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Zhongnan University of Economics and Law → School of Economics

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Working papers

2025

  1. Sheng Dai & Timo Kuosmanen & Xun Zhou, 2025, "Orthogonality conditions for convex regression," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2506.21110, Jun.

2024

  1. Zhiqiang Liao & Sheng Dai & Eunji Lim & Timo Kuosmanen, 2024, "Overfitting Reduction in Convex Regression," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2404.09528, Apr, revised Oct 2024.
  2. Sheng Dai & Timo Kuosmanen & Zhiqiang Liao, 2024, "Economic growth of cities: Does resource allocation matter?," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2410.04918, Oct.

2023

  1. Sheng Dai & Natalia Kuosmanen & Timo Kuosmanen & Juuso Liesio, 2023, "Optimal resource allocation: Convex quantile regression approach," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2311.06590, Nov.
  2. Timo Kuosmanen & Sheng Dai, 2023, "Modeling economies of scope in joint production: Convex regression of input distance function," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2311.11637, Nov.
  3. Hong Cheng & Hanbing Fan & Takeo Hoshi & Dezhuang Hu, 2023, "State Ownership, Political Connection, and Innovation Subsidies in China," CARF F-Series, Center for Advanced Research in Finance, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo, number CARF-F-572, Oct.

2019

  1. Hong Cheng & Hanbing Fan & Takeo Hoshi & Dezhuang Hu, 2019, "Do Innovation Subsidies Make Chinese Firms More Innovative? Evidence from the China Employer Employee Survey," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 25432, Jan.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Dai, Sheng & Kuosmanen, Timo & Liao, Zhiqiang, 2026, "Quantifying potential gains from efficient resource reallocation: A counterfactual analysis of economic growth in 284 Chinese cities," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 157, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2026.107501.
  2. Liao, Zhiqiang & Dai, Sheng & Lim, Eunji & Kuosmanen, Timo, 2026, "Boundary problem and overfitting reduction in convex regression," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 333, issue 2, pages 555-566, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2026.04.009.
  3. Yi, Jiahui & Xia, Zhexi & Cheng, Penghong & Dai, Sheng, 2026, "Cleaner but less efficient? Green finance, resource misallocation, and supply chain spillovers in China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 158, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2026.109333.
  4. Hu, Dezhuang & Li, Tang, 2026, "Targeting mental wellness: Does China's multifaceted poverty alleviation policy bear fruit?," China Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 95, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2025.102633.

2025

  1. Sheng Dai & Timo Kuosmanen & Xun Zhou, 2025, "Can Omitted Carbon Abatement Explain Productivity Stagnation?," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, volume 71, issue 2, May, DOI: 10.1111/roiw.70012.
  2. Dai, Sheng & Kuosmanen, Natalia & Kuosmanen, Timo & Liesiö, Juuso, 2025, "Optimal resource allocation: Convex quantile regression approach," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 324, issue 1, pages 221-230, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2025.01.003.
  3. Timo Kuosmanen & Sheng Dai, 2025, "Modeling economies of scope in joint production: Convex regression of input distance function," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 63, issue 1, pages 69-86, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-024-00739-x.
  4. Deng, Yue & Feng, Aiya & Hu, Dezhuang, 2025, "Gender earnings gap in Chinese firms: Can it be narrowed by industrial robots?," China Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 89, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2024.102328.

2024

  1. Liao, Zhiqiang & Dai, Sheng & Kuosmanen, Timo, 2024, "Convex support vector regression," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 313, issue 3, pages 858-870, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.05.009.
  2. Yi, Jiahui & Dai, Sheng & Li, Lin & Cheng, Jinhua, 2024, "How does digital economy development affect renewable energy innovation?," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, volume 192, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2023.114221.
  3. Jiahui Yi & Sheng Dai & Jinhua Cheng & Yueer Dai, 2024, "Heterogeneous Effect of Renewable Energy Policies on Resource Misallocation: Evidence From Chinese Zombie Firms," The Energy Journal, , volume 45, issue 5, pages 33-63, September, DOI: 10.1177/01956574241240290.
  4. Cheng, Hong & Fan, Hanbing & Hoshi, Takeo & Hu, Dezhuang, 2024, "State ownership, political connection, and innovation subsidies in China," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, volume 71, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jjie.2023.101287.

2023

  1. Philip Akrofi Atitianti, 2023, "The impact of Chinese aid on political trust," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 35, issue 2, pages 233-259, March, DOI: 10.1002/jid.3683.
  2. Dai, Sheng & Kuosmanen, Timo & Zhou, Xun, 2023, "Non-crossing convex quantile regression," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 233, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111396.
  3. Dai, Sheng, 2023, "Variable selection in convex quantile regression: L1-norm or L0-norm regularization?," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 305, issue 1, pages 338-355, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.05.041.
  4. Dai, Sheng & Kuosmanen, Timo & Zhou, Xun, 2023, "Generalized quantile and expectile properties for shape constrained nonparametric estimation," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 310, issue 2, pages 914-927, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.04.004.
  5. Timo Kuosmanen & Yong Tan & Sheng Dai, 2023, "Performance analysis of English hospitals during the first and second waves of the coronavirus pandemic," Health Care Management Science, Springer, volume 26, issue 3, pages 447-460, September, DOI: 10.1007/s10729-023-09634-7.
  6. Deng, Yue & Zhou, Yuqian & Hu, Dezhuang, 2023, "Grandparental childcare and female labor market behaviors: Evidence from China," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, volume 86, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2023.101614.
  7. Chen, Yunsi & Hu, Dezhuang, 2023, "Why are exporters more gender-friendly? Evidence from China," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 118, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2022.106087.

2022

  1. Philip Akrofi Atitianti & Qian Dai, 2022, "Does Chinese Foreign Direct Investment Improve the Welfare of Africans?," Journal of African Business, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 23, issue 4, pages 964-983, October, DOI: 10.1080/15228916.2021.1969192.
  2. Li, Qing & Hu, Dezhuang & Li, Tang, 2022, "The innovation of family firms in China: New evidence from the China employer-employee survey," China Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 72, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101754.

2021

  1. Edwin Teye Sosi & Philip Akrofi Atitianti, 2021, "How constraining are electricity fluctuations to Ghanaian firms’ performance?," SN Business & Economics, Springer, volume 1, issue 11, pages 1-23, November, DOI: 10.1007/s43546-021-00157-3.
  2. Philip Akrofi Atitianti & James Chukwubudom Chikelu, 2021, "Corruption and firm growth: evidence from Nigeria," SN Business & Economics, Springer, volume 1, issue 5, pages 1-18, May, DOI: 10.1007/s43546-021-00071-8.
  3. Yi, Jiahui & Dai, Sheng & Cheng, Jinhua & Wu, Qiaosheng & Liu, Kailei, 2021, "Production quota policy in China: Implications for sustainable supply capacity of critical minerals," Resources Policy, Elsevier, volume 72, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102046.
  4. Satoru Shimokawa & Dezhuang Hu & Dandan Li & Hong Cheng, 2021, "The urban–rural gap in the demand for food safety in China: The role of food label knowledge," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, volume 52, issue 2, pages 175-193, March, DOI: 10.1111/agec.12613.
  5. Chen, Yunsi & Hu, Dezhuang, 2021, "Gender norms and marriage satisfaction: Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 68, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2021.101627.
  6. Zhou, Qian & Zhong, Shihu & Shi, Tao & Zhang, Xiaoling, 2021, "Environmental regulation and haze pollution: Neighbor-companion or neighbor-beggar?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 151, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112183.
  7. Ke Liu & Yurong Qiao & Qian Zhou & Yuan Jiang, 2021, "Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity and Driving Force Analysis of Innovation Output in the Yangtze River Economic Zone: The Perspective of Innovation Ecosystem," Complexity, Hindawi, volume 2021, pages 1-16, February, DOI: 10.1155/2021/8884058.

2020

  1. Dai, Sheng & Zhou, Xun & Kuosmanen, Timo, 2020, "Forward-looking assessment of the GHG abatement cost: Application to China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, volume 88, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104758.
  2. Kuosmanen, Timo & Zhou, Xun & Dai, Sheng, 2020, "How much climate policy has cost for OECD countries?," World Development, Elsevier, volume 125, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104681.
  3. Hong Cheng & Dezhuang Hu & Hongbin Li, 2020, "Wage Differential between Rural Migrant and Urban Workers in the People's Republic of China," Asian Development Review, MIT Press, volume 37, issue 1, pages 43-60, March.
  4. Ya Chen & Xiaoli Fan & Qian Zhou, 2020, "An Inverted-U Impact of Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emissions in China’s Iron and Steel Industry: Mechanisms of Synergy and Innovation Effects," Sustainability, MDPI, volume 12, issue 3, pages 1-19, February.
  5. Xiaojun Dong & Tao Shi & Wei Zhang & Qian Zhou, 2020, "Temporal and Spatial Differences in the Resilience of Smart Cities and Their Influencing Factors: Evidence from Non-Provincial Cities in China," Sustainability, MDPI, volume 12, issue 4, pages 1-15, February.
  6. Ya Chen & Wei Xu & Qian Zhou & Zhixiang Zhou, 2020, "Total Factor Energy Efficiency, Carbon Emission Efficiency, and Technology Gap: Evidence from Sub-Industries of Anhui Province in China," Sustainability, MDPI, volume 12, issue 4, pages 1-21, February.

2017

  1. Dandan Li & Ting Tang & Dezhuang Hu & Feifei Song & Lianfa Luo, 2017, "The challenge to china’s enterprises from increasing labor costs: the product quality perspective," China Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 10, issue 1, pages 18-33, January, DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2016.1274003.
  2. Hong Cheng & Dezhuang Hu & Chengyu Xu & Kai Zhang & Hanbing Fan, 2017, "Does government paternalistic care promote entrepreneurship in China? Evidence from the China Employer-Employee Survey," China Economic Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 10, issue 1, pages 61-75, January, DOI: 10.1080/17538963.2016.1274004.
  3. Chen, Jie & Zhou, Qian, 2017, "City size and urban labor productivity in China: New evidence from spatial city-level panel data analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, volume 41, issue 2, pages 165-178, DOI: 10.1016/j.ecosys.2016.07.002.

2016

  1. Cheng, Jinhua & Dai, Sheng & Ye, Xinyue, 2016, "Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of industrial pollution in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, volume 40, issue C, pages 179-191, DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2016.07.001.

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