Yang, Zoe Yang

Publications

• Y. Yang (2025), “Chinese Housing Market Dynamics: The Role of Government Interventions in the Early 21st Century,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance.
• S. Agarwal, S. F. Cheng, J. Keppo, L. Wang, and Y. Yang (2025), “Information Provision and Search Frictions: Evidence from the Taxi Industry in Singapore,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1-47.
• S. Agarwal, W. Kuang, L. Wang, and Y. Yang (2024), “The Role of Agents in Fraudulent Activities: Evidence from the Housing Market in Beijing,” Journal of Urban Economics, 142, 103668.
• Agarwal, S., Wang, L., & Yang, Y. (2024). Why We Feel Blue When the Air is Grey. Penguin Random House SEA.
• H. Fang, L. Wang, and Y. Yang (2024), “Competition and Quality: Evidence from High-Speed Railways and Airlines,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 1-16.
• 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, Ming Li, Long Wang, and Y.Yang, “High-Speed Rail and China’s Electric Vehicle Adoption Miracle,” NBER Working Paper No. 33489.
• Hanming Fang, Long Wang, and Y. Yang, “Housing Shock and Online Consumption Behavior.”
• Y. Yang, “Energy Saving and Price Premium of Green Buildings: Evidence from Singapore.”
• Sumit Agarwal, Long Wang, and Y. Yang, “Online Consumption Response to Sustained Exposure to Air Pollution: Evidence from a Quasi-experiment in China.”
• Tsur Somerville, Long Wang, Zhengzheng Xu, and Y. Yang, “A Matter of Looks: Evidence from Real Estate Agent Appearance on Sales Performance.”

• Strategic Seed Funding for Collaborative Research Scheme, 2025-2027
• “Environmental Pollution and Consumption Behavior in the Digital Era”, Young Scientists Fund awarded by National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023-2025
• “Information Salience and Vehicle Idling Behavior”, Project Impact Enhancement Fund awarded by CUHK, 2023-2025
• “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, 2019-2021

Editorial Boards

• Co-Editor, Regional Science and Urban Economics
• Regional Editor (Asia), Journal of Property Research
• Academic Editor, PLOS One
• Editorial Board, Journal of Real Estate Literature
• Guest Editor, Sustainability

Peer-reviews

• 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
• Economic Modelling
• International Journal of Urban Sciencesomics,
• 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
• Economic Modelling
• International Journal of Urban Sciences

Conference Reviewer

• Conference Committee, 2026 China Urban Economic Association Annual Conference
• Conference Committee, 2026 ASSA-AREUEA Conference, 2025-2026
• Industrial Development Advisory Board, Hangzhou Yuhuang Shannan Fund Town, Zhejiang, China, Sep 2024 – Present
• International Committee, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), Jan 2024 – Present
• Membership Committee, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
• Conference Committee, AsRES-GCREC Joint International Real Estate Conference, 2023
• Board of Directors, Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC), Nov 2021- Present
• Reviewer, Annual Graduate Education and Graduate Student Research Conference in Hospitality and Tourism, 2019-Present