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Social Sciences and Humanities
China
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
73
Citations
18800
World Ranking
639
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award

Overview

Yu Hao is affiliated with the Beijing Institute of Technology in China. Their research focuses primarily on the intersection of economics, environmental science, and sustainable development, particularly examining how digitalization and policy impact energy consumption and environmental efficiency in China.

Their work is prominently published in venues such as the Journal of Environmental Management, Energy Economics, SSRN Electronic Journal, Business Strategy and the Environment, and the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. These journals reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their research which spans economics, environmental science, and policy analysis.

Yu Hao's main fields of study include Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Environmental Science. Within these fields, their subfields of focus are Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Marketing, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research covers key topics including:

  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts

Yu Hao's recent papers include:

  • Digitalization and energy: How does internet development affect China's energy consumption? (2021), Energy Economics
  • How do environmental regulation and environmental decentralization affect green total factor energy efficiency: Evidence from China (2020), Energy Economics
  • Digitalization and sustainable development: How could digital economy development improve green innovation in China? (2022), Business Strategy and the Environment
  • Fostering green development with green finance: An empirical study on the environmental effect of green credit policy in China (2021), Journal of Environmental Management
  • Does internet development improve green total factor energy efficiency? Evidence from China (2021), Energy Policy

Their frequent coauthors include Haitao Wu, Muhammad Irfan, Yunxia Guo, Zhiyuan Gao, and Siyu Ren. These collaborations point to a network of researchers working on related topics in energy economics, environmental regulation, and sustainable finance.

Best Publications

  • Digitalization and energy: How does internet development affect China's energy consumption?

    Siyu Ren;Yu Hao;Lu Xu;Haitao Wu

  • How do environmental regulation and environmental decentralization affect green total factor energy efficiency: Evidence from China

    Haitao Wu;Haitao Wu;Yu Hao;Siyu Ren

  • Fostering green development with green finance: An empirical study on the environmental effect of green credit policy in China.

    Shengling Zhang;Zihao Wu;Yao Wang;Yu Hao

  • The influential factors of urban PM2.5 concentrations in China: a spatial econometric analysis

    Yu Hao;Yi-Ming Liu

  • Does internet development improve green total factor energy efficiency? Evidence from China

    Haitao Wu;Yu Hao;Siyu Ren;Xiaodong Yang

  • Environmental decentralization, local government competition, and regional green development: Evidence from China

    Haitao Wu;Haitao Wu;Yunwei Li;Yu Hao;Siyu Ren

  • What is the role of telecommunications infrastructure construction in green technology innovation? A firm-level analysis for China

    Chang Tang;Yuanyuan Xu;Yu Hao;Haitao Wu

  • How does internet development affect energy-saving and emission reduction? Evidence from China

    Haitao Wu;Yan Xue;Yu Hao;Siyu Ren

  • An empirical research on the relationship amongst renewable energy consumption, economic growth and foreign direct investment in China

    Weiyang Fan;Yu Hao

  • The role of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on green total factor energy efficiency: Does institutional quality matters? Evidence from China

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  • The impact of environmental regulation, shadow economy, and corruption on environmental quality: Theory and empirical evidence from China

    Heyin Chen;Heyin Chen;Yu Hao;Jingwei Li;Xiaojie Song

  • How do energy consumption and environmental regulation affect carbon emissions in China? New evidence from a dynamic threshold panel model

    Haitao Wu;Haitao Wu;Lina Xu;Siyu Ren;Yu Hao

  • The impact of government policy on preference for NEVs: The evidence from China

    Xian Zhang;Ke Wang;Yu Hao;Jing-Li Fan

  • The dynamic relationship between environmental pollution, economic development and public health: Evidence from China

    Zhi-Nan Lu;Heyin Chen;Heyin Chen;Yu Hao;Jingyi Wang

  • Is environmental regulation effective in China? Evidence from city-level panel data

    Yu Hao;Yuxin Deng;Zhi-Nan Lu;Hao Chen

  • How Does Green Investment Affect Environmental Pollution? Evidence from China

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  • How do resource misallocation and government corruption affect green total factor energy efficiency? Evidence from China

    Yu Hao;Zhiqiang Gai;Haitao Wu;Haitao Wu

  • Do economic activities cause air pollution? Evidence from China’s major cities

    Lingyun Zhu;Yu Hao;Zhi-Nan Lu;Haitao Wu

  • An assessment of consumers’ willingness to utilize solar energy in China: End-users’ perspective

    Muhammad Irfan;Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan;Yu Hao;Mingjia Feng

  • How does energy consumption affect China's urbanization? New evidence from dynamic threshold panel models

    Haitao Wu;Yu Hao;Jia-Hsi Weng

  • The dynamic links between CO2 emissions, energy consumption and economic development in the countries along “the Belt and Road”

    Yunyang Liu;Yunyang Liu;Yu Hao

  • Shooting two hawks with one arrow: Could China's emission trading scheme promote green development efficiency and regional carbon equality?

    Shengling Zhang;Yao Wang;Yu Hao;Zhiwei Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Arshian Sharif
Arshian Sharif Sunway University
Zhaohua Wang
Zhaohua Wang Beijing Institute of Technology

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