Guojun HE
Ph. D.(2013), Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Assistant Professor, Division of Environment
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
Assistant Professor, Division of Social Science
Tel: (852) 3469 2423
Fax: (852) 2335 9317
Email: gjhe@ust.hk
Office: Rm 2381(lift 13-15)
Research Area
- Air Pollution and Health
- Water Pollution and Health
- Environmental Regulation
- Impact Evaluation
Research Interests
- Environmental Economics
- Health Economics
- Development Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Chinese Economy
Short Bio
Guojun He is an economist working on environmental and development issues. He is jointly appointed at Division of Social Science, Division of Environment and Economics Department. He is also a faculty associate at the HKUST Institute of Emerging Market Studies. His current research focuses on understanding the complex relationship between environment and human welfare. In particular, he tries to estimate the health impacts of air pollution and water pollution in China. Before joining HKUST, he was a research fellow at Harvard University during 2013-2014.
Selected Papers/Publications
- Ebenstein, Avaraham, Maoyong Fan, Michael Greenstone, Guojun He, Peng Yin and Maigeng Zhou, “Growth, Pollution, and Life Expectancy: China from 1991-2012” (authors contribute equally), American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2015, forthcoming.
- Zhou, Maigeng, Guojun He, Yunning Liu, et al. “The Associations between Ambient Air Pollution and Adult Respiratory Mortality in 32 Major Chinese Cities, 2006-2010”, Environmental Research. 2015 (137), pp. 278-286.
- Zhou, Maigeng*, Guojun He*, Maoyong Fan, et al. “Smog Episodes, Fine Particulate Pollution and Mortality in China” (*contribute equally), Environmental Research. 2015 (136), pp.396-404.
- He, Guojun and Jeffrey M. Perloff, “Does Customer Auditing Help Chinese Workers?” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 66 (2), 2013, pp. 511-524.
- He, Guojun, Chong Xu and Chengcai Zhu, “Determinants of Chinese Migrant Workers' Salaries: Human Capital or Social Capital?” Journal of Agricultural and Technical Economics(Chinese), 2008 (1), pp. 57-65.
- He, Guojun and Chong Xu, “Peasant Households' Willingness to Circulate Contractual Land? Evidences from Beijing Villages”, Economic Science(Chinese), 2007 (05), pp. 111-124.
- He, Guojun, Maoyong Fan, and Maigeng Zhou, “The Effect of Air Pollution on Mortality: Evidences from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games”. (Under Review)
- He, Guojun and Jeffrey M. Perloff, “Water Pollution and Infant Mortality in China”. (Under Review)
- He, Guojun, Jeffrey T. LaFrance, and Jeffrey M. Perloff, “Do Super Markets Adjust Prices Asymmetrically?” (Under Review)