou, B. (2022). The Irreversible Pollution Game. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/50840.
Bertinelli, L., Poncin, S. L. M., & Zou, B. (2019). The War of Rare Earth Elements: A Dynamic Game Approach. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/39982.
Paulus, N., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2019). Is a dynamic approach of tax games relevant ? Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/52956.
Paulus, N., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2018). Tax Competition – An intertemporal perspective. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/53471.
Chen, Y., Fromentin, V., Salagean, I., & Zou, B. (2017). To MigrateWith orWithout Ones’ Children in China - That is the Question. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/10993/30708.
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E-Prints/Working papers – already available on another site

Boucekkine, R., Prieur, F., Ruan, W., & Zou, B. (2021). Uncertainty-driven symmetry-breaking and stochastic stability in a generic differential game of lobbying. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwfr.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/dem/publications/discussion_papers.
Chen, X., Salagean, I., & Zou, B. (2016). Optimal Income Taxation for the Alleviation of Working-Poverty When Domestic Work is Rewarded. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea/publications/discussion_papers/2016.
Boucekkine, R., Pintus, P., & Zou, B. (2015). Stochastic stability of endogenous growth: Theory and applications. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/research/fdef/crea/publications2/discussion_papers.
Boucekkine, R., Prieur, F., & Zou, B. (2015). Institutional dynamics under revenue volatility and revenue-dependent lobbying power: A stochastic differential game approach. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/research/fdef/crea/publications2/discussion_papers.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2015). Does tax competition increase disparity among jurisdictions? Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/research/fdef/crea/publications2/discussion_papers.
Boucekkine, R., & Zou, B. (2014). Stochastic stability of endogenous growth: The AK case. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea/publications/discussion_papers/2014.
Dawid, H., & Zou, B. (2014). Foreign direct investment with endogenous technology choice. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea/publications/discussion_papers/2014.
Fromentin, V., Damette, O., & Zou, B. (2014). The global economic crisis and the effect of immigration on the employment of native-born workers in Europe. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea/publications/discussion_papers/2014.
Marchiori, L., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2014). Immigration, occupational choice and public employment. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea/publications/discussion_papers/2014.
Zou, B. (2014). Differential Games with (A)symmetric Players and Heterogeneous Strategies. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea/publications/discussion_papers/2014.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2013). The Dynamics of the Location of Firms– A Revisit of Home-Attachment under Tax Competition. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwde.uni.lu/content/download/62867/796582/file/2013-15%20-%20The%20Dynamics%20of%20the%20Location%20of%20Firms%20-%20A%20Revisit%20of%20Home-Attachment%20under%20Tax%20Competition.pdf.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., & Zou, B. (2013). On the desirability of tax coordination when countries compete in taxes and infrastructures. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwde.uni.lu/content/download/59491/699857/file/2013-02%20-%20On%20the%20desirability%20of%20tax%20coordination%20when.pdf.
Schumacher, I., & Zou, B. (2013). Threshold Preferences and the Environment. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwde.uni.lu/content/download/62866/796578/file/2013-14%20-%20Threshold%20Preferences%20and%20the%20Environment.pdf.
Zou, B. (2013). Differential Game with (A)symmetric Players and Heterogeneous Strategies. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from https://wwwde.uni.lu/content/download/62819/755235/file/2013-13%20-%20Differential%20Game%20with%20(A)symmetric%20Players.pdf.
Han, Y., Pieretti, P., Zanaj, S., & Zou, B. (2012). Asymmetric Competition among Nation States: A Differential Game Approach. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://ideas.repec.org/p/bie/wpaper/460.html.
Pieretti, P., Zanaj, S., & Zou, B. (2012). On the long run economic performance of small economies. Eprint/Working paper retrieved from http://ideas.repec.org/p/luc/wpaper/12-14.html.
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Doctoral Theses

Zou, B. (2018). Essays on Chinese Internal Migrant Workers' Choices: Children's location and education. Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Luxembourg, ​Luxembourg, ​​Luxembourg.
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