Urban and Real Estate Economics
Urban and Real Estate Economics
Working Papers
“How Real Estate Responds to Regulatory Changes over the Long Run: Evidence from the Closure of Hong Kong’s Downtown Airport” (Job Market Paper) [1st Version: Dec. 2024 | Update Coming Soon]
Conferences/seminars: AsLEA (Hong Kong, 2025), AREUEA (Barcelona & Washington, D.C., 2025), UEA European Meeting (Berlin, 2025), DC Urban Economics Day (2025), ICUA (Vancouver, 2025), APPAM (Washington, D.C., 2024), NARSC (New Orleans, 2024), SMU-Jinan Conference on Urban and Regional Economics (Singapore, 2024)
Funding support: Cosmos Club, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Humane Studies (IHS018904)
Recognition: AREUEA Junior Scholar, NASPAA Staats Emerging Scholar, APPAM 2nd-Place Poster Presentation
“The Effects of Public Rental Housing Development on Property Values in Nearby Neighborhoods: The Case of Hong Kong” [Available on Request]
Funding support: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Institute for Humane Studies (IHS017060), American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
“Slum Eradication and Long-Run Economic Development: Evidence from the City of Darkness in Hong Kong”, with Remi Jedwab [Available on Request]
Conferences/seminars: UEA North American Meeting (Toronto, 2023), DC Urban Economics Day (2023), World Bank-GWU Sustainable Cities Workshop (2023), Washington Area Development Economics Symposium (2023)
Funding support: Sigur Center for Asian Studies, Institute for Humane Studies (IHS017064), Institute for International Economic Policy
Selected Ongoing Projects
"The Long-Term Socioeconomic Impacts of Building Height Restrictions"
"The Tragedy of the Anticommons: Evidence from Urban Redevelopment"
Publications and Working Papers
“How consistently do 13 Clearinghouses identify Social and Behavioral Development Programs as ‘Evidence-Based’?”, with Thomas D. Cook & Mansi Wadhwa, 2022. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-022-01407-y
“How Consistent are Meanings of ‘Evidence-Based’? A Comparative Review of 12 Clearinghouses that Rate the Effectiveness of Educational Programs”, with Thomas D. Cook & Mansi Wadhwa, 2023. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543231152262
Conferences/seminars: APPAM (Canceled, 2020)
Media coverage: EducationWeek, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
“Don’t Be Afraid of All Quasi-Experiments as Some Are Functionally Unbiased: A Meta-analysis of 46 Within-Study Comparisons in Education”, with Thomas D. Cook & Mansi Wadhwa [Available on Request]
Conferences/seminars: Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Conference (Washington, D.C., 2023), What Works Global Summit (Ottawa, 2023)
Funding support: National Science Foundation
“Approximate Experimental Estimates within Narrow Bounds?: A Meta-Analysis of 84 Design Experiments”, with Thomas D. Cook and Mansi Wadhwa [Available on Request]
Conferences/seminars: APPAM (Washington, D.C., 2024)
Funding support: National Science Foundation
Selected Ongoing Projects
“What Does “Evidence-Based” Mean in Research Practice?”, with Thomas D. Cook & Mansi Wadhwa
Conferences/seminars: Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness Conference (Washington, D.C., 2023), What Works Global Summit (Ottawa, 2023)