Overview of High-Quality Academic Achievements of Faculty and Students of the School of Economics in the First Quarter of 2025

2025-04-11

In the first quarter of 2025, faculty and students of the School of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics achieved fruitful academic research outcomes. Among these, nearly 20 papers were published in renowned domestic and international economics journals, including 17 papers published in international Class II economics journals or above and domestic authoritative journals. The main achievements and abstracts are presented below.Outstanding Achievements of Faculty MembersThe co-authored paper (corresponding author) Digital Platforms and Profit Rates of Manufacturing Firms b...

Call for Paper｜The 4th Annual Conference of CAERE

2025-03-11

The 4th Annual Conference ofChinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (CAERE)cumSUFE Conference on Environmental and Resource Economics华人环境与资源经济学家协会第四届年会暨上财环境与资源经济学论坛May 17-18th, 2025Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, ChinaThe Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (CAERE) will host its 4th Annual Conference in Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China on May 17th and 18th, 2025.The in-person conference will cover a broad spectrum of topics in environmental, reso...

Associate Professor Pan Weixiang's Co-authored Paper Accepted for Publication in an International Class I Economics Journal

2025-03-10

The paper College Networks: The Importance of Employer Connections, co-authored by Associate Professor Pan Weixiang of the Department of Labor Economics at our School, has been accepted for publication in Journal of Labor Economics, an international Class I economics journal.AbstractWe provide the first evidence that the employers of network contacts from college can influence job search success. In contrast to the peer effects literature that emphasizes peer characteristics, we examine how the hiring rate of in-network firms affects re-employment probabilities. To avoid endogeneity from volun...

Overview of High-Quality Academic Achievements of Faculty and Students of the School of Economics in the Fourth Quarter of 2024

2025-03-03

In the fourth quarter of 2024, faculty and students of the School of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics achieved fruitful academic research outcomes, with 21 papers published in renowned domestic and international economics journals. Among these, 13 papers were published in international Class II economics journals or above and domestic authoritative journals. The main achievements and abstracts are presented below.Outstanding Achievements of Faculty MembersThe co-authored paper Decentralized Matching with Transfers: Experimental and Noncooperative Analyses by Professor ...

Associate Professor (Tenured) Hu Gaoji's Co-authored Paper Published Online in an International Class I Economics Journal

2025-02-24

Recently, the paper Information Design in Allocation with Costly Verification, co-authored by Associate Professor (Tenured) Hu Gaoji of the Department of Microeconomics at our School, Associate Professor Yang Xiangqian of Hunan University, and Professor Yi-Chun Chen of the National University of Singapore, was officially published online in International Economic Review, an international Class I economics journal.AbstractWe study information design in a single-agent allocation problem with costly verification, where the principal has a positive reservation value. The agent learns privately a s...

Call for Paper｜The 4th Annual Conference of CAERE

2024-12-27

The 4th Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (CAERE)May 17-18, 2025Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, ChinaIntroductionThe Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (CAERE) will host its 4th Annual Conference in Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China on May 17th and 18th, 2025. CAERE is a nonprofit professional organization, promoting research cooperation and academic exchange worldwide in the areas of environmental, climate, ecological and resource economics.The in-person conference wil...

Professor Lin Liguo's Co-authored Paper Selected as an ESI Highly Cited Paper and Hot Paper

2024-12-11

Recently, the paper From Fog to Smog: The Value of Pollution Information, co-authored by Professor (Tenured) Lin Liguo of the Department of Resource and Environmental Economics at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Professor Panle Jia Barwick of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Professor Shanjun Li of Cornell University, and Assistant Professor Eric Yongchen Zou of the University of Michigan, was selected as an ESI Highly Cited Paper and Hot Paper. The paper was published in American Economic Review, a top international journal in economics.AbstractIn 20...

The 2024 SUFE Macroeconomics Forum Was Successfully Held

2024-12-01

On the afternoon of November 23, the 2024 SUFE Macroeconomics Forum was held in the lecture hall on the first floor of the Administration Building at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Focusing on the theme of "Digital Economy Empowering High-Quality Development," the forum analyzed and assessed the current economic development situation, the risks and opportunities encountered, and countermeasures, forecast China's economic growth rate and other key economic indicators, and held a special report on the digital economy and high-quality employment.Guests attending the m...

The 2024 Annual Exchange Meeting of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Special Project "Basic Theory and Empirical Evidence of China's Economic Development Laws" Was Held in Shanghai

2024-11-25

On November 14–15, 2024, the 2024 Annual Exchange Meeting of the Special Project "Basic Theory and Empirical Evidence of China's Economic Development Laws," hosted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and organized by Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, was held in Shanghai. Liu Zuoyi, Deputy Director of the Department of Management Sciences of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and Liu Yuanchun, President of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, delivered speeches at the opening ceremony.  In his speech, Liu Yuanchun stated th...

Professor Ma Yan of our School was awarded a 2024 National Social Science Fund Major Project

2024-11-25

On November 8, the National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences announced the list of major projects approved under the 2024 National Philosophy and Social Science Fund, with the public announcement period from November 8 to 14.  Professor Ma Yan from our institute has had her research project, "Research on the Innovative Development of Basic Marxist Theory in the Digital Age," approved as a major project under the 2024 National Philosophy and Social Science Fund.  Project Introduction  The project "Research on the Innovative Development of Ba...

The School of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics successfully held an academic seminar on 'Improving Systems and Mechanisms to Promote High-Quality Economic Development'

2024-11-25

With the support and care of the schools and colleges, currently, the School of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics is meticulously developing the academic brand series 'Managing the World and Benefiting the Nation · Frontier of Politics and Economics.' Relying on a range of significant academic projects, including academic papers, scholarly works, academic seminars, lectures, and research reports, the school is further expanding new horizons for the development of our political economy discipline. On the new journey of Chinese-style modernization, it aims to cont...

The Fourth Shanghai Summit Labor Economics Workshop Successfully Held at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

2024-11-25

On the afternoon of November 12, 2024, the Shanghai Summit Labor Economics Workshop was successfully held at the School of Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. The workshop explored important research topics in labor economics from the perspectives of technology, culture, and education. The workshop was jointly organized by the Shanghai Institute of International Finance and Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the School of Economics at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, the School of Economics at Fudan University, and Antai College of Econ...

Professor Zhou Yahong's Paper Selected for the Seventh Liu Shibai Economics Award

2024-11-09

Recently, the Office of the Award Committee of the Liu Shibai Economics Prize publicly announced the results of the seventh Liu Shibai Economics Prize selection, with the public notice period from October 28 to November 3, 2024 (a total of 7 days). Following qualification review, expert correspondence review, panel review, and approval by the award committee, a total of 10 proposed award-winning achievements were selected for the seventh Liu Shibai Economics Prize. The paper Binding Carbon Emission Reduction and Employment: An Examination Based on Firm-Level and Regional Labor Changes by Profe...

Cooperation and Exchange | IMF Experts Visit Our School

2024-11-08

On the morning of October 30, 2024, a delegation of four from the International Monetary Fund visited our school. The delegation included Steven Barnett, Resident Representative of the IMF Resident Representative Office in China; Galip Kemal Ozhan and Eric (Jincheng) Huang, economists from the IMF Research Department; and Zhang Lei, an economist from the People's Bank of China. Liu Liya, Vice President of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics; Yang Youzhi, Deputy Director of the Office of International Exchange and Cooperation; and Chen Yuanyuan, Associate Dean of the School of Econ...