Julan Du

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Julan Du is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Julan Du has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Accounting, 30 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 23 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Julan Du's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (33 papers), Global trade and economics (13 papers) and International Business and FDI (12 papers). Julan Du is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (33 papers), Global trade and economics (13 papers) and International Business and FDI (12 papers). Julan Du collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Singapore. Julan Du's co-authors include Yi Lu, Zhigang Tao, Yifei Zhang, Shang‐Jin Wei, Yongqin Wang, Chang Li, Chenggang Xu, Qing He, Yi Che and Xiangrong Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Economic Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Julan Du

63 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julan Du Hong Kong	19	797	620	538	520	274	68	1.7k
Davin Chor United States	15	1.0k 1.3×	747 1.2×	1.2k 2.2×	268 0.5×	320 1.2×	32	2.0k
Carsten Hefeker Germany	16	973 1.2×	704 1.1×	827 1.5×	274 0.5×	475 1.7×	97	2.0k
Cheryl Long United States	23	874 1.1×	596 1.0×	400 0.7×	715 1.4×	140 0.5×	66	1.8k
Spiros Bougheas United Kingdom	18	920 1.2×	218 0.4×	406 0.8×	586 1.1×	252 0.9×	64	1.5k
Hadi Salehi Esfahani United States	14	1.1k 1.4×	374 0.6×	617 1.1×	185 0.4×	122 0.4×	66	1.7k
Dimitrios Asteriou United Kingdom	26	1.6k 2.1×	461 0.7×	631 1.2×	783 1.5×	530 1.9×	72	2.7k
Karl P. Sauvant United States	18	459 0.6×	1.3k 2.0×	803 1.5×	347 0.7×	103 0.4×	167	1.9k
Haichao Fan China	18	1.0k 1.3×	629 1.0×	731 1.4×	191 0.4×	182 0.7×	69	1.6k
Fredrik Sjöholm Sweden	23	1.4k 1.7×	1.2k 1.9×	1.3k 2.4×	297 0.6×	99 0.4×	84	2.2k
Miaojie Yu China	18	1.3k 1.6×	971 1.6×	1.4k 2.6×	220 0.4×	216 0.8×	79	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Julan Du

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Du, Julan, Yi Lu, Zhigang Tao, & Zhang Yan. (2025). Getting back a level playing field under state-guided market economy: Evidence from quake donations by non-state-controlled companies in China. Journal of Comparative Economics. 53(2). 559–583.

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Zhang, Xuan, Bo Liu, Julan Du, et al.. (2025). Antiproliferative trichothecene derivatives from an endophytic fungus fusarium equiseti Z8. Fitoterapia. 182. 106476–106476. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Julan & Yifei Zhang. (2024). ISDS disputes, adjudication and cross-border M&As. Journal of Corporate Finance. 87. 102594–102594. 1 indexed citations

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Bu, Jing Long, Julan Du, & Jiancai Pi. (2023). Do zombie firms affect healthy firms' exporting? Evidence from China. Economics of Transition and Institutional Change. 32(3). 707–738. 3 indexed citations

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Che, Yi, Julan Du, Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao. (2023). Institutional difference and foreign direct investment location choice: Evidence from China. Review of Development Economics. 27(3). 1934–1956. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, Chang Li, & Yongqin Wang. (2023). Shadow banking of non-financial firms: Arbitrage between formal and informal credit markets in China. Journal of Financial Intermediation. 55. 101032–101032. 22 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, et al.. (2023). Higher education expansion and robot imports: evidence from China. Economic Change and Restructuring. 56(6). 4339–4369. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, et al.. (2022). Could State-Controlled Media Stabilize the Market during the U.S.-China Trade Frictions?. Credit and Capital Markets – Kredit und Kapital. 55(2). 153–201. 4 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, Chang Li, & Yongqin Wang. (2015). Shadow Banking Activities in Non-Financial Firms: Evidence from China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Yongqin, Julan Du, & Kai Wang. (2015). The Determinants of Location Choices of China's ODI: Institutions, Taxation and Resources. Frontiers of Economics in China. 10(3). 540–565. 19 indexed citations

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Che, Yi, Julan Du, Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao. (2015). Once an enemy, forever an enemy? The long-run impact of the Japanese invasion of China from 1937 to 1945 on trade and investment. Journal of International Economics. 96(1). 182–198. 65 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, et al.. (2014). International Real Estate Review. International Real Estate Review. 17(3). 301–357. 2 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao. (2014). Government expropriation and Chinese-style firm diversification. Journal of Comparative Economics. 43(1). 155–169. 55 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, et al.. (2012). Tunneling and the decision to go private: Evidence from Hong Kong. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 22. 50–68. 20 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, Qing He, & Oliver M. Rui. (2010). Does financial deepening promote risk sharing in China?. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. 15(4). 369–387. 6 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao. (2009). Bi-sourcing in the global economy. Journal of International Economics. 77(2). 215–222. 21 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, Yi Lu, & Zhigang Tao. (2008). Regional Institutional Strength and FDI Location Choice in China: Implications for East Asian FDI Source Countries/Areas. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Julan, et al.. (2007). Special Treatment (ST) Firms and Administrative Governance of Capital Markets in China. Chapters. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Julan. (2002). Government-Business Relationship and International Corporate Finance. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Du, Julan. (2002). Vote by Foot: Investor Impatience and Corporate Governance. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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