Yihua Yu
Biographic Data
| ID | 5857734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yihua Yu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yihua |
| FAMILY NAME | Yu |
| SIGNATURE | YU Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Renmin University of China |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2709-6092 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Bridging the digital divide for resilient cities
Tight spaces, strong cities
Towering sustainability
The rise of artificial intelligence, the fall of human wellbeing
Concerns exist regarding the impact on our lives of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Using a large dataset of 137 countries over the period 2005–2018 from multiple sources, we estimate the causal effect of AI on individual‐level subjective wellbeing. Our identification strategy is inferred from the gravity framework and uses merely the variation in exogenous drivers of a country's AI development. We find a significant negative effect of …
Modelling energy efficiency in China
This paper combines energy demand modelling with stochastic frontier analysis to investigate the changing trends, variations and determinants of energy efficiency for 27 Chinese provinces over the period 1995 to 2014. An aggregate ‘frontier’ energy demand function and an efficiency function are estimated simultaneously. We obtained several findings. First, the energy intensity is not a particularly good indicator of energy efficiency. Second, the…
Revisiting the residential electricity demand in the United States
In recent years, price policies and price changes derived from environmental regulations have played a more important role to promote residential energy conservation. Using recent annual state-level panel data for 48 states, we estimate a dynamic partial adjustment model for electricity demand elasticities on price and income in the residential sector. Our analysis reveals that in the short run, one unit price increase will lead to 0.142 unit of …
On the nexus of environmental quality and public spending on health care in China
Does pollution drive up public spending on health care? This paper aims to answer such a crucial question empirically using a panel data set of 31 Chinese provinces during the period 1997–2014. In particular, this paper explores the non-stationarity and cointegration properties between health care expenditure and environmental indicators in a panel cointegration framework; in doing so, it examines both the long-run and the short-run impacts of th…
Leisure Time, Leisure Activities, and Happiness in China
This study utilized a nation-wide survey (n=73,622) to examine the associations of leisure time, leisure activities, and demographics with happiness among residents in China. Ordered logit regression analyses indicated that leisure time was positively associated with happiness. While passive leisure activities (e.g., watching TV, Internet surfing) were found to contribute to happiness, active leisure activities (e.g., exercising, socializing, and…
On the supply of China's healthcare resources in a decentralized healthcare system
The structure of China’s current governance bears prominent features of fiscal decentralization. The supply of healthcare resources in China has clearly witnessed slower growth in the last two decades during which the fiscal decentralization process has taken place. Using China’s provincial panel data, we examine the determinants of healthcare resource supply while paying particular attention to the role of fiscal decentralization. We find that t…
US state and local fiscal policies and non‐metropolitan area economic performance
On the determinants of public infrastructure spending in Chinese cities
In the context of fiscal decentralization, we use cross-sectional data of 242 Chinese cities in 2005 to explore the major factors contributing to the decline of public investment. The main finding is that a city government appears to reduce its own infrastructure spending as a response to the rise of infrastructure spending of its neighboring cities, revealing evidence of positive spillover effects of public infrastructure expenditure. This paper…
Leisure Time, Leisure Activities, and Happiness in China
This study utilized a nation-wide survey (n=73,622) to examine the associations of leisure time, leisure activities, and demographics with happiness among residents in China. Ordered logit regression analyses indicated that leisure time was positively associated with happiness. While passive leisure activities (e.g., watching TV, Internet surfing) were found to contribute to happiness, active leisure activities (e.g., exercising, socializing, and…
On the determinants of public infrastructure spending in Chinese cities
In the context of fiscal decentralization, we use cross-sectional data of 242 Chinese cities in 2005 to explore the major factors contributing to the decline of public investment. The main finding is that a city government appears to reduce its own infrastructure spending as a response to the rise of infrastructure spending of its neighboring cities, revealing evidence of positive spillover effects of public infrastructure expenditure. This paper…
The rise of artificial intelligence, the fall of human wellbeing
Concerns exist regarding the impact on our lives of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Using a large dataset of 137 countries over the period 2005–2018 from multiple sources, we estimate the causal effect of AI on individual‐level subjective wellbeing. Our identification strategy is inferred from the gravity framework and uses merely the variation in exogenous drivers of a country's AI development. We find a significant negative effect of …
Towering sustainability
Revisiting the residential electricity demand in the United States
In recent years, price policies and price changes derived from environmental regulations have played a more important role to promote residential energy conservation. Using recent annual state-level panel data for 48 states, we estimate a dynamic partial adjustment model for electricity demand elasticities on price and income in the residential sector. Our analysis reveals that in the short run, one unit price increase will lead to 0.142 unit of …
On the determinants of public infrastructure spending in Chinese cities
In the context of fiscal decentralization, we use cross-sectional data of 242 Chinese cities in 2005 to explore the major factors contributing to the decline of public investment. The main finding is that a city government appears to reduce its own infrastructure spending as a response to the rise of infrastructure spending of its neighboring cities, revealing evidence of positive spillover effects of public infrastructure expenditure. This paper…
US state and local fiscal policies and non‐metropolitan area economic performance
On the supply of China's healthcare resources in a decentralized healthcare system
The structure of China’s current governance bears prominent features of fiscal decentralization. The supply of healthcare resources in China has clearly witnessed slower growth in the last two decades during which the fiscal decentralization process has taken place. Using China’s provincial panel data, we examine the determinants of healthcare resource supply while paying particular attention to the role of fiscal decentralization. We find that t…
Leisure Time, Leisure Activities, and Happiness in China
This study utilized a nation-wide survey (n=73,622) to examine the associations of leisure time, leisure activities, and demographics with happiness among residents in China. Ordered logit regression analyses indicated that leisure time was positively associated with happiness. While passive leisure activities (e.g., watching TV, Internet surfing) were found to contribute to happiness, active leisure activities (e.g., exercising, socializing, and…
On the nexus of environmental quality and public spending on health care in China
Does pollution drive up public spending on health care? This paper aims to answer such a crucial question empirically using a panel data set of 31 Chinese provinces during the period 1997–2014. In particular, this paper explores the non-stationarity and cointegration properties between health care expenditure and environmental indicators in a panel cointegration framework; in doing so, it examines both the long-run and the short-run impacts of th…
Revisiting the residential electricity demand in the United States
In recent years, price policies and price changes derived from environmental regulations have played a more important role to promote residential energy conservation. Using recent annual state-level panel data for 48 states, we estimate a dynamic partial adjustment model for electricity demand elasticities on price and income in the residential sector. Our analysis reveals that in the short run, one unit price increase will lead to 0.142 unit of …
Modelling energy efficiency in China
This paper combines energy demand modelling with stochastic frontier analysis to investigate the changing trends, variations and determinants of energy efficiency for 27 Chinese provinces over the period 1995 to 2014. An aggregate ‘frontier’ energy demand function and an efficiency function are estimated simultaneously. We obtained several findings. First, the energy intensity is not a particularly good indicator of energy efficiency. Second, the…
The rise of artificial intelligence, the fall of human wellbeing
Concerns exist regarding the impact on our lives of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Using a large dataset of 137 countries over the period 2005–2018 from multiple sources, we estimate the causal effect of AI on individual‐level subjective wellbeing. Our identification strategy is inferred from the gravity framework and uses merely the variation in exogenous drivers of a country's AI development. We find a significant negative effect of …
Towering sustainability
Tight spaces, strong cities
Bridging the digital divide for resilient cities
Economics (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · China (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Panel data (4 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Business (2 works)