Primary fields
Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
Research interests
Digital Economy; Innovation; Industrial Policy in Emerging Economies
Media and Advertising; Pharmaceutical Markets
Research grants (selected)
P.I., Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund #14506021, 2021-2023
P.I., Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund #14503219, 2019-2021
P.I., Hong Kong RGC Early Career Scheme #24502017, 2017-2019
Research papers (#: graduate students)
"Health Policy, Price Regulation, and Innovation: Evidence from China's Vaccine Industry. " (with #Hao Geng), Journal of Development Economics.
"Differential Pricing of Internet Traffic: Theory and Evidence from a Chinese ISP." (with #D. Li), 2023.
"Air Pollution and Advertising Spending." (with P. Zhang), 2022.
"Evaluating Hong Kong Consumption Voucher Scheme." (with #H. Geng and Z. Song), 2022. Preliminary.
(see 信報 HKEJ. Cited by the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong.)
"The Interplay Between Innovation and Marketing. " (with Y. Zhao), 2023. Under Revision.
"Research Exemption and Pharmaceutical Innovation." (with Y. Zhao), 2021. Under Revision.
"The impact of broadband Internet on public media: Evidence from China," (with #Danhou Li). Information Economics and Policy, 65, 2023.
"(Un)common Properties of Discrete Choice Models with Multi-purchasing." (with X. Xu), 2019.
"The Impact of Media on Trade: Evidence from the 2008 China Milk Contamination Scandal." (with T. Luong and Z. Wang), 2019. Under Revision.
"Effects of Taxation of Advertising in Platform Markets." 2018. Under Review.
"Catching (Exclusive) Eyeballs: Multi-Homing and Platform Competition in the Magazine industry." 2017.
Selected work in progress
"Price Discrimination in Two-sided Markets."
"Quality Regulation and Innovation."
"Imitation or Innovation? Effects of Public Health Insurance on Pharmaceutical Development in China. " (with S. Wang)
"Economic Pass-through in Two-sided Markets." (with S. Anderson)
Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
Research interests
Digital Economy; Innovation; Industrial Policy in Emerging Economies
Media and Advertising; Pharmaceutical Markets
Research grants (selected)
P.I., Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund #14506021, 2021-2023
P.I., Hong Kong RGC General Research Fund #14503219, 2019-2021
P.I., Hong Kong RGC Early Career Scheme #24502017, 2017-2019
Research papers (#: graduate students)
"Health Policy, Price Regulation, and Innovation: Evidence from China's Vaccine Industry. " (with #Hao Geng), Journal of Development Economics.
- 2023 CEPR Conference in Health Economics, 2022 ZEW/MaCCI Conference on the Economics of Innovation & Patenting, Tsinghua U, Lingnan U
- 2023 China Health Economics Development Forum Outstanding Paper Award
"Differential Pricing of Internet Traffic: Theory and Evidence from a Chinese ISP." (with #D. Li), 2023.
"Air Pollution and Advertising Spending." (with P. Zhang), 2022.
- funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council GRF (14503219)
"Evaluating Hong Kong Consumption Voucher Scheme." (with #H. Geng and Z. Song), 2022. Preliminary.
(see 信報 HKEJ. Cited by the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong.)
"The Interplay Between Innovation and Marketing. " (with Y. Zhao), 2023. Under Revision.
- 2019 Yale SOM China India Insights Conference, Cambridge Judge Business School
- 2019 China Law & Economics Forum Best Paper Award
"Research Exemption and Pharmaceutical Innovation." (with Y. Zhao), 2021. Under Revision.
"The impact of broadband Internet on public media: Evidence from China," (with #Danhou Li). Information Economics and Policy, 65, 2023.
- funded by Hong Kong Research Grants Council ECS (No. 24502017)
"(Un)common Properties of Discrete Choice Models with Multi-purchasing." (with X. Xu), 2019.
"The Impact of Media on Trade: Evidence from the 2008 China Milk Contamination Scandal." (with T. Luong and Z. Wang), 2019. Under Revision.
"Effects of Taxation of Advertising in Platform Markets." 2018. Under Review.
"Catching (Exclusive) Eyeballs: Multi-Homing and Platform Competition in the Magazine industry." 2017.
Selected work in progress
"Price Discrimination in Two-sided Markets."
"Quality Regulation and Innovation."
"Imitation or Innovation? Effects of Public Health Insurance on Pharmaceutical Development in China. " (with S. Wang)
"Economic Pass-through in Two-sided Markets." (with S. Anderson)