Selected Publications
i. Peer Reviewed English
Journals.
1)
Höschle, L.,Maruejols, L., and
Yu, X. (2025) The impact of energy justice on local economic outcomes: Evidence
from the bioenergy village program in Germany, forthcoming in Energy
Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2025.108432
2) Zhao L., S. Min, X. Wang, and X. Yu. (2025) Unintended
effect of refrigerator usage on household food waste: Evidence from rural China.
Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Vol. 219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108274
3) Zhu X. and X. Yu (2025) “Food inflation and macroeconomic
dynamics in the US: Evidence from an estimated DSGE model ”,
forthcoming in Financial Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2025.106895
4) Li Y., and X. Yu (2025) Attribute Non-Attendance in the Choice
Experiment with Machine Learning: WTP for Organic Apples in Germany.
Forthcoming in International Food
and Agribusiness Management Review,
https://doi.10.22434/IFAMR.1133.
5) Zhong
X. and X. Yu (2025) Who
Buy Food Products from Online Influencers? Predictions with Machine Learning. Forthcoming
in International Food and
Agribusiness Management Review,
https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR.1130
6) Li Chang., Xiangbo Xu,Weidong Wang, Xiaohua
Yu,Jianghao Wang,Simon Meister, Linxiu Zhang. (2025) The
attraction effect of cleaning air on migrants in China: A comparative analysis
with the contribution of wage and house prices. iscience. Volume
28, Issue 1, 17 January 2025, 111532. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111532
7) Hoeschle L., Shuang Liu, X. Yu (2025) "Let
the Poor Talk about “Poverty”: Revisiting Poverty Alleviation in Rural China
with Machine Learning”, forthcoming in Public Policy & Poverty. https://doi.org/10.1002/pop4.7000
8) Maruejols L., Hoeschle L. and X. Yu (2025) Energy
Independence, Rural Sustainability and Potential of “Bioenergy Village” in
Germany: Machine Learning Perspectives. Forthcoming in
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. https://doi.org/10.22434/ifamr1132.
9) Ölkers Tim, Liu S., X. Yu, O. Musshoff
(2024) Patterns and Heterogeneity in Credit Repayment Performance: Evidence
from Malian Farmers. Forthcoming in Applied Economics Perspectives and
Policy. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13484
10) Wang H., J. Han, X. Yu (2024) Who performs
better? The heterogeneity of grain production eco-efficiency: Evidence from
unsupervised machine learning. Forthcoming in Environmental Impact
Assessment Review 106, 107530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107530
11) Meng M., Yu L., and X. Yu (2024) “Machinery
Structure, Machinery Subsidies and Agricultural Productivity: Evidence from
China”. Agricultural Economics. Vo. 55(2):223-246.
12) Ma Y.,B. Bruemmer, and X. Yu(2024)
“Measuring and decomposing TFP incorporating environmental components:
applications for rice farmers in Hubei Province, China”, Cogent Food &
Agriculture, Vol.10(1)
13) Zhong X., S. Zhou and X. Yu (2023)
Land market misallocation, regional integration, and economic growth:
Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta Region, China. Public Administration
and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2033
15) Zhang X., L. Hu, and X. Yu (2023) Farmland
Leasing, misallocation Reduction, and agricultural total factor Productivity:
Insights from rice production in China. Food Policy, Vol. 119, 102518
16) Kang N., L. Alita, X. Yu and M. Liu (2023),
Valuing the plant species diversity of permanent grasslands: From the
perspective of herders. Journal of Environmental Management. Vol. 345(1),
November 2023, 118797.
17) Wang H. , X. Yu (2023) “Carbon Dioxide Emission Typology and
Policy Implications: Evidence from Machine Learning”. China
Economic Review. Volume 78, April
2023, 101941. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107530
18) Wang X., Wang J. and X. Yu (2023), Shocks, Cycles and
Adjustments: The Case of China's Hog Market under External Shocks. Agribusiness:
39 (3), 703-726.
Wang H., J. F.
Feil and X. Yu (2023) Let the Data Speak about the Cut-off Values for
Multidimensional Index: Classification of Human Development Index with Machine
Learning. Socio-economic Planning Sciences. Volume 87, Part A, June 2023, 101523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2023.101523
20) Zhong X., Wang J. and X. Yu (2023)
Internet Celebrities, Public Opinions and Food System Change in China: A New
Conceptual Framework. International Food and Agribusiness
Management Review: 26 (3)- Pages: 467 – 487. https://doi.org/10.22434/IFAMR2022.0062
21) Ding Y., S Min, X Wang, X. Yu (2022) Memory of famine: The persistent impact of famine
experience on food waste behavior. China Economic Review 73, 101795.
22) Maruejols L., L. Hoeschle, X. Yu (2022) Vietnam between economic
growth and ethnic divergence: A LASSO examination of income-mediated energy
consumption. Energy Economics.
106222.
23) Chen Y., S. Fan, C. Liu and X. Yu (2022) Is there a tradeoff between nature reserves and grain
production in China? Land Use Policy. 106285
26) Yang D., Z. Liu, X. Wang, Tang Y. and
X.Yu (2023) How Has the New Round of Farmland Certification in China Affected
Farmers’ Economic Welfare?, International Food and Agribusiness Management
Review.Vol. 26(2):287-308/
27) Chen X., C Liu, X. Yu(2022) Urbanization, Economic
Development, and Ecological Environment: Evidence from Provincial Panel Data in
China. Sustainability 14 (3), 1124
28) Wang J., X Yu, K Lyu, JH Feil (2022) The Impact of Mobile Finance Use on Livelihoods of Farmers in Rural
China. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, Vol. 58(10):2867-2879.
29) Graskemper
V., X. Yu and Jan-Henning Feil (2022) Values of Farmers-Evidence from Germany, Journal
of Rural Studies. Vo. 89:13-24.
30) Wang H.,
L. Maruejols, and X.Yu (2021) Predicting energy
poverty with combinations of remote-sensing and socioeconomic survey data in
India: Evidence from machine learning. Energy Economics. Vol. 102, 105510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105510
31) Chen Y. and X. Yu (2021) Estimating Market Power >
for Chinese Fluid Milk Market with Imported Products. Agribusiness. 38 (2), 386-401.
32) Wang H., Wang J. and X. Yu (2022). Wastewater Irrigation
and Crop Yield: A Meta-analysis. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. 21 (4), 1215-1224
33) Graskemper
V., X. Yu and Jan-Hennting Feil (2021). Farmer
Typology and Implications for Policy Design – an Unsupervised Machine Learning
Approach. Land Use Policy. Volume
103, April 2021, 105328.
34) Mao R. M.
Xing, and X. Yu (2021), Quality Response to Real Exchange Rate Shocks: A
Panel SVAR Analysis on China’s Agricultural Exports.” Agricultural Economics.
Vol. 52(5): 719-731.
35) Zhang, X, and X. Yu (2021) Short supply chain participation, and
agrochemicals' use intensity and efficiency: evidence from vegetable farms in
China. China Agricultural Economic Review. Vol. 13 (4): 721-735. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-05-2020-0108
36)
Graskemper V., X. Yu and Jan-Henning
Feil (2021), Analyzing Strategic Entrepreneurial Choices in Agriculture –
Empirical Evidence from Germany. Agribusiness. Vol. 37(3):569-589.
37)
Sun F., D. Abler, X. Yu
(2021), Crop Allocation and Increasing
Returns to Fertilizer Use in China. Land Economics. Vol. 97(2):491-508. doi: 10.3368/le.97.2.491
38) Wang
H., J-F. Feil and Yu X. (2021) Disagreement on Sunspots and Soybeans Future Price, Economic
Modelling. Vol. 95:385-393
39) Lu
Z., Bao T. and X. Yu.(2020)
Gender and Bubbles in Experimental Markets with Positive and Negative
Expectation Feedback. Computational Economics.Vol.57:1307-1326.
40) Luo H. and X. Yu(2022) National Day Holiday and Weight Gain in China:
Evidence from the CHNS Surveys. Applied Economics Letters. Vol.
29(2):145-149.
41)
Min S., X. Wang, X. Yu (2021) Does dietary knowledge affect
household food waste in the developing economy of China?, Food Policy.
Volume 98, 101896
42) Zhang
X., Z. Wang, P. Qing ,D. Koemle &X. Yu （2020）Wheat yield
convergence and its driving factors in countries along the Belt and Road. Ecosystem Health
and Sustainability. Vol.
6.1819168. https://doi.org/10.1080/20964129.2020.1819168
43) Giampietri Elisa, X. Yu, Samuele
Trestini (2020)The role of trust and perceived barriers on farmer’s intention
to adopt risk management tools. Forthcoming in Bio-Based and Applied
Economics. DOI: 10.13128/bae-8416.
44) Zhang, Y.;
Jin, S.; Zhang, Y.; Yu, X.(2020) How country-of-origin influences
Chinese consumers‘ evaluation of imported
milk?. China Agricultural Economic Review. Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 150-172. https://doi.org/10.1108/CAER-06-2019-0103
45) Koemle D.
and X. Yu.(2020) Choice
Experiments in Non-market Value Analysis: Some Methodological Issues. Forestry
Economics Review. Vol. 2
(1):3-31.
46) Zhang X., X. Yu, L. You (2020), Does
the Granary County Subsidy Program Lead to manipulation of grain production
data in China? , China Economic Review. Volume 62, August 2020,
101347
47)
Yu X. Liu C. J.H.
Feil, and H Wang (2020) The impact of COVID-19 on food prices in
China: evidence of four major food products from Beijing, Shandong and Hubei
Provinces. China Agricultural Economic Review. Vol. 12 No. 3, pp. 445-458.
48) Yu
X., H. Luo, Wang H., and J-F Feil (2020) Climate Change and
Agricultural Trade in Central Asia: Evidence from Kazakhstan. Forthcoming in Ecosystem
Health and Sustainability.
Vol. 6:1766380.
49) Wang
H., Zhao Q., Y. Bai, L. Zhang and X.Yu (2020) Poverty and Subjective
Poverty in Rural China, Social Indicators Research. Vol.150:219–242.
50) Zhou S., X. Yu, and D. Koemle (2020) Policy Choices for Air
Pollution Abatement in Beijing: Status Quo or Change. The Singapore Economic
Review 65 (03), 715-736.
52)
Zeng,
Q., X. Yu, T. Bao (2020) Memory Utility, Food Consumption and Obesity.
China Economic Review. Vol. 62:101345.
53) Zhou
D., X. Yu, Chen D. and D. Abler (2020) Projecting Meat and Cereals
Demand for China Based on a Meta-Analysis of Income Elasticities. China Economic Review. Vol. 59,101135.
54) Tian
X. and X. Yu (2019) Crop Yield Gap and Convergence in African Countries.
Food Security. Vol.11：1305–1319.
55) Zhang X., X. Yu, Xu Tian• Xianhui Geng• Yingheng Zhou (2019)Farm Size, Inefficiency and Rice Production
Cost in China. Journal of Productivity Analysis. vol. 52(1), pages 57-68, December.
56) Koemle Dieter, S. Lakner and X. Yu
(2019) The Impact of Natura 2000 Designation on Agricultural Land Rents in
Germany. Land Use Policy. Vol.
87, September
2019, 104013
57) Zhou J., Yang Z., Yu X. and K. Li
(2019) Direct Intervention or Indirect Support? The Effects of Cooperative
Control Measures on Farmers’ Implementation of Quality and Safety Standards. Food Policy. Volume 86, 101728
58) Zhang X., Qing P., and X. Yu, (2019)
Short supply chain participation and market performance for vegetable farmers
in China, Australian Journal of
Agricultural and Resource Economics. 63 (2), 282-306.
59) Zeng Q. and X. Yu
(2019) Overweight and Obesity Standards and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence
from China, Economics and Human Biology. Vol.33:
144-148.
60) Chen Y. and X.
Yu (2019) Do Subsidies Cause a Less Competitive Milk Market in China?. Agricultural Economics. Volume50(3):303-314.
61) Tian
X., F. Yi and X. Yu (2019),
Rising Cost of Labor and Transformations in Grain Production in China. China Agricultural Economic Review. Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 158-172.
62) Sun
F. and X. Yu (2020) The Cost of Separatism: Economic Consequences of the
19871989 Tibetan Unrests. Defense and
Peace Economics. Vol.31(3),
pages 315-340,
63) Bao
T. and X. Yu (2019) Social Norm and Giving with Indivisibility of Money:
An Experiment of Selfishness, Equality and Generosity. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics. 175 (2): 272-290 (19)
64) Mahmood
T., X. Yu and S. Klasen (2019) Do the Poor really Feel Poor? Comparing
Objective Poverty with Subjective Poverty in Pakistan. Social Indicators Research. 142(2):543–580
65) Gao
Z., C. Li and X. Yu (2019) The Interaction between Country of Origin and
Genetically Modified Orange Juice in Urban China Food Quality and Preference. Food Quality and Preference. Vol.71:475-484
66) Hasiner
E. and X.Yu (2019) "When Institutions Matter: A Gravity Model for
Chinese Meat Imports." International
Journal of Emerging Markets. Vol. 14 Issue: 1,
pp.231-253,
67) Chen,
Y. and X. Yu (2018), Does the centralized Slaughtering Policy Create
Market Power for Pork Industry in China,
China Economic Review. Vol. 58:59-71.
68) Koemle
D., Dieter Koemle, Yves Zinngrebe and X.Yu (2018), Highway Construction
and Wildlife Populations: Evidence from Austria. Land Use Policy.Vol.73:447-457 .
69) Bao
T., Dai Y. and X. Yu (2018) Memory and Discounting: Theory and Evidence.
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
Volume 88, March 2018, Pages 21-30 .
70) Schwan
S. and X. Yu (2018) “Social protection as a strategy to address
climate-induced migration”, International
Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management. Vol. 10(1):43-64.
71) Zhou
J. Tang L. and X. Yu (2018) Estimating the average treatment effect of
adopting stress tolerant variety on rice yield in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture. Vol. 17(4):940-948.
72) Yu
X. (2018) Engel Curve, Farmer Welfare and Food Consumption in 40
Years of Rural China, China Agricultural
Economic Review. Vol.10(1):65-77.
73) Quan
S., Y. Zeng, X. Yu and T. Bao (2018) WTP for Baby Milk Formula in China: Using
Attribute Non-Attendance as a priori Information to Select Attributes in Choice
Experiment. Agribusiness: An
International Journal. Volume34, Issue2: Pages 300-320.
74) Tian
X.,X. Yu and S. Klasen (2018) Gender Discrimination in China Revisited:
A Perspective from Family Welfare. Journal
of Chinese Economic and Business Studies. Vol. 16(1):95-115.
75) Sun
F., Dai Y. and X. Yu (2017) Air
pollution, food production and food security: A review from the perspective of
food system. Journal of Integrative
Agriculture 2017, 16(12): 2945-2962.
77) Sun.
F., D. Koemle and X. Yu (2017) Air pollution and short-run food prices:
Evidence from Beijing, China. Australian
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Vol. 61(2)：195-210.
78) Zhou
S. and X. Yu (2017) “Regional Heterogeneity of Life Satisfaction in
Urban China: Evidence from Hierarchical
Ordered Logit Analysis”. Social
Indicators Research. Vol.132(1):25-45. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1377-3。
79) Zhang,
X.; Chu, F.; Yu, X.; Zhou, Y.; Tian, X.; Geng, X.; Yang, J.(2017)
Changing Structure and Sustainable Development for China’s Hog Sector. Sustainability 2017, 9, 69.
80) Tian
X., and X. Yu (2017) “The Quality of Imported Fruits in China”. Emerging Markets Finance & Trade.
DOI:10.1080/1540496X.2016.1179627. Vol.53:1603–1618, 2017
81) Yu,
X. and Shimokawa S. (2016) “Nutrition Impacts of Rising Food
Prices in African Countries: A Review”. Food
Security. Vol. 8(5):985-997. DOI: 10.1007/s12571-016-0605-7.
82) Giampietri
E. , D. Koemle, X. Yu and A. Finco (2016) Consumers’ Sense of Farmers’
Markets: Tasting Sustainability or Just Purchasing Food? Sustainability 2016,
8(11), 1157; doi:10.3390/su8111157.
83) Hasiner
E. and X. Yu (2016) “ Meat Consumption and Democratic Governance: A
Cross National Analysis ”, China Economic
Review. DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2016.06.008.
84) Yu.
X., Z. Gao and S. Shimokawa (2016) “Consumer Preferences for
US Beef Products: A Meta-Analysis”. Italian
Review of Agricultural Economics (REA) 2016(2): 177-195.
85) Yu
X. and D. Abler (2016)
“Matching Food with Mouths: A Statistical Explanation to the Abnormal Decline
of Per Capita Food Consumption in Rural China”, Food Policy. Vol.63:36-43.
86) Zhou
D., and X. Yu (2016) “Calorie Elasticities with Income Dynamics:
Evidence from the Literature”, Applied
Economic Perspective and Policy. Vol.38 (1): 50-72.
87) Tian
X. , Zhang X., Zhou Y. and Yu X. (2016) “Regional Inequality in China
revisited: A Perspective of Club Convergence,” Economic Modelling. Vol.
56:50-58.
88) Chen
D., D. Abler, D. Zhou, X. Yu, and W. Thompson (2016), A Meta-Analysis of
Food Demand Elasticities for China, Applied
Economics Perspective and Policy. Vol. 38(1):5072.
89) Tian
X.* and X. Yu (2015). Using Semiparametric Models to Study Nutrition
Improvement and Dietary Change with Different Indices: The Case of China. Food Policy. Vol. 53:67–81
90) Zhou
D. , X. Yu and T. Herzfeld (2015).”Dynamic Food Demand in Urban China”. China
Agricultural Economic Review. Vol.7(1):27-44.
91) Zhao
Q., X. Yu, X. Wang and T. Glauben(2014), ”The impact of parental
migration on children’s school performance in rural China”, China Economic Review. Vol. 31:43-54.
92)
Yu X., B. Yan and Z. Gao (2014). Can
Willingness-To-Pay Values be Manipulated? Evidences from an Experiment on
Organic Food in China, Agricultural
Economics. 45(S1):119-127.
93) Yu
X. and D. Abler (2014). “Where Have All the Pigs Gone?
Inconsistencies in Pork Statistics in China”. China Economic Review, Vol.30: 469-484.
94)
Yu. X. (2014) "Monetary Easing Policy and
Long-Run Food Prices in China", Economic
Modelling, Vol.40:175-183.
95) Yu
X., Z. Gao and Y. Zeng (2014). “Willingness to Pay for the
‘Green Food’ in China.” Food Policy,
Vol. (45):80-87.
96) Yu.
X.(2014) “Raising Food Prices and Welfare Change: A Simple
Calibration”. Applied Economics Letters.
Vol. 21(9):643-645.
97) Meyer
S. and X. Yu (2013): “The Impacts of Production Uncertainties on World
Food Prices”, China Agricultural Economic
Review. Vol.5(4):459-472.
98) Gao
Z., X. Yu and J. Lee (2013): “Consumer Demand for Healthy Diet: New
Evidence from the Healthy Eating Index”, Australian
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol.57(3):301-319.
99) Holst
R., Yu. X. and C. Gruen (2013): “Climate Change, Risk and Grain Yields
in China”. Journal of Integrative
Agriculture, Vol. 12(7) 1279-1291.
100)
Tian X. ,and X. Yu (2013): “The
Demand for Nutrients in China”, Frontiers
of Economics in China. Vol.8(2):186-206.
101)
Bu M., Z. Liu, M. Wagner and X. Yu
(2013): “Corporate Social Responsibility and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis:
Evidence from Multinationals' Investment Decision in China”, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting &
Economics. Vol 20(1):85-99.
102)
Li Z., X. Yu, Y. Zeng and R. Holst
(2012): “Estimating Transport Costs and Trade Barriers in China: Direct
Evidence from Chinese Agricultural Traders”, China Economic Review, Vol.23(4):1003-1010.
103)
Tian X. and X. Yu (2012): “The
Enigmas of TFP in China: A Meta-Analysis”, China
Economic Review. Vol. 23(2): 396-14.
104)
Yu X. (2012):
“Productivity, Efficiency and Structural Problems in Chinese Dairy Farms”, China Agricultural Economic Review,
Vol.4 (2): 168-175.
105)
Ji Y., X. Yu, and F. Zhong (2012):
“Machinery Investment Decision and Off-Farm Employment in Rural China”. China
Economic Review. Vol.23(1):71-80.
106)
Gao Z., L. House and X. Yu (2010):
“Using Choice Experiment to Estimate Consumer Valuation: the Role of Experiment
Design and Attribute Information Loads”, Agricultural
Economics, Vol. 41 (6):555-565.
107)
Yu X. and Z. Gao
(2010): “An Updated Ranking of the Economic Research Institutions in China
(2000-2009)", China Economic Review,
Vol. 21(4):571-581.
108)
Gao Z., T. Schroeder and X. Yu (2010):
“Consumer Willingness-to-Pay for Cue Attribute: the Value beyond its Own”, Journal of International Food and
Agribusiness Marketing, Vol.22(1):108-124.
109)
Yu X. and David Abler (2010): “Incorporating
Zero and Missing Responses into CVM with Open-Ended Bidding: Willingness to Pay
for Blue Skies in Beijing”, Environment
and Development Economics, Vol.15:535-556.
110)
Yu X. and D.
Abler (2010): “Interactions between Cigarette and Alcohol Consumption in Rural
China”, European Journal of Health
Economics. Vol. (11):151–160.
111)
Yu X. and G.
Zhao (2009): “Chinese Agricultural Development in 30 Years: A Literature
Review”, Frontiers of Economics in China,
Vol.4 (4):633-648.
112)
Yu X. and D.
Abler (2009): “The Demand for Food Quality in Rural China”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
Vol. 91(1): 57-69.
i.
Book Chapter
113)
Bu M., Z Liu, M Wagner, X Yu (2014) Corporate Social
Responsibility and the Pollution Haven Hypothesis: Evidence from
Multinationals’ Investment Decision in China. Globalization and the Environment
of China (Edited by Bu and Yang). Emerald , UK.
（Reprint of Bu et al. 2013）
114)
Yu, X. (2022) The Political Economy of Anti-Food-Waste in
China: From Anti-Corruption to Enhancing Food Security, Chapter 11 in Food Loss and Waste
Policy
From Theory to Practice (edited by S. Busseti and N. Pace),Routledge.
ii.
Book Review and Editorial
115)
Yu X. and L. Maruejols. Prediction, pattern recognition and
machine learning in agricultural economics. China Agricultural Economic Review,
2023. Volf. 15(2):375-378.
116)
Yu. X., D. Abler and S. Shimokawa, Introduction to the Special Issue on
„Sustainable Food Consumption in China“， China Economic Review,
2018.
117)
Yu X. (2015), Meat consumption in China and its impact on
international food security: Status quo, trends, and policies, Journal of Integrative Agriculture. Vol.
14(6):989-994.
Yu X. (2015), Book Review for Zhang-Yue Zhou, Hongbo Liu and Lijuan Cao (2014): Food Consumption in China: The revolution Continues. Cheltenham, Glos, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 200 pages. ISBN: 978-1-78254-919-2. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture 54 (2015), No. 2: 215-217.