Dr. Bingjing LI
Economics

Associate Professor
3917 0019
bingjing@hku.hk
KK 905
https://sites.google.com/site/bingjingliecon/


Academic & Professional Qualification
Ph.D. in Economics, The University of British Columbia
M.Phil. in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
B.Soc.Sc (First Class Honors) in Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Biography
Dr. Bingjing Li is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Her main research fields are international trade and applied microeconomics. Her works focus on understanding how openness to trade interacts with development and political economy factors, using both micro data and quantitative models.
Dr. Li obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of British Columbia in 2016, M.Phil. in Economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2011, and B.Soc.Sc. from CUHK in 2009.?She joined the HKU Business School as an Associate Professor in 2021. Before joining HKU, she worked at the National University of Singapore.
Research Interest
International Trade
Political Economy
Labor Economics
Applied Econometrics
Selected Publications
“Processing Trade and Costs of Incomplete Liberalization: The Case of China.”?(With Loren Brandt and Peter M. Morrow),?Journal of International Economics, July 2021, 131:103453
“Grain Export and Causes of China’s Great Famine: County-Level Evidence.”?(With Hiroyuki Kasahara),?Journal of Development Economics,?September 2020, 146:102513
“Trade, Pollution and Mortality in China.”?(With Matilde Bombardini),?Journal of International Economics,?July 2020, 125:103321
“Export Expansion, Skill Acquisition and Industry Specialization: Evidence from China.”? Journal of International Economics,?September 2018, 114:346-361.