2026 Wing Thye Woo: 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	43	1943	1751	1133	995	204	10175

Overview

Wing Thye Woo is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with particular expertise spanning several subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Finance, Accounting, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of topics, most notably:

Global Financial Crisis and Policies
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
Global Trade and Economics
COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Market Dynamics and Volatility
Corporate Finance and Governance
International Business and FDI

Wing Thye Woo has contributed to multiple scholarly articles published in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

Journal of Asian Economics
Asian Economic Papers
Trends in Biotechnology
Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Fulbright Review of Economics and Policy

The scientist's recent papers are as follows:

The rise of Renminbi in Asia: Evidence from Network Analysis and SWIFT dataset, 2021, Journal of Asian Economics
Sustainable Transformation of Land-Based Economic Development in the Era of Digital Revolution, 2020, Trends in Biotechnology
OFDI and stock returns: Evidence from manufacturing firms listed on the Chinese A-shares market, 2021, Journal of Asian Economics
The wide range of national reactions to the common COVID-19 shock: observations on causes and effects, 2020, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies
Saving Lives and Livelihoods in the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Have We Learned, Particularly from Asia?, 2021, Asian Economic Papers

Among frequent collaborators are these co-authors:

Xiaosong Wang
Tao Liu
Derek Qi Ren Kok
Yuen Yoong Leong
Chun Sheng Goh

Best Publications

Geography, Economic Policy and Regional Development in China

Sylvie Demurger;Jeffrey D. Sachs;Wing Thye Woo;Shuming Bao

1057
Citations
Structural factors in the economic reforms of China, Eastern Europe, and the Former Soviet Union

Jeffrey Sachs;Wing Thye Woo

965
Citations
Understanding china's economic performance

Jeffrey D. Sachs;Wing Thye Woo

671
Citations
Macroeconomic Policy Coordination among the Industrial Economies

Gilles Oudiz;Jeffrey Sachs;Olivier J. Blanchard;Stephen N. Marris

554
Citations
Fiscal Management and Economic Reform in the People's Republic of China

Shu-Ki Tsang;Christine P. W. Wong;Christopher Heady;Wing T. Woo

433
Citations
Geographic factors and China's regional development under market reforms, 1978–1998

Shuming Bao;Gene Hsin Chang;Jeffrey D. Sachs;Wing Thye Woo

424
Citations
Present value tests of an intertemporal model of the current account

Steven M. Sheffrin;Wing Thye Woo

377
Citations
How Successful Has Chinese Enterprise Reform Been? Pitfalls in Opposite Biases and Focus

Wing Thye Woo;Wen Hai;Yibiao Jin;Gang Fan

340
Citations
The Art of Reforming Centrally Planned Economies: Comparing China, Poland, and Russia

Wing Thye Woo

319
Citations
The relative contributions of location and preferential policies in China's regional development: being in the right place and having the right incentives $

Sylvie Démurger;Jeffrey D Sachs;Wing Thye Woo;Shuming Bao

288
Citations
Importance of Green Finance for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals and Energy Security

Jeffrey D. Sachs;Wing Thye Woo;Naoyuki Yoshino;Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary

261
Citations
THE REAL REASONS FOR CHINA'S GROWTH

Wing Thye Woo

251
Citations
Economic Reforms and Constitutional Transition

Jeffrey D. Sachs;Wing Thye Woo;Xiaokai Yang

231
Citations
The monetary approach to exchange rate determination under rational expectations: The dollar-deutschmark rate

Wing T. Woo

190
Citations
Discrepancies in International Data: An Application to China-Hong Kong Entrepot Trade

Robert C. Feenstra;Wen Hai;Wing T. Woo;Shunli Yao

179
Citations
China meets the middle-income trap: the large potholes in the road to catching-up

Wing Thye Woo

175
Citations
Understanding the U.S.-China Trade War

Tao Liu;Wing Thye Woo

172
Citations
Chinese Economic Growth: Sources and Prospects

Wing Thye Woo

169
Citations
Recent Claims of China's Economic Exceptionalism: Reflections Inspired by WTO Accession

Wing Thye Woo

160
Citations
The US-China Bilateral Trade Balance: Its Size and Determinants

Robert Feenstra;Wen Hai;Wing Woo;Shunli Yao

160
Citations
Zombie Firms and the Crowding-Out of Private Investment in China*

Yuyan Tan;Yiping Huang;Wing Thye Woo

156
Citations
Geography, Economic Policy, and Regional Development in China*

Sylvie Démurger;Jeffrey D. Sachs;Wing Thye Woo;Shuming Bao

101
Citations
Chinese Economic Growth: Sources and Prospects

Michael Magill;Wing Thye Woo;Julian R. Betts

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey D. Sachs Columbia University

Warwick J. McKibbin Australian National University

Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary Tokai University

Laurence J. Kotlikoff Boston University

Robert C. Feenstra University of California, Davis

Peter J. Wilcoxen Syracuse University

Naoyuki Yoshino Keio University

Xiaolan Fu University of Oxford

Julian R. Betts University of California, San Diego

Olivier J. Blanchard Peterson Institute for International Economics

External Links

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