Cuicui Lu, Associate Professor, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Shandong University.
Email：lucuicui@sdu.edu.cn
Bio
Dr. Cuicui Lu holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Michigan State University and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Shandong University. Since 2020, she has served as an associate professor at the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Shandong University. Previously, she used to work as an assistant professor at Nanjing University Business School. Her research interests lie in the fields of applied econometrics, Chinese economy, and the economics of innovation. She is dedicated to studying issues related to China's economic development. Her empirical research covers areas such as corporate innovation, international trade and investment, and corporate finance. She has been published in journals includingEconomics Letters, China Economic Review, Econometric Reviews, Economic Modelling,andInternational Review of Economics & Finance. She has led one General Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, one Youth Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and one General Project of the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province. She has also participated in many other national and provincial-level research projects. She was a visiting scholar at the Development Research Center of the State Council. She has been selected for the Future Plan for Young Scholars of Shandong University and the Qingdao Philosophy and Social Sciences Youth Talent Team.
Research Fields
Applied econometrics, Chinese economy, economics of innovation
Teaching
Advanced Econometrics and Statistical Analysis
Economics of Innovation
Engineering Economics
FinancialAccounting
Publications
1.Using generalized estimating equations to estimate nonlinear models with spatial data. Econometric Reviews,Volume 44, Issue 2, 2025.SSCI, ABS3。
2.CuicuiLu, David Parsley & Bing Xue*, 2024. Economicpolicy uncertainty and voluntary disclosures:How do Chinese firms respond?.International Review of Economics & Finance, Volume 92, Pages 141-167. SSCI, JCR Q1.
3.Ailan Liu, Cuicui Lu* & Zhixuan Wang, 2021. Does cultural distancehinderexports?A comparative study of China and the United States.Economic Modelling105.SSCI,JCR Q1.
4.Mengwei Chen, Cuicui Lu* & Yuan Tian*,2021. Export price and quality adjustment: The role of financial stress and exchange rate.Economic Modelling96, 336-345.SSCI,JCR Q1.
5.Ailan Liu, Cuicui Lu* & Zhixuan Wang, 2020. The roles of cultural and institutional distance on international trade: Evidence from China’s trade with the Belt and Road countries.China Economic Review61.SSCI,JCRQ1.
6.Cuicui Lu & Jeffrey Wooldridge, 2019. AGMM estimator asymptotically more efficient than OLS and WLS in the presence of heteroskedasticity of unknown form.Applied Economics Letters, 27:12, 997-1001. SSCI.
7.Cuicui Lu & Jeffrey Wooldridge, 2017. Quasi-generalized least squares regression estimation with spatial data,Economics Letters, Volume 156, Pages 138-141. SSCI.ABS3。
8.Cuicui Lu & Peter Schmidt, 2012. Conditions for the numerical equality of the OLS, GLS and Amemiya-Cragg estimators.Economics Letters, Volume 116, Issue 3, Pages 538-540.SSCI.ABS3。
Research Grants：
Vertical research projects (host)
1. Lu Cuicui et al., Research on Developing New Quality Productive Force in an Uncertain Environment, Qingdao Philosophy and Social Sciences Youth Talent Team Project, July 2024 - June 2025.
2. Lu Cuicui, Shandong University Young Scholar Future Plan Project Funding, January 2022 - December 2026.
3. Lu Cuicui et al., Research on the Application of Policy Evaluation Methods from the Perspective of Corporate Innovation, Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation General Project, January 2022 - December 2024.
4. Lu Cuicui et al., Research on the Application of Policy Evaluation Methods Based on Big Data of the Belt and Road Initiative, National Social Science Foundation General Project, January 2021 - December 2023.
5. Lu Cuicui, Research on Capital Market Enterprise Financial Decision-making and Enterprise Innovation Driven by Big Data, Shandong University Basic Research Funding, January 2020 - December 2022.
6. Lu Cuicui et al., Research on Nonlinear Spatial Econometric Models and Applications in the Big Data Era, National Natural Science Foundation Youth Project, January 2017 - December 2019.
Horizontal research projects (host):
1. Lu Cuicui et al., Research on Promoting the Improvement of the Mechanism for the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Qingdao City, Qingdao “Double Hundred Survey Research Projects”, July 2025 - October 2025.
2. Lu Cuicui et al., Research on Deepening the Reform of the Mechanism for the Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements in Weifang City, Weifang Reform and Development Research Center, October 2024 - December 2024.
Teaching reform projects
1. Lu Cuicui et al., Research and Practice on the Cultivation of Interdisciplinary Talents in “Innovation Transformation Management”, Key Project of Shandong Province Undergraduate Teaching Reform Research, 2025.01 - 2027.12.
2. Lu Cuicui et al., Research on the Mechanism of Cultivating Interdisciplinary Talents Based on the Interdisciplinary Integration of Liberal Arts and Engineering, General Project of Shandong University Undergraduate Education and Teaching Reform Research, 2023.08 - 2025.07.
3. Lu Cuicui, Funding for the development of internationalized courses for postgraduates at Shandong University, 2020.01 - 2021.12.
Honors
CuicuiLuand ZifeiPeng,BestPaperAward at the 6th Academic Forum on "Traditional Chinese Wisdom and Modern Management", 2025.
Team Leader of Qingdao's Young Talent Team in Philosophy and Social Sciences - "Research on Developing New Quality Productivity in an Uncertain Environment", 2024.
UpdatedonSeptember, 2025
