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

(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 12 2024 2 2023 1 2022 1 2021 6 2020 1 2019 0 2018 1

2024 2

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, July 2024
Rai, Arun; Chen, Yanzhen; Lin, Yatang
Article

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 2

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, July 2024
Rai, Arun; Chen, Yanzhen; Lin, Yatang

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

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 1 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 5 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 1 2022-23 Summer 1

PPOL5140

Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods

ECON4464	Urban and Environment Economics
ECON5351	Environmental Economics
ECON6950	MSc Project
PPOL5351	Environmental Economics
UROP1100L	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1

PPOL5140

Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods

ECON4670

Economics Research and Communication

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

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 )
CHEN, Ziyang (co-supervision)
Social Science( Completed in 2021 )

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 4 Leading Projects 3 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
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

2024 2

2023 1

2022 1

2021 6

2020 1

2017 1

Article 2

Article 1

Article 1

Article 3

Conference paper 3

Article 1

Article 1

2017 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

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