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:
- Wenwei Peng, Pak Hung Lam, Yucheng Quan, Kai Mu, Qinrui Xiahou
PhD Placements:
- Tong Liu (NUS), Yuhang Pan (Peking Univeristy)
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