Lai Wei

829 total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 487 citations indexed

About

Lai Wei is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, Lai Wei has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 487 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Accounting, 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 6 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in Lai Wei's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (6 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (4 papers). Lai Wei is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (18 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (6 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (4 papers). Lai Wei collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Lai Wei's co-authors include Chen-Ta Lin, Ross Levine, Sibo Liu, Joel F. Houston, Dongmin Kong, Jian Zhang, Li Wang, Wensi Xie, Keying Song and Chunhui Dong and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Management Science and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Lai Wei

31 papers receiving 473 citations

Hit Papers

Information Accessibility and Corporate Innovation 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 25 50 75 100
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Information Accessibility and Corporate Innovation
    2022 111 citations Chen-Ta Lin, Lai Wei et al. Management Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lai Wei Hong Kong 10 270 183 117 113 41 35 487
Jianfu Shen Hong Kong 13 152 0.6× 264 1.4× 179 1.5× 117 1.0× 41 1.0× 82 558
Panagiotis Andrikopoulos United Kingdom 11 183 0.7× 142 0.8× 157 1.3× 163 1.4× 40 1.0× 46 452
Tiziana La Rocca Italy 12 459 1.7× 202 1.1× 107 0.9× 136 1.2× 12 0.3× 30 579
Jean‐Philippe Weisskopf Switzerland 12 222 0.8× 108 0.6× 63 0.5× 49 0.4× 60 1.5× 44 518
Luigi Benfratello Italy 11 317 1.2× 475 2.6× 162 1.4× 191 1.7× 55 1.3× 26 792
Shafiq ur Rehman Pakistan 9 214 0.8× 76 0.4× 67 0.6× 66 0.6× 21 0.5× 28 333
Fang Hu Australia 11 291 1.1× 64 0.3× 52 0.4× 195 1.7× 12 0.3× 45 468
Abdullah Iqbal United Kingdom 11 301 1.1× 89 0.5× 101 0.9× 141 1.2× 23 0.6× 45 467
Mervi Niskanen Finland 17 905 3.4× 288 1.6× 134 1.1× 159 1.4× 9 0.2× 46 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Lai Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lai Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lai Wei. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lai Wei. The network helps show where Lai Wei may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lai Wei

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lai Wei. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lai Wei based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lai Wei. Lai Wei is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xing, Wei, Lai Wei, Xuetao Guo, et al.. (2025). Dark Reduction of Hg(II) by Dissolved Organic Matter Derived from Aging Microplastics: Mechanisms and Implications. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(32). 17037–17046. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Lai, Zhenhuan Liu, Yi Zhou, Z. Tao, & Fan Yang. (2025). Global urban green spaces in the functional urban areas: Spatial pattern, drivers and size hierarchy. Urban forestry & urban greening. 107. 128770–128770.
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Ongena, Steven, Walid Saffar, Yuan Sun, & Lai Wei. (2024). Movables as collateral and corporate credit: Loan-level evidence from legal reforms across Europe. Journal of Banking & Finance. 170. 107331–107331. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Fan, Zhenhuan Liu, Yi Zhou, & Lai Wei. (2024). Urbanization weakens vegetation resilience in the Pearl River Delta, China. Journal of Environmental Management. 373. 123756–123756. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Chen, et al.. (2023). Transforming firm innovation: International evidence on consumption tax adoption. Finance research letters. 56. 104137–104137. 1 indexed citations
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Wei, Lai, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of mung bean protein and aquafaba as co-stabilizer for sour aerated emulsions. Food Hydrocolloids. 146. 109196–109196. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Wenjing, et al.. (2023). What Causes Privatization? Evidence from Import Competition in China. Management Science. 70(5). 3080–3101. 10 indexed citations
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Wei, Lai, et al.. (2023). A point-wise minimization model for data envelopment analysis considering environmental variables. Journal of Management Analytics. 10(2). 336–358. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Qing, Wenjing Li, Chen-Ta Lin, & Lai Wei. (2022). Trade-induced competition and ownership dynamics. Journal of Development Economics. 160. 102979–102979. 9 indexed citations
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Wei, Lai, et al.. (2021). Corporate Governance Reforms and Innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Yuan, Lai Wei, & Wensi Xie. (2020). Data Security and Merger Waves. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Wei, Lai, et al.. (2020). How Do Board Reforms Affect Debt Financing Costs around the World?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Chen-Ta, Lai Wei, & Wensi Xie. (2019). Managerial Entrenchment and Information Production. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 55(8). 2500–2529. 8 indexed citations
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Tan, Jing, Lai Wei, Yu Chen, et al.. (2019). Development Trends of Villages and Towns in China. Strategic Study of CAE. 21(2). 6–6. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Dongmin, et al.. (2018). Information Accessibility and Corporate Innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 12 indexed citations
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Lin, Chen-Ta, Sibo Liu, & Lai Wei. (2018). Banking and Innovation: A Review. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Houston, Joel F., Chen-Ta Lin, Sibo Liu, & Lai Wei. (2015). Shareholder Litigation and Management Earnings Forecasts. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Levine, Ross, Chen-Ta Lin, & Lai Wei. (2015). Insider Trading and Innovation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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