My name is Yanying Wei (韦艳莹). I am a lecturer in Financial Technology at Nanning University, School of Digital Economics. I received my M.Sc. in Finance from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Advisor: Prof. Zuoji Dong) and my B.Sc. in Financial Mathematics from Guangxi University.
My research interests include computational social science, policy simulation and agent-based modeling, industrial economics, regional economics, and machine learning applications in socioeconomic systems.
I am actively seeking a PhD position for Fall 2027 in computational social science, policy simulation, environmental economics, or regional economics.
Feel free to reach out if you would like to discuss research collaboration, PhD opportunities, or policy-oriented empirical work.
Computational Social Science
- Policy simulation and agent-based modeling
- Machine learning for socioeconomic analysis
- Causal inference and staggered DID
Energy & Environmental Economics
- Carbon emission pathways and decoupling analysis
- Energy policy reform evaluation
- Green finance and environmental regulation
Industrial & Regional Economics
- Corridor economy and regional development
- Fiscal decentralization and institutional reform
- Technology finance efficiency
News
- 2026: Papers published in Land and Sustainability on low-carbon city policy, fiscal transfers, and sustainable local growth.
- 2025: Promoted to Lecturer at the School of Digital Economics, Nanning University.
- 2025: Awarded provincial research funding for value-capture challenges and hub reconfiguration pathways in the Guangxi corridor economy.
- 2025: Paper published in ACM EDAI 2025 on Dynamic Network-LSTM Model for Infrastructure REITs analysis.
- 2024: Published journal papers on technology finance efficiency, ESG and innovation, and land use change research.
- 2022: Joined Nanning University after completing the M.Sc. in Finance at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Publications
Published · MDPI
The Impact of the Low-Carbon City Pilot Policy on Energy Intensity: Evidence from a Staggered Difference-in-Differences Design
Land, 2026, 15(6): 913. Published 25 May 2026.
Published · MDPI
Fiscal Intermediaries, Transfer Delivery, and Sustainable Local Growth: Evidence from China’s Province-Managed-County Reform
Sustainability, 2026, 18(11): 5276. Published 24 May 2026.
Minor Revision · JCR Q1
Optimizing regional carbon peak pathways under uncertainty
An integrated Tapio-LMDI-machine learning framework with evidence from Guangxi, China. Energy Conversion and Management: X. Third-round revision.
Peer Review · JCR Q1
Analyzing the impact of electricity reforms on energy supply security: Green finance as a policy perspective
Under review at Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Published · ACM
Dynamic Network-LSTM model for quantitative analysis of infrastructure REITs' impact on urban rail transit debt ratios
Proceedings of the 2025 2nd International Conference on Economic Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (EDAI 2025). ACM.
Published
Dynamic evolution and trend frontiers in land use change research: A bibliometric analysis based on the WoS core database (1990–2020)
Management Review, 2024, 36(1): 87.
Published
Comprehensive land improvement innovation for rural revitalization: Public value creation and realization
Resources Science, 2022, 44(7): 1305–1315.
Published
Capital market opening, investment efficiency, and total factor productivity of enterprises: An empirical study based on the opening of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect
Science & Technology for Development, 2022, 18(3): 375–384.
Published
Commercial Bank Loan Digital Empowerment Security Management System V1.0
Software Copyright, 2024. Nanning University. Registration No. 2024SR1017636.
Education
- 2019.09 - 2022.06: M.Sc. in Finance, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Advisor: Prof. Zuoji Dong. Research areas: applied economics, natural resource management, industrial economics.
- 2015.09 - 2019.06: B.Sc. in Financial Mathematics, Guangxi University (Project 211).
Teaching
- Python Programming & AI
- Python Web Scraping & Data Collection Lab
- Financial Big Data Technologies & Applications
- Big Data Applications in Finance
- Econometrics
Funding & Honors
Funding
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Value-capture challenges and incremental hub reconfiguration pathways for the Guangxi corridor economy under the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor 2025–2028PI | Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Philosophy and Social Sciences Office, Grant No. 25JYF186
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Feixiangjia: A solid waste management platform tailored for SMEs 2024–2027PI | Nanning University, Grant No. S2024-1154-9017X
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Research on the decoupling state and driving mechanism of carbon emissions in Guangxi under the dual-carbon target 2024–2025PI | Department of Education of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Grant No. 2024-KY-1871
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Digital empowerment for bank loans and regulatory innovation 2024PI | Nanning University, Grant No. S2023-1154-9126
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Python and AI Programming Smart Course Initiative 2025Approved project | Nanning University
Honors · Last 5 Years
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Outstanding Graduation Thesis Advisor 2024 & 2025Nanning University
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ICBC Cup Outstanding Instructor Award 2022, 2023 & 2025Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Guangxi Branch
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General Typical Case of Research-Informed Teaching, 2024-2025 2025Nanning University
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Top Academic Paper in China's Excellent Scientific and Technical Journals 2023Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China
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Third Prize 2022Nanning University Teaching Skills Competition
Notes
Latest Notes
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VSCode + Stata 17 + AI: Running Your Entire Empirical Workflow in One Window
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Using ChatGPT to Support Literature Review Workflows
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