Yang Yao

2.9k total citations
75 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Yang Yao is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Yao has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Yang Yao's work include China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (14 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (13 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (8 papers). Yang Yao is often cited by papers focused on China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance (14 papers), Local Government Finance and Decentralization (13 papers) and Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (8 papers). Yang Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yang Yao's co-authors include Muyang Zhang, Michael R. Carter, Shuna Wang, Shouying Liu, Ninghua Zhong, Yan Shen, Tianyang Xi, Linda Yueh, Kai Guo and Nancy Qian and has published in prestigious journals such as American Economic Review, The Science of The Total Environment and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Yang Yao

70 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Yao China	20	584	572	365	279	192	75	1.6k
Christine Wong United States	18	897 1.5×	535 0.9×	366 1.0×	83 0.3×	138 0.7×	34	1.5k
Fubing Su United States	16	623 1.1×	439 0.8×	291 0.8×	206 0.7×	63 0.3×	27	1.2k
Samuel P. S. Ho Canada	22	1.4k 2.3×	650 1.1×	730 2.0×	303 1.1×	186 1.0×	57	2.8k
Richard Hornbeck United States	13	215 0.4×	1.5k 2.7×	446 1.2×	271 1.0×	196 1.0×	28	2.4k
Sylvie Démurger France	20	482 0.8×	1.3k 2.3×	538 1.5×	77 0.3×	241 1.3×	58	2.3k
Jean C. Oi United States	19	1.8k 3.1×	537 0.9×	1.1k 3.1×	104 0.4×	195 1.0×	45	2.5k
Terry L. Anderson United States	26	294 0.5×	994 1.7×	464 1.3×	284 1.0×	103 0.5×	99	2.3k
Dennis Tao Yang United States	24	690 1.2×	1.4k 2.4×	809 2.2×	318 1.1×	131 0.7×	52	2.9k
Ashok Kotwal Canada	14	133 0.2×	847 1.5×	390 1.1×	619 2.2×	160 0.8×	35	1.6k
Guanghua Wan China	22	374 0.6×	1.0k 1.8×	735 2.0×	80 0.3×	83 0.4×	67	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Yao

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yao, Yang, et al.. (2025). Government Deleveraging and the Reverse Crowding-In Effect: Evidence from Subnational Debt and Government Contractors. Management Science.

Du, Chunlei, Lu Sun, Minoru Fujii, et al.. (2025). Achieving synergy between pollution reduction and carbon mitigation in the eco-industrial park: a multi-objective optimization framework. Journal of Environmental Management. 390. 126257–126257.

Hu, Ying, et al.. (2025). The application of problem-based learning (PBL) guided by ChatGPT in clinical education in the Department of Nephrology. BMC Medical Education. 25(1). 1048–1048.

Yu, Meng, et al.. (2024). Navigating the complexity of hybrid materials without structural dependency: PerovGNN as a map. Acta Materialia. 281. 120437–120437.

Xi, Tianyang, Yang Yao, & Qian Zhang. (2024). Purifying the Leviathan: The Strategic Dilemma of an Anti-Corruption Campaign Under One-Party Rule. The Journal of Politics. 87(4). 1288–1301. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Xiang, et al.. (2023). Relationship between the resource curse, Forest management and sustainable development and the importance of R&D Projects. Resources Policy. 85. 103997–103997. 4 indexed citations

Xi, Tianyang, et al.. (2019). Empowering knowledge: Political leaders, education, and economic liberalization. European Journal of Political Economy. 61. 101823–101823. 26 indexed citations

Xi, Tianyang, Yang Yao, & Muyang Zhang. (2018). Capability and opportunism: Evidence from city officials in China. Journal of Comparative Economics. 46(4). 1046–1061. 62 indexed citations

Xu, Yiqing & Yang Yao. (2014). Informal Institutions, Collective Action, and Public Investment in Rural China. SSRN Electronic Journal. 16 indexed citations

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Garnaut, Ross, Ligang Song, Yang Yao, & Xiaolu Wang. (2012). Private Enterprise in China (2nd ed). 1 indexed citations

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Mao, Rui & Yang Yao. (2012). STRUCTURAL CHANGE IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY: AN APPLICATION TO SOUTH KOREA. Pacific Economic Review. 17(1). 29–56. 19 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang. (2011). The Relationship between China's Export-led Growth and Its Double Transition of Demographic Change and Industrialization. Asian Economic Papers. 10(2). 52–76. 11 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang. (2010). The End of the Beijing Consensus. Foreign Affairs. 4 indexed citations

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Bromley, Daniel W. & Yang Yao. (2006). Understanding Chinaâ€™s Economic Transformation. World Economy. 7(2). 73–95. 5 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang. (2006). Village Elections, Accountability and Income Distribution in Rural China. China & World Economy. 14(6). 20–38. 6 indexed citations

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Guo, Kai & Yang Yao. (2005). Causes of privatization in China. Economics of Transition. 13(2). 211–238. 42 indexed citations

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Jin, Xiangcan, Xia Jiang, Yang Yao, Lihe Li, & Fengchang Wu. (2005). Effects of light and oxygen on the uptake and distribution of phosphorus at the sediment–water interface. The Science of The Total Environment. 357(1-3). 231–236. 33 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang. (2004). Political Process and Efficient Institutional Change. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE. 160(3). 439–453. 7 indexed citations

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Yao, Yang. (2003). Optimal technology for side-drilling horizontal well in fastigium faulted reservoir. Acta Petrologica Sinica. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Shouying, Michael R. Carter, & Yang Yao. (1998). Dimensions and diversity of property rights in rural China: Dilemmas on the road to further reform. World Development. 26(10). 1789–1806. 131 indexed citations

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