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Dr. Yao-Yu Chih

  • Associate Professor - Finance & Economics

Research Interests

  • Chih, Yao-Yu. McCoy College Dean's Summer Research Stipend, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: May 10, 2024 - August 25, 2024). Grant.
  • Ojede, Andrew (Principal), Kishan, Ruby (Co-Principal), Chih, Yao-Yu (Co-Principal). Climate Change, Trade Flows, and Economic Growth Nexus in Developing Countries, Texas State University, Texas State University, $16000. (Funded: December 8, 2022 - May 7, 2024). Grant.
  • Zhang, Ren, Chih, Yao-Yu. 2022 McCoy College Dean’s Summer Research Stipend, $8000. (Funded: May 2022 - August 2022). Grant.
  • Feng, Li, Chih, Yao-Yu. Hispanic-Serving Institutions and STEM College Graduates: Regression Discontinuity Evidence, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $16000. (Submitted: October 1, 2015, Funded: December 4, 2015 - May 7, 2017). Grant.
  • Liu, Z., Lee, S., & Chih, Y.-Y. (n.d.). Computerization and the decline of unincorporated self-employment. Journal of Human Capital, 19(4). https://doi.org/https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/735105
  • Sheng, Y., Yang, X., Chih, Y.-Y., & Zhang, J. (2024). Foreign direct investment spillovers and regional innovation in China: The spatial moderating role of absorptive capacity. Review of Development Economics, 28(4), 1803–1837. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13122
  • Chih, Y.-Y., Demir, F., Hu, C., Liu, J., & Shen, H. (2023). A spatial analysis of local corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Chinese cities. European Journal of Political Economy, 79. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2023.102443
  • Chih, Y.-Y., Kishan, R. P., & Ojede, A. (2022). Be Good to Thy Neighbors: A Spatial Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The World Economy, 45(3), 657–701. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1111/twec.13167
  • Alexeev, M., & Chih, Y.-Y. (2021). Energy price shocks and economic growth in the US: A state-level analysis. Energy Economics, 98. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105242
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Finance & Economics, Texas State University. May 2, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Brandon Dee Roberts Excellence Professorship, Texas State University. January 1, 2019 - August 1, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Service, McCoy College of Business, Texas State University. May 1, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activities, McCoy College of Business, Texas State University. June 4, 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Award for Excellence in Service, Department of Finance & Economics, Texas State University. May 5, 2020
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  1. Other

    The Annals of Regional Science

  2. Graduate Advisor

    Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Economics

  3. Member

    Graduate Council

  4. Member

    MSQFE Admission Committee

  5. Member

    Governance Committee

  6. Member

    McCoy College AI Task Force Work Group

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