Environmental & Urban Economics

Wen Wang

Assistant Professor
Division of Social Science
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

I am an economist studying the impacts of environmental and urban policies on human welfare, household decisions, and market outcomes. My research draws on causal inference and structural methods to examine environmental regulation, housing markets, health, and spatial inequality.

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University in 2020.

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Selected Research

Displacement and the Consequences of Gentrification

Wen Wang and Christopher Timmins

Working Paper

Crops, Insects, and Diseases: Ecological Consequences of a Straw-Burning Ban

Wen Wang, Congyuan Cui, Gordon G. Liu, Zhengwen Liu, and Yun Qiu

Working Paper

Environmental Gentrification

Wen Wang

Working Paper

The Welfare Effects of Expanding Housing Supply Through Subdivision

Jiayin Hu, Shangchen Li, Wen Wang, and Yue Yu

Working Paper

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Contact

Division of Social Science, HKUST
wenwangww@ust.hk