 | Lu, Shengfeng |
| Professor |
| Department of Public Finance & Taxation |
| Email: shengflu@whu.edu.cn |
| Phone : +86-27-68753192 |
| PhD, Economics, Wuhan University, China (2008-2013) |
| B.A., Economics, Wuhan University, China (2004-2008) |
TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS
Teaching Programme: Public Finance (undergraduate, 48), Intermediate Econometrics and Statistical Software Applications (undergraduate, 48);
Comparison of Fiscal Systems between China and Foreign Countries (Master, 32), Guidance on Thesis Writing (Master);
Advanced Econometrics (Phd), Regional Finance and Government Budget Management (Phd), Frontiers of Public Economic Theory (Phd),
Theory of Fiscal Macroeconomic Regulation and Control (Phd).
Research Areas : Public Economics, Development Economics
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Professor, Wuhan University, 2021- Present
Doctoral Supervisor, Wuhan University, 2020-Present
Associate Professor, Wuhan University, 2017-2021
Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, 2013 - 2017
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C (National Academy of Governance), May to June 2024.
Visiting Scholar, York University, Canada, September 2016 - September 2017.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers (International)
Tackle Spurious Invoices Challenges to VAT Compliance: A Quasi-Experiment of Input VAT Deduction Reform in China, with Sixia Chen, Yuan Fang, Haotian Zhang, International Tax and Public Finance, 2024, 31(5): 1342–1387.
Beauty and Stock Market Participation, with Hongwu Gan, Weijie Lu, Geng Niu, Yang Zhou, Journal of Banking and Finance, 155 (2023) 106994.
Geographical Proximity to Government and Corporate Litigation Behavior: Evidence from China, with Yukun Sun, Hui Tian, and Yan Zhao, China Economic Review, 85 (2024), 102170.
Language Barriers and Health Status of Elderly Migrants: Micro-evidence from China, with Sixia Chen and Peigang Wang, China Economic Review, 54 (2019), 94-112.
Treat Floating People Fairly: How Compensation Equity and Multilevel Social Exclusion Influence Prosocial Behavior Among China’s Floating Population, with Yidong Tu, Ying Zhang, Yongkang Yang, Journal of Business Ethics, 175 (2022), 323–338.
Judicial Institutional Design and Corporate Litigation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in China, with Hui Tian, Yan Zhao, and Yukun Sun, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, 2025, 33(1): 115-138.
Government Relocation and Air Pollution: Evidence from China, with Yukun Sun, Hui Tian, Jing Wang, Journal of Asian Economics, 95(2024), 101799.
Does centralization of tax administration regulate tax competition? Evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China, with Haotian Zhang, Sixia Chen, Economic Analysis and Policy, 84(2024), 1084-1098.
Urban Governance and Low-Skill Employment Dynamics: Evidence from Government Relocations, with Yanxin Lv, Yukun Sun, Hui Tian, Cities, 158 (2025), 105615.
A Self-interested Gesture? Corporate Charitable Giving in Response to Government Fiscal Pressure, with Sixia Chen, Yongtao Cang and Ziyao San, China Accounting and Finance Review, 2023, 25(2): 220-248.
Escaping from Poverty Trap: a Choice between Government Transfer Payments and Public Services, with Sixia Chen, Jianjun Li, and Bo Xiong, Global Health Research and Policy, 2(2017), 1-15.
Provision of public goods and intergenerational occupational mobility: empirical evidence from China, with Ziming Li, Accepted as a book chapter, Inclusive Development: Emerging Perceptive, New Delhi & London: Springer, The World Bank. forthcoming.
Minimum Wage Standard and Migrants' Social Health Insurance Take-up in China, with Sixia Chen, in Peigang Wang(ed.), The Health Status of Internal Migrants in China, pp. 55-72, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020.
Journal Papers (Domestic)
“Land Transfer Price Strategies and Incentive Mechanisms under the Model of Government-Society Cooperative Development”, with Chen Sixia and Wang Xirui, Economic Research Journal, No. 7, 2023, pp. 191-208.
“For Balanced Income Growth: Does the Transfer Payment System Benefit for the Poor in China?”, with Chen Sixia and Shi Liangyan, Economic Research Journal, No. 11, 2018, pp. 49-64.
“Measurement of the Information Asymmetry in China's Medical Service Market”, with Lu Hongyou and Lian Yujun, Economic Research Journal, No. 4, 2011, pp. 94-106.
“Does Governmental Favoritism Alleviate Financial Constraint of Corporates: A Quasi-Experiment From China”, with Chen Sixia, Management World, No. 5, 2017, pp. 51-65.
“Relational Capital, Institutional Environment and the Effectiveness of Fiscal Transfer Payments”, with Lu Hongyou and Chen Sixia, Management World, No. 7, 2011, pp. 9-19.
“The 'Land Premium' Effect of Administrative Centers: Evidence from the Relocation of Local Government Residences in China”, with Nan Zhuoting and Chen Sixia, China Economic Quarterly, Volume 23, No. 4, 2023, pp. 1565-1582.
“The Benefit of Historical Reputation: Evidence from the City-Renaming Reforms in China”, with Wu Yiping and Xie Xiao, China Economic Quarterly, Volume 17, No. 3, 2018, pp. 1055-1078.
“Does Decentralization Increase Fiscal Expenditure on People's Livelihood? Evidence from the Natural Experiment of 'Province Directly Governing Counties' in China”, with Chen Sixia, China Economic Quarterly, Volume 13, No. 4, 2014, pp. 1261-1283.
“Does the 'Belt and Road Initiative' Promote China's High-Quality Exports? Evidence from Micro-Enterprises”, with Dong Ruyu and Ye Chusheng, China Industrial Economics, No. 3, 2021, pp. 80-98.
“The Economic Benefits of Administrative Centers: Evidence from the Relocation of Chinese Government Residences”, with Wang Jing and Chen Sixia, China Industrial Economics, No. 11, 2019, pp. 24-41.
“Officials Make the Statistics: GDP Distortion in the Political Promotion Cycle”, with Chen Sixia and Yang Zihan, China Industrial Economics, No. 7, 2017, pp. 118-136.
“Does Government-Driven Urbanization Promote the Development of County Economy?”, with Chen Sixia and Zhang Dongjie, Statistical Research, No. 5, 2017, pp. 59-68.
“The Value of Governmental Favoritism: Evidence from Export Performance of Chinese Industrial Enterprises?”, with Chen Sixia, Journal of Financial Research, No. 7, 2016, pp. 33-47.
“Government Proximity, Public Investment and the Development of County Economy”, with Zhang Haotian, The Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, No. 6, 2024, pp. 111-128.
“Government Distance, Attention to Policy Information and Acquisition of Policy Benefits”, with Ma Jing and Chen Sixia, Finance & Trade Economics, No. 2, 2023, pp. 24-40.
“Government Distance and the Supply of Grassroots Public Services—Evidence from the Relocation of Local Government Residences”, with Zhang Haotian and Li Cheng, Public Finance Research, No. 11, 2023, pp. 33-49.
“Research on the Equalization of Public Services for Rural Revitalization: Taking Medical Care and Education as Examples”, with Yang Guangzhao, Ma Jing and Chen Sixia, Public Finance Research, No. 6, 2022, pp. 50-63.
“The Characteristics of Local Governments’ Fiscal Governance: Evidence from the Textual Analysis of the Chinese Government Work Reports”, with Li Xiaochun and Lu Hongyou, Public Finance Research, No. 4, 2020, pp. 99-114.
“The Effect of the Reallocation of Public Resources in the Process of 'County-to-District Conversion'“, with Lin Jingwen and Yang Ziyi, Economic Theory and Business Management, No. 3, 2024, pp. 49-64.
“The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in China: Spatial Distribution, Dynamic Trends and Empirical Measurement”, with Pan Xingyu, Economic Science, No. 6, 2016, pp. 5-19.
“The Power of Language: Does Speaking Local Dialect Promote the Social Integration of Migration?”, with Chen Yue, Economic Science, No. 4, 2019, pp. 118-128.
“The Pro-poorness of Taxation: Who Bears the Tax Burden in China”, with Chen Sixia and Zhang Dongjie, Economic Management Journal, No. 4, 2015, pp. 168-177.
“Educational Opportunities, Human Capital Accumulation and Intergenerational Occupational Mobility: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Pairing Data of Fathers-in-law/Sons-in-law”, with Chen Sixia and Zhang Dongjie, Economic Perspectives, No. 2, 2015, pp. 19-32.
Monography
Lu Shengfeng, 2014, A Study on the Redistribution Effect of Fiscal Policy in Transitional China, Beijing: Social Science in China Press.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Government-funded grants
The Seventh Batch of High-level Talent (QB) Project, 2023 -.
The Major Project of the Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, “Research on the Theory of Coordinated Development Based on China's Practice”, Project No.: 22JJD790060, from 2022-2025.
The National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Adjustment of Fiscal Management System and Guarantee of Public Service Supply: Theory, Empirical Research and Policy Optimization Design”, Project No.: 72473108, 2025-2028.
The National Natural Science Foundation of China, “Government Geographic Relocation and Spatial Allocation of Fiscal Policies: Causal Effect, Mechanism and Policy Design”, Project No.: 72073103, 2021-2024.
The Youth Project of the Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education, “Research on the Measurement of Intergenerational Transmission of Capability Poverty and Fiscal Intervention Policies”, Project No.: 20YJC790092, 2020-2022, completed.
The National Natural Science Youth Foundation of China, “Intergenerational Transmission of Income Inequality and Design of Fiscal Expenditure Intervention: Methods and Applications”, Project No.: 71503187, 2015-2018, completed.
The Seventh Batch of Young Academic Teams in Humanities and Social Sciences of Wuhan University, “Research on the Social Externality of Digital Platforms: Theory, Empirical Research and Countermeasure Research Team”, co-led by Li Xun and Lu Shengfeng, 2023-2025.
The Hubei Provincial Social Science Fund in 2021, “Research on Fiscal Governance Policies for the Unbalanced Regional Economic Development in the New Era: Based on National Pilot Exploration and Household Surveys in Hubei Province”, Project No.: 2021013, completed.
Independent Research Project of Wuhan University funded by the Basic Scientific Research Business Expenses of Central Universities (Humanities and Social Sciences), “Research on Fiscal Expenditure Policies for Promoting Regional Balanced Development” (2018), completed.
Member of the “Population and Health Team”, a research and innovation team for young scholars of Wuhan University, Project No.: Whu2016026, completed.
Member of the construction project of the Young Academic Team in Humanities and Social Sciences of Wuhan University, “New Ideas for Research in Development Economics: Theoretical Design, Experimental Testing and Policy Evaluation” (approved in December 2019), completed.
The Provincial Teaching Research Project of Hubei Colleges and Universities in 2020, “Experimental Teaching Design for Economics and Management Courses Based on 'Spatial Visualization': Taking the Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) in the Teaching of 'Public Economics' as an Example”, Project No.: 2020018, completed.
Corporate-funded grants
Cooperative Research Project on the Special Bond Topics of the Hubei Provincial Government, Hubei Provincial Department of Finance, 2023-2024.
Key Annual Research Project of the China Institute for Common Prosperity of Jiaxing University, “Research on Fiscal Policies for Promoting the Equalization of Basic Public Services between Urban and Rural Areas in China under the Background of Rural Revitalization” (Project No.: 002CD1902-22-15-2103), in 2021, completed.
Research Fund of the Lincoln Center of Peking University, “Intervention of Fiscal Expenditure Policies in the Unbalanced Urban Development: Empirical Evaluation and Optimization Design” (2018), completed.
AWARDS AND HONORS
The Youth Achievement Award of the 9th Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research in Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences), 2024.
The Second Prize of the 7th Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research in Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences), 2015.
The First Prize of the 7th National Outstanding Fiscal Theory Research Achievements, November 2022.
The First Prize of the 9th Hubei Provincial Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences, Hubei Provincial People's Government, 2014.
The Second Prize of the 10th Hubei Provincial Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences, November 2016.
The Third Prize of the 12th Hubei Provincial Outstanding Achievements in Social Sciences, September 2020.
The Third Prize of the Excellent Paper Award of the 22nd “An Zijie International Trade Research Award”, March 2023.
The Outstanding Achievements Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences Research of Higher Education Institutions in Hubei Province for the 2017 - 2018 Academic Year, December 2020.
The Grand Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Think Tank Research of the “China Think Tank Index” (CTTI) in 2023, December 2023.
The Fourth Hong Yinxing Economics Award (Youth), November 2019.
The Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of Hubei Province, Hubei Provincial People's Government, 2014.
The Academic Newcomer Award for Doctoral Students of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Education, 2011.
The Nomination Prize for the 13th Qian Xuesen Urban Studies (Land and Housing) Gold Award, November 2023.
The Nomination Prize for the Best Paper of the First PwC 3535 Financial Forum, 2020.
An Author of the Important Reprinting Sources of the Photocopied Newspapers and Periodicals, Research Center for Evaluation of Renmin University of China, February 2023.
The Third Prize of the 11th Young Teachers' Teaching Competition of Wuhan University, April 2023.
The Award for Outstanding Teaching Performance for Undergraduate Courses of Wuhan University in the 2020 - 2021 Academic Year.
The Person in Charge of the Platform Course “Public Finance” in the School of Economics and Management of Wuhan University, December 2023.
The Second Prize of the 9th Young Teachers' Teaching Competition of the School of Economics and Management of Wuhan University, 2022.
The Outstanding Class Tutor of the School of Economics and Management of Wuhan University, January 2024.
The Supervisor of the First Prize Paper of the “4th National College Students' Development Economics Thesis Competition”, June 2024.
The Supervisor of the Second Prize Paper of the “8th Doctoral Students' Innovation Forum on Public Finance”, June 2023.
The Award for the Case Supervisor in Hubei Region of the National Undergraduate Colleges' Tax Risk Management and Control Case Competition, December 2021.
EDITORIAL BOARDS
The Anonymous Reviewers for more than 30 academic journals, including Social Sciences in China, Economic Research Journal, Management World, China Economic Quarterly, China Industrial Economics, The World Economy, Journal of Quantitative & Technical Economics, Finance & Trade Economics, Public Finance Research, The Economic Perspectives, The Economic Review, etc.
MEMBERSHIPS, CERTIFICATIONS
Director of the 8th Council of the National University Public Finance Teaching Research Association
Executive Director of the China Technical Economics Forum
Special Committee on Science and Technology Innovation Policy and Evaluation of the Chinese Society of Technical Economics
Member of the Youth Forum of the 60-Person Forum on the Chinese School of Economics and Management
Expert on Budget Review and State-owned Assets Supervision of the Budget Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Hubei Provincial People's Congress
High-end Expert in the Science and Technology Expert Database of the Hubei Provincial Department of Science and Technology
Consulting Expert of the Standing Committee of the 15th Wuhan Municipal People's Congress
Budget Review Committee of Wuhan University
Supervisor of Wuhan University Asset Management and Investment Co., Ltd.
The 12th Degree Evaluation Sub-committee of the School of Economics and Management of Wuhan University
Deputy Director of the Fiscal and Financial Research Center of Wuhan University
Adjunct Professor of the Economic Development Research Center of Wuhan University
Adjunct Researcher of the Big Data Research Institute of Wuhan University
Young Editorial Board Member of Journal of Xi'an Jiaotong University (Social Sciences Edition)
Young Editorial Board Member of Journal of Technology Economics
Member of the Regional Science Association International
INVITED SPEECH AND MEDIA COVERAGE
The “xuexi.cn” learning platform of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China promoted research results under the title of “Rural E-commerce Construction and Regional Coordinated Development” in December 2023.
Interviewed by the National Business Daily on January 4, 2024. Minister of Finance Lan Fo'an: Arrange a certain scale of deficit in 2024 to ensure an increase in the total fiscal expenditure scale.
On the 6th page of China Finance and Economics News on March 10, 2024, an interpretation of the budget report, “Put Every Penny to the Key Points of the National Economy and People's Livelihood”.
Interviewed by Hubei Daily on July 12, 2024. There are fewer requests for funds in reports and more ideas for development. The fiscal system reform at the county and town levels in Jiayu County focuses on solving the “Three Difficulties”. Expert comments.
Invited contribution to the special column of Accounting Monthly in the 18th issue of 2024, “Optimizing the Fiscal Relationship between the Central and Local Governments and Providing Fiscal System Guarantee for Chinese-style Modernization”.
Henan Daily, “Deepening the Fiscal and Tax System Reform and Optimizing the Fiscal Relationship between the Central and Local Governments” (Studying and Implementing the Spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee), on the 12th page on September 26, 2024.
China Finance and Economics News, “The Active Fiscal Policy Continues to Strengthen and Improve Its Effect and Promote Regional Coordinated Development”, on the 5th page on December 12, 2023.
Column discussion in Fiscal Research on “Constructing China's Independent Fiscal Knowledge System”, “Quantitative Identification and Measurement of Public Risks from the Perspective of Government Texts under the Framework of Risk Finance”, in the 7th issue of 2023.
The 354th session of the “Hongyi Lecture Hall” series of academic lectures, with the theme of “The Belt and Road Initiative and China's High-quality Exports” in December 2023.
The 363rd session of the “Hongyi Lecture Hall” series of academic lectures, with the theme of “Pressure-based Fiscal Incentives and China's Economic Development” in December 2024.
Budget Department of the Hubei Provincial Department of Finance, with the theme of “The Current Operation of the Fiscal System and Optimizing the Provincial-level Regulation Ability” for the symposium in March 2024.
The 2nd China Fiscal and Tax Agency Service Industry Development Conference, Haikou, Hainan, in October 2021.
Review and Demonstration Meeting on the “Regulations on Budget Review and Supervision of Wuhan City (Revised Draft)” of the Financial and Economic Committee of the Wuhan Municipal People's Congress, Standing Committee of the Wuhan Municipal People's Congress, in July 2021.
Fiscal Pressure of Grassroots Governments: Origins, Dilemmas and Solutions, Hot Forum on Major Project Investment and Financing and Green Finance Reform in Hezhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in October 2020.
Economic Benefits of Place Names as Historical Business Cards: Evidence from Chinese Cities, The Paper, in July 2018.
The Expansion of Hidden Income Gap Aggravates Income Inequality, China Social Sciences Today, in September 2013.
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