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Research Interests
Institutions, inequality, environment, development, energy
Biography
Yuk-shing Cheng is Professor of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University. He served as the Head of Department during 2014-2021. He is the founding director of the Centre for Sustainable Development Studies, a new research centre established in July 2022. His research primarily focuses on insitutional and developmental issues of China, covering income inequality, rural institutions, fiscal decentralisation, regional disparity, state enterprises, trade, energy and environment. He has also coauthored a book entitled "Hong Kong's Global Financial Centre and China's Development: Changing Roles and Future Prospects" (with Yan-leung Cheung and Chi-keung Woo Routledge, 2017).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- HA Statistics
- Applied econometrics
- HJ Public Finance
- JS Local government Municipal government
- HE Transportation and Communications
- GE Environmental Sciences
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Projects
- 3 Finished
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Political Career Concerns and Optimal Government Hierarchy
1/09/18 → 28/02/21
Project: Research project
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Residential willingness-to-pay for reducing carbon emissions from electricity generation in Hong Kong
1/12/14 → 31/05/16
Project: Research project
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China's Growth-Energy Nexus ?VAggregate and Disaggregate Analyses
1/10/12 → 30/09/14
Project: Research project
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Electricity Market Reforms for Energy Transition: Lessons from China
Cheng, Y. S., Chung, M. K. & Tsang, K-P., 13 Jan 2023, In: Energies. 16, 2, 16 p., 905.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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China's Development Finance: Towards a New Direction For the Belt and Road Initiative?
Cheng, Y. S., Chung, M. K. & Kwok, T. C., Jan 2022, 46 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Development Finance with Chinese Characteristics: China Development Bank’s Role in the economic transformation
Cheng, Y. S. & Chung, M. K., Nov 2022, (In preparation).Research output: Working paper
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Environmental regulation and total factor productivity: evidence from China’s listed companies
Cheng, Y. S. & Tsang, K. P., Nov 2022.Research output: Working paper
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Trade Policy and Energy Decarbonization - Assessing the Impact of the Eu's Trade Defense Measures Against Chinese Solar Panels
Cheng, Y. S. & Tsang, K. P., 11 Jul 2022, SSRN, p. 1-35, 35 p.Research output: Working paper
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Activities
- 1 Consultancy
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Mainland Immigrants in Hong Kong: Dynamic Changes in Socioeconomic Status
Yuk Shing CHENG (Consultant) & Hongliang ZHANG (Consultant)
2021Activity: Consultancy