
Highlights
RESEARCH/TEACHING HIGHLIGHTS

Prof. QIU Dongxiao Larry
- General Research Fund (GRF) – Exports and Productivity Transmission Through Domestic Supply Chains”, AY2023-34.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with DO, Jihwan; HUR, Jung; HWANG, Sung-Ha, "Tariff diversity and FTA network.", Review of World Economics, May 2023, Vol. 159, No. 2, p. 333-360.
- 丘東曉, 與莫家偉、張紅松、董曉瑜合作發表, 第二十二屆"安子介國際貿易研究獎"優秀論文獎 – “What you import matters for productivity growth: experience from Chinese manufacturing firms", 2022-23.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with IVUS, Olena; NAGHAVI, Alireza, “Migration and imitation” , Economica, January 2023, Vol. 90, No. 357, p. 212-239.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with Haoyuan Ding, Haichao Fan and Chang Li, "The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions", Journal of Comparative Economics, 2022.
- RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant 2021-2023 - “The Learning Effects of Processing Trade on Ordinary Trade in China” AY2021-2023.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with Xiangjun Ma and Hyelim Son, "Industry selection of regional migrants in China: The role of urban industry structures of Home and destination", The World Economy, Working paper.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with Xiaohua Bao, Hailiang Huang and Xiaozhuo Wang, “Exchange Rate Expectations and Exports: Firm-Level Evidence from China”, Review of International Economics.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with Xiaohua Bao and Xiaozhuo Wang, "The Effects of Network on Preferential Trade Agreement", Woking paper.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with Kun Jiang, Wolfgang Keller and William Ridley, "International joint ventures and internal vs. exprogress hnology transfer:evidence from China", Working paper.
- QIU Dongxiao Larry, with Qing Liu,Xing Wei and Chaoqun Zhan, "The (Dis)Connection between R&D and Productivity in China: Policy Implications of R&D Tax Credits", accepted by Journal of Comparative Economics.

Prof FAN, Simon
- FAN C.Simon, with Jere R Behrman, Naijia Guo, Xiangdong Wei, Hongliang Zhang, Junsen Zhang, “Tutoring Efficacy, Household Substitution, and Student Achievement: Experimental Evidence from an After-school Tutoring Program in Rural China”, International Economic Review, E-pub ahgead of print-28 August 2023
- FAN C.Simon, with Xiangdong WEI, Jia Wu, Junsen Zhang, “Observability and peer effects: Theory and evidence from a field experiment.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Aug 2022, 200, pp. 847-867.
- 范承澤,with 吴贾, and 陈丽萍, "母亲收入, 家庭氛围和子女人力资本发展", 经济学(季刊), Jul 2002, 22 (4), pp. 1169-1192.(Refereed) *
- FAN C.Simon, with Xiangdong Wei and Yuxin Yao, "Peer Effects of Misbehavior and Ability in Classroom: Evidence from a Seat Randomization Experiment ", Working paper.

Dr. GUO Wenshu
- General Research Fund (GRF) - “A study of information disclosure in exploring the Marcellus Shale" 2023-24
- GUO Wenshu, "The Effect of Production Information on the Choices of Lease Locations: a Study of the Marcellus Shale”.
- GUO Wenshu, "Two Empirical Models of Matching”.
- GUO Wenshu, “Exclusivity in the branded housing market”, Working paper.
- GUO Wenshu, “Information disclosure and locations choices: a study of the Marcellus Shale” (R&R in JIE)].
- GUO Wenshu, with Larry Qiu, Junji Xiao and Tianle, “Exclusive dealing in online food delivery platforms”, June 2022- now.
- GUO Wenshu, with Larry Qiu, Ping Lin and Junji Xiao, “Merger and acquisition with economies of scale in an open economy”, Feb 2021- now.

Prof. YE Han
- Early Career Scheme (ECS) - "Understanding Multitasking in Health Care", 2023-24
- YE Han, with Lawrence Jin, Rui Tang, Junjian Yi, and Songfa Zhong, “Path Dependency in Physician Decisions”, Forthcoming at Review of Economic Studies.
- YE Han, with Yuting Huang, Juan Pantano, and Junjian Yi, “Property Division upon Divorce and Household Decisions”, Journal of Human Resources, Mar 2023, 58(2), p. 532-560.
- YE Han, with Junjian Yi, "Patient-Physician Race Concordance, Physician Decisions and Patient Outcomes", The Review of Economics and Statistics, July 2023,105(4),p.766-779 (Refereed)

Prof. WONG Chi Leung, Adam

Prof. XIAO Junji
- Gerenal Research Fund (GRF) - "Indirect network effects and policy implications: an empirical analysis of the Chinese electric vehicle market", AY2022-23.
- XIAO Junji, co-author with Paul Benjamin Lowry, and Jia Yuan, " How lending experience and borrower credit influence rational herding behavior in peer-to-peer microloan platform markets”, Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS), August 2023, 40(3), pp.914-952.
- XIAO Junji co-authored with Xiaodan Guo, Welfare analysis of the subsidies in the Chinese electric vehicle industry, Journal of industrial Economics, forthcoming(E-pub ahead of print-Aug 2023).
- XIAO Junji, co-authored with Maoyong Fan, Qu Tang and Jianxin Wu,“Unintended Environmental Consequences of Place-based Economic Policies”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Jan 2023, 105(1), p.291-315.
- XIAO Junji co-authored with Mandy Hu Bingyong Zheng, “The Selection Effect of Quota Rationing Mechanisms on Sales Distribution: The Convergence of Auction and Lottery”, forthcoming at Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
- XIAO Junji, “Quantifying the Welfare Effects of Battery Electric Vehicle Subsidies: Evidence from China”, R&R at Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists since Nov 9, 2022.
- XIAO Junji, with Jianwei Xing and Xiaodan Guo, "Heterogeneity of indirect network effects", under revision at Journal of Enviromental Economics and Management.
- XIAO Junji, with Meng Lisha, "Is Pollution Reduced or Redistributed?The Impact of Electric Vehicle Subsidies in China", Lingnan University, Working paper.
- XIAO Junji, with Oeystein Daljord, Mandy Hu and Guillaume Pouliot, "The Black Market for Beijing Lciense Plates",under R&R revision at Journal of Public Economics since Sep12,2022.

Prof. ZHANG Tianle
- Gerenal Research Fund (GRF) - "Consumer Data, Privacy and Search", AY2022-23.
- ZHANG Tinale, with Lok Sang Ho, Chun Tak Kwok, Kam Pui Wat, Francisco T.T. Lai and Spencer Li, “Financing Orphan Drugs through a Blockchain-supported Insurance Model”, Frontiers in Blockchain, 2022. Vol. 5.
- ZHANG Tinale, with Yucheng Ding, Advance Selling Programs: When to Introduce and What to Inform Consumers, Managerial and Decision Economics, 2022, Vol. 43 (3), 779-790.
- ZHANG Tinale, with Yongmin Chen and Zhuozheng Li, Experience Goods and Consumer Search, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics,2022, Vol. 14 (3), 591-621.
- ZHANG Tinale, with Yiran Cao and Ping lin, “Killer Acquisition in vertically related industries”, Working paper, 2022.
- ZHANG Tinale, with Yiran Cao, Yongmin Chen and Yucheng Ding, “Search and Competition in Expert Markets”, 2022, Working paper.
- ZHANG Tinale, with Yongmin Chen, and Michael Riordan, "Security and Connectivity", Working paper.

Prof. WANG, Yonglin Laura
- General Research Fund (GRF) - "How Unaffordable is Hong Kong's Housing Market?", AY2020- AY2022.
- WANG, Yonglin Laura, with Sumit AGARWAL, Yongheng Deng, Jia He and Qi Zhang, "Lenders' pricing strategy: Do neighborhood risks matter?", Real Estate Economics, July 2023, Vol 51, Issue 4, pp.1001-1047.
- WANG Yonglin Laura, with Sumit Agarwal, Junru Guo and Jia He “Covid-19 Pandemic:
or an opportunity for offline companies?”, 2022, Working paper. - WANG Yonglin Laura, with Sumit Agarwal and Jian Zhang, “Cash-black Rewards, Spending, and Dept Accumulation”, 2023, Working paper.
- WANG Yonglin Laura, with Junru Guo, Jia He and Sibo Liu, “CEO Relative Age and corporate Risk-Taking”, Accepted for the AFA2024 Annual Meeting, 2022, Working paper.
- WANG Yonglin Laura, with Lok Sang Ho, “The Hong Kong Housing Market”, Book chapter (under review). Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance, Oxford University
Press, 2023 - WANG Yonglin Laura, with Sumit Agarwal and Jian Zhang, “High-speed Internet Access and the Cost of Mortgage Credit”, Accepted for the 2023 Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium, 2023, Working paper.
- WANG Yonglin Laura, with Yongheng Deng, Congyan Han, and Teng Li, “The Effectiveness and Consequences of the Hong Kong Government ‘s Cooling Measures for Residential Housing Markets” 2022, Working paper.

Prof. WONG, Wai Chung Gary
- WONG, Wai Chung Gary, with ANGSAPA, P., WONG, P. Y. P., WONG, G. W. C., TECHANAMURTHY, U., MOHAMAD, W. S. B., & SHEN, D. J., "Enhancing Humanities Learning with Metaverse Technology: A Study on Student Engagement and Performance", In 2023 11th International Conference on Information and Education Technology, ICIET 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc, p. 251-255.
- WONG, Wai Chung Gary, with P.Y., WONG & SHEN, J., "A Conceptual Framework for Intergrated Immersive Learning with Metaverse and Student -generated Media", in MAK, K.(ed). Advances in Techno-Humanities: Case Studies from Culture, Philosophy and the Arts, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Oct 2023,p.113-126
- WONG, Wai Chung Gary, with WONG, G. W. C., WONG, P. P. Y., WANG, R. T. C., SHEN, D. J., & XIE, H, "Using Student Generated Videos to Facilitate Discussion for Collaborative Flipped Classrooms", In L-K. LEE, Y. K. HUI, K. P. MARK, A. LU, & Q. LI (eds.), Proceedings: 2022 International Symposium on Educational Technology ISET2022 (pp. 8-12). (Proceedings - 2022 International Symposium on Educational Technology, ISET 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
- WONG, Wai Chung Gary, with Pauline Wong, “Time travel to the Great Depression:Investigating impact of game based learning in a Metaverse for Economics Education”, submitted to International Review of Economics Education, revise and resubmit.

Prof. WHITTEN Gregory William
1. WHITTEN Gregory William, “Teaching Excellence Awards” at Teaching Excellence Awards Scheme 2021/2022.
Prof HONG Fuhai
- General Research Fund (GRF) - "Language and trade in Artificial Codes", 2023-24
- HUNG Fuhai, with Dong Zhang, "Bureaucratic Beliefs and Law Enforcement", Public Choice, Sept 2023,Vol 196, (3-4),pp.357-379.

CHEN Yiting
1. CHEN Yiting, with Liu Xiao Tracy, Shan You and Zhong Songfa., "The Emergence of Economic Rationality of GPT", accepted by Proceddings of National Academy of Sciences (PANS).ALUMNI & STUDENTS STORIES

LIU Wei, (PhD, 2023)

Dr. BAI Jie (PhD, 2023)

LAI Wanting, Sophia (UG, 2023)
Of course, there were many more opportunities, like part-time jobs, scholarships, exchange experience, etc., that I acquired within these years. I feel sincerely grateful to all the professors and staff who have been working so faithfully in the department. I would still keep myself trying and endeavoring in this field and wish to achieve more and more and more.

ZHANG Chen (PhD, 2022)
The Ph.D. program in Economics at Lingnan University is my ideal doctoral program. I am very grateful for the high-quality academic environment that the Department of Economics has provided me. The Department of Economics is a small and close-knit community. The administrative staff are professional and supportive. Without their assistance, my research would not have been smooth. The professors and students here exhibit pure and sincere attitudes towards academics, and we can freely exchange our research ideas. The professors are also very willing to assist students. During the past three years, I worked closely with my supervisor Prof. HONG Fuhai, and completed two promising research projects under his guidance. Besides, the department often hosts academic seminars and invites top scholars in Hong Kong to present their cutting-edge research. The seminar series provides postgraduate students with an opportunity to communicate with leading scholars and inspire our own research.
Aside from my academic experiences at LU, I lived a simple, happy, and fulfilling life. The university is not far from downtown, which makes life convenient. The location is also not too close to downtown, so I can enjoy hiking with my friends in a nearby country park on weekends. After graduation, I often reminisce about the lovely people at LU and the golden time I had there. Last but not least, from my viewpoint, Lingnan University's Ph.D. in Economics would be a worthwhile option for you if you're thinking about pursuing a doctorate.

CAO Yiran, Carol (PhD, 2022)
My three-year PhD study in Economics equipped me with solid research methodology as well as professional skills. Although the study journey was stressful and challenging by nature, I was fortunate to work with my supportive and considerate supervisors who always believed in me, offered me as much support as possible, and granted me flexibility in developing my research agenda. The rigorous academic training I acquired from my supervisors and cross-institutional courses laid a theoretical foundation for pursuing my academic career in Industrial Organization. In addition to the topic-defense and research finding seminars, the department also encouraged me to present my works in Brownbag seminars, where I received valuable feedback from professors in the department. Meanwhile, the department offered weekly academic seminars on various frontier topics in which students could interact with intelligent and passionate professors from other universities.
I would recommend this program to people who want to pursue an academic career in Economics. Professors in this department are very nice, and they publish papers in high-level academic journals. Students who study in this program would receive rigorous academic training, professional academic guidance, and strong support for research endeavors.

Meng Baosi Bonnie (UG, 2022)
So proud and grateful I am to be an economics major at Lingnan University. At our department, I was exposed to a wide range of courses and seminars covering in-depth economics knowledge and the most edge-cutting insights. These granted me both solid knowledge and, more importantly, a strong and rigorously-logical mindset. I benefitted a lot from the rich opportunities that our department provided to me. During the summer RA internship, I was able to get hands-on academic research experience and work closely with professors. The Best Economic Student Award brought me closer to my goal of doing field studies and going deeper into emerging industries. I will always feel a deep sense of gratitude to the respectable and lovely professors, considerate and supportive staff, as well as my dear fellow peers. Altogether, they emboldened me to achieve professional and tackle any complex problems in today’s global society. Fruitful days at Lingnan passed quickly, but these golden old days will continue to empower me to serve society and realize my value in the future to come.

YUAN Chenxuan, Olivia (UG, 2022)
Participating in this summer internship program offered by the Department of Economics was an unforgettable experience for me. Under the guidance of Professor Liu Sibo, I got to know how research takes place and how researchers conduct themselves. By searching information, I understood that Google is not omnipotent. To find valuable and reliable information about government laws on certain issue, I gradually got familiar with the structure of the local Legislative Councils websites and other relevant official websites.

KATUNZE Miriam Nabawanga (PhD, 2021)
My name is Miriam, and I've been a PhD student in Economics at Lingnan University for the past three years. Pursuing my PhD with the Department of Economics has provided me with a one-of-a-kind experience and perspective that has exceeded my expectations. In my first term, I remember telling one of the helpful department secretaries about the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be provided with all the resources required to carry out my research. For example, the department purchased additional software for my research, for which I am grateful. The enlightening seminars and excellent research assistance were the highlights of my studies. I appreciate the enormous support from the heads of the department during my study especially Prof Larry Qiu, who provided an opportunity to present my research more than the expected or required times. These presentation opportunities improved my work greatly and enhanced my chances for conference selection. As such, I have presented my work in two powerful and career-transforming conferences as a result of the department’s input. I believe that this degree is the first step to many career achievements in the future. I encourage future students to pursue their next Economics degree with the Department of Economics, Lingnan University.

CHANDRA Sonal (UG, 2021)
My love-affair with Economics started when I was 14 and blossomed when I joined Lingnan University in 2017. I am graduating this year not just with a degree but a ton of wonderful memories, skills, and hunger to dive deeper into the field.
Economics at Lingnan University is more of an inter-disciplinary major. A student majoring in Economics at Lingnan University gets exposed to a variety of disciplines not only within Economics but in Social Sciences generally. This broadens the horizon of students and equips them to approach any topic in the field of Economics from a wider perspective.
Moreover, the professors in the Economics department have always been supportive and encouraged me to ask deeper and sharper questions regarding any given subject. The small class sizes at Lingnan University allow for close student-teacher interaction which helped me a lot in seeking guidance and bouncing off ideas with the professors. The enriched learning experience at Lingnan has further fuelled my interest in the field of Economics.
Thanks to all the quantitative and qualitative skills I have learned at Lingnan, I will pursue an MPhil in Economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Zhang Fuze, Amber (UG, 2021)
I was honoured with the chance to be an intern in the Department of Economics this summer and had an unforgettable experience. Under the supervision of Professor Gregory William Whitten, I searched out case studies for economics courses to help him with his future teaching. This task exposed me to varieties of recent news and taught me more on different views about hot topics around the world, so that I could keep up with times and develop my analytical abilities.

OSPANOVA Aida (PhD, 2019)
Now looking back to my PhD journey at Lingnan University, I can tell it was the most challenging yet rewarding experience in my life. Professional guidance and support from my supervisors and Department helped me a lot to accomplish my study. I had an opportunity to choose and do research in the area of my interest.

ANADUAKA Uchechi Shirley (PhD, 2019)
The Economics program at LingnanU provided me with the opportunity to develop a clearer view of my research interests in Micro-Development economics. The facilities provided are well equipped with the latest statistical software to ensure the students have all the resources they need for their research. The departmental and visiting professors were very helpful when I encountered some problems with my research. Interacting with them during personal meetings and departmental seminars made my research experience more meaningful. The department also supported me to attend important training workshops.