Faculty Profiles - LIN Yatang | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yatang LIN
林婭棠

PhD in Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2017

Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Division of Public Policy

(852) 2358 7625
linyt@ust.hk
Room LSK6052
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ORCID

0000-0001-8818-1018

ResearcherID

LEL-8300-2024

Scopus ID

57193131939

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision Space used

Research Interest

Environmental economics
Urban and regional economics
International trade
Economic growth and development

Publications

All Years 18 2025 4 2024 4 2023 1 2022 1 2021 6 2020 1 2019 1

2025 4

Building tall, falling short: An empirical assessment of Chinese skyscrapers

Journal of Urban Economics, v. 145, January 2025, article number 103731
Chen, Ziyang; Chen, Ting; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin
Article

The impact of rainfall on productivity: Implications for Chinese manufacturing

Journal of Comparative Economics, April 2025
Chen, Xiaodong; Lin, Yatang; Zhu, Pengyu
Article

Unravelling regional inequality: the heterogeneous impact of China's Great Western Development Program

Regional Studies, v. 59, (1), March 2025, article number 2438319
Zhu, Pengyu; Wang, Yulin; Lin, Yatang
Article

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

Entezari, Fatemeh; Gong, Kaiji; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin
Conference paper

2024 4

Achieving Air Pollution Control Targets with Technology-Aided Monitoring: Better Enforcement or Localized Efforts?

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, v. 16, (4), November 2024, p. 280-315
Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin; Peng, Fangyuan
Article

Cities and the sea level

Journal of Urban Economics, v. 143, September 2024, article number 103685
Lin, Yatang; McDermott, Thomas K.J.; Michaels, Guy
Article

Exclusion for Public Safety or Inclusion for Gig Employment: Managing the Tension with a Trilogy of Guardians

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, v. 48, (4), December 2024, p. 1691-1720
Rai, Arun; Chen, Yanzhen; Lin, Yatang
Article

Tapping into Excess Capacity: Chinese Machinery Export and African Industrialization

Lam, Pak Hung; Lin, Yatang; Peng, Fangyuan; Wang, Jin
Conference paper

2023 1

Expanding Footprints: The Impact of Passenger Transportation on Corporate Locations

Review of Finance, v. 27, (3), May 2023, p. 1119-1154
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Sulaeman, Johan; Yan, Jubo; Zhang, Jialiang
Article

2022 1

On the causality and plausibility of treatment effects in operations management research

Production and Operations Management, v. 31, (12), December 2022, p. 4558-4571
Mithas, Sunil; Chen, Yanzhen; Lin, Yatang; De Oliveira Silveira, Alysson
Article

2021 6

Control strategies against COVID-19 in China: Significance of effective testing in the long run

PLoS ONE, v. 16, (7), July 2021, article number e0253901
Lin, Yatang; Peng, Fangyuan
Article

Does foreign technology transfer spur domestic innovation? Evidence from the high-speed rail sector in China

Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 49, (1), March 2021, p. 212-229
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Xie, Zhuan
Article

Impact of high-speed rail on road traffic and greenhouse gas emissions

Nature Climate Change, v. 11, (11), October 2021, p. 952-957
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Wu, Jing; Xu, Mandi
Article

Pollution Monitoring, Strategic Behavior, and Dynamic Representativeness

Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin; Peng, Fangyuan
Conference paper

Pollution Monitoring, Strategic Behavior, and Dynamic Representativeness

Wang, Jin; Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Peng, Fangyuan
Conference paper

White Elephants or Cost-Effective Investments? Empirical Investigation of Chinese Skyscrapers

Chen, Ting; Chen, Ziyang; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin
Conference paper

2020 1

Can price regulation increase land-use intensity? Evidence from China's industrial land market

Regional Science and Urban Economics, v. 81, March 2020, article number 103501
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Yang, Yang; Zhu, Hongjia
Article

2017 1

Travel Costs and Urban Specialization Patterns: Evidence from China's High Speed Railway System

Journal of Urban Economics, v. 98, March 2017, p. 98-123
Lin, Yatang
Article

Article 3

Building tall, falling short: An empirical assessment of Chinese skyscrapers

Journal of Urban Economics, v. 145, January 2025, article number 103731
Chen, Ziyang; Chen, Ting; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin

The impact of rainfall on productivity: Implications for Chinese manufacturing

Journal of Comparative Economics, April 2025
Chen, Xiaodong; Lin, Yatang; Zhu, Pengyu

Unravelling regional inequality: the heterogeneous impact of China's Great Western Development Program

Regional Studies, v. 59, (1), March 2025, article number 2438319
Zhu, Pengyu; Wang, Yulin; Lin, Yatang

Conference paper 1

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

Entezari, Fatemeh; Gong, Kaiji; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin

Article 3

Achieving Air Pollution Control Targets with Technology-Aided Monitoring: Better Enforcement or Localized Efforts?

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, v. 16, (4), November 2024, p. 280-315
Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin; Peng, Fangyuan

Cities and the sea level

Journal of Urban Economics, v. 143, September 2024, article number 103685
Lin, Yatang; McDermott, Thomas K.J.; Michaels, Guy

Exclusion for Public Safety or Inclusion for Gig Employment: Managing the Tension with a Trilogy of Guardians

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems, v. 48, (4), December 2024, p. 1691-1720
Rai, Arun; Chen, Yanzhen; Lin, Yatang

Conference paper 1

Tapping into Excess Capacity: Chinese Machinery Export and African Industrialization

Lam, Pak Hung; Lin, Yatang; Peng, Fangyuan; Wang, Jin

Article 1

Expanding Footprints: The Impact of Passenger Transportation on Corporate Locations

Review of Finance, v. 27, (3), May 2023, p. 1119-1154
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Sulaeman, Johan; Yan, Jubo; Zhang, Jialiang

Article 1

On the causality and plausibility of treatment effects in operations management research

Production and Operations Management, v. 31, (12), December 2022, p. 4558-4571
Mithas, Sunil; Chen, Yanzhen; Lin, Yatang; De Oliveira Silveira, Alysson

Article 3

Control strategies against COVID-19 in China: Significance of effective testing in the long run

PLoS ONE, v. 16, (7), July 2021, article number e0253901
Lin, Yatang; Peng, Fangyuan

Does foreign technology transfer spur domestic innovation? Evidence from the high-speed rail sector in China

Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 49, (1), March 2021, p. 212-229
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Xie, Zhuan

Impact of high-speed rail on road traffic and greenhouse gas emissions

Nature Climate Change, v. 11, (11), October 2021, p. 952-957
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Wu, Jing; Xu, Mandi

Conference paper 3

Pollution Monitoring, Strategic Behavior, and Dynamic Representativeness

Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin; Peng, Fangyuan

Pollution Monitoring, Strategic Behavior, and Dynamic Representativeness

Wang, Jin; Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Peng, Fangyuan

White Elephants or Cost-Effective Investments? Empirical Investigation of Chinese Skyscrapers

Chen, Ting; Chen, Ziyang; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin

Article 1

Can price regulation increase land-use intensity? Evidence from China's industrial land market

Regional Science and Urban Economics, v. 81, March 2020, article number 103501
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Yang, Yang; Zhu, Hongjia

Article 1

Travel Costs and Urban Specialization Patterns: Evidence from China's High Speed Railway System

Journal of Urban Economics, v. 98, March 2017, p. 98-123
Lin, Yatang

2017 1

Travel Costs and Urban Specialization Patterns: Evidence from China's High Speed Railway System

Journal of Urban Economics, v. 98, March 2017, p. 98-123
Lin, Yatang
Article

Teaching Assignment

2025-26 Fall 1 2024-25 Summer 0 2024-25 Spring 4 2024-25 Winter 0 2024-25 Fall 1 2023-24 Summer 0

PPOL5140

Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods

ECON4464	Urban and Environment Economics
ECON4670	Economics Research and Communication
ECON5351	Environmental Economics
PPOL5351	Environmental Economics

PPOL5140

Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 31 August 2025)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

ZHU, Xuan (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Urban Governance and Design)

Graduated RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

CHEN, Ziyang (co-supervision)
Social Science( Completed in 2024 )
PENG, Fangyuan (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Urban Governance and Design)( Completed in 2023 )

Master of Philosophy

ZHANG, Zhengchu (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Urban Governance and Design)( Completed in 2023 )
XU, Mingjie (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Urban Governance and Design)( Completed in 2022 )

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

All Projects 3 Leading Projects 2 Participating Projects 1

Crafting the Soundscape of the Future: Economic Impacts of Traffic Road Noise

未來聲景：交通噪音的經濟影響 Participating

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
WANG Wen (Lead)

LIN Yatang
2024 -
The Economic Impacts of Belt and Road Transportation Infrastructure in Africa

交通基礎設施在非洲的經濟影響 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LIN Yatang (Lead)
2024 -
Sea Level Rise and Urban Development

海平面上升與城市發展 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
LIN Yatang (Lead)
2020 - 2024

Research Interest

Publications

2025 4

2024 4

2023 1

2022 1

2021 6

2020 1

2017 1

Article 3

Conference paper 1

Article 3

Conference paper 1

Article 1

Article 1

Article 3

Conference paper 3

Article 1

Article 1

2017 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2022 to December 2025 (As of 31 August 2025)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2023 to December 2025

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