Chien-Chiang Lee, PhD in International Economics / International Finance


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Chien-Chiang Lee, PhD in International Economics / International Finance

Professor of Finance

 

Contact Details

Tel: 8590 2804

E-mail: cclee@cityu.edu.mo

WOS Researcher ID:  AAZ-9983-2020

Scopus ID:     8601620600

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0037-4347

 

 

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. (International Economics), Chung Cheng University in Taiwan

Master (International Finance), Chengchi University in Taiwan

Bachelor (Banking and Finance), National Chengchi University in Taiwan

 

Biography

Dr. Chien-Chiang Lee is currently a Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Finance, City University of Macau. With over 20 years of extensive teaching and research experience, Dr. Lee has supervised numerous PhD graduates. He has held prestigious academic positions, including Distinguished Professor and Talent Scholar at Nanchang University, and Lifetime Professor at the School of Management, Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. Dr. Lee has been a visiting scholar at universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Romania, and Thailand. His research focuses on green finance, energy finance, international finance, and sustainable finance. He has led major projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China as well as provincial-level initiatives. Dr. Lee has received numerous accolades, including recognition among the “Top 0.05% of Highly Ranked Scholars™”, "Top 2% of Scientists Worldwide," "Lifetime Achievement Award" from Marquis Who’s Who, designation as a "Highly Cited Researcher in China," the "T. K. Ann International Trade Award," and the "National Teaching Achievement Award in Higher Education." With an H-index of 78 and over 20,000 citations on Web of Science, Dr. Lee has served as editor, associate editor, and guest editor for journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Journal, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Economics, Economic Analysis and Policy, Innovation and Green Development, Data Science and Management, and Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. He has organized special issues on topics including green finance, energy transition, sustainable finance, and artificial intelligence.

 

Research Areas

Green Finance, Energy Finance, Digital Finance, International Finance, and Sustainable Finance.

 

Editorial Service

Guest Editor of Special issue

- Energy Economics:

  Pathway to the Energy Transition: The Role of Artificial Intelligence

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10XVD3QPCGD

- Energy Economics:

  Green Finance, Energy Transitions, and Sustainability

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10MG3VB88LR

- Data Science and Management:

  New trends and recent developments in digitalization for a green transition in economics and finance

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10NH7QFXJBD

- Economic Analysis and Policy:

  Sustainable Finance and Green Economy: New Frontiers, Solutions and policy implications

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/economic-analysis-and-policy/special-issue/101FFRKPL2F

- Economic Analysis and Policy:

  Pathway to the energy security under a carbon neutrality scenario: Policy intervention, diffusion, and evaluation

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/109MT04R4Z0

- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews:

  Carbon neutrality gaming in the supply chain management of renewable energy resources

  https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/renewable-and-sustainable-energy-reviews/special-issue/10JBBDJKVHW

 

Editorial board: Editor/Associate Editor/Subject Editor/Guest Editor

Energy Economics (SSCI)

The Energy Journal (SSCI)

Applied Economics (SSCI) 

Applied Economics Letters (SSCI)

Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (SSCI) 

Economic Analysis and Policy (SSCI) 

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (SCI) 

Economic Analysis Policy (SSCI)

Innovation and Green Development 

Data Science and Management

Management of Sustainable Development Journal

Energy RESEARCH LETTERS

Business and Economics Journal

Journal of Economics, Business and Management.

Reports on Economics and Finance

Journal of Sustainable Development Issues

Global Economics Research

 

Selected Academic Publications

  1. Lee, CC., Wang, F. & Lee, CC (2025). How does education promote green digital finance? Evidence from China. Financial Innovation. 11, 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40854-024-00688-2
  2. Lee, C.C., Xiao, Q., Zhang, X. (2025). Green credit and systemic risk from the perspectives of policy and scale. North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 77, 102402.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2025.102402
  3. Liu, M., Lee, C.C. (2025). Exploring the Driving Forces of the Correlations Between China's Crude Oil Futures and Global and Regional Benchmarks. Journal of Futures Markets.  https://doi.org/10.1002/fut.22569
  4. Lee, C.C., Wang, C.W., Lin, W., & Chiu, Y. (2025). The role of happiness in bank risk: An international cross-country analysis. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 90 102663.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2024.102663
  5. Lee, C.C., Yuan, Z. (2024). Impact of energy poverty on public health:  A non-linear study from an international perspective. World Development, 174, 106444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106444
  6. Lee, C.C., Wang, C.W., Hsu, H. (2024). Innovative routes: The impact of strategic deviance on corporate success.  International Review of Financial Analysis, 96, 103660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103660
  7. Lee, C.C., Yan, J. (2024). Will artificial intelligence make energy cleaner? Evidence of nonlinearity. Applied Energy, 363, 123081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123081
  8. Lee, C.C., He, Z.W. (2024). The impact of green finance policy on land ecological security:  City-level evidence from China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 105, 105347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105347
  9. Lee, C.C., Yan, J., Wang, F. (2024). Impact of population aging on food security in the context of artificial intelligence:  Evidence from China. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 199, 123062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.123062
  10. Liu, H., Liu, S., Shen, J.H. Lee, C.C. (2024). Global value chain embeddedness and Chinese firms’ cross-border mergers & acquisitions. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 68, 393-411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2023.11.004
  11. Lee, C.C., Wang, E.Z., Tang, H. (2024). Green fiscal policy and carbon emission: Enterprises' level evidence from China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 203, 114795. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114795
  12. Lee, C.C., Ni, W., Zhang, X. (2023). FinTech development and commercial bank efficiency in China. Global Finance Journal, 57, 100850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfj.2023.100850
  13. Lee, C.C., He, Z., Yuan, Z. (2023). A pathway to sustainable development: Digitization and green productivity. Energy Economics, 124, 106772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106772
  14. Lee, C.C., Wang, Y., Zhang, X. (2023). Corporate governance and systemic risk: Evidence from Chinese-listed banks. International Review of Economics and Finance, 87, 180-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2023.04.023
  15. Wang, E.Z., Lee, C.C. (2023). The impact of commercial bank branch expansion on energy efficiency: Micro evidence from China. China Economic Review, 80, 102019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2023.102019
  16. Chen, Y., Cheng, L., Lee, C.C. (2022). How does the use of industrial robots affect the ecological footprint? International evidence. Ecological Economics, 198. 107483.        https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107483
  17. Lee, C.C., Chang, Y.F., Wang, E.Z. (2022). Crossing the rivers by feeling the stones: The effect of China's green credit policy on manufacturing firms' carbon emission intensity. Energy Economics, 116, 106413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106413
  18. Zhu, C., Lee, C.C. (2022). The effects of low-carbon pilot policy on technological innovation: Evidence from prefecture-level data in China. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 183, 121955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121955
  19. Lee, C.C., Qin, S., Li, Y. (2022). Does industrial robot application promote green technology innovation in the manufacturing industry?   Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 183, 121893. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121893
  20. Wu, Y., Lee, C.C., Lee, C.C., Peng, D. (2022). Geographic proximity and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from high-speed rail construction in China. Journal of Banking and Finance, 140, 106510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2022.106510
  21. Lee, C.C., Lee, C.C. (2022). How does green finance affect green total factor productivity? Evidence from China. Energy Economics, 107, 105863. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.105863
  22. Lee, C.C., Yuan, Z., Ho, S. (2022). How does export diversification affect income inequality? International evidence.   Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 63, 410–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2022.06.010
  23. Zhang, M., Zhang, S., Lee, C.C., Zhou, D. (2021). Effects of trade openness on renewable energy consumption in OECD countries: New insights from panel smooth transition regression modelling Energy Economics, 104, 105649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105649
  24. Liu, G., Liu, Y., Lee, C. C. (2020). Growth sources of green economy and energy consumption in China: New evidence accounting for heterogeneous regimes. Energy Journal 41(6). 33-63. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.41.6.gliu
  25. Lee, C.C., Lee, C.C., and Lien, D. (2019), Do country risk and financial uncertainty matter for energy commodity futures? The Journal of Futures Markets, 39:3, 366-383.
  26. Chiu, Y.B., and Lee, C.C. (2019), Financial development, income inequality, and country risk, Journal of International Money and Finance, 93, 1–18.


 
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