Yang, Yang (Zoe)（楊揚）

Biography

Prof. Zoe Yang is currently an Assistant Professor of Real Estate at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include issues relating to urban economics, real estate, and sustainability. She received her Ph.D. in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore in 2018. She obtained her M.Sc. in Urban Land Economics in 2014 and a B.Comm with Honours in Finance and Real Estate in 2012 from the University of British Columbia. Her papers have been published in academic journals such as The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Real Estate Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Energy Economics. She is the principal investigator of HK-GRC and HK-ECS GRF projects, and she has been awarded the National Natural Science Foundation of China’s Young Scientists Fund.

Teaching Areas

Real Estate Development
Real Estate Investment

Research Interests

Urban Economics
Real Estate Finance
Chinese Economy
Environmental Economics

• Publications & Working Papers

  Publications

  • H. Fang, L. Wang, and Y. Yang (2022), “Competition and Quality: Evidence from the High-Speed Rails and Airlines,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming.
  • S. Agarwal, L. Wang, and Y. Yang (2021), “Impact of transboundary air pollution on service quality and consumer satisfaction,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 192, 357-380.
  • H. Fang, L. Wang, and Y. Yang (2020), “Human mobility restrictions and the spread of the novel coronavirus (2019-ncov) in China,” Journal of Public Economics, 191, 104272.
  • L. Wang and Y. Yang (2021), “Political connections in the land market: Evidence from China’s state‐owned enterprises,” Real Estate Economics, 49(1), 7-35.
  • T. Somerville, L. Wang, and Y. Yang (2020), “Using purchase restrictions to cool housing markets: A within-market analysis,” Journal of Urban Economics, 115,103189.
  • Y. Lin, Y. Qin, Y. Yang, and H. Zhu (2020), “Can price regulation increase land-use intensity? Evidence from China’s industrial land market,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 81, 103501.
  • S. Agarwal, T.F. Sing, and Y. Yang (2020), “The Impact of Transboundary Haze Pollution on Household Utilities Consumption,” Energy Economics, 85, 104591.
  • S. Agarwal, S. Rengarajan, T.F. Sing, and Y. Yang (2017), “Nudges from school children and electricity conservation: Evidence from the “Project Carbon Zero” campaign in Singapore,” Energy Economics, 61, 29-41.
  • S. Agarwal, S. Rengarajan, T.F. Sing, and Y. Yang (2016), “School allocation rules and housing prices: A quasi-experiment with school relocation events in Singapore,” Regional Science and Urban Economics, 58, 42-56.

  Working Papers

  • Hanming Fang, Long Wang and Y. Yang, “Housing Shock and Online Consumption Behavior.”
  • Sumit Agarwal, Weida Kuang, Long Wang, and Y. Yang, “The Role of Agents in Fraudulent Activities: Evidence from the Housing Market in Beijing.”
  • Wang Long and Y. Yang, “Energy Saving and Price Premium of Green Buildings: Evidence from Singapore.”
  • Sumit Agarwal, Long Wang, and Y. Yang, “The Response of Online Consumer Spending to Air Pollution: Evidence from a Quasi-experiment in China”

• Grants
  • “Air Pollution and Online Consumption”, General Research Fund awarded by University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, 2023-2025
  • “Wealth Shock and Online Consumption”, Early Career Scheme awarded by University Grants Committee of Hong Kong, 2020-2022
  • “Competition and Quality: New Evidence from the High-Speed Rails and Airlines”, Project Impact Enhancement Fund awarded by CUHK, 2020-2022
  • “Blessing in Disguise? Environmental Shocks and Performance Enhancement”, Project Impact Enhancement Fund awarded by CUHK Business School, 2019-2021

• Academic/Professional Services

  Referee for the Peer-reviewed Journals

  • Review of Economics and Statistics
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,
  • Management Science
  • Review of Finance
  • Journal of Industrial Economics
  • Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
  • China Economics Review
  • Journal of Urban Economics
  • Real Estate Economics
  • Regional Science and Urban Economics
  • International Real Estate Review
  • Journal of Housing Economics
  • Cities
  • Review of Transportation Research – Part B
  • Transport Policy
  • World Development
  • Journal of Asian Economics

  Conference Reviewer

  • Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, 2019-Present