Zhao Kai

Date: 12-11-2026

Kai Zhao – Academic Profile

Category	Details
Position & Title	Lecturer, Asia-Australia Business College, Liaoning University
Highest Degree	Ph.D. in Agricultural and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, 2023
Courses Taught	• Business Ethics • Marketing
Selected Research Outputs	Journal Articles: • Zhao, K. (2026). Insurance in name only? Cardiovascular shocks, bereavement, and intergenerational transfers in China. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing. • Zhao, K. (2026). Culling the Capital Stock: Asset Specificity and the Margins of Herd Liquidation in China’s Beef Cattle Sector. Agribusiness. • Zhao, K. (2026). Vertical Structure and the Incidence of Cycle Exposure in Beef Production: Producer-Level Evidence from China. The Singapore Economic Review. • Zhao, K., Zhang, B., & Qiao, X. (2026). Artificial Intelligence, Welfare Transmission and Inclusive Development in the Asia-Pacific: A Dual-Pathway Framework. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature. • Zhao, K., Pu, H., Li, P., Zhang, Y., & Zhao, Z. (2026). The pricing paradox: price formation and Producer welfare in the modern broiler market. Agricultural and Food Economics. • Zhao, K., Liu, C., Zhang, Y., Fan, L., & Duan, L. (2026). The Digital Fix: Overcoming Monitoring Constraints in Agricultural Environmental Regulation. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. • Zhao, K., Tian, X., Lai, W., & Xu, S. (2024). Agricultural production and air pollution: An investigation on crop straw fires. PLOS ONE, 19(5), e0303830. • Zhao, K., Yu, B., Du, H., & Zhang, Y. (2023). Will air pollution affect entrepreneurial activity? Evidence from China. Applied Economics Letters. • Zhang, Y., Yang, R., Zhao, K., & Kong, X. (2023). Fertilizer Application in Contract Farming: A Risk Analysis. Land, 12(8), 1495. • Zhao, K., Yu, B., & Yang, X. (2023). The Agricultural–Ecological Benefit of Digital Inclusive Finance Development: Evidence from Straw Burning in China. Sustainability, 15(4), 3242.
Selected Teaching Achievements	Student Supervision: • Supervisor, Gold Award, English Group “Four New” Special Competition, 2026 “Foreign Research Society · National Talent Cup” “Understanding Contemporary China” National College Students Foreign Language Proficiency Competition (Campus Competition), awarded to Ren Xinyue, Asia-Australia Business College, Liaoning University
Contact	Email: zhaokai@lnu.edu.cn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5772-0688