研究焦點 | 思維領導 | 研究 | HKU Business School

Jian Zhang from the HKU Business School along with authors from the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, INSEAD in Singapore and the PBC School of Finance at Tsinghua University, helped to advance understanding of this phenomenon in their recent paper, called Air Pollution, Behavioral Bias, and the Disposition Effect in China. The team studied how air pollution can affect mental health by intensifying a certain type of cognitive bias observed in financial markets.

19 May 2022

金融學

Future Anxiety – How COVID-19 Led People to Save More Money

Prof. Chen LIN Dr. Mingzhu TAI

Take the recent study by Chen Lin and Mingzhu Tai from the HKU Business School, conducted with collaborators from the University of California, Berkeley and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Their paper addressed a fundamental worry for almost everyone during the pandemic: Money. Specifically, they examined how people in the U.S. saved money in response to COVID-19.

14 April 2022

金融學

Copying gender practices from MNCs is good for business

Prof. Heiwai TANG

In their study “Do multinationals transfer culture? Evidence on female employment in China”, published in the Journal of International Economics in July 2021, authors Heiwai TANG and Yifan ZHANG show that MNC practices do impact the behaviour of local companies, and the outcome is a positive impact on the productivity of local companies.

14 April 2022

經濟學

內地虎年春節：「就地過年」與「返鄉過年」一樣幸福

Dr. Jayson Shi JIA

虎年春節前後，新冠疫情在内地多個城市再度爆發，「就地過年」也再次成為人們春節的選項。香港大學副教授賈軾、香港中文大學（深圳）教授賈建民、清華大學教授薛瀾和博士生袁韻等組成的研究團隊再次開展《春節幸福感與疫情應對行為》的全國性問卷調查。研究團隊於春節前、後通過內地的調研平臺Credamo對同一群體開展兩次調查，分別收集問卷3500份和3016份，樣本來自全國256個城市，年齡段以20-50歲有春節探親需要的群體為主，覆蓋各類社會群體與收入階層。

16 Feb 2022

市場學