Faculty Profiles - HOU Yue | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yue HOU
侯越

PhD in Political Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015

Associate Professor
Division of Social Science

Associate Director of Global China Center

(852) 3469 2690
yuehou@ust.hk
Room 3348
Personal Web

Google Scholar

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ORCID

0000-0002-9514-9152

Scopus ID

56211091500

Research Interest Publications Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision

Research Interest

Political economy
Chinese domestic politics
Comparative politics
Authoritarian regimes

Publications

All Years 12 2026 1 2025 0 2024 2 2023 1 2022 1 2021 0 2020 7

2026 1

Rightful Challengers: How Chinese Criminal Defense Lawyers Encourage Judge-Prosecutor Disagreement

World Politics, v. 78, (2), p. 377-418
HOU, Yue; Kim, Jieun
Article

2024 2

Is China Winning Hearts and Minds among Global South Students?

Made in China Journal, v. v. 9
Hou, Yue
Article

Underrepresented Outperformers: Female Legislators in the Chinese Congress

China Quarterly, v. 257, p. 59-74
Feng, Xinrui; Hou, Yue; Liu, Mingxing
Article

2023 1

Stimulated political decisions: Local leadership turnover and firm subsidies in China

Political Science Research and Methods, v. 11, (1), p. 18-33
Hou, Yue; Li, Siyao
Article

2022 1

Ethnic Discrimination in Criminal Sentencing in China

Journal of Politics, v. 84, (4), p. 2294-2299
Hou, Yue; Truex, Rory
Article

2020 2

Anti-muslim bias in the Chinese labor market

Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 48, (2), p. 235-250
Hou, Yue; Liu, Chuyu; Crabtree, Charles
Article

Unpolluted decisions: Air quality and judicial outcomes in China

Economics Letters, v. 194, article number 109369
Hou, Yue; Wang, Peichun
Article

2019 2

Violence Exposure and Support for State Use of Force in a Non-Democracy

Journal of Experimental Political Science, v. 6, (2), p. 120-130
Hou, Yue; Quek, Kai
Article

The private sector in public office: Selective property rights in China

Hou, Yue
Book

2018 1

Achieving Efficiency Without Losing Accuracy: Strategies for Scale Reduction with an Application to Risk Attitudes and Racial Resentment*

Social Science Quarterly, v. 99, (2), p. 563-582
Loose, Krista; Hou, Yue; Berinsky, Adam J.
Article

2017 1

Constituency Service under Nondemocratic Rule: Evidence from China

Journal of Politics, v. 79, (3), p. 1024-1040
Distelhorst, Greg; Hou, Yue
Article

2014 1

Ingroup bias in official behavior: A national field experiment in China

Quarterly Journal of Political Science, v. 9, (2), p. 203-230
Greg, Distelhorst; Hou, Yue
Article

Article 1

Rightful Challengers: How Chinese Criminal Defense Lawyers Encourage Judge-Prosecutor Disagreement

World Politics, v. 78, (2), p. 377-418
HOU, Yue; Kim, Jieun

Article 2

Is China Winning Hearts and Minds among Global South Students?

Made in China Journal, v. v. 9
Hou, Yue

Underrepresented Outperformers: Female Legislators in the Chinese Congress

China Quarterly, v. 257, p. 59-74
Feng, Xinrui; Hou, Yue; Liu, Mingxing

Article 1

Stimulated political decisions: Local leadership turnover and firm subsidies in China

Political Science Research and Methods, v. 11, (1), p. 18-33
Hou, Yue; Li, Siyao

Article 1

Ethnic Discrimination in Criminal Sentencing in China

Journal of Politics, v. 84, (4), p. 2294-2299
Hou, Yue; Truex, Rory

Article 2

Anti-muslim bias in the Chinese labor market

Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 48, (2), p. 235-250
Hou, Yue; Liu, Chuyu; Crabtree, Charles

Unpolluted decisions: Air quality and judicial outcomes in China

Economics Letters, v. 194, article number 109369
Hou, Yue; Wang, Peichun

Article 1

Violence Exposure and Support for State Use of Force in a Non-Democracy

Journal of Experimental Political Science, v. 6, (2), p. 120-130
Hou, Yue; Quek, Kai

Book 1

The private sector in public office: Selective property rights in China

Hou, Yue

Article 1

Achieving Efficiency Without Losing Accuracy: Strategies for Scale Reduction with an Application to Risk Attitudes and Racial Resentment*

Social Science Quarterly, v. 99, (2), p. 563-582
Loose, Krista; Hou, Yue; Berinsky, Adam J.

Article 1

Constituency Service under Nondemocratic Rule: Evidence from China

Journal of Politics, v. 79, (3), p. 1024-1040
Distelhorst, Greg; Hou, Yue

Article 1

Ingroup bias in official behavior: A national field experiment in China

Quarterly Journal of Political Science, v. 9, (2), p. 203-230
Greg, Distelhorst; Hou, Yue

2020 2

Anti-muslim bias in the Chinese labor market

Journal of Comparative Economics, v. 48, (2), p. 235-250
Hou, Yue; Liu, Chuyu; Crabtree, Charles
Article

Unpolluted decisions: Air quality and judicial outcomes in China

Economics Letters, v. 194, article number 109369
Hou, Yue; Wang, Peichun
Article

2019 2

Violence Exposure and Support for State Use of Force in a Non-Democracy

Journal of Experimental Political Science, v. 6, (2), p. 120-130
Hou, Yue; Quek, Kai
Article

The private sector in public office: Selective property rights in China

Hou, Yue
Book

2018 1

Achieving Efficiency Without Losing Accuracy: Strategies for Scale Reduction with an Application to Risk Attitudes and Racial Resentment*

Social Science Quarterly, v. 99, (2), p. 563-582
Loose, Krista; Hou, Yue; Berinsky, Adam J.
Article

2017 1

Constituency Service under Nondemocratic Rule: Evidence from China

Journal of Politics, v. 79, (3), p. 1024-1040
Distelhorst, Greg; Hou, Yue
Article

2014 1

Ingroup bias in official behavior: A national field experiment in China

Quarterly Journal of Political Science, v. 9, (2), p. 203-230
Greg, Distelhorst; Hou, Yue
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2026-27 Fall 1 2025-26 Summer 0 2025-26 Spring 2 2025-26 Winter 0 2025-26 Fall 0 2024-25 Summer 0

SOSC1510

Politics Through Film

SHSS4991	Capstone Project
SOSC6030P	Political Culture

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2023 to December 2026 (As of 12 October 2026)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Master of Philosophy

XU, Ziyue
Social Science
ZHANG, Ruiming
Social Science

Graduated RPGs

Master of Philosophy

CAO, Xianqi
Social Science( Completed in 2026 )
CHEN, Yi
Social Science( Completed in 2025 )
DENG, Xianglong
Social Science( Completed in 2025 )

Research Interest

Publications

2026 1

2024 2

2023 1

2022 1

2020 2

2019 2

2018 1

2017 1

2014 1

Article 1

Article 2

Article 1

Article 1

Article 2

Article 1

Book 1

Article 1

Article 1

Article 1

2020 2

2019 2

2018 1

2017 1

2014 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2023 to December 2026 (As of 12 October 2026)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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