I. Courses Taught
- Applied Econometrics (ECON 6801), HKU
- Environmental Economics (ECON 3232/ECON 6063), HKU
- Introductory Environmental and Health Economics (SOSC/ENVR/ECON 2310), HKUST
- Introductory Environmental Economics (SOSC 2000), HKUST
- Economics for Environmental Policy and Management (ENVR 3410), HKUST
II. Students
PhD Under Supervision:
PhD Placements:
- Yucheng Quan, Kai Mu, Qinrui Xiahou
PhD Placements:
- Tong Liu (NUS AP), Yuhang Pan (Peking Univeristy AP), Wenwei Peng (Harvard Post Doc), Pak Hung Lam (Duke Post Doc)
III. Resources for Ph.D. Students and Young Economists (Collected from Various Sources)
Research
Writing
Presenting
Discussing
Publishing
Review a Paper
Teaching
Grants (US Centric)
Starting Your Career
Mid-Career
Tenure & Senior Career
Work/Life Balance
Women in Economics and Academia
Media
- How to get started on research in economics?
- Advice for graduate students
- What's Your Research Agenda?
- The Rhetoric of Economics
- Other Things Equal: How To Be Equal in Economics
- How To Build An Economic Model in Your Spare Time
Writing
- Writing Tips for Ph.D Students
- How to Write a Paper?
- Writing the Empirical Journal
- The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper
Presenting
- Top 10 List Giving an Effective Presentation
- Tips on How to Avoid Disaster in Presentations
- How to Give an Applied Micro Talk
- What Makes a Successful Paper and Seminar
- An Economist’s Guide to Visualizing Data
- Are Pictures Worth a Thousand Words?
- How to Give an Academic Talk v5.2
Discussing
Publishing
- How to Get Published in an Economics Journal
- Top 10 Ways to Deal with Editors and Referees
- Publishing in Economics Journals: Trends Young Economists (and Everyone Else) Should be Aware Of
- How are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic Articles by Leading Economists
- The Importance of Stupidity in Scientific Research
- The Art and Science of Scholarly Publishing
- How to Publish in a Top Journal
- The Research Productivity of New PhDs in Economics: The Surprisingly High Non-Success of the Successful
- The Scholarly Output of Economists: A Description of Publishing Patterns
- Incentives and the Effects of Publication Lags on Life Cycle Research Productivity in Economics
- The Publishing Patterns of Recent Economics Ph.D. Recipients
- Edifying Editing
Review a Paper
- How to Review Manuscripts
- Preparing a Referee Report: Guidelines and Perspectives
- Top Ten Ways to Deal with Editors and Referees
- Facts and Myths about Refereeing
Teaching
- Teaching Economics in Different Environments
- Starting Point: Economics
- An Online Handbook for the Use of Contemporary Econometrics in Economic Education Research
Grants (US Centric)
- Top 10 Tips on How to Get Funding
- How to Get National Science Foundation Funding (NSF) Funding in Economics
- Applying for Research Grants from Liberal Arts Colleges
Starting Your Career
- Navigating the Tenure Process
- Top 10 Questions to Think about before your Tenure Review
- An Old Male Economist's Advice to Young Female Economists
- The Young Economist's Guide to Professional Etiquette
- Top 10 Tips for Jump-Starting Your Career
- An Overview of Networking Strategies
- Top 10 List Developing and Maintaining Networks
Mid-Career
- Keynote Address for 2015 CSWEP Peer Mentoring Breakfast for Mid-Career Economists
- Finding Your Mid-Career Mojo: Post-Tenure Pathways
- Managing Demands on Associate Professors in Transition to Full Professor
- Associate Professors Perceptions of Pathways to Full Professorship
- Career Development Plan Template
- On Post-tenure Inspirational Challenges
- Faculty at Mid-Career: A Program to Enhance Teaching and Learning .
- Mid-Career Faculty Support: The Middle Years of the Academic Professor
- Mentoring Mid-Career Faculty
- The Decision to Leave Academia: A Dialogue with Chris Humphrey of Jobs on Toast
- Non-Academic Career Options for PhDs in the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Mid-Career Reflections on Non-Academic Work for Social Scientists
- Mentoring for Mid-Career Women: Tips for Securing--and Maximizing--Mentors for Life
Tenure & Senior Career
- Top 10 Tips for Writing Research Teaching and Service Statements
- Negotiating Senior Job Offers
- Professional Etiquette for the Mature Economist
- Preparing for Ethical Challenge
- Top 10 Things to do to Mentor Junior Faculty
- Managing Your Career as an Economist after Tenure
- Maximizing Mentoring
- Pay It Forward: Guidance for Mentoring Junior Scholars
- Mentoring Junior Faculty
- Faculty Mentorship at Colleges Universities
Work/Life Balance
- Tips on Dual Not Dueling Careers
- Work and Family in Academia: Striking the Balance
- Discussing Parental Policies with your Dean or Department Chair
- Extended Tenure Clock Policies: Theory... and Practice
- Where–Not When–Should You Have A Baby?
Women in Economics and Academia
- Annual Reports on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
- Women in Economics: Moving Up or Falling Off the Academic Career Ladder?
Media