Professor

YAO Yu

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NameYAO Yu

 

GenderMale

 

DisciplineEconomics

 

Professional TitleFull Professor

 

Post710119

 

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CampusChangan Campus

 

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Personal Introduction

Born in August 1977 in Tongguan, Shaanxi Province, he holds a Ph.D. in Economics and a postdoctoral fellowship in Philosophy. He systematically teaches theoretical economics courses, including Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Das Kapital Studies, Political Economy, History of Economic Theory, and Population, Resources, and Environmental Economics. His main research areas include: behavioral experiments and institutional analysis, political economy research based on behavioral experiments, history and critique of liberal economic theory, virtual capital and market economy, and Chinese development economics. He has presided over more than ten national and provincial-level research projects, published seven books, and authored over 80 academic papers. He also serves as: Executive Director of the Chinese Association of Political Economy, Executive Director of the Chinese Society for the History of Foreign Economic Thought, Executive Director of the Chinese University Economic Theory and Ideological & Political Education Reform Research Association, Vice President of the Shaanxi Provincial Development Economics Society, Secretary-General of the Shaanxi Provincial Das Kapital Research Association, and specially appointed expert of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China Lecture Corps.

 

Work Experience

2011.06-present: Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor at the International Business School of Shaanxi Normal University. Primary research focuses on the methodological comparison between Marxist economics and Western economics, the critique of liberal economic theories, and behavioral experimental economics.

 

Education Background

2007.09-2010.12: Shaanxi Normal University International Business School Ph.D. candidate
2013.06-2018.04: Shaanxi Normal University Postdoctoral Research Station in Philosophy Postdoctoral Fellow
2014.03-2015.03: The New School for Social Research Visiting Scholar

 

Awards Received

How Can Wage System Reform in the New Era Promote Common Prosperity? – Prefectural. District Level, Second Prize – February 28, 2025

 

Intellectual Contribution

Journal Articles
1.How Can Industry Associations Promote High-quality Production of Enterprises? Based on Public Goods Experiment, Economic Review,2025-03-15,(2):56-76
2.The Great Achievements of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Past Decade from the Perspective of the New Development Philosophy, Chinese Journal of Political Economics,2024-12-15,2024(4):53-63
3.Theoretical Logic and Practical Path of Digitization Promoting the Accelerated Formation of New Quality Productivity, Inner Mongolia Social Sciences,2024-07-01,45(4):162-169
4.The Influence and Mechanisms of Social Norms on Individual Behavior, Industrial Economic Review,2024-06-15,23(2):123-139
5.The Governance of Relative Poverty and the Advancement of Common Prosperity in the New Era: A Study Based on Political Economic Behaviour Experiments, Journal of Economics of Shanghai School,2024-03-01,22(1):28-52
6.New Development Philosophy Impels the Formation of New Quality Productivity: Theoretical Logic and Implementation Path, Journal of Xi'an University of Finance and Economics,2024-02-01,37(2):3-14
7.Improving the Functions of the Capital Market and Promoting High-quality Economic Development: An Analysis from the Perspective of Fictitious Capital Evolution, Journal of Weinan Normal University,2023-10-01,38(10):1-11
8.The Dynamic Evolution of the Relationship between Economic Growth and Income Distribution: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies, The Chinese Journal of Political Economy,2023-09-01,26(1):79-99
9.Can Formal Institutions and Informal Institutions Combine Spontaneously?, Research of Institutional Economics,2023-06-30,80(2):1-31
10.Exploration of Value Creation in Digital Economy—A Theoretical Explanation Based on the "The Creation of Value by Living Labor" of the Comprehensive School of Neo-Marxist Economics, Journal of Economics of Shanghai School,2022-12-01,20(4):21-35
11.The Link Between Wages and Corporate Profits and the Realization Path of Common Prosperity in the New Era, Journal of Management,2022-11-14,35(5):82-103
12.The Evolution and Development of Fair and Efficient Economic Theory and Marxist evolution, Journal of Weinan Normal University,2022-10-10,37(10):86-93
13.Virtual Capital, Income Distribution, and the Realization Path of Common Prosperity in the New Era: A Case-Based Analysis, Shandong Social Sciences,2022-09-25,(9):115-122
14.Fourfold Criticisms on Bohm-Bawerk’s “Time Difference Interest Theory”, Journal of Economics of Shanghai School,2022-06-30,20(2):150-163
15.Social Production Function, Fictitious Capital and Social Efficiency, Seeking Truth,2022-05-15,(3):74-91
16.How to Promote Common Prosperity in the Reform of Wage System in the New Era?, Shanghai Journal of Economics,2022-03-15,(3):48-62
17.Why Does Power Inequality Still Exist in an Equal Market?: Insights from Bowles and Gintis of the Santa Fe Institute, Chinese Journal of Political Economics,2021-08-15,1(3): 113-122
18.Economic Behavior Experiments and Anti Poverty: A Literature Review, Review of Industrial Economics,2021-08-01,20(2):1-18
19.A Panel Study of China Families on whether the Traditional Chinese View of Marriage Inhibiting Household Consumption Upgrades, Journal of Weinan Normal University,2021-07-21,36(7):52-60
20.Conversion of Contradictions between Social Equity and Social Efficiency under Market Economy System with Productivity Development—A Study Based on Political Economics Behavior Experiments, Journal of Economics of Shanghai School,2021-06-30,19(2):35-62
21.The Contribution of Bohm-Bawerk’s “Time Difference Interest Theory” to Liberal Economics, Research of Institutional Economics,2021-03-21,(1):235-250
22.Research on Higher Education’s Promotion to the Co-construction of the "Silk Road Economic Belt", Journal Of The Open University Of Shaanxi,2020-12-15,22(4):27-32
23.Research on Higher Education's Promotion to the Co-construction of the "Silk Road Economic Belt", Journal Of The Open University Of Shaanxi,2020-12-15,22(4):27-32
24.The Advantage of Shaanxi's "Spiritual Identity" and the Promotion of Overseas United Front Work, Journal of Shaanxi Academy of Governance,2020-11-01,34(4):8-12
25.Cause Analysis of UrbanRural Income Gap in China from the Perspective of Land Fictitious Capitalization, Journal of Weinan Normal University,2020-10-01,35(10):48-55
26.The Exploration of the Teaching Model of the "Microeconomics" Course Based on Behavioral Experiments, Teaching Innovation Studies on Economics and Management,2020-10-01,(2)
27.Social Punishment: Social Control of Free-Riding Behavior—A Review of the Research on Public Goods Experiments, Research of Institutional Economics,2020-03-01,(01):291-315
28.From New Combination of Production Factors to Innovative Organization: Evolution and Enlightenment of Innovation Connotation, Seeking Truth,2019-11-01,46(6):76-84
29.The Triple Effects of Legalizing Dual Citizenship for Overseas Chinese on Chinese Football, Journal of Shaanxi Academy of Governance,2019-11-01,33(4):123-126

Journal Positions
1.Studies on the Capital, Associate Editor,2022-03-01

Conference Presentation
1.Interaction between Formal and Informal Centralized Punishment Systems, The 22nd China Economic Annual Conference,2023-05-12

Project
1.Research on Enterprise Data Asset Management, Innovative Application and Security Protection Mechanism in Xianyang City,2025-12-08
2.Popular Science Publicity: “What Is New Quality Productive Forces?”,2024-04-29
3.Research on the Exploration and Utilization of United Front Cultural Resources in Shaanxi,2023-06-25
4.Economics You Should Know in Entrepreneurship,2021-06-08,2021-11-30
5.Research on the Co-Building Model of Ethnic Minority Areas’ Participation in the “Belt and Road” Initiative Based on the “Five-Pronged Approach”,2020-07-07
6.Entrepreneurship Micro-Class,2020-04-01

Research Reports
1.Issues and Countermeasures Concerning Public Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence, The provincial level,2025-04-12
2.Current Challenges and Countermeasures for the Development of Small and Micro Enterprises in Shaanxi Province, The provincial level,2024-07-01
3.Recommendations on Enhancing Industrial Support Functions in County Economies, The provincial level,2023-06-01

Monograph
1.Virtual Capital and Research on Social Equity and Efficiency, Economic Press China, 2025-11-15
2.Research on "Das Kapital" (Volume 19),Shaanxi People's Education Press,2023-12-25
3.Promoting Cooperation along the Silk Road Economic Belt through Cultural Exchange, Economic Press China,2023-07-01
4.Annual Report on Development of China's Guanzhong - Tianshui Economic Zone (2018 - 2019),China Renmin University Press,2022-02-15
5.Research on "Das Kapital" (Volume 16),Shaanxi Normal University Publishing House,2020-04-01
6.Annual Report on Development of China's Guanzhong - Tianshui Economic Zone (2016 - 2017,China Renmin University Press,2020-01-01

Awards
1.How Does Wage System Reform in the New Era Promote Common Prosperity?,2024 Shaanxi Provincial Higher Education Institutions Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences Research,2025-02-28

Textbooks
1.Economics You Should Know for Entrepreneurship, Shaanxi People's Education Publishing House,2021-10-01
2.Interpretation and Critique of Liberal Economics: Lecture Notes on Microeconomics (Revised Edition),China Economic Publishing House,2021-09-01
3.Concise Lectures on Sociology: Social Analysis from Positivism to Pragmatism, Economic Press China,2020-06-01

 

Courses Taught

Theory and Practice of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era--MBA Teaching
"Das Kapital" and Xi Jingping Economic Thought Frontiers--PhD Teaching
Disciplinary Introduction--Undergraduate Teaching
Studies on Marx's "Capital"--Undergraduate Teaching
Macroeconomics--Undergraduate Teaching
Philosophy of Economics--Master Teaching
Studies on Marx's "Capital" Volume II--Master Teaching