Hi! I am Lamont Bo Yu. My research interests pertain to environmental policy and its application in labour and law. My interests also extend to urban and military economics.
My previous email "lamontyu@cityu.mo" has disabled.
Education:
PhD in Economics, Deakin Uni. Feb 2018 - Oct 2021
Thesis: Essays on Urban and Environmental Economics
B.C., Economics, 1st Class Honours. Deakin Uni. Nov 2017
Thesis: Pricing Structure of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game: The Case of World of Warcraft in China
B.C., majored in Economics and Finance. Deakin Uni. Oct 2015
Recent Research:
1. “Green infrastructure and air pollution: Evidence from highways connecting two megacities in China.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 122, 102884. [Published Version][Online Appendix][Slides][IZA Version] (with Tran My Trang and Wang-Sheng Lee).
- Best Paper Award at the 2nd Economic Science Ph.D. Conference, Peking University. May 2021.
- Gregory Chow Best Paper Award Honourable Mention, The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Meeting. June 2021.
2. “Yu, L. B., Tran, T. M., & Lee, W. S. (2023). Bridging the gap: Assessing the effects of railway infrastructure investments in Northwest China. China Economic Review, 82, 102076.” (with Tran My Trang and Wang-Sheng Lee). [Published Version].
- Gregory Chow Best Paper Runner-up Award, The Chinese Economists Society (CES) Annual Meeting. June 2022
- Best Paper Runner-up Award, The Vietnam Economists Annual Meeting. Nov 2022
3. “Air Pollution Quotas and the Dynamics of Internal Skilled Migration in Chinese Cities” [Updated Version] (with Wang-Sheng Lee and Shuddha Rafiq).
- Best Paper Award at the 2nd National Quantitative Economics Ph.D. Conference, WISE, Xiamen University. Dec 2019