Dr. Yifei Cai serves as a lecturer specializing in aviation economics and finance. I am actively seeking to supervise PhD students who share an interest in research areas such as aviation economics and finance, aviation sustainability, applied econometrics, as well as the intersection of aviation, tourism, and hospitality. My research expertise encompasses a wide range of subjects, with a primary focus on aviation economics, aviation finance, energy economics, and applied econometrics. Several of my recent publications have been featured in prestigious academic journals, including Energy Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Annals of Operations Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of... Read more
About me
Dr. Yifei Cai serves as a lecturer specializing in aviation economics and finance. I am actively seeking to supervise PhD students who share an interest in research areas such as aviation economics and finance, aviation sustainability, applied econometrics, as well as the intersection of aviation, tourism, and hospitality. My research expertise encompasses a wide range of subjects, with a primary focus on aviation economics, aviation finance, energy economics, and applied econometrics. Several of my recent publications have been featured in prestigious academic journals, including Energy Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Annals of Operations Research, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Environmental Management, Empirical Economics, Finance Research Letters, International Review of Economics and Finance, Applied Economics, and more.
I am an ad hoc referee for numerous academic journals such as Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Energy Economics, Energy Journal, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Bulletin of Economic Research, Australian Economic Papers, Applied Economics Letters, Carbon Management, Energy and Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Environmental Management, Emerging Market Finance and Trade and more.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Western Australia
Lecturer, Teesside University (UK), 03/2022 - 12/2023.
Assistant Professor, Macau University of Science and Technology (Macao, China), 09/2021 - 01/2022.
Updates on research grants / funding:
Threat or opportunity? The impacts of China's political relations shocks on Australia, Insight Project Funding initiated by UniSA C-EDGE, 2024 (Round 2), Amount: $ 1,200.
Updates on publications:
My recent paper titled "Airline Stock Market Performance and Political Relations: A Cross-Quantilogram analysis of Chinese and US carriers" has been published online in Transport Policy, please refer the following link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X24001884.
Updates on revision request:
1. The Impact of Europe-China Political Relations on the Oil Market: Insights after China’s WTO Accession, revision request by Economic Modelling, with... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Growing sustainable aviation fuel industries in combatting climate crises: opportunities for Australia and China, National Foundation for Australia-China Relations, 30/04/2024 - 06/04/2026
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
32
29
|
| 2022 |
11
11
|
| 2022 |
Open access
50
44
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
|
| 2024 |
1
|
| 2023 |
2
|
| 2023 |
Open access
3
|
| 2023 |
7
6
|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
32
29
|
| 2023 |
3
3
|
| 2023 |
9
6
|
| 2023 |
64
62
|
| 2022 |
Open access
10
18
|
| 2022 |
2
1
|
| 2022 |
11
11
|
| 2022 |
Open access
50
44
|
| 2021 |
2
1
|
| 2021 |
56
51
|
| 2021 |
3
2
|
| 2019 |
16
17
|
| 2019 |
27
25
|
| 2019 |
28
26
|
| 2019 |
Open access
13
11
|
| 2018 |
10
9
|
| 2018 |
35
31
|
| 2018 |
363
324
|
Research
Updates on research grants / funding:
Threat or opportunity? The impacts of China's political relations shocks on Australia, Insight Project Funding initiated by UniSA C-EDGE, 2024 (Round 2), Amount: $ 1,200.
Updates on publications:
My recent paper titled "Airline Stock Market Performance and Political Relations: A Cross-Quantilogram analysis of Chinese and US carriers" has been published online in Transport Policy, please refer the following link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X24001884.
Updates on revision request:
1. The Impact of Europe-China Political Relations on the Oil Market: Insights after China’s WTO Accession, revision request by Economic Modelling, with Xiangdong Li and Shane Zhang.
2. Oil Price Shocks and Airlines Stock Return and Volatility – A GFEVD Analysis, revision request by Economics of Transportation, with Yahua Zhang and Anming Zhang.
3. Assessing the Influence of Unplanned Oil Supply Outages on Airline Stock Connectedness, revision request by Energy Economics, with Yahua Zhang and Yuchao Xu.
Updates on recent submissions:
1. Political Relations Shock and Macroeconomic Impacts in the European Union: China versus Other Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council, with Shane Zhang and Yanrui Wu, submit to Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization.
2. US Partisan Conflict, Sino-US Political Relation News and Oil Market Dynamics, with Jamel Saadaoui and Gazi Salah Uddin, submit to Energy Economics.
3. Evaluating the Effects of Sino-US Political Relations Shocks on Commodity Prices, with Dimitrios Bakas, submit to Energy Economics.
Conference Attendance:
Conference Organization:
Guest Editors:
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Agricultural University of Athens | GREECE |
| Atilim University | TURKEY |
| Charles Darwin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| East China Normal University | CHINA |
| Feng Chia University | TAIWAN |
| Guangdong University of Finance | CHINA |
| Hang Seng University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
| Harbin Engineering University | CHINA |
| Heifei University of Technology | CHINA |
| Heriot-Watt University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Hubei University of Economics | CHINA |
| Hunan University of Technology | CHINA |
| Leeds Beckett University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Leeds Trinity University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Nanchang University | CHINA |
| National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | TAIWAN |
| Open University of Cyprus | CYPRUS |
| Paris Nanterre University (France) | FRANCE |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Roma Tre University | ITALY |
| Teesside University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Bradford | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Huddersfield | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of London | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Malaya | MALAYSIA |
| University of Northumbria | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Pretoria | SOUTH AFRICA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Strasbourg | FRANCE |
| University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Wuhan University | CHINA |
External engagement & recognition
I was invited as a anonymous referee for Finance Research Letters, 23/07/2024.
I was invited as a anonymous referee for Journal of Air Transport Management, 04/05/2024.
I was invited as a anonymous referee for Journal of Air Transport Management, 22/03/2024.
Currently, I am the course coordinator of the followings:
Before joining UniSA in 2024, I taught the following courses: (note: Teesside represents Teesside University in UK and M.U.S.T. indicates Macau University of Science and Technology)
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Assessing the impact of hydrogen adoption in aviation on technology requirements and airport infrastructure: A case study of Australian airports | Current |
