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Research Output Prize 2017-18

21 Dec 2018

The Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) of HKU announced on December 21, 2018 the award recipients of the 2017-18 Outstanding Researcher Awards scheme. The following paper of Dr Heng Chen, Associate Professor in Economics and Professor Wing Suen, Chair of Economics and Henry G. Leong Professor in Economics has been awarded the Research Output Prize (ROP): 

Chen, Heng and Suen, Wing. “Aspiring for Change: A Theory of Middle Class Activism.” The Economic Journal  127.603 (2017): 1318-1347.

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Dr Heng Chen

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Professor Wing Suen 

 

The ROP is a Faculty-based award to honour the best research output from each Faculty.  This year, ten Research Output Prizes are conferred on the authors by the Faculties. 

Reference: Research Output Prize Winners 2017-18

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