Dr. Weijie Luo is an associate professor in economics at Beijing International Studies University (BISU). Prior to joining BISU, Dr. Luo was an associate professor in economics at the Central University of Finance and Economics, and an associate lecturer in economics at the University of York, where he completed his PhD in economics. He also served as a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge in 2018.
His research interests are in macroeconomics, public economics and economic policy. His research work has been published in journals such as Applied Economics, Economics Letters, International Review of Financial Analysis, Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Policy Studies, Public Performance & Management Review, etc. One of his publication (highly cited paper) received enough citations to place it in the top 1% of the academic field of Economics & Business based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year (data from Essential Science Indicators). His monograph Inequality, Demography and Fiscal Policy was published in Springer Nature. He is currently serving as an anonymous referee in journals such as International Review of Financial Analysis, Social Science & Medicine, World Development, etc. His papers won the first prize award for the best PhD paper at the 49th Money Macro and Finance Annual Conference, and the third prize award for youth economics outstanding paper at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in 2022. He has obtained research grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Municipal Social Science Foundation, Royal Economic Society, etc.