Lin Yang (杨琳)
Hello! I am an Assistant Professor of Urban Governance and Design at the Society Hub of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). I received my Ph.D. in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University.
My research focuses on environmental and urban challenges in China using high-resolution and high-frequency data.
I am in the Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER) group.
I can be contacted at yangl@ust.hk .
Please download my CV here.
Research
Publications
- Achieving Air Pollution Control Targets with Technology-aided Monitoring: Better Enforcement or Localized Efforts?
(With Yatang Lin, Jin Wang, and Fangyuan Peng) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16 (4): 280–315.
Media Coverage: VoxDev
- Does Subway Expansion Improve Air Quality?
(With Shanjun Li, Yanyan Liu, and Avralt-Od Purevjav) Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019, 96: 213-235
- Transportation and the Environment in Developing Countries.
(With Shanjun Li, Jianwei Xing, and Fan Zhang) Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2020, 12: 389-409
- The Impact of Air Pollution on Outpatient Medical Service Utilization and Medical Expenditure in a Clean City.
(With Xiaoting Zheng and Yumeng Liu) Social Science and Medicine, 2023, 338, 116301
Work in Progress
- Can Command-and-Control Policy Be Efficient through Accurate Targeting? Evidence from an Energy-saving Program in China.
(with Wenjie Luo and Binglin Wang)
- Distributional Environmental Justice of Air Pollution Monitoring Network in Beijing, China.
(with Ye Lyu)
- Climate-induced Citizen Noncompliance Undermines State Capacity in Africa.
(with Ye Lyu)
- Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Shocks on Power Outages Through Energy Transition.
(with Yatang Lin and Xuan Zhu)
- Environmental Regulation, Firm Location and Pollution Emissions.
- Transportation Infrastructure and Urbanization.
Teaching
Economics Analysis of Cities and the Environment (Graduate, Fall 2021 - 2024)
Empirical Strategy for Urban Research (Graduate,Spring 2023)
Principles of Microeconomics (Undergraduate,Spring 2022)
Post-Doc/PhD/RA Recruitment
Ideal candidates should be trained in economics or related fields with strong analytical skills.
Students proficient in R, Stata, ArcGIS, Python, machine learning, and experience with spatial remote sensing data will be given priorities.
Please email me your CV and a two-page research proposal if you are interested: yangl@ust.hk.
Proposal requirements:
For Post-Doc applications, please also send me your Job Market Paper.