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UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
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SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Profiles
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Yuk Fai FONG, 房育輝
- Office of the Dean of Business and Management - Associate Dean of Business and Management
- Department of Economics - Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Sirui HAN, 韓斯睿
- Division of Arts and Machine Creativity - Assistant Professor
- Division of Emerging Interdisciplinary Areas - Assistant Professor
- Department of Economics - Assistant Professor
Person: HKUST Staff
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Dean HE, 賀海琨
- Department of Economics - Adjunct Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer
Person: HKUST Staff
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Riding the Fast Track to Debt Risk? Infrastructure Development and Municipal Finance in China's Subway Approvals
LIU, Z. (CoI), LIN, Y. (CoI) & WANG, J. (PI)
1/08/26 → 31/07/29
Project: Research
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Too Much Unsold Stock?: Environmental Consequences of Price Commitment
KAWAI, K. (CoI) & SUNADA, K. (PI)
1/10/25 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
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(Un-)Informed Communication Design
BLUME, A. (CoI), KIM, J. Y. (CoI) & LIM, W. Y. (PI)
1/10/25 → 30/09/27
Project: Research
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Monetary Policy in an Open Economy with Global Currency Pricing
XU, J. (PI)
1/09/25 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
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Bridging Divides: The Influence of Urban Transportation on Economic Equity
RAO, D. (PI) & ZHOU, Z. Y. (CoI)
1/07/25 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Equity Financing and Firm Exports: Evidence from IPO Approvals in China
GONG, R. K. (PI), SUN, S. T. (CoI) & LI, Y. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Market Segmentation under Adverse Selection
AU, P. H. (PI) & CHEN, B. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Artificial intelligence and behavioral economics Analysis
ZHONG, S. (PI)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
1/01/25 → 31/12/29
Project: Research
Research output
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CareerCraft: Supporting New Graduates on Job Hunting with LLM-Assisted Self-Construction of Career Profile
QI, X., LIU, C., LONG, X., KOU, Z., HAN, S. & GUO, Y., Apr 2026.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Catastrophe’s long reach: How historical natural disasters shape modern entrepreneurship?
Yu, W., Niu, J., Yao, X. & DENG, C., Apr 2026, In: World Development. 200, 17 p., 107277.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Coarse revealed preference
Hu, G., Li, J., Quah, J. K. H. & Tang, R., May 2026, In: Theoretical Economics. 21, 2, p. 351-372 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Consumer Perceptions and Willingness to Adopt rCBDCs before and after the e-HKD Pilot
Carreras, M. D. I., Kawaguchi, K., Jin, S. & Guo, H., 27 Jan 2026, In: Distributed Ledger Technologies. 5, 2, 44 p., 16.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Culture matters? Family norms, living arrangements, and loneliness in China
Cai, S., Li, W. & Wang, J., Mar 2026, In: SSM - Population Health. 33, 13 p., 101906.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Data-Driven Monitoring and Deterrence in Changing Environment
Che, Y. K., KIM, J. W. & Mierendorff, K., 14 May 2026, 64 p.Research output: Working paper › Preprint
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Deepfakes as Systemic Risk at the Media–Law Boundary: A Technology Neutral Assessment — A Google News Based Comparative Analysis (2017–2025)
HUANG, Y., HAN, S. & GUO, Y., 2026, (Accepted/In press) The Annual International Communication Association (ICA) Conference 2026.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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Equity financing and exports: Evidence from IPO approvals in China
Gong, R. K., Li, Y. A., Sun, S. T. & Wei, S. J., Aug 2026, In: Journal of International Economics. 162, 18 p., 104292.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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From trade reform to trade war: a quantitative analysis of China's current account
Tang, J., Liu, Q., Shi, K. & Xu, J., May 2026, In: Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control. 186, 24 p., 105299.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Monotone Comparative Statics without Lattices
KIM, J. W. (Invited speaker)
21 Aug 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Implementing the Optimal Staked Share in Proof-of-Stake Ethereum
ZHOU, H. (Invited speaker)
27 Jun 2026 → 28 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Data-Driven Monitoring and Deterrence in Changing Environment
KIM, J. W. (Invited speaker)
19 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Implementing the Optimal Staked Share in Proof-of-Stake Ethereum
ZHOU, H. (Invited speaker)
19 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Monotone Comparative Statics without Lattices
KIM, J. W. (Invited speaker)
18 May 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Role uncertainty and punishment severity in repeated cheap talk: theory and experiment
HUANG, J. (Invited speaker)
18 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Contributed
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Beyond Validity: SVAR Identification Through The Proxy Zoo
HUANG, J. (Invited speaker)
17 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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Role uncertainty and punishment severity in repeated cheap talk: theory and experiment
HUANG, J. (Invited speaker)
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
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An empirical investigation of redistribution effects of monetary policies
LEE, B. (Invited speaker)
17 Mar 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited
Awards
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Finalist, The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence 2025
RAO, D. (Recipient), May 2026
Prize: Honorary Award
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HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for Continuing PhD Students
LU, L. (Recipient), 12 May 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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HKUST RedBird Academic Excellence Award for Continuing PhD Students in 2025-26
HUANG, J. (Recipient), 12 May 2026
Prize: Other Research Award and Prize
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Strategy-proof information aggregation in voting
WU, Q. (Recipient) & Feng, T. (Recipient), 2026
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
Courses
Student theses
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A cross-country empirical study on electricity demand
Chiu, Y. H. (Author), 2004Student thesis: Master's thesis
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A decomposition of marriage premium : evidence from Hong Kong
CHENG, W. F. (Author), 2015Student thesis: Master's thesis
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Adverse selection, endogenous leverage and capital reallocation over the business cycles
DONG, D. (Author), 2019Student thesis: Master's thesis
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A general framework for deliberate randomization
LI, Z. (Author), ZHONG, S. (Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: Master's thesis
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All that glitters is not gold, the corporate debt maturity structure of Asia Pacific
WAN, T. S. (Author), HUANG, Y. (Supervisor), 2021Student thesis: Master's thesis
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A macro-finance model with endogenous disagreement
LENG, K. (Author), DORDAL CARRERAS, M. (Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: Master's thesis
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An analysis of health status and labor supply in Hong Kong
Wong, C. T. (Author), 2001Student thesis: Master's thesis
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An empirical investigation of the correlation between foreign exchange intervention and stock price in Japan
Jin, L. (Author), 2008Student thesis: Master's thesis