Events

This mini-workshop aims to showcase the diverse portfolio of the research interests and expertise of the recently transformed Economics area at HKU business school. Each participating faculty will first discuss either their research area or a recent research project, followed by a personal sharing about the origin of the idea and the challenges encountered during the project.

Date:	July 28-29, 2021 (Wednesday & Thursday)
Time:	2:00pm – 5:20pm (July 28) (HKT/GMT+8) 9:30am – 11:30am (July 29) (HKT/GMT+8)
Language:	English
Moderator:	Prof. Heiwai Tang

Schedule:

July 28, 2021

Time	Presenter	Research Field/Area	Title of Presentation
14:00 – 14:40	Dr. Yanhui Wu	Organisational Economics and Media	Organizational and Media Economics in the Digital Era
14:40 – 15:20	Dr. Heng Chen	Political Economy	Do the Media Bow to Foreign Economic Powers? Evidence from a News Website Crackdown
15:20 – 16:00	Dr. Guojun He	Environmental Economics	Citizen Participation and Government Accountability: National-Scale Experimental Evidence from Pollution Appeals in China
16:00 – 16:40	Dr. Bingjing Li	Trade	Illuminating the Effects of the US-China Tariff War on China’s Economy
16:40 – 17:20	Prof. James Kung	Economic History	Commercial Revolution in Medieval China: Origin and Consequences

July 29, 2021

Time	Presenter	Research Field/Area	Title of Presentation
09:30 – 10:10	Prof. Xiaodong Zhu	Macroeconomics	Macroeconomic research of the Chinese Economy
10:10 – 10:50	Dr. Leyla Han	Macroeconomics	Announcements, Expectations, and Stock Returns with Asymmetric Information
10:50 – 11:30	Prof. Wing Suen	Microeconomic Theory	Gaming a Selective Admissions System

Enquiries: fbephd@hku.hk