Faculty Profiles - GONG Robin Kaiji | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Robin Kaiji GONG
龔開濟

PhD in Economics
Stanford University, 2019

Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

(852) 2358 7595
rkgong@ust.hk
Room LSK6058
Personal Web

ORCID

0000-0001-9295-9937

Scopus ID

57226069450

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision Space used

Research Interest

Innovation
International trade

Publications

All Years 12 2026 1 2025 2 2024 2 2023 2 2022 5 2021 0

2026 1

Industrial policy in a new era: Government venture capital in the US–China trade war

Journal of Development Economics, v. 178, article number 103599
Chen, Y. Joy; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Jinlin
Article

2025 2

Tickets to the global market: First US patent award and Chinese firm exports

Journal of International Economics, v. 157, article number 104124
Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber; Manova, Kalina; Sun, Stephen Teng
Article

Breaking Barriers or Deepening Divides? Trade Liberalization and the Gender Performance Gap in Vietnamese Enterprises

Paper presented at The 20th annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS)
ENTEZARI, Fatemeh; GONG, Kaiji; LIN, Yatang; WANG, Jin
Conference paper

2024 2

Board cultural diversity and firm performance under competitive pressures

Financial Review, v. 59, (1), p. 89-111
Dodd, Olga; Frijns, Bart; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Liao, Shushu
Article

Equity Financing and Trade: Evidence from IPO Approvals in China

Paper presented at Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) 11th Annual Conference (2024)
Sun, Stephen Teng; Wei, Shang-Jin; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber
Conference paper

2023 2

The local technology spillovers of multinational firms

Journal of International Economics, v. 144, article number 103790
Gong, Robin Kaiji
Article

Tickets to the Global Market: First US Patent Awards and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at NBER Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting Fall 2023
Sun, Stephen Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber
Conference paper

2022 5

Riding out the COVID-19 storm: How government policies affect SMEs in China

China Economic Review, v. 75, article number 101831
Chen, Joy; Cheng, Zijun; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Jinlin
Article

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at 29th Annual Empirical Investigations in International Trade conference
Sun, Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber
Conference paper

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at NBER Summer Institute 2022 Innovation
Sun, Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber
Conference paper

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at 2022 Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development
Sun, Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber
Conference paper

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Firm Export in China

Paper presented at The 15th Australasian Trade Workshop 2022
Sun, Stephen Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber
Conference paper

Article 1

Industrial policy in a new era: Government venture capital in the US–China trade war

Journal of Development Economics, v. 178, article number 103599
Chen, Y. Joy; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Jinlin

Article 1

Tickets to the global market: First US patent award and Chinese firm exports

Journal of International Economics, v. 157, article number 104124
Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber; Manova, Kalina; Sun, Stephen Teng

Conference paper 1

Breaking Barriers or Deepening Divides? Trade Liberalization and the Gender Performance Gap in Vietnamese Enterprises

Paper presented at The 20th annual meeting of the Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS)
ENTEZARI, Fatemeh; GONG, Kaiji; LIN, Yatang; WANG, Jin

Article 1

Board cultural diversity and firm performance under competitive pressures

Financial Review, v. 59, (1), p. 89-111
Dodd, Olga; Frijns, Bart; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Liao, Shushu

Conference paper 1

Equity Financing and Trade: Evidence from IPO Approvals in China

Paper presented at Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research (ABFER) 11th Annual Conference (2024)
Sun, Stephen Teng; Wei, Shang-Jin; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber

Article 1

The local technology spillovers of multinational firms

Journal of International Economics, v. 144, article number 103790
Gong, Robin Kaiji

Conference paper 1

Tickets to the Global Market: First US Patent Awards and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at NBER Chinese Economy Working Group Meeting Fall 2023
Sun, Stephen Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber

Article 1

Riding out the COVID-19 storm: How government policies affect SMEs in China

China Economic Review, v. 75, article number 101831
Chen, Joy; Cheng, Zijun; Gong, Robin Kaiji; Li, Jinlin

Conference paper 4

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at 29th Annual Empirical Investigations in International Trade conference
Sun, Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at NBER Summer Institute 2022 Innovation
Sun, Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Chinese Firm Exports

Paper presented at 2022 Conference on Firms, Trade, and Development
Sun, Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber

Tickets to the Global Market: First U.S. Patents and Firm Export in China

Paper presented at The 15th Australasian Trade Workshop 2022
Sun, Stephen Teng; Manova, Kalina; Gong, Kaiji; Li, Yao Amber

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Fall 0 2024-25 Summer 0 2024-25 Spring 2 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 1 2023-24 Summer 0

ECON4264	Economics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
ECON4670	Economics Research and Communication

ECON2113

Microeconomics

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 24 December 2025)

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

ENTEZARI, Fatemeh
Economics
XIE, Siqi (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship)

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

All Projects 1

No Projects.
Equity Financing and Firm Exports: Evidence from IPO Approvals in China

股權融資與企業出口：來自中國IPO審批的證據 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
GONG Robin Kaiji (Lead)

LI Yao Amber
2025 -

Research Interest

Publications

2026 1

2025 2

2024 2

2023 2

2022 5

Article 1

Article 1

Conference paper 1

Article 1

Conference paper 1

Article 1

Conference paper 1

Article 1

Conference paper 4

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 24 December 2025)

Current RPGs

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

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