Jinhai Yu

Assistant Professor

School of Public Policy

Education

B.M., China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, 2011
M.P.A., China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China, 2013
M.P.P., Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky, 2014
Ph.D., Public Policy and Administration, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University
of Kentucky, 2018

Teaching & Research Interests

Public budgeting and finance
Capital financing and public debt
Financial reporting and accountability
Performance information and management

Dr. Jinhai Yu

Jinhai Yu is an Assistant Professor of Public Budgeting and Finance in the School of Public Policy at the University of Connecticut. His research examines how policymakers allocate fiscal resources under institutional constraints and exogenous shocks, and its consequences for government performance and accountability. He studies how institutional and political factors shape public budgeting, how environmental shocks such as natural disasters affect fiscal decisions, and how governments communicate fiscal information to citizens. His work integrates public organization theory with causal inference to address core questions in public budgeting and finance. He has published in the National Tax Journal, Public Budgeting & Finance, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Policy Studies Journal, and Comparative Political Studies, among others. He teaches public budgeting and finance, capital financing and budgeting, and quantitative research methods.

Jinhai holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy and Administration from the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky, USA. He also obtained a Master of Public Policy from the Martin School.