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Cunyi YANG

Lingnan College

Sun Yat-sen University

Hello, I am Cunyi Yang!

I am an active scholar in Finance at Lingnan College of Sun Yat-sen University, focusing on the Theory and Application of Digital Financial Risk Management.

My research interests include digital finance, financial risks, and green finance. I have published over 30 papers in journals, including Financial Review, International Review of Financial Analysis, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Business Strategy and the Environment, Energy Economics, 《经济研究》, and 《系统工程理论与实践》. Several of my papers have been selected as ESI highly cited (9 articles) and ESI hot papers (10 articles). My works have been cited over 1,200 times with an H-index of 20. I also serve as a reviewer for over 20 SSCI journals.

Interests

  • Digital Finance
  • Financial Risk
  • Green Finance

Education

  • PhD in Finance

    Sun Yat-sen University

  • Master in Finance

    Guangzhou University

  • Bachelor in Finance

    Wuhan University of Technology

Skills

R

Python

Matlab

Stata

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Scholar

Business School, The University of Hong Kong

Sep 2024 – Present Hong Kong
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Scholar

Fintech Thrust, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Oct 2023 – Apr 2024 Hong Kong
 
 
 
 
 

Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University

Sep 2022 – Present Guangzhou

Featured Publications

Government in the digital age: Exploring the impact of digital transformation on governmental efficiency

Technological Forecasting & Social Change. 2024, 208, 123722

Green versus Digital: Analyzing financial strategies for energy transition

Financial Innovation. 2024, Accept

ESG ratings and green innovation: A U-shaped journey towards sustainable development

Business Strategy and the Environment. 2024, 33(5), 4108-4129

The spillover effect of international monetary policy on China’s financial market

Quantitative Finance and Economics. 2023, 7(4), 508-537

How to facilitate in-depth digitalization in enterprises?

Applied Economics Letters. 2024, Early Access

Financial technology and climate risks in financial market

International Review of Financial Analysis. 2024, Accept

Far-sighted through mitigating risk: Directors and officers liability insurance and corporate ESG performance

International Review of Financial Analysis. 2024, 96, 103719

The impact of fintech on corporate carbon emissions: Towards green and sustainable development

Business Strategy and the Environment. 2024, 33(6), 5776-5796

Working Papers

When Elephants Fight, Grass Suffers: The effects of diplomatic sentiments on enterprise risk and valuation

Spatial interaction and spillover effects between digital finance and service industry development.

From Policy to Progress: The role of Sci-tech finance projects in key technological innovation.

Crowding Out or Crowding In? The impact of talent subsidy policy on the income of low-skilled workers.

How does digital transformation work? A perspective on information management and resource allocation.

The dark side of mitigating risk: Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and business ethics.

Climate risk and industry returns: Industry green innovation or carbon market uncertainty.

Interaction between fintech development and energy transition risks: Towards sustainable governance.

Collateral shocks and corporate risk-taking in China.

Refinancing, withdrawing and optimal loan structure: An equilibrium approach.

The dark side of financial digitalization: Corporate digital finance and speculative financial investments.

Exploring the production-oriented digital transformation in industrial enterprises.

Industrial financialization and systemic risk: Analysis based on the risk transmission mechanism among economic sectors.

Authored Books

Industrial Digital Finance Empowering Real Economy Development

Peking University Press, 2025

Introduction to Digital Finance

Peking University Press, 2024

Research Projects

National Social Science Fund Key Project “Research on financial digitalization and financial risk governance” (in progress)

National Social Science Fund General Project “The statistical monitoring study on the coordination and balance of digital finance empowerment and risk” (in progress)

Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation Excellent Youth Team “Theory and application research on industrial digital finance empowering real economy” (in progress)

National Natural Science Foundation Project “Research on insurance asset allocation based on green development” (in progress)

Southern Power Grid Energy Development Research Institute Horizontal Project “Study on the financial attributes of corporate data assets” (in progress)

National Social Science Fund General Project “The crowding-out effect and motivation of corporate financialization on R&D innovation” (completed)

Guangdong Financial Society Annual Policy Consultation Topic “Research on financial support for digital transformation of manufacturing industry in Guangdong” (completed)

National Social Science Fund Youth Project “Statistical monitoring study on systemic risks caused by corporate financialization” (completed)

Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Sciences Special “Measurement and prevention research on regional systemic financial risks in Guangdong province” (completed)

Academic Awards

Paper Awards:

“Outstanding Paper Award” in The 6th Academic Annual Conference of the Quantitative Finance and Insurance Branch of the Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning, and Economic Mathematics, 2024

“Gold Medal Nomination” in The 14th Qian Xuesen City Gold Medal, 2024

“Outstanding Paper Award - Third Prize” in The 4th National Major Strategy and Policy Research Forum, 2024

“Best Paper Award” in The 9th Risk Management and Financial Statistics Forum, 2024

Scholarships:

Sun Yat-sen University President’s Scholarship

Lingnan College Outstanding Doctoral Student Scholarship

National Scholarship for Doctoral Students

National Scholarship for Master’s Students

Research team

Digital Financial Risk Team

Team Leader: Cunyi Yang

Members:

Runze Yang, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

Conghao Zhu, Nanjing Normal University

Shuo Luo, Guangxi Normal University

Shuchi Zhang, Sun Yat-sen University

Xi Jiang, Huaqiao University

Media Appearances

“Digital Financial Risk” is a WeChat public account independently operated by Cunyi Yang since March 2024. Every evening at 8 p.m., it shares hot topics, literature, calls for papers, and policies related to digital finance and risk management. Currently, it has over 3,000 followers,and the total number of readings exceeds 150,000.
Cunyi Yang, Huan Liu, Yan Zeng, “Insurance Services Supporting High-Quality Development of Guangdong’s Manufacturing Industry”, Guangdong Insurance Society, 2023

Journal Roles

Managing Editor for Journal of Economic Analysis and Economic Analysis Letters
Guest Editor for Special Issue New Financial Risks in the FinTech Era in International Journal of Financial Studies
Guest Editor for Special Issue Innovative Approaches to Managing Finance Risks in the FinTech Era in Journal of Risk and Financial Management
Guest Editor for Special Issue Digital Economy in Sustainable Resource Risk Management in Sustainability Journal
Reviewer for Applied Economics, Business Strategy and the Environment, China Finance Review International, Economic Analysis and Policy, Energy Economics, Financial Innovation, International Review of Economics and Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Managerial and Decision Economics, Quantitative Finance and Economics, etc.

Teaching Assistant

“Digital Finance and Insurance”, 2024, Instructor: Prof. Yan Zeng

“Management of New Transformations”, 2023, Instructor: Prof. Mingkang Liu (Former Chairman of China Banking Regulatory Commission)

Conference Reports

Greater Bay Area Digital Finance Forum (1st in Guangzhou 2023; 2st in Guangzhou 2024)

China Economic Annual Conference (24th in Beijing 2024)

International Symposium on Financial Systems Engineering and Risk Management (21st in Beijing 2024)

Forum on Big Data Research and Practice (10th in Guangzhou 2024)

China Finance Annual Conference (21st in Guangzhou 2024; 20th in Beijing 2023)

Annual Academic Conference of the China Information Economics Association (36th in Beijing 2024)

Annual Conference of Quantitative Finance and Insurance Section of Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economical Mathematics, (5th in Wuhan 2023; 6th in Nanjing 2024)

Theoretical Foundations of Digital Economy Forum (1st in Beijing 2024)

Internet and Digital Economy Forum (6th in Beijing 2024; 5th in Changsha 2023)

Risk Management and Financial Statistics Forum (9th in Guangzhou 2024; 7th in Guangzhou 2022; 6th in Xiamen 2021)

Annual Conference of Chinese Fintech (7th in Guangzhou 2023)

Symposium on Frontier Issues of Industrial Integration by the Chinese Society of Industrial Economics (1st in Guangzhou 2023)

Quarterly Journal of Finance Forum (1st in Guangzhou 2023)

Monetary Policy Issues and Challenges for Asian Economies International Conference (Online 2021)

Annual Conference of Chinese Statistical Society (8th in Chengdu 2021)

Association Memberships

Systems Engineering Society of China (SESC)

Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economical Mathematics (CSOOPEM)

China Information Economics Association (CIEA)

American Economic Association (AEA)

American Finance Association (AFA)

Contributions in Chinese

已发表:

曾燕, 查佳婧, 杨海生, 杨存奕(通讯作者), “中国数字普惠金融的发展模式探究:经济与民生的视角”. 《经济研究》, 2024, 59(8), 39-56

廖高可, 杨存奕, 顾明瑞, “数字平台推荐机制、专业化生产与消费者福利”.《系统工程理论与实践》, 2024, 录用待刊

黄哲豪, 杨存奕, 李正辉, “企业金融化: 最优配置, 动机判别与适度区域”.《系统工程理论与实践》, 2023, 43(6), 1545-1567

工作论文:

企业数字化转型的金融支持和路径权衡.

银行数字化转型、信贷与消费.

如何发展工业企业的新质生产力?——生产性数字化转型策略与政策.

生命周期视角下的并购与新质生产力:锦上添花还是雪中送炭?

供需互动视角下的企业大数据应用与新质生产力提升.