2026 Donald Lien: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	44	1852	1666	1090	956	328	8975

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Economics and Finance

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1666

1090

956

328

8975

Overview

Donald Lien is affiliated with The University of Texas at San Antonio in the United States. Their research focus covers a broad range of topics within Economics, Econometrics, and Finance.

The main fields of study in Donald Lien's work include:

Economics and Econometrics
Finance
Accounting
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Sociology and Political Science

Lien's research extensively addresses several key topics, such as:

Market Dynamics and Volatility
Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
Corporate Finance and Governance
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Banking stability, regulation, efficiency
Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling

Frequent publication venues include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
International Review of Economics & Finance
The North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

Donald Lien has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, notably:

Xiaojian Yu
Peilan Tang
Fathali Firoozi
Zhenxi Chen
Yuxuan Chen

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Donald Lien illustrate the scope of their research interests and output:

"Natural disasters and MNC sub-national investments in China," 2020, Multinational Business Review
"Financial distress prediction model: The effects of corporate governance indicators," 2020, Journal of Forecasting
"Who affects who? Oil price against the stock return of oil-related companies: Evidence from the U.S. and China," 2020, International Review of Economics & Finance
"Peer effects and shadow education," 2022, Economic Modelling
"Economic growth and happiness in China: A Bayesian multilevel age-period-cohort analysis based on the CGSS data 2005-2015," 2021, International Review of Economics & Finance

Best Publications

Democracy, foreign direct investment and natural resources

Elizabeth Asiedu;Donald Lien

797
Citations
The Impact of Corruption on Investment: Predictability Matters

J. Edgardo Campos;Donald Lien;Sanjay Pradhan

540
Citations
Measuring the Effect of Sexual Orientation on Income: Evidence of Discrimination?

Nathan Berg;Donald Lien

361
Citations
Capital controls and foreign direct investment

Elizabeth Asiedu;Donald Lien

358
Citations
Evaluating the hedging performance of the constant-correlation GARCH model

Donald Lien;Y. K. Tse;Albert K. C. Tsui

323
Citations
Some Recent Developments in Futures Hedging

Donald Lien;Y. K. Tse

309
Citations
A new information share measure

Donald Lien;Keshab Shrestha

221
Citations
Hedging time-varying downside risk

Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

178
Citations
Asymmetric effect of basis on dynamic futures hedging: Empirical evidence from commodity markets

Donald Lien;Li Yang

167
Citations
Fractional cointegration and futures hedging

Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

161
Citations
E-commerce and consumer's purchasing behaviour

Cuneyt Koyuncu;Donald Lien

154
Citations
Hedging Downside Risk with Futures Contracts

Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

153
Citations
Confucius institute effects on China's trade and FDI: Isn't it delightful when folks afar study Hanyu?

Donald Lien;Chang Hoon Oh;W. Travis Selmier

137
Citations
Estimating multiperiod hedge ratios in cointegrated markets

Donald Lien;Xiangdong Luo

133
Citations
Does the stock market drive herd behavior in commodity futures markets

Riza Demirer;Hsiang Tai Lee;Donald Lien

124
Citations
An empirical analysis of the relationship between hedge ratio and hedging horizon using wavelet analysis

Donald Lien;Keshab Shrestha

113
Citations
International trade, foreign direct investment, and transaction costs in languages

Chang Hoon Oh;W. Travis Selmier;Donald Lien

113
Citations
Causality between oil prices and the stock market in China: The relevance of the reformed oil product pricing mechanism

Elie Bouri;Qian Chen;Donald Lien;Xin Lv

112
Citations
Exchange-traded funds, liquidity and volatility

Timothy Krause;Sina Ehsani;Donald Lien

108
Citations
Hedging downside risk: futures vs. options

Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

103
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Li Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences

Riza Demirer Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

David A. Hennessy Iowa State University

Elie Bouri Lebanese American University

Wing-Keung Wong Asian University

David Roubaud Montpellier Business School

Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad Montpellier Business School

Imad A. Moosa RMIT University

Chien-Chiang Lee City University of Macau

Dianna L. Stone The University of Texas at San Antonio

External Links

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