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

Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Division of Public Policy
Division of Social Science

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

ORCID

0000-0001-8818-1018

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 10 2023 0 2022 2 2021 6 2020 1 2019 0 2018 0 2017 1

2022 2

Expanding Footprints: The Impact of Passenger Transportation on Corporate Locations*

REVIEW OF FINANCE, 10 August 2022
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Sulaeman, Johan; Yan, Jubo; Zhang, Jialiang
Article

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

Production and Operations Management, 7 September 2022
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

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

Pollution Monitoring, Strategic Behavior, and Dynamic Representativeness

Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin; 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 2

Expanding Footprints: The Impact of Passenger Transportation on Corporate Locations*

REVIEW OF FINANCE, 10 August 2022
Lin, Yatang; Qin, Yu; Sulaeman, Johan; Yan, Jubo; Zhang, Jialiang

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

Production and Operations Management, 7 September 2022
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

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

Pollution Monitoring, Strategic Behavior, and Dynamic Representativeness

Yang, Lin; Lin, Yatang; Wang, Jin; 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

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2022-23 Spring 3 2022-23 Winter 0 2022-23 Fall 3 2021-22 Summer 2 2021-22 Spring 5 2021-22 Winter 0

ECON4464	Urban and Environment Economics
ECON5351	Environmental Economics
PPOL5351	Environmental Economics

PPOL5140	Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods
UROP1100H	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1
UROP2100H	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 2

UROP1100G	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1
UROP2100G	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 2

ECON4464	Urban and Environment Economics
ECON5351	Environmental Economics
PPOL5351	Environmental Economics
UROP1100F	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1
UROP2100F	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 2

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2020 to December 2023 (As of 28 March 2023)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

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

Master of Philosophy

ZHANG, Zhengchu (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Urban Governance and Design)

Graduated RPGs

Master of Philosophy

XU, Mingjie (co-supervision)
Individualized Interdisciplinary Program (Urban Governance and Design)( Completed in 2022 )
CHEN, Ziyang (co-supervision)
Social Science( Completed in 2021 )

Projects

From January 2021 to December 2023

All Projects 2

No Projects.
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 -
Political Connection, Fiscal Transfer and Spatial Misallocation: Evidence from China

政治聯系和財政轉移支付的地區錯配：來自中國的證據 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
LIN Yatang (Lead)
2020 - 2022

Research Interest

Publications

2022 2

2021 6

2020 1

2017 1

Article 2

Article 3

Conference paper 3

Article 1

Article 1

2017 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2020 to December 2023 (As of 28 March 2023)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2021 to December 2023

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