Faculty Profiles - HUA Xinyu | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Xinyu HUA
華新宇

PhD in Managerial Economics and Strategy
Northwestern University, 2005

Associate Professor
Department of Economics

Academic Director of Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program

(852) 2358 7609
xyhua@ust.hk
Room LSK6076
Personal Web

ORCID

0000-0002-3767-5701

Scopus ID

23993473500

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment Space used

Research Interest

Law and economics
Industrial organization / quantitative marketing
Contract theory

Publications

All Years 12 2026 0 2025 0 2024 1 2023 1 2022 1 2021 1 2020 8

2024 1

Multimarket firms and product liability: uniform versus variable rules

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, article number ewae022
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu
Article

2023 1

SETTLING LAWSUITS WITH PIRATES

International Economic Review, v. 64, (2), p. 543-575
Hua, Xinyu; Spier, Kathryn E.
Article

2022 1

Indemnification, Monitoring, and Competition: Evidence from R&D Contracts

American Law and Economics Review, v. 24, (1), p. 203-246
Guo, Di; Hua, Xinyu; Jiang, Kun
Article

2021 1

International protection of consumer data

Journal of International Economics, v. 132, article number 103517
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu; Maskus, Keith E.
Article

2020 1

Product safety, contracts, and liability

RAND Journal of Economics, v. 51, (1), p. 233-259
Hua, Xinyu; Spier, Kathryn E.
Article

2017 2

Agency and strategic contracts: Theory and evidence from R&D agreements in the pharmaceutical industry

International Journal of Industrial Organization, v. 54, p. 37-64
Guo, Di; Hua, Xinyu; Jiang, Kun
Article

Competition, Product Safety, and Product Liability

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, v. 33, (2), p. 237-267
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu
Article

2012 2

Ex ante investment, ex post remedies, and product liability

International Economic Review, v. 53, (3), p. 845-866
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu
Article

The right of first offer

International Journal of Industrial Organization, v. 30, (4), p. 389-397
Hua, Xinyu
Article

2011 1

Product recall and liability

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, v. 27, (1), p. 113-136
Hua, Xinyu
Article

2007 1

Strategic ex ante contracts: rent extraction and opportunity costs

RAND Journal of Economics, v. 38, (3), p. 786-803
Hua, Xinyu
Article

2005 1

Information and Externalities in Sequential Litigation

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, v. 161, (2), 2005, p. 215-232
Hua, Xinyu
Article

Article 1

Multimarket firms and product liability: uniform versus variable rules

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, article number ewae022
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu

Article 1

SETTLING LAWSUITS WITH PIRATES

International Economic Review, v. 64, (2), p. 543-575
Hua, Xinyu; Spier, Kathryn E.

Article 1

Indemnification, Monitoring, and Competition: Evidence from R&D Contracts

American Law and Economics Review, v. 24, (1), p. 203-246
Guo, Di; Hua, Xinyu; Jiang, Kun

Article 1

International protection of consumer data

Journal of International Economics, v. 132, article number 103517
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu; Maskus, Keith E.

Article 1

Product safety, contracts, and liability

RAND Journal of Economics, v. 51, (1), p. 233-259
Hua, Xinyu; Spier, Kathryn E.

Article 2

Agency and strategic contracts: Theory and evidence from R&D agreements in the pharmaceutical industry

International Journal of Industrial Organization, v. 54, p. 37-64
Guo, Di; Hua, Xinyu; Jiang, Kun

Competition, Product Safety, and Product Liability

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, v. 33, (2), p. 237-267
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu

Article 2

Ex ante investment, ex post remedies, and product liability

International Economic Review, v. 53, (3), p. 845-866
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu

The right of first offer

International Journal of Industrial Organization, v. 30, (4), p. 389-397
Hua, Xinyu

Article 1

Product recall and liability

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, v. 27, (1), p. 113-136
Hua, Xinyu

Article 1

Strategic ex ante contracts: rent extraction and opportunity costs

RAND Journal of Economics, v. 38, (3), p. 786-803
Hua, Xinyu

Article 1

Information and Externalities in Sequential Litigation

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, v. 161, (2), 2005, p. 215-232
Hua, Xinyu

2020 1

Product safety, contracts, and liability

RAND Journal of Economics, v. 51, (1), p. 233-259
Hua, Xinyu; Spier, Kathryn E.
Article

2017 2

Agency and strategic contracts: Theory and evidence from R&D agreements in the pharmaceutical industry

International Journal of Industrial Organization, v. 54, p. 37-64
Guo, Di; Hua, Xinyu; Jiang, Kun
Article

Competition, Product Safety, and Product Liability

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, v. 33, (2), p. 237-267
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu
Article

2012 2

Ex ante investment, ex post remedies, and product liability

International Economic Review, v. 53, (3), p. 845-866
Chen, Yongmin; Hua, Xinyu
Article

The right of first offer

International Journal of Industrial Organization, v. 30, (4), p. 389-397
Hua, Xinyu
Article

2011 1

Product recall and liability

Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, v. 27, (1), p. 113-136
Hua, Xinyu
Article

2007 1

Strategic ex ante contracts: rent extraction and opportunity costs

RAND Journal of Economics, v. 38, (3), p. 786-803
Hua, Xinyu
Article

2005 1

Information and Externalities in Sequential Litigation

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, v. 161, (2), 2005, p. 215-232
Hua, Xinyu
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Spring 1 2025-26 Winter 1 2025-26 Fall 2 2024-25 Summer 2 2024-25 Spring 3 2024-25 Winter 1

DBAP5120

Frontiers in Economics Research

IMBA5640

Strategy and Organization

ECON3800	ECON UG Honors Thesis I
ECON5110	Managerial Microeconomics

DBAP5120	Frontiers in Economics Research
UROP1000	Undergraduate Research Opportunities

ECON5110	Managerial Microeconomics
ECON5180	Strategy and Organization
EMBA5680	Microeconomics

IMBA5640

Strategy and Organization

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

All Projects 2

No Projects.
AI Safety, Liability, and Regulation

人工智能安全，法律責任和監管 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
HUA Xinyu (Lead)
2026 -
Platform Liability

平臺法律責任 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
HUA Xinyu (Lead)
2023 - 2025

Research Interest

Publications

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2022 1

2021 1

2020 1

2017 2

2012 2

2011 1

2007 1

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2020 1

2017 2

2012 2

2011 1

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Teaching Assignment

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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