Professor Yanrui Wu

Professor
Economics (UWA Business School)

Contact details

Address

Economics (UWA Business School)
The University of Western Australia (M251)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

+61 8 6488 3964

Fax

+61 8 6488 1016

Email

Yanrui.Wu@uwa.edu.au

Qualifications

BSc Anhui, MA Nankai & ANU, PhD Adel.

Biography

Prof. Yanrui Wu is an economist specializing in development economics, international trade and applied econometric modelling. His research interests include the Chinese and Asian economies, productivity analysis, economic growth, resource and environmental economics. He has published extensively in these fields. His work has appeared in many SSCI-listed journals such as Energy Economics, Energy, Applied Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Empirical Economics, China Economic Review, Economics Letters, Pacific Economic Review and Resources Policy. He is the author of several books such as Productive Performance in Chinese Enterprises (Macmillan, 1996), China’s Consumer Revolution (Edward Elgar Publishers, 1999), The Macroeconomics of East Asian Growth (Edward Elgar Publishers, 2002), China’s Economic Growth (RoutledgeCurzon, 2004), Productivity, Efficiency and Economic Growth in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) and Understanding Economic Growth in China and India (World Scientific Publishing, 2012). Prof Wu is on the editorial board of Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (Routledge, UK), China Agricultural Economic Review (Emerald, UK)and East Asian Policy (NUS, Singapore). He is also the General Editor of Advances in Chinese Economic Studies book series published by Edward Elgar Publishers, UK. His teaching interests include international economics, business econometrics and development economics.

Key research

Chinese and Indian economies, Energy and resource economics, Economic growth, Productivity analysis

Publications

Career 10 best

1P. Crompton and Y. Wu, 2005, “Energy Consumption in China: Past Trends and Future Directions”, Energy Economics 27(1), 195-208. ABDC: A*, Journal Impact Factor: 2.708 (Journal Citation Reports 2014),363 citations (Google Scholars Feb 2016)].

2Wu, Y., 2000, “Is China’s Economic Growth Sustainable: A Productivity Analysis”, China Economic Review 11(2), 278-296. ABDC: A, Journal Impact Factor: 1.264 (Journal Citation Reports 2014), 181 citations (Google Scholars Feb 2016)

3Wu, Y., 1995, “Total Factor Productivity Growth, Technological Progress and Technical Efficiency Change in China: A Three Sector Analysis”, Journal of Comparative Economics 21(2), pp.207-229 (reprinted in Lin Zhou, Zhigang Tao, Danyang Xie and Min Song (eds), Essays in Modern Economics Research in Honour of Professor Gregory Chow, Shanghai People’s Press, Shanghai, 2008). ABDC: A, Journal Impact Factor: 1.170 (Journal Citation Reports 2014), 178 citations (Google Scholars Feb 2016)

4Wu, Yanrui, 2012, “Energy Intensity and Its Determinants in China’s Regional Economies”, Energy Policy 41, 703-11. ABDC: A, Journal Impact Factor: 2.575 (Journal Citation Reports 2014), 57 citations (Google Scholars Feb 2016)

5Yu Sheng, Yanrui Wu, Xunpeng Shi and Dandan Zhang, 2015, “Energy Trade Efficiency and Its Determinants: A Malmquist Index Approach”, Energy Economics 50, 306-14. ABDC: A*, Journal Impact Factor: 2.708 (Journal Citation Reports 2014)

6Wu, Y., 2003, “Deregulation and Growth in China’s Energy Sector: A Review of Recent Development”, Energy Policy 31, 1417-1425. ABDC: A, Journal Impact Factor: 2.575 (Journal Citation Reports 2014), Google Scholar database: 64 citations (accessed Feb 2016)

7Wu, Y., 2000, “Measuring the Performance of Foreign Direct Investment: A Case Study of China”, Economics Letters 66(2), pp.143-150. ABDC: A, 5-Year Impact Factor: 0.510 (Journal Citation Reports 2014), 56 citations (Google Scholars Feb 2016)

8Wu, Yanrui, 2004, “Openness, Productivity and Growth in the APEC Economies”, Empirical Economics 29(3)., 593-604 (a SSCI-listed journal). ABDC: A, 5-Year Impact Factor: 0.693 (Journal Citation Reports 2014), Google Scholar database: 42 citations (accessed Feb 2016)

9Wu, Y., E. Li and S.N. Samuel, 1995, “Food Consumption in Urban China”, Applied Economics 27(6), pp.509-519. ABDC: A, 5-Year Impact Factor: 0.613 (Journal Citation Reports 2014), Google Scholar database: 78 citations (accessed Feb 2016)

10Wu, Y., 2004, China’s Economic Growth: A Miracle with Chinese Characteristics, RoutledgeCurzon Press Limited, London and New York, pp.143+xiii. [Google Scholar database: 121 citations (accessed Feb 2016)]

Research publications

I have a total of 183 publications (books, journal articles, chapters and book reviews) including 6 sole-authored monographs and 84 refereed journal articles (60 published in SSCI/SCI-indexed journals).

Selected journals JIF (journal impact factor) 5 year JIF

Energy 4.8445.153
J. of Cleaner Production 3.8444.167
Energy Economics 2.7083.374
Energy Policy 2.5753.394
Journal of Rural Studies 2.4442.768
Resources Policy 2.0532.288
Clean Tech and Environmental Policy 1.9342.052
Health Policy 1.9072.070
China Economic Review 1.2641.757
Journal of Comparative Economics 1.1701.695
Natural Resource Modelling 1.1960.996
J. of Transport Economics and Policy 1.1821.274
J. of Contemporary China 1.0851.195


Scholarly books

1.Wu, Yanrui, 2012, Understanding Economic Growth in China and India, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp.161+xii.

2.Wu, Yanrui, 2008, Productivity, Efficiency and Economic Growth in China, Palgrave, London, pp.169+x.

3.Groenewold, Nicolaas, Yanrui Wu, Sam Hak Kan Tang and Xiangmei Fan, 2004, The Chinese Stock Market: Efficiency, Profitability and Predictability, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, pp.248+xii.

4.Wu, Yanrui, 2004, China’s Economic Growth: A Miracle with Chinese Characteristics, RoutledgeCurzon Press Limited, London and New York, pp.143+xiii.

5.Wu, Yanrui, 2002, The Macroeconomics of East Asian Growth, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, pp.241+x.

6.Wu, Yanrui, 1999, China’s Consumer Revolution: Emerging Patterns of Wealth and Expenditure, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, and, Northampton, USA, pp.153+xii.

7.Wu, Yanrui, 1996, Productive Performance of Chinese Enterprises: An Empirical Study, Macmillan, Basingstoke, England, and St Martin’s Press, New York, USA, pp.188+xiii.


Edited research books

8.*Wu, Yanrui, Fukunari Kimura and Xunpeng Shi (eds), 2014, Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Deepening Understanding and Moving Forward, Routledge, London, pp.197+xiii.

9.Wu, Yanrui (ed), 2013, Regional Development and Economic Growth in China, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, pp.331+xvii.

10.Wu, Yanrui, Xunpeng Shi and Fukunari Kimura (Eds), 2012, Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Theories, Electricity Sector and Subsidies, research project report 2011-17, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, pp.267+vii.

11.Wu, Yanrui (ed), 2006, Economic Growth, Transition and Globalization in China, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, and, Northampton, USA, pp.241+ix.

12.Wu, Yanrui and Clare Yu (eds), 2006, The Chinese Economy: Trade, Reforms, Corporate Governance and Regional Development, Uniprint, University of Western Australia, pp.293+ix.

13.Wu, Yanrui (ed), 1999, Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in China, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, and, Northampton, USA, pp.231+xii.

14.Kalirajan, K.P. and Yanrui Wu (eds), 1999, Productivity and Growth in Chinese Agriculture, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke, England, and St Martin’s Press, New York, USA, pp.242+x.

15.Wu, Yanrui (ed), 1998, The Economics of the East Asian Steel Industries, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, England, pp.358+xvii.

16.Wu, Yanrui and Qiang Ye (eds), 1998, China’s Reform and Economic Growth, Asia Pacific Press, Canberra, Australia, pp.480+xx.

17.Wu, Yanrui and Xiaohe Zhang (eds), 1994, Chinese Economy in Transition, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, pp.230+vii.

Refereed Journal Articles

18.*Fan, Jin, Yao Li, Yanrui Wu, Shanyong Wang and Dingtao Zhao, 2016, “Allowance Trading and Energy Consumption under a Personal Carbon Trading Scheme: A Dynamic Programming Approach”, Journal of Cleaner Production (a SCI-indexed journal) (accepted July 6, 2015).

19.Wu, Yanrui, 2016, “China’s Services Sector: The New Engine of Economic Growth”, Eurasian Geography and Economics (a SCI-indexed journal) (accepted Feb , 2016).

20.*Jianxin Wu, Yanrui Wu, Xiumei Guo and James Cheong, 2016, “Convergence of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Chinese Cities: A Continuous Dynamic Distribution Approach”, Energy Policy (a SCI-indexed journal) (accepted December 25, 2015).

21.Cheong, Tsun Se and Yanrui Wu, 2016, “Convergence and Transitional Dynamics of China's Industrial Output: A County-Level Study Using A New Framework of Distribution Dynamics Analysis”, China Economic Review (a SCI-indexed journal) (accepted November 25, 2015).

22.*Li, Yao, Jin Fan, Dingtao Zhao, Yanrui Wu and Jun Li, 2016, “Tiered Gasoline Pricing: A Personal Carbon Trading Perspective”, Energy Policy (a SCI-indexed journal) (accepted November 27, 2015).

23.Xu, Ruomei, Yanrui Wu and Jing-Dong Luan, “Analysis of Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt Genetically Modified Insect-resistant Rice in China”, China Agricultural Economic Review , (a SSCI-indexed journal) (accepted November 24, 2015).

24.Yanrui Wu, “China’s Capital Stock Series by Region and Sector”, Frontiers of Economics in China (accepted October 2015).

25.Zhu, Ning, Bing Wang, Zhiqian Yu and Yanrui Wu (2016), “Technical Efficiency Measurement Incorporating Risk Preferences: An Empirical Analysis of Chinese Commercial Banks”, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (a SSCI-indexed journal) (online June 9 2015).

26.Zhu, Ning, Bing Wang and Yanrui Wu, “Productivity, Efficiency, and Non-Performing Loans in the Chinese Banking Industry”, The Social Science Journal (a SSCI-indexed journal) (accepted October 2014).

27.*Fan, Jin, Shanyong Wang, Yanrui Wu, Jun Li and Dingtao Zhao, 2015, “Buffer Effect and Price Effect of a Personal Carbon Trading Scheme”, Energy 82, 601-10 (a SCI-indexed journal).

28.*Yu Sheng, Yanrui Wu, Xunpeng Shi and Dandan Zhang, 2015, “Energy Trade Efficiency and Its Determinants: A Malmquist Index Approach”, Energy Economics 50 , 306-14 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

29.*Fan, Jin, Shanyong Wang, Yanrui Wu, Jun Li and Dingtao Zhao, 2015, “Energy-use Choices and Allowance Trading under the Personal Carbon Trading Scheme”, Natural Resource Modeling 28(1), 1-17 (a SCI-indexed journal).

30.*Fan, Jin, Yanrui Wu, Xiumei Guo, Dingtao Zhao and Dora Marinova, 2015, “Regional Disparity of Embedded Carbon Footprint and Its Sources in China: A Consumption Perspective”, Asia Pacific Business Review, 21(1), 130-46 (reprinted in Managing China's Energy Sector Between the Market and the State Edited by Hongyi Lai and Malcolm Warner, Routledge, chapter 9) (a SSCI-indexed journal).

31.Cheong, Tsun Se and Yanrui Wu, 2015, “Crime Rates and Inequality: A Study of Crime in Contemporary China”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 20(2), 202-23 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

32.Wang, Shanyong, Jin Fan, Dingtao Zhao and Yanrui Wu, 2015, “The Impact of Government Subsidies or Penalties for New-energy Vehicles: A Static and Evolutionary Game Model Analysis”, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 49(1), 98-114 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

33.Cheong, Tsun Se and Yanrui Wu, 2014, “The Impacts of Structural Transformation and Industrial Upgrading on Regional Inequality in China”, China Economic Review 31, 339-50 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

34.Wu, Yanrui, 2014, “Productivity, Economic Growth and the Middle Income Trap: Implications for China”, Frontiers of Economics in China 9(3), 460-483.

35.*Du, Minzhe, Bing Wang and Yanrui Wu, 2014, “Sources of China’s Economic Growth: An Empirical Analysis Based on the BML Index with Green Growth Accounting”, Sustainability 6, 5983-6004 (a SCI-indexed journal).

36.Ren, Weiwei, Anu Rammohan and Yanrui Wu, 2014, “Is There a Gender Gap in Child Nutritional Outcomes in Rural China?”, China Economic Review 31, 145-55 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

37.*Fan, Jin, Dingtao Zhao, Yanrui Wu and Jiuchang Wei, 2014, “Carbon Pricing and Electricity Market Reforms in China”, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 16(5), 921-933 (a SCI-indexed journal).

38.Yu, Fei and Yanrui Wu, 2014, “Patent Citations and Knowledge Spillovers: An Analysis of Chinese Patents Registered in the US”, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation 22(1), 86-99 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

39.Fu, Dahai and Yanrui Wu, 2014, “Export Survival Pattern and Its Determinants of Chinese Manufacturing Firms”, Asia Pacific Economic Literature 28(1), 161-77 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

40.Shi, Xing, Yanrui Wu and Dingtao Zhao, 2014, “Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Their Impacts on Innovation in China”, Service Business 8(4), 479-98 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

41.Fu, Dahai and Yanui Wu, 2013, “Export Wage Premium in China's Manufacturing Sector: A Firm Level Analysis”, China Economic Review 26, 182-96 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

42.Kwan, Fung, Yanrui Wu and Xuaihe Zhuo, 2013, “Re-examination of the Surplus Agricultural Labour in China”, China Agricultural Economic Review 5(2), 197-212 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

43.*Wu, Yanrui, 2013, “Electricity Market Integration: Global Trends and Implications for the EAS region”, Energy Strategy Reviews 2(2), 138-145.

44.Yu, Wentao, Hong, Jin, Yanrui Wu and Dingtao Zhao, 2013, “Emerging Geography of Creativity and Labor Productivity Effect in China”, China & World Economy 21(5), 78-99 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

45.*Marinova, Dora, Xiumei Guo and Yanrui Wu, 2013, “China’s Transformation towards A Global Green System of Innovation”, Journal of Science and Technology Policy in China 4(2), 76-98.

46.Fu, Dahai and Yanui Wu, 2013, “Foreign Entry and Profitability of Domestic Firms: Evidence from China”, Asian Economic Papers 12(2), 34-60 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

47.Cheong, Tsun Se and Yanrui Wu, 2013, “Regional Disparity, Transitional Dynamics and Convergence in China”, Journal of Asian Economics 29, 1-14.

48.*Yang, Shu, Dingtao Zhao, Yanrui Wu and Jin Fan, 2013, “Regional Variation in Carbon Emissions and Its Driving Forces in China: An Index Decomposition Analysis”, Energy and Environment 24(7/8), 1249-70 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

49.Zhan, Jintao, Yanrui Wu, Xiaohui Zhang and Zhangyue Zhou, 2012, “Why Do Farmers Quit from Grain Production in China: Causes and Implications”, China Agricultural Economic Review 4(3), 342-62 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

50.*Wu, Yanrui, 2012, “Energy Intensity and Its Determinants in China’s Regional Economies”, Energy Policy 41, 703-11 (a SSCI/SCI-indexed journal).

51.Fu, Dahai, Yanrui Wu and Yihong Tang, 2012, “Does Innovation Matter for Chinese High-tech Exports? A Firm-level Analysis”, Frontiers of Economics in China 7(2), 218-45.

52.Chen, Yu and Yanrui Wu, 2012, “Regional Economic Growth and Spillover Effects: An Analysis of China’s Pan Pearl River Delta Area”, China & World Economy 20(2), 80-97 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

53.*Fan, Jin, Xiumei Guo, Dora Marinova, Yanrui Wu and Dingtao Zhao, 2012, “Embedded Carbon Footprint of Chinese Urban Households: Structure and Changes”, Journal of Cleaner Production 33, 50-59 (a SCI-indexed journal).

54.Wu, Yanrui, 2012, “Trends and Prospects in China's Research and Development Sector”, The Australian Economic Review, 45(4), 467-74 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

55.Wu, Yanrui, 2011, “Chemical Fertilizer Use Efficiency and Its Determinants in China’s Farming Sector: Implications for Environmental Protection”, China Agricultural Economic Review 3(2), 117-30 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

56.Wu, Yanrui, 2011, “Innovation and Economic Growth in China: Evidence at the Provincial Level”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 16(2), 129-42 (SSCI-indexed).

57.Wu, Yanrui, 2011, “Total Factor Productivity Growth in China: A Review”, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies 9(2), 111-126.

58.*Wu, Yanrui, 2010, “Regional Environmental Performance and Its Determinants in China”, China & World Economy 18(3), 73-89 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

59.Lan, Yihui, Yanrui Wu and Chong Zhang, 2010, “Capital Flight from China: Further Evidence”, Journal of International Finance and Economics 10(2), 13-31.

60.Huang, Xibing, Dingtao Zhao, Colin G. Brown, Yanrui Wu and Scott A. Waldron, 2010, “Environmental Issues and Policy Priorities in China: A Content Analysis of Government Documents”, China: An International Journal 8(2), 220-46 (SSCI-indexed).

61.*Wang, Bing, Yanrui Wu and Yan Pengfei, 2010, “China’s Regional Environmental Performance and TFP Growth” (Zhongguo Quyu Huanjing Xiaolu yu Huanjing Quanyaosu Shengchanlu Zengzhang中国区域环境效率与环境全要素生产率增长), Economic Research Journal 45 (5) (经济研究 Jingji Yanjiu), 95-109 (in Chinese).

62.Wu, Yanrui, 2008, “The Role of Productivity in China Growth: New Estimates”, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies 6(2), 141-56.

63.Groenewold, Nicolaas, Sam Hak Kan Tang and Yanrui Wu, 2008, “The Profitability of Regression-based Trading Rules for Shanghai Stock Market”, International Review of Financial Analysis 17(2), 411-30 (SSCI-indexed).

64.Wu, Yanrui, 2008, “Shengchanli dui Zhongguo Jingji Zengchan de Gongxiang: Xinde Guji”, China Economic Quarterly 7(3) (经济学季刊 Jingjixue Jikan), 827-842 (in Chinese).

65.Wang, Bing, Yanrui Wu and Yan Pengfei, 2008, “Huanjing Guanzhi yu Quanyaosu Shengchanli Zengchan: APEC de Shizhen Fenxi”, Economic Research Journal 43 (5) (经济研究 Jingji Yanjiu), 19-32 (in Chinese).

66.Wu, Yanrui, 2007, “Service Sector Growth in China and India: A Comparison”, China: An International Journal 5(1), 137-54 (reprinted in Issues and Experiences in Service Sector Growth edited by Rashmi Joshi, Chapter 14, Icfai University Press, 2008).

67.Zhao, Xingjun and Yanrui Wu, 2007, “Determinants of China's Energy Imports: An Empirical Analysis”, Energy Policy 35, 4235-46 (a SSCI/SCI-indexed journal).

68.Wu, Yanrui, 2007, “Export Performance in China’s Regional Economies”, Applied Economics 39 (10), 1283-93 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

69.Zhou, Zhangyue, Yanrui Wu and Wei Si, 2007, “Evolving Patterns of Agricultural Trade between Australia and China”, Australasian Agribusiness Review 15(3), 27-45.

70.Clements, Kenneth, Yanrui Wu and Jing Zhang, 2006, “Comparing International Consumption Patterns”, Empirical Economics 31, 1-30 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

71.Wu, Yanrui and Zhangyue Zhou, 2006, “Bilateral Trade between China and India”, Journal of Asian Economics 17(3), 509-18.

72.Wu, Yanrui, 2005, “Understanding Growth in China’s Regional Economies”, Journal of Contemporary China 14, 135-51 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

73.Crompton, Paul and Yanrui Wu, 2005, “Energy Consumption in China: Past Trends and Future Directions”, Energy Economics 27(1), 195-208 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

74.Wu, Yanrui, 2004, “Openness, Productivity and Growth in the APEC Economies”, Empirical Economics 29(3)., 593-604 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

75.Groenewold, Nicolaas, Sam Hak Kan Tang and Yanrui Wu, 2004, “The Dynamic Interrelationship between the Greater China Share Markets”, China Economic Review 15 (1), 45-62 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

76.Wu, Yanrui, 2003, “Has Productivity Contributed to China’s Growth?”, Pacific Economic Review 8 (1), 15-30 (a SSCI/SCI-indexed journal).

77.Wu, Yanrui, 2003, “Deregulation and Growth in China’s Energy Sector: A Review of Recent Development”, Energy Policy 31, 1417-1425 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

78.Crompton, Paul and Yanrui Wu, 2003, “Bayesian Vector Autoregressive Forecasts of Chinese Steel Consumption”, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies 1(2), 205-219.

79.Nicolaas Groenewold, Sam Hak Kan Tang and Yanrui Wu, 2003, “The Efficiency of the Chinese Stock Market and the Role of the Banks”, Journal of Asian Economics 14, 593-609.

80.Groenewold, Nicolaas, Sam Hak Kan Tang and Yanrui Wu, 2003, “The Dynamic Relationship Between Stock Returns and Market Turnover: Evidence From Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong”, Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business 7(1), 18-41.

81.Wu, Yanrui, 2003, “Technical Efficiency and Determinants in Chinese Manufacturing Sector”, Empirical Economics Letters 2(3), 123-32.

82.Wu, Yanrui, 2002, “Regional Disparities in China: An Alternative View”, International Journal of Social Economics 29, 575-589.

83.Wu, Yanrui, 2001, “Productivity Growth at the Firm Level: with Application to the Chinese Steel Mills”, Journal of Entrepreneurship 10(1), 1-16.

84.Wu, Yanrui, 2000, “Measuring the Performance of Foreign Direct Investment: A Case Study of China”, Economics Letters 66(2), 143-150 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

85.Wu, Yanrui, 2000, “Productivity, Growth and Economic Integration in the Southern China Region”, Asian Economic Journal 14(1), 39-54 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

86.Wu, Yanrui, 2000, “The Chinese Steel Industry: Recent Developments and Prospects”, Resources Policy 26, 171-178 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

87.Wu, Yanrui, 2000, “Is China’s Economic Growth Sustainable: A Productivity Analysis”, China Economic Review 11 (3), 278-296 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

88.Wu, Yanrui, 1999, “Rongyuan yu Qiye Tezheng: Zhongguo Guoyou Qiye de Anli Yanjiu”, Nankai Economic studies No.3 (南开经济研究 Nankai Jinji Yanjiu), 1-8 (in Chinese).

89.Wu, Yanrui, 1998, “Redundancy and Firm Characteristics in Chinese State-Owned Enterprises”, Asia Pacific Journal of Economics and Business 2(1), 33-44.

90.Wu, Yanrui, 1998, “Changing Patterns of Alcohol Consumption in Rural China”, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 3(2), 223-236 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

91.Wu, Yanrui and Harry Wu, 1997, “Household Grain Consumption in China: Effects of Income, Price and Urbanization”, Asian Economic Journal 11(3), 325-42 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

92.Wu, Yanrui, 1997, “Wealth and Spending Patterns in China: Empirical Evidence from Household Surveys”, (special issue), International Journal of Social Economics 24 , 1007-1022.

93.Wu, Yanrui, 1997, “China’s Health Care Sector in Transition: Resources, Demand and Reforms”, Health Policy 39, 137-152 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

94.Wu, Yanrui, 1996, “Technical Efficiency and Firm Attributes in Chinese Iron and Steel Industry”, International Review of Applied Economics 10(2), 235-248 .

95.Wu, Yanrui, 1995, “Total Factor Productivity Growth, Technological Progress and Technical Efficiency Change in China: A Three Sector Analysis”, Journal of Comparative Economics 21(2), pp.207-229 (a SSCI-indexed journal) (Reprinted in Essays in Modern Economics Research in Honour of Professor Gregory Chow edited by Lin Zhou, Zhigang Tao, Danyang Xie and Min Song, Shanghai People’s Press, Shanghai, 2008).

96.Wu, Yanrui, 1995, “The Productive Efficiency of Chinese Iron and Steel Firms: A Stochastic Analysis”, Resources Policy 21(3), 215-222 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

97.Wu, Yanrui, E. Li and N. Samuel, 1995, “Food Consumption in Urban China: An Empirical Analysis”, Applied Economics 27(6), pp.509-519 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

98.Wu, Yanrui, 1994, “Technical Efficiency and Its Potential Sources: A Case Study of Chinese Rural Textile Firms”, Journal of Rural Studies 10(3), pp.291-300 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

99.Wu, Yanrui, 1994, “Growth, Efficiency and Reform in Chinese Industry: Review and Assessment”, International Review of Economics 41(8) (formerly International Review of Economics and Business or Rivista Internazionale Di Scienze Economiche e Commerciali), pp.653-73.

100.Wu, Yanrui, 1993, “Scale, Factor Intensity and Efficiency: An Empirical Study of the Chinese Coal Industry”, Applied Economics 25(3), pp.325-34 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

101.Wu, Yanrui, 1993, “Productive Efficiency in Chinese Industry: A Review”, Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 7(2), pp.58-66 (a SSCI-indexed journal).

Future research

Energy and environmental economics;
Innovation economics; and
Economic growth in China, India and Indonesia

Funding received

Yanrui Wu and Dora Marinova, 2010,"Energy Efficiency, Economic Growth and the
Environment in China", ARC Discovery project, $357,000

Prof. Yanrui Wu 2007, “Economic Growth and the Environment: A Study of China's Regional Economies”, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $12,949.00. RFCD:

Prof. Yanrui Wu 2005, “Sources of Economic Growth: A Comparison of China and India “, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $11,000.00. RFCD:

Prof. Kenneth Clements, Prof. Yanrui Wu 2003, “International Comparison of Feed Consumption Patterns”, Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade - ACIAR, Funds Approved: $21,556.00. RFCD:

Prof. Yanrui Wu 2003, “Understanding Economic Growth in Western China.”, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $9,835.00. RFCD:

Dr Paul Crompton, Prof. Yanrui Wu 2002, “The Future of Australian Mineral Exports”, ARC Linkage Projects, Funds Approved: $167,780.00. RFCD:

Prof. Yanrui Wu 2001, “Measuring economics openness and its impacts on growth: With application to the Chinese regions”, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $19,057.00. RFCD:

Prof. Yanrui Wu 2001, “Economic Growth, Transition and Globalization in China”, The Ford Foundation, Funds Approved: US$10,000.00. RFCD:

Prof. Yanrui Wu 2000, “Economic integration and its impacts on productivity and growth among the Chinese regions”, UWA Research Grants Scheme, Funds Approved: $10,689.00. RFCD:

Prof. Yanrui Wu 1999, “Understanding China's regional growth”, ARC Small Grants, Funds Approved: $9,072.00. RFCD:

Prof. Yanrui Wu 1997, “The Performance of Foreign Direct Investment in China: A Comparative Study”, ARC Small Grants, Funds Approved: $17,823.00. RFCD:

Industrial relevance

Resource sector

Commodity trade

Previous positions

2004-2007, Associate Professor, economics, University of Western Australia
2000-2003, Senior Lecturer, economics, University of Western Australia
1997-1999, Lecturer, economics, University of Western Australia
1995-1996, Research Fellow, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University
1993-1994, Postdoctoral Fellow, economics, University of Otago

Teaching

Business Econometrics
International Economics
Development Economics

Current external positions

Editorial/advisory board member

Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (Routledge, UK)
China Agricultural Economic Review (Emerald, UK)
East Asian Policy (NUS, Singapore)
General editor
Advances in Chinese Economic Studies book series published by Edward Elgar Publishers, UK

President
Association for Chinese Economic Studies (Australia), 2001-2002

Council/Executive Member
Economic Society of Australia (WA branch), 2000-2005
Australia-China Business Council (WA branch), 2003-2005
Association for Chinese Economic Studies (Australia) since 1998

Others
External Fellow, China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham
Research Associate, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore

Useful links

http://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=mfTYffUAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yanrui_Wu

Research profile

Research profile and publications