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D-Index
44
Citations
8975
World Ranking
1852
National Ranking
1090

Donald Lien publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald Lien sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 328 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Donald Lien D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Donald Lien sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

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

  • The Impact of Corruption on Investment: Predictability Matters

    J. Edgardo Campos;Donald Lien;Sanjay Pradhan

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

    Nathan Berg;Donald Lien

  • Capital controls and foreign direct investment

    Elizabeth Asiedu;Donald Lien

  • Evaluating the hedging performance of the constant-correlation GARCH model

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

  • Some Recent Developments in Futures Hedging

    Donald Lien;Y. K. Tse

  • A new information share measure

    Donald Lien;Keshab Shrestha

  • Hedging time-varying downside risk

    Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

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

    Donald Lien;Li Yang

  • Fractional cointegration and futures hedging

    Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

  • E-commerce and consumer's purchasing behaviour

    Cuneyt Koyuncu;Donald Lien

  • Hedging Downside Risk with Futures Contracts

    Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

  • 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

  • Estimating multiperiod hedge ratios in cointegrated markets

    Donald Lien;Xiangdong Luo

  • Does the stock market drive herd behavior in commodity futures markets

    Riza Demirer;Hsiang Tai Lee;Donald Lien

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

    Donald Lien;Keshab Shrestha

  • International trade, foreign direct investment, and transaction costs in languages

    Chang Hoon Oh;W. Travis Selmier;Donald Lien

  • 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

  • Exchange-traded funds, liquidity and volatility

    Timothy Krause;Sina Ehsani;Donald Lien

  • Hedging downside risk: futures vs. options

    Donald Lien;Yiu Kuen Tse

Frequent Co-Authors

Li Yang
Li Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Riza Demirer
Riza Demirer Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
David A. Hennessy
David A. Hennessy Iowa State University
Chang Hoon Oh
Chang Hoon Oh University of Kansas
Elie Bouri
Elie Bouri Lebanese American University
David Roubaud
David Roubaud Montpellier Business School
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan
Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan McMaster University
Wing-Keung Wong
Wing-Keung Wong Asian University
Imad A. Moosa
Imad A. Moosa RMIT University
Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad
Syed Jawad Hussain Shahzad Montpellier Business School

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