Kai Sun : Citation Profile


Shanghai University

10

H index

11

i10 index

205

Citations

RESEARCH PRODUCTION:

22

Articles

9

Papers

RESEARCH ACTIVITY:

   15 years (2010 - 2025). See details.
   Cites by year: 13
   Journals where Kai Sun has often published
   Relations with other researchers
   Recent citing documents: 21.    Total self citations: 9 (4.21 %)

MORE DETAILS IN:
ABOUT THIS REPORT:

   Permalink: http://citec.repec.org/psu293
   Updated: 2026-02-21    RAS profile: 2025-12-10    
   Missing citations? Add them    Incorrect content? Let us know

Relations with other researchers


Works with:

Sickles, Robin (2)

Authors registered in RePEc who have co-authored more than one work in the last five years with Kai Sun.

Is cited by:

Kumbhakar, Subal (22)

Tsionas, Mike (10)

Verschelde, Marijn (9)

Rayp, Glenn (9)

Merlevede, Bruno (9)

Dumont, Michel (7)

Mamatzakis, Emmanuel (7)

Dewitte, Ruben (6)

Pollitt, Michael (5)

Seifert, Stefan (5)

Badunenko, Oleg (4)

Cites to:

Kumbhakar, Subal (79)

Li, Qi (41)

Mester, Loretta (36)

Racine, Jeffrey (26)

Berger, Allen (22)

Hughes, Joseph (21)

Wang, Hung-Jen (20)

Parmeter, Christopher (20)

Schmidt, Peter (18)

Henderson, Daniel (16)

Lovell, C. (15)

Main data


Where Kai Sun has published?


Journals with more than one article published# docs
Economics Letters4
Journal of Productivity Analysis3
European Journal of Operational Research2
Economic Inquiry2
Empirical Economics2

Working Papers Series with more than one paper published# docs
IZA Discussion Papers / IZA Network @ LISER3
MPRA Paper / University Library of Munich, Germany3

Recent works citing Kai Sun (2025 and 2024)


YearTitle of citing document
2024The role of hired labour on technical efficiency in an expanding dairy sector: The case of Ireland. (2024). Garcia-Covarrubias, Luis ; Thorne, Fiona ; Dillon, Emma ; Lapple, Doris. In: Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. RePEc:ags:aareaj:343091.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024Labor differentiation and cotton productivity in Burkina Faso. (2024). Combary, Omer S ; Zongnaba, Aminata ; Gm, Ake. In: African Development Review. RePEc:bla:afrdev:v:36:y:2024:i:2:p:306-319.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Measurement and spatiotemporal dynamic evolution of regional ecological efficiency in China from the perspective of undesirable outputs. (2025). Shi, Lei ; Wang, Haoyu ; He, KE ; Chen, Zhen ; Hong, Xiong ; Yu, Mingyang ; Tian, Kang. In: Economic Analysis and Policy. RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:86:y:2025:i:c:p:1897-1913.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024Global COVID-19 under-reporting: A Tobit model. (2024). Wang, Yulu ; Kumbhakar, Subal C. In: Economic Modelling. RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:141:y:2024:i:c:s0264999324002748.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Extreme weather events and efficiency in Italys food sector: Does institutional quality matter?. (2025). Ruberto, Sabrina ; Rondinella, Sandro ; Agostino, Mariarosaria. In: Economic Modelling. RePEc:eee:ecmode:v:146:y:2025:i:c:s0264999325000215.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025A Consistent Estimator for Model Structure and Variable Selection. (2025). Wang, Taining ; Zhang, Xiaoqi ; Tian, Jinjing. In: Econometrics and Statistics. RePEc:eee:ecosta:v:34:y:2025:i:c:p:44-68.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Fifty years of Data Envelopment Analysis. (2025). Emrouznejad, Ali ; Mergoni, Anna ; de Witte, Kristof. In: European Journal of Operational Research. RePEc:eee:ejores:v:326:y:2025:i:3:p:389-412.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024Unraveling the dynamics of R&D and firm productivity: Empirical insights from 27 Chinese industries with regional and ownership differences. (2024). Lin, Ching-Yi ; Peng, Xin-Yi ; Mai, Te-Ke. In: Finance Research Letters. RePEc:eee:finlet:v:59:y:2024:i:c:s1544612323010772.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024Does environmental investment improve corporate productivity? Evidence from Chinese listed firms. (2024). Zhang, Yue-Jun ; Wang, Chao. In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. RePEc:eee:streco:v:70:y:2024:i:c:p:398-409.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024Green innovation in Norwegian firms: Navigating the complexity of productivity and performance. (2024). Kumbhakar, Subal C ; Hameed, Touseef ; Alemayehu, Fikru Kefyalew. In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:209:y:2024:i:c:s0040162524005845.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024How Can Overinvestment in Farms Affect Their Technical Efficiency? A Case Study from Poland. (2024). Pawowski, Krzysztof Piotr ; Sadowski, Arkadiusz ; Zmylona, Jagoda. In: Agriculture. RePEc:gam:jagris:v:14:y:2024:i:10:p:1799-:d:1497634.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Evaluating the Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms Under Technological Heterogeneity: Evidence from Lithuania. (2025). Namiotko, Virginia ; Savickien, Rta ; Galnaityt, Aist. In: Agriculture. RePEc:gam:jagris:v:15:y:2025:i:14:p:1469-:d:1697719.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Research on the Nested Structure and Substitution Elasticity of China’s Power Energy Sources. (2025). Wang, Shan ; Zhang, Keyu. In: Sustainability. RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:3:p:1098-:d:1579764.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025A Carbon Wealth Tax: Modelling, Empirics, and Policy. (2025). Pedro, Neves Jos ; Willi, Semmler. In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik). RePEc:jns:jbstat:v:245:y:2025:i:6:p:643-672:n:1004.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024Production analysis with asymmetric noise. (2024). Henderson, Daniel ; Badunenko, Oleg. In: Journal of Productivity Analysis. RePEc:kap:jproda:v:61:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1007_s11123-023-00680-5.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Accounting for two-club convergence. (2025). Russell, Robert R ; Henderson, Daniel J. In: Journal of Productivity Analysis. RePEc:kap:jproda:v:63:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s11123-024-00736-0.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025When do firms learn? Learning before versus after exporting. (2025). Lehman, David W ; Darko, Christian K ; Gomes, Emanuel ; Vendrell-Herrero, Ferran. In: Small Business Economics. RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:64:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s11187-024-00898-z.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Revisiting the Productivity Effects of Public Capital. (2025). Kumbhakar, Subal C ; Zhao, Shunan ; Hou, Zhezhi. In: Empirical Economics. RePEc:spr:empeco:v:68:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s00181-024-02670-4.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Long-run substitutability between fossil and renewable energy: global evidence 1800–2012. (2025). Schwerin, H. In: Empirical Economics. RePEc:spr:empeco:v:69:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s00181-025-02739-8.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2025Does the Green Economy Influence Environmental Sustainability? Nexus Between Staple Food Crops Consumption and Total Factor Productivity. (2025). Mihai, Daniela ; Baldan, Cristina ; Lile, Raul Adrian ; Hrestic, Maria Luiza ; Aldawsari, Salem Hamad ; Cao, Yufei ; Shabbir, Malik Shahzad ; Tanascovici, Marinela Barbulescu. In: Journal of the Knowledge Economy. RePEc:spr:jknowl:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1007_s13132-024-02068-8.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

2024Food companies productivity dynamics: Exploring the role of intangible assets. (2024). Nakatani, Ryota. In: Agribusiness. RePEc:wly:agribz:v:40:y:2024:i:1:p:185-226.

Full description at Econpapers || Download paper

Works by Kai Sun:


YearTitleTypeCited
2019HOW DOES INFRASTRUCTURE AFFECT ECONOMIC GROWTH? INSIGHTS FROM A SEMIPARAMETRIC SMOOTH COEFFICIENT APPROACH AND THE CASE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN CHINA In: Economic Inquiry.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article8
2021The optimal use of management In: Economic Inquiry.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article1
2020The Optimal Use of Management.(2020) In: Working Papers.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
This paper has nother version. Agregated cites: 1
paper
2016Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Estimation of a Production System In: Pacific Economic Review.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article1
2018Is Tinkering with Institutional Quality a Panacea for Firm Performance? Insights from a Semiparametric Approach to Modeling Firm Performance In: Review of Development Economics.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article7
2013Are U.S. Commercial Banks Too Big? In: Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
paper10
2013Derivation of marginal effects of determinants of technical inefficiency In: Economics Letters.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article19
2013Semiparametric smooth-coefficient stochastic frontier model In: Economics Letters.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article19
2018Nonparametric estimates of the clean and dirty energy substitutability In: Economics Letters.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article10
2018Nonparametric Estimates of the Clean and Dirty Energy Substitutability.(2018) In: MPRA Paper.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
This paper has nother version. Agregated cites: 10
paper
2019Gradient estimation of the local-constant semiparametric smooth coefficient model In: Economics Letters.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article0
2015Productivity and efficiency estimation: A semiparametric stochastic cost frontier approach In: European Journal of Operational Research.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article23
2020Measurement of technical inefficiency and total factor productivity growth: A semiparametric stochastic input distance frontier approach and the case of Lithuanian dairy farms In: European Journal of Operational Research.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article15
2014Estimation of productivity in Korean electric power plants: A semiparametric smooth coefficient model In: Energy Economics.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article14
2013Estimation of Productivity in Korean Electric Power Plants: A Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Model.(2013) In: IZA Discussion Papers.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
This paper has nother version. Agregated cites: 14
paper
2012Productivity in Chinas high technology industry: Regional heterogeneity and R&D In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article17
2011Productivity in Chinas high technology industry: Regional heterogeneity and R&D.(2011) In: MPRA Paper.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
This paper has nother version. Agregated cites: 17
paper
2012Does Institutional Quality Affect Firm Performance? Insights from a Semiparametric Approach In: IZA Discussion Papers.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
paper9
2012Does Institutional Quality Affect Firm Performance? Insights from a Semi-Parametric Approach.(2012) In: William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
This paper has nother version. Agregated cites: 9
paper
2014More Is Better! What Can Firm-Specific Estimates of the Impact of Institutional Quality on Performance Tell Us? In: IZA Discussion Papers.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
paper1
2014Estimation and inference under economic restrictions In: Journal of Productivity Analysis.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article15
2015Constrained nonparametric estimation of input distance function In: Journal of Productivity Analysis.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article3
2020A semiparametric stochastic input distance frontier model with application to the Indonesian banking industry In: Journal of Productivity Analysis.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article1
2015Obelix vs. Asterix: Size of US commercial banks and its regulatory challenge In: Journal of Regulatory Economics.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article4
2010Biases in approximating log production In: MPRA Paper.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
paper14
2011Biases in approximating log production.(2011) In: Journal of Applied Econometrics.
[Citation analysis]
This paper has nother version. Agregated cites: 14
article
2012Estimation of TFP growth: a semiparametric smooth coefficient approach In: Empirical Economics.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article14
2025A new semiparametric stochastic frontier model: addressing inefficiency and model flexibility using panel data In: Empirical Economics.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article0
2018Does R&D spur productivity growth in Australia’s broadacre agriculture? A semi-parametric smooth coefficient approach In: Applied Economics.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article0
2022Estimation of a partially linear seemingly unrelated regressions model: application to a translog cost system In: Econometric Reviews.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article0
2015A note on a semiparametric approach to estimating financing constraints in firms In: The European Journal of Finance.
[Full Text][Citation analysis]
article0

CitEc is a RePEc service, providing citation data for Economics since 2001. Last updated December, 22 2025. Contact: CitEc Team