Faculty Profiles - LEUNG Siu Fai | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Siu Fai LEUNG
梁兆輝

PhD in Economics
The University of Chicago, 1987

Professor
Department of Economics

Associate Director of Center for Economic Policy

(852) 2358 7618
sfleung@ust.hk
Room LSK6029
Personal Web

ORCID

0000-0003-2072-3153

Scopus ID

7202044817

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment Space used

Research Interest

Applied econometrics
Applied microeconomics

Publications

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2009 1

Cake eating, exhaustible resource extraction, life-cycle saving, and non-atomic games: Existence theorems for a class of optimal allocation problems

Journal of economic dynamics & control, v. 33, (6), 2009, JUN, p. 1345-1360
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

2007 2

An economic application of the Dubovitskii-Milyutin version of the Maximum Principle

Optimal control applications & methods, v. 28, (6), 2007, NOV-DEC, p. 435-449
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

The existence, uniqueness, and optimality of the terminal wealth depletion time in life-cycle models of saving under uncertain lifetime and borrowing constraint

Journal of economic theory, v. 134, (1), 2007, MAY, p. 470-493
Leung, Sin Fai
Article

2005 1

Revealed Comparative Advantages and Intra-regional Trade of the World's Three Major Regions: 1980-1995

Critical Issues in China's Growth and Development / Yum K. Kwan, Eden S.H. Yu, editors. Ashgate Publishing, 2005, p. 108-130, Book series: The Chinese Economy
Cheng, Leonard; Leung, Siu Fai; Ma, Zihui
Book chapter

2003 1

Migration, family, and risk diversification

Journal of labor economics, v. 21, (2), 2003, APR, p. 353-380
Chen, KP; Chiang, SH; Leung, SF
Article

2002 1

The Dynamic Effects of Social Security on Individual Consumption, Wealth, and Welfare

Journal of Public Economic Theory, v. 4, (4), October 2002, p. 581-612
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

2001 3

The life-cycle model of saving with uncertain lifetime and borrowing constraint; characterization and sensitivity analysis

Mathematical social sciences, v. 42, (2), 2001, SEP, p. 179-201
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

The sensitivity of the RESET tests to disturbance autocorrelation in regression analysis

Empirical Economics, v. 26, (4), 2001, p. 721-726
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, S.
Article

Revealed comparative advantages and intra-regional trade of the world's three major regions: 1980-1995

International conference in honor of Professor Gregory C. Chow, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Cheng, Leonard; Leung, Siu Fai; Ma, Zihui
Conference paper

2000 3

Collinearity and two-step estimation of sample selection models: Problems, origins, and remedies

Computational Economics, v. 15, (3), 2000, p. 173-199
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, S.
Article

How effective are the reset tests for omitted variables?

COMMUNICATIONS in statistics-theory and METHODS, v. 29, (4), 2000, p. 879-902
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, ST
Article

Why Do Some Households Save So Little? A Rational Explanation

Review of Economic Dynamics, v. 3, (4), 2000, p. 771-800
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1996 1

On the choice between sample selection and two-part models

Journal of econometrics, v. 72, (1-2), 1996, MAY-JUN, p. 197-229
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, ST
Article

1995 2

A Distinction between Continuous-time and Discrete-time Models of Uncertain Lifetime

Economics Letters, v. 47, 1995, p. 291-296
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Dynamic Deterrence Theory

Economica, v. 62, 1995, p. 65-87
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1994 3

An Economic Analysis of the Age-Crime Profile

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, v. 18, 1994, p. 481-497
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Uncertain Lifetime, the Theory of the Consumer, and the Life Cycle Hypothesis

Econometrica, v. 62, 1994, p. 1233-1239
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Will Sex Selection Reduce Fertility?

Journal of Population Economics, v. 7, 1994, p. 379-392
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1993 1

Optimality for Controlled Jump Processes: A Simple Approach

Economic Theory, v. 3, 1993, p. 765-774
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1991 3

A Stochastic Dynamic Analysis of Parental Sex Preferences and Fertility

Quarterly Journal of Economics, v. 106, 1991, p. 1063-1088
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

How to Make the Fine Fit the Corporate Crime? An Analysis of Static and Dynamic Optimal Punishment Theories

Journal of Public Economics, v. 45, 1991, p. 243-256
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Transversality Condition and Optimality in a Class of Infinite Horizon Continuous Time Economic Models

Journal of Economic Theory, v. 54, p. 224-233
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1990 1

Nonparametric Hazard Estimation with Time-Varying Discrete Covariates

Journal of Econometrics, v. 45, 1990, p. 309-330
Leung, Siu Fai; Wong, Wing Hung
Article

1988 1

On Tests for Sex Preferences

Journal of Population Economics, v. 1, 1988, p. 95-114
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Article 1

Cake eating, exhaustible resource extraction, life-cycle saving, and non-atomic games: Existence theorems for a class of optimal allocation problems

Journal of economic dynamics & control, v. 33, (6), 2009, JUN, p. 1345-1360
Leung, Siu Fai

Article 2

An economic application of the Dubovitskii-Milyutin version of the Maximum Principle

Optimal control applications & methods, v. 28, (6), 2007, NOV-DEC, p. 435-449
Leung, Siu Fai

The existence, uniqueness, and optimality of the terminal wealth depletion time in life-cycle models of saving under uncertain lifetime and borrowing constraint

Journal of economic theory, v. 134, (1), 2007, MAY, p. 470-493
Leung, Sin Fai

Book chapter 1

Revealed Comparative Advantages and Intra-regional Trade of the World's Three Major Regions: 1980-1995

Critical Issues in China's Growth and Development / Yum K. Kwan, Eden S.H. Yu, editors. Ashgate Publishing, 2005, p. 108-130, Book series: The Chinese Economy
Cheng, Leonard; Leung, Siu Fai; Ma, Zihui

Article 1

Migration, family, and risk diversification

Journal of labor economics, v. 21, (2), 2003, APR, p. 353-380
Chen, KP; Chiang, SH; Leung, SF

Article 1

The Dynamic Effects of Social Security on Individual Consumption, Wealth, and Welfare

Journal of Public Economic Theory, v. 4, (4), October 2002, p. 581-612
Leung, Siu Fai

Article 2

The life-cycle model of saving with uncertain lifetime and borrowing constraint; characterization and sensitivity analysis

Mathematical social sciences, v. 42, (2), 2001, SEP, p. 179-201
Leung, Siu Fai

The sensitivity of the RESET tests to disturbance autocorrelation in regression analysis

Empirical Economics, v. 26, (4), 2001, p. 721-726
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, S.

Conference paper 1

Revealed comparative advantages and intra-regional trade of the world's three major regions: 1980-1995

International conference in honor of Professor Gregory C. Chow, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Cheng, Leonard; Leung, Siu Fai; Ma, Zihui

Article 3

Collinearity and two-step estimation of sample selection models: Problems, origins, and remedies

Computational Economics, v. 15, (3), 2000, p. 173-199
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, S.

How effective are the reset tests for omitted variables?

COMMUNICATIONS in statistics-theory and METHODS, v. 29, (4), 2000, p. 879-902
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, ST

Why Do Some Households Save So Little? A Rational Explanation

Review of Economic Dynamics, v. 3, (4), 2000, p. 771-800
Leung, Siu Fai

Article 1

On the choice between sample selection and two-part models

Journal of econometrics, v. 72, (1-2), 1996, MAY-JUN, p. 197-229
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, ST

Article 2

A Distinction between Continuous-time and Discrete-time Models of Uncertain Lifetime

Economics Letters, v. 47, 1995, p. 291-296
Leung, Siu Fai

Dynamic Deterrence Theory

Economica, v. 62, 1995, p. 65-87
Leung, Siu Fai

Article 3

An Economic Analysis of the Age-Crime Profile

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, v. 18, 1994, p. 481-497
Leung, Siu Fai

Uncertain Lifetime, the Theory of the Consumer, and the Life Cycle Hypothesis

Econometrica, v. 62, 1994, p. 1233-1239
Leung, Siu Fai

Will Sex Selection Reduce Fertility?

Journal of Population Economics, v. 7, 1994, p. 379-392
Leung, Siu Fai

Article 1

Optimality for Controlled Jump Processes: A Simple Approach

Economic Theory, v. 3, 1993, p. 765-774
Leung, Siu Fai

Article 3

A Stochastic Dynamic Analysis of Parental Sex Preferences and Fertility

Quarterly Journal of Economics, v. 106, 1991, p. 1063-1088
Leung, Siu Fai

How to Make the Fine Fit the Corporate Crime? An Analysis of Static and Dynamic Optimal Punishment Theories

Journal of Public Economics, v. 45, 1991, p. 243-256
Leung, Siu Fai

Transversality Condition and Optimality in a Class of Infinite Horizon Continuous Time Economic Models

Journal of Economic Theory, v. 54, p. 224-233
Leung, Siu Fai

Article 1

Nonparametric Hazard Estimation with Time-Varying Discrete Covariates

Journal of Econometrics, v. 45, 1990, p. 309-330
Leung, Siu Fai; Wong, Wing Hung

Article 1

On Tests for Sex Preferences

Journal of Population Economics, v. 1, 1988, p. 95-114
Leung, Siu Fai

2009 1

Cake eating, exhaustible resource extraction, life-cycle saving, and non-atomic games: Existence theorems for a class of optimal allocation problems

Journal of economic dynamics & control, v. 33, (6), 2009, JUN, p. 1345-1360
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

2007 2

An economic application of the Dubovitskii-Milyutin version of the Maximum Principle

Optimal control applications & methods, v. 28, (6), 2007, NOV-DEC, p. 435-449
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

The existence, uniqueness, and optimality of the terminal wealth depletion time in life-cycle models of saving under uncertain lifetime and borrowing constraint

Journal of economic theory, v. 134, (1), 2007, MAY, p. 470-493
Leung, Sin Fai
Article

2005 1

Revealed Comparative Advantages and Intra-regional Trade of the World's Three Major Regions: 1980-1995

Critical Issues in China's Growth and Development / Yum K. Kwan, Eden S.H. Yu, editors. Ashgate Publishing, 2005, p. 108-130, Book series: The Chinese Economy
Cheng, Leonard; Leung, Siu Fai; Ma, Zihui
Book chapter

2003 1

Migration, family, and risk diversification

Journal of labor economics, v. 21, (2), 2003, APR, p. 353-380
Chen, KP; Chiang, SH; Leung, SF
Article

2002 1

The Dynamic Effects of Social Security on Individual Consumption, Wealth, and Welfare

Journal of Public Economic Theory, v. 4, (4), October 2002, p. 581-612
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

2001 3

The life-cycle model of saving with uncertain lifetime and borrowing constraint; characterization and sensitivity analysis

Mathematical social sciences, v. 42, (2), 2001, SEP, p. 179-201
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

The sensitivity of the RESET tests to disturbance autocorrelation in regression analysis

Empirical Economics, v. 26, (4), 2001, p. 721-726
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, S.
Article

Revealed comparative advantages and intra-regional trade of the world's three major regions: 1980-1995

International conference in honor of Professor Gregory C. Chow, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Cheng, Leonard; Leung, Siu Fai; Ma, Zihui
Conference paper

2000 3

Collinearity and two-step estimation of sample selection models: Problems, origins, and remedies

Computational Economics, v. 15, (3), 2000, p. 173-199
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, S.
Article

How effective are the reset tests for omitted variables?

COMMUNICATIONS in statistics-theory and METHODS, v. 29, (4), 2000, p. 879-902
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, ST
Article

Why Do Some Households Save So Little? A Rational Explanation

Review of Economic Dynamics, v. 3, (4), 2000, p. 771-800
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1996 1

On the choice between sample selection and two-part models

Journal of econometrics, v. 72, (1-2), 1996, MAY-JUN, p. 197-229
Leung, Siu Fai; Yu, ST
Article

1995 2

A Distinction between Continuous-time and Discrete-time Models of Uncertain Lifetime

Economics Letters, v. 47, 1995, p. 291-296
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Dynamic Deterrence Theory

Economica, v. 62, 1995, p. 65-87
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1994 3

An Economic Analysis of the Age-Crime Profile

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, v. 18, 1994, p. 481-497
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Uncertain Lifetime, the Theory of the Consumer, and the Life Cycle Hypothesis

Econometrica, v. 62, 1994, p. 1233-1239
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Will Sex Selection Reduce Fertility?

Journal of Population Economics, v. 7, 1994, p. 379-392
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1993 1

Optimality for Controlled Jump Processes: A Simple Approach

Economic Theory, v. 3, 1993, p. 765-774
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1991 3

A Stochastic Dynamic Analysis of Parental Sex Preferences and Fertility

Quarterly Journal of Economics, v. 106, 1991, p. 1063-1088
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

How to Make the Fine Fit the Corporate Crime? An Analysis of Static and Dynamic Optimal Punishment Theories

Journal of Public Economics, v. 45, 1991, p. 243-256
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

Transversality Condition and Optimality in a Class of Infinite Horizon Continuous Time Economic Models

Journal of Economic Theory, v. 54, p. 224-233
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

1990 1

Nonparametric Hazard Estimation with Time-Varying Discrete Covariates

Journal of Econometrics, v. 45, 1990, p. 309-330
Leung, Siu Fai; Wong, Wing Hung
Article

1988 1

On Tests for Sex Preferences

Journal of Population Economics, v. 1, 1988, p. 95-114
Leung, Siu Fai
Article

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Frontiers in Economics Research

ECON3113	Microeconomic Theory I
ECON4244	Economics of Human Behavior
ECON5390	Labor Economics

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