Wayne Yu

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 983 citations indexed

About

Wayne Yu is a scholar working on Finance, Accounting and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wayne Yu has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 983 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Finance, 14 papers in Accounting and 7 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Wayne Yu's work include Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (13 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (12 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (5 papers). Wayne Yu is often cited by papers focused on Financial Markets and Investment Strategies (13 papers), Corporate Finance and Governance (12 papers) and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (5 papers). Wayne Yu collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Canada and United States. Wayne Yu's co-authors include Bernard Yeung, Randall Mørck, Jiaqi Yan, Jianli Zhao, Vikas Mehrotra, Peter Chen, Ranjini Sivakumar, Wilson H.S. Tong, Paul Brockman and Tak Yan Leung and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance and Journal of Empirical Finance.

In The Last Decade

Wayne Yu

19 papers receiving 928 citations

Hit Papers

The Information Content of Stock Markets: Why Do Emerging... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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. The Information Content of Stock Markets: Why Do Emerging Markets Have Synchronous Stock Price Movements?
    1999 541 citations Randall Mørck, Bernard Yeung et al. SSRN Electronic Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wayne Yu Hong Kong 11 638 613 335 143 79 22 983
Palani‐Rajan Kadapakkam United States 15 789 1.2× 522 0.9× 405 1.2× 271 1.9× 81 1.0× 41 1.0k
Tara Rice United States 14 651 1.0× 861 1.4× 458 1.4× 98 0.7× 94 1.2× 32 1.1k
Jordan Schoenfeld United States 9 619 1.0× 415 0.7× 377 1.1× 224 1.6× 64 0.8× 22 947
Rubi Ahmad Malaysia 18 635 1.0× 467 0.8× 466 1.4× 85 0.6× 122 1.5× 52 922
Jean‐Pierre Gueyié Canada 11 417 0.7× 251 0.4× 261 0.8× 115 0.8× 33 0.4× 42 680
Nancy Huyghebaert Belgium 16 823 1.3× 278 0.5× 426 1.3× 198 1.4× 86 1.1× 64 1.0k
Andriy Bodnaruk United States 16 798 1.3× 587 1.0× 323 1.0× 190 1.3× 25 0.3× 39 1.0k
Mohamed Azzim Gulamhussen Portugal 16 658 1.0× 336 0.5× 218 0.7× 163 1.1× 35 0.4× 36 800
Laurent Frésard Switzerland 15 881 1.4× 618 1.0× 430 1.3× 225 1.6× 88 1.1× 40 1.2k
Pilar Corredor Spain 16 232 0.4× 561 0.9× 520 1.6× 151 1.1× 71 0.9× 49 874

Countries citing papers authored by Wayne Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wayne Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wayne Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wayne Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wayne Yu 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 Wayne Yu. Wayne Yu 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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Yu, Wayne, Farzan Yahya, Muhammad Umar, & Muhammad Hussain. (2025). Disaggregated Liquidity Response to Climate Risk: A Precautionary Hoarding and Flight-to-Safety Perspective. SAGE Open. 15(4).
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Brockman, Paul, et al.. (2022). Is idiosyncratic risk priced? The international evidence. Journal of Empirical Finance. 66. 121–136. 10 indexed citations
3.
Yu, Wayne, et al.. (2018). Corporate spinoffs and executive compensation. Frontiers of Business Research in China. 12(1). 1 indexed citations
4.
Yu, Wayne, et al.. (2017). Insider Ownership and Analyst Forecast Properties. Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance. 34(1). 125–150. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Jiaqi, Wayne Yu, & Jianli Zhao. (2015). How signaling and search costs affect information asymmetry in P2P lending: the economics of big data. Financial Innovation. 1(1). 84 indexed citations
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Yu, Wayne, et al.. (2014). The Information Content of Stock Prices, Legal Environments, and Accounting Standards: International Evidence. European Accounting Review. 24(3). 471–493. 37 indexed citations
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Cheng, Louis T. W., Tak Yan Leung, & Wayne Yu. (2014). Information arrival, changes in R-square and pricing asymmetry of corporate news. International Review of Economics & Finance. 33. 67–81. 22 indexed citations
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Tong, Wilson H.S. & Wayne Yu. (2011). A corporate governance explanation of the A-B share discount in China. Journal of International Money and Finance. 31(2). 125–147. 30 indexed citations
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Tong, Wilson H.S. & Wayne Yu. (2009). A Corporate Governance Explanation of the A-B Share Discount in China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations
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Brockman, Paul, et al.. (2009). Is Idiosyncratic Risk Priced? The International Evidence. SSRN Electronic Journal. 24 indexed citations
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Yu, Wayne, et al.. (2009). The predictive power of the implied volatility of options traded OTC and on exchanges. Journal of Banking & Finance. 34(1). 1–11. 50 indexed citations
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Yu, Wayne, et al.. (2008). The Predictive Power of Implied Volatility of Options Traded OTC and on Exchanges. SSRN Electronic Journal. 10 indexed citations
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Johnson, Lewis D. & Wayne Yu. (2004). An analysis of the use of derivatives by the Canadian mutual fund industry. Journal of International Money and Finance. 23(6). 947–970. 11 indexed citations
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Eldenburg, Leslie, et al.. (2003). International income-shifting regulations: Empirical evidence from Australia and Canada. The International Journal of Accounting. 38(3). 285–303. 5 indexed citations
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Eldenburg, Leslie, et al.. (2003). International income shifting regulations: empirical evidence from Australia and Canada. The International Journal of Accounting. 38(3). 313–314. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Peter F., Vikas Mehrotra, Ranjini Jha, & Wayne Yu. (2000). Layoffs, Shareholders’ Wealth, and Corporate Performance. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 11 indexed citations
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Mørck, Randall, et al.. (2000). A study of cross sectional variation in the stock market's reaction to corporate investment decisions. PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University).
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Mørck, Randall, Bernard Yeung, & Wayne Yu. (1999). The Information Content of Stock Markets: Why Do Emerging Markets Have Synchronous Stock Price Movements?. SSRN Electronic Journal. 541 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bigelli, Marco, Vikas Mehrotra, Randall Mørck, & Wayne Yu. (1998). Changes in Management Ownership and the Valuation Effects of Equity Offerings. Journal of Management & Governance. 2(4). 297–309.
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Mørck, Randall, Wayne Yu, & Bernard Yeung. (1997). The Information Content of Stock Markets: Why Do Emerging Markets Have So Little Firm-Specific Risk?. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 2 indexed citations

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