Dongbei University of Finance and Economics,China

Professor Helen Bao

Environmental impact of Fiscal and Administrative Asymmetric Adjustment

Dr. Hongwei Xu Holds a PhD in Economics. Currently he is an Associate Professor at Dongbei University of Finance and Economics in China and an academic researcher at the University of Cambridge. His research interests cover public economics, regional economics, and policy evaluations. The research methods he adopts range from quantitative quasi-experimental tests to qualitative fieldwork, from traditional GIS spatial analysis to cutting-edge machine learning models. He has successfully applied his experitise on challenging urban and regional development issues. He believes that social sciences should not only describe social issues objectively but also shed light on the underlying mechanisms.

1. Libin Han, Hongwei Xu, Yuejun Zhong, Education resource reallocation and innovation: Evidence from university mergers in China, China Economic Quarterly International, 2022, 22,11, 265-277.
2. Hongwei Xu, Wenquan Liang, and Kuanhu Xiang, The Environmental Consequences of Place-based Policies in China: An Empirical Study Based on SO₂ Emission Data, China & World Economy,2022, 30(4), 201-229.
3. Wei Lv, Hongwei Xu, Economic Impact of Land Finance and Subsequent Risk Response, China Finance and Economic Review, 2014, 2(3),75-85.
4. Hongwei Xu, Yuejun Zhong, Education resource reallocation and innovation: Evidence from university mergers in China, China Economic Quarterly,2022,22(3), 1039-1060.(in Chinese)
5. Wenquan Liang, Hongwei Xu, and Huibin Chang, A Perspective on the High Cost of China's Service Industry from the Household Registration System, Chinese Social Science (Internal Abstracts), 2022, (in Chinese)
6. Wei Lv, Hongwei Xu, Land Finance, Urban Preference and the Urban-rural Income Gap in China, Finance & Trade Economics, 2015,6,45-56. (in Chinese)
7. Wei Lv, Hongwei Xu, The Heterogeneity Effects of the Land Finance on Consumption of Urban and Rural Residents Based on Empirical Data of 31 Provinces in China, Comparative Economic & Social Systems, 2013,6,147-156. (in Chinese)
8. Wei Lv, Hongwei Xu, The Economic Impact of Land Finance and Its Attendant Risk Response, Comparative Economic & Social Systems, 2012,6,78-86. (in Chinese)
9. Hongwei Xu, Land Finance: Practice, Theory, and Transformation Strategies, Beijing: China Social Sciences Press，2021. (in Chinese)
10. Hongwei Xu, Xin Feng, Yuhong Chen, Ming Lu, Towards Efficient and Livable Cities: DiDi's “Urban Development Index” Report,2019, http://www.profluming.com/article/?aid=189

1. Environmental Cost of Fiscal and Administrative Asymmetric Adjustment
2. Effects of straw burning on air quality in China
3. Sharing Economy and Urban Transportation: A Study on the Impact of Ride-Hailing on Urban Air Quality
4. How does tax optimization affect capital deepening and technological Progress? Empirical evidence from "replacing business tax with value-added tax" and robot application
5. Fiscal expenditure bias and local government trust
6. Migration Restriction and the Rising Cost of Service Consumption in Urban China
7. The Welfare Effect and Wider Impact of Regulating Low-skilled Migration

1. 2024-2026, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Ministry of Education of China “Spatial Agglomeration of Population and Differentiation of Fiscal Capacity of Local Governments: Practical Features, Theoretical Mechanisms, and Policy Implications” (No.23YJA790091)
2. 2019-2021, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientist Project t "The Mechanism of the Impact of Fiscal Pressure on Environmental Pollution from the Perspective of Heterogeneous Firms: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Based on Spatial Sorting" (No.71803015).
3. 2016-2021, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Project "Population Outflow and Economic Development in Outflow Areas: Models, Empirical Analysis, and Policy Implications” (No.163240).