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Heng-fu Zou

Heng-fu Zou

Central University of Finance and Economics
China

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Capitalism
  • Macroeconomics
  • Finance

His scientific interests lie mostly in Decentralization, Developing country, Macroeconomics, Panel data and State. The study incorporates disciplines such as Public spending, Development economics, Fiscal union and Revenue in addition to Decentralization. His study in Public spending is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Fiscal policy, Tax rate, Real interest rate and Fiscal revenue.

The Developing country study combines topics in areas such as Capital, Capital expenditure, Aggregate expenditure, Public expenditure and Productivity. His studies in Macroeconomics integrate themes in fields like Poverty, Economic inequality and Econometrics. The concepts of his Panel data study are interwoven with issues in Economic policy, Financial sector development and Gini coefficient.

His most cited work include:

  • The composition of public expenditure and economic growth (1083 citations)
  • Explaining International and Intertemporal Variations in Income Inequality (737 citations)
  • Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Study* (605 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Heng-Fu Zou spends much of his time researching Monetary economics, Consumption, Decentralization, Production and Macroeconomics. As part of one scientific family, Heng-Fu Zou deals mainly with the area of Monetary economics, narrowing it down to issues related to the Capital accumulation, and often Consumption tax. His work in Consumption addresses issues such as Capitalism, which are connected to fields such as Capital asset pricing model and Interest rate.

His work carried out in the field of Decentralization brings together such families of science as Public spending, Economic policy, Development economics, Revenue and Developing country. He studied Developing country and Panel data that intersect with International economics and Gini coefficient. Income distribution and Economic inequality is closely connected to Econometrics in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Production.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Monetary economics (39.44%)
  • Consumption (28.29%)
  • Decentralization (28.29%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2011-2021)?

  • Production (26.29%)
  • Monetary economics (39.44%)
  • Monetary policy (13.55%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Production, Monetary economics, Monetary policy, Consumption and Econometrics. His work in Production addresses subjects such as Capital, which are connected to disciplines such as Returns to scale and Depreciation. His Monetary economics research incorporates themes from Physical capital, Panel data and Government spending.

His work is dedicated to discovering how Physical capital, Investment are connected with Decentralization and other disciplines. His Decentralization research integrates issues from Economic growth, Economic policy and Revenue. His Panel data research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Development economics, International economics and Foreign direct investment.

Between 2011 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Fiscal Decentralization in China: History, Impact, Challenges and Next Steps (85 citations)
  • Regional Inequality in Contemporary China (32 citations)
  • Regional Inequality in Contemporary China (21 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Capitalism
  • Macroeconomics
  • Finance

His primary scientific interests are in Macroeconomics, Economic system, Inflation, Real gross domestic product and Production. His study in the fields of Monetary policy and Fiscal policy under the domain of Macroeconomics overlaps with other disciplines such as Social Welfare. As a part of the same scientific study, he usually deals with the Inflation, concentrating on Revenue and frequently concerns with Polity and Devolution.

His Production study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Deadweight loss, New Keynesian economics, International trade and Inflation targeting. Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Decentralization and Finance. His Decentralization research incorporates elements of Fiscal gap, Corporate governance, Service, Development economics and Fiscal union.

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Best Publications

The composition of public expenditure and economic growth

Shantayanan Devarajan;Vinaya Swaroop;Heng-fu Zou.
Journal of Monetary Economics (1996)

2958 Citations

Fiscal decentralization, public spending, and economic growth in China

Tao Zhang;Tao Zhang;Heng-fu Zou;Heng-fu Zou.
Journal of Public Economics (1998)

1496 Citations

Explaining International and Intertemporal Variations in Income Inequality

Hongyi Li;Lyn Squire;Heng-fu Zou.
The Economic Journal (1998)

1396 Citations

Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Study*

Hamid Davoodi;Hamid Davoodi;Heng-fu Zou;Heng-fu Zou.
Journal of Urban Economics (1998)

1389 Citations

Income Inequality is not Harmful for Growth: Theory and Evidence

Hongyi Li;Heng-Fu Zou.
Review of Development Economics (1998)

1021 Citations

Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth in the United States

Danyang Xie;Heng-fu Zou;Heng-fu Zou;Hamid Davoodi.
Journal of Urban Economics (1999)

644 Citations

Finance and Income Inequality: What Do the Data Tell Us?

George R. G. Clarke;Lixin Colin Xu;Heng-fu Zou.
Southern Economic Journal (2006)

636 Citations

Corruption, Income Distribution, and Growth

Hongyi Li;Lixin Colin Xu;Heng-fu Zou.
Economics and Politics (2000)

524 Citations

Finance and income inequality : test of alternative theories

George Clarke;Lixin Colin Xu;Heng Fu Zou.
Annals of Economics and Finance (2003)

389 Citations

How does fiscal decentralization affect aggregate, national, and subnational government size?

Jing Jin;Heng-fu Zou;Heng-fu Zou;Heng-fu Zou.
Journal of Urban Economics (2002)

350 Citations

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