Research Areas
Applied microeconomics; real estate economics; Asian housing markets; living conditions and health.
Current Projects
The microeconomics of housing bubbles; impact of environmental improvements on housing prices; housing prices and extreme events; housing design and health.
Representative Publications
“Has Sars Infected the Housing Market? Evidence from Hong Kong.”
“Is Sars a Poor Man’s Disease? Housing Values, Living Conditions and Health.”
“The Anatomy of the Hong Kong Property Bubble.”
(with S. Wachter)
“Green City Strategies, Home Values and Social Capital.”
Education
PhD, Princeton University, 2004; MSc, London School of Economics, 2000; BSc, London School of Economics, 1999
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Ballard Research Award 2004-05; Princeton University Industrial Relations Section Fellowship, 2003; Mellon Foundation Research Grant, Princeton University, 2003; MacAurthur Foundation Research Grant, Princeton University, 2003; Princeton University Center for Migration and Development Research Award, 2003; Princeton University Center on Regional Studies Predissertation Award, 2002; Princeton University East Asian Studies Predissertation Research Grant, 2002; London School of Economics C.K. Hobson Economics Studentship, 1999
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2004-present
