Yunqing Tao

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Yunqing Tao is a scholar working on Accounting, Economics and Econometrics and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunqing Tao has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Accounting, 28 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 10 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Yunqing Tao's work include Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (10 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (9 papers). Yunqing Tao is often cited by papers focused on Corporate Finance and Governance (22 papers), Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance (10 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (9 papers). Yunqing Tao collaborates with scholars based in China and Singapore. Yunqing Tao's co-authors include Yongwei Ye, Dongmin Kong, Yanan Wang, Cong Nie, Liangliang Zhang, Nan Sun, Dongmin Kong, Haitao Wu, Xin Luo and Zhuo Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Economics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yunqing Tao

44 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Digital finance and corporate ESG 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 50 100 150 200 250
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. Digital finance and corporate ESG
    2022 267 citations Yunqing Tao, Yongwei Ye et al. Finance research letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yunqing Tao China 18 602 350 344 224 138 47 1.0k
Lieven De Moor Belgium 13 404 0.7× 238 0.7× 288 0.8× 160 0.7× 293 2.1× 63 922
Rim El Khoury Lebanon 18 599 1.0× 365 1.0× 406 1.2× 211 0.9× 268 1.9× 67 1.2k
Ashraful Alam United Kingdom 14 430 0.7× 254 0.7× 323 0.9× 139 0.6× 68 0.5× 30 978
Meiting Lu Australia 21 382 0.6× 521 1.5× 352 1.0× 132 0.6× 146 1.1× 62 919
Caroline Paunov France 11 865 1.4× 252 0.7× 493 1.4× 73 0.3× 65 0.5× 21 1.3k
Charilaos Mertzanis United Arab Emirates 19 344 0.6× 319 0.9× 158 0.5× 78 0.3× 177 1.3× 71 848
Yaowen Shan Australia 20 410 0.7× 603 1.7× 363 1.1× 97 0.4× 170 1.2× 62 989
Giuliana Battisti United Kingdom 16 610 1.0× 336 1.0× 433 1.3× 132 0.6× 223 1.6× 49 1.2k
Jingtao Yi China 17 466 0.8× 386 1.1× 895 2.6× 159 0.7× 32 0.2× 36 1.3k
Monica Singhania India 19 586 1.0× 390 1.1× 618 1.8× 256 1.1× 186 1.3× 52 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Yunqing Tao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yunqing Tao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yunqing Tao. 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 Yunqing Tao. The network helps show where Yunqing Tao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunqing Tao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yunqing Tao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yunqing Tao 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 Yunqing Tao. Yunqing Tao 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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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2025). Judicial independence and regional digital innovation in China. Applied Economics. 58(5). 874–888. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaohui, Yongze Yu, Xiaofan Li, Wei Peng, & Yunqing Tao. (2025). The role of credit in business: Social credit and entrepreneurship in China. Economic Analysis and Policy. 88. 1699–1719.
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2024). How creditor protection stimulates corporate R&D: Insights from internet judicial auctions in China. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. 89. 102592–102592. 1 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, Wei Yang, Yongwei Ye, & Dongmin Kong. (2024). The Shock of US-China trade war and the job Market: Downstream shrinkage and upstream employment. Journal of International Financial Markets Institutions and Money. 96. 102057–102057. 1 indexed citations
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Feng, Chen, et al.. (2024). Local land regulatory governance and land transaction prices: Micro evidence from land audits. Economic Analysis and Policy. 83. 1133–1150. 1 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). The role of public environmental concern on corporate social responsibility: Evidence from search index of web users. Energy Economics. 126. 107041–107041. 43 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). Tax authority monitoring and corporate information disclosure quality in China. International Review of Financial Analysis. 90. 102872–102872. 27 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, Dongmin Kong, Nan Sun, & Xiaofan Li. (2023). Social credit and corporate risk-taking: Evidence from China. Research in International Business and Finance. 69. 102206–102206. 19 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). Curse or blessing: National industrial investment fund and corporate R&D in China. Finance research letters. 54. 103724–103724. 8 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). The power of paper: Scientific disclosure and firm innovation. Finance research letters. 56. 104147–104147. 2 indexed citations
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Pang, Jing, et al.. (2023). How does the Paris Agreement affect firm productivity? International evidence. Finance research letters. 56. 104150–104150. 15 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). Stringent financial regulation and corporate R&D investment: Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China. Finance research letters. 55. 103933–103933. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Liang, et al.. (2023). Digital M&A and firm productivity in China. Finance research letters. 58. 104326–104326. 15 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qifeng, et al.. (2023). From chaos to compliance: Standards-setting and financial fraud. Finance research letters. 55. 103902–103902. 4 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). Does Green Finance Drive Environmental Innovation in China?. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 59(8). 2727–2746. 28 indexed citations
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Sun, Nan, et al.. (2023). The Impact of Corporate Public Market Share Repurchases on Capital Market Information Efficiency. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 59(10). 3220–3240. 4 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). Does the firms' digital transformation drive environmental innovation in China?. Sustainable Development. 32(3). 2139–2152. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaofan, et al.. (2023). FinTech and SME’ performance: Evidence from China. Economic Analysis and Policy. 81. 670–682. 24 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2023). Investor-enterprise interactions and shadow banking of non-financial enterprises in China. Finance research letters. 55. 103979–103979. 12 indexed citations
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Tao, Yunqing, et al.. (2022). Digital finance and corporate ESG. Finance research letters. 51. 103426–103426. 267 indexed citations breakdown →

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