数字平台通过降低消费者的搜索成本，有助于知名度不高的文化工作者找到知音，让在传统市场乏人问津的产品能以较低成本进入市场，令市场百花齐放。然而，在“流量为王”的时代，平台运营日趋偏颇，尤其是在中国的数字文艺娱乐市场，平台的推送和操纵能决定一部作品的命运，甚至窒碍产业创新。
14 Nov 2024
Academic & Professional Qualification
Ph.D. in Economics, London School of Economics
MSc. in Economics, London School of Economics
B.A. in Economics, Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University
Biography
Dr. Wu is Professor of Economics and of Management and Strategy at the University of Hong Kong. He is also a research fellow of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and a non-residential Fellow of the 21 Century China Center at UC San Diego. Prior to HKU, he taught at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California. His research has been published at top economics, management, and statistics journals, including the American Economic Review, Econometrica, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Management Science, and Organization Science.
Teaching
- Economics of Organization and Strategy (PhD)
- Economics of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation (Master)
- Managerial Economics (MBA)
- Causal Inference (Undergraduate)
Research Interest
- Media Economics, Organizational Economics, the Chinese Economy, Economics of Digital Platforms and AI
Selected Publications
- Social Media and Collective Action in China (with Bei Qin and David Strӧmberg), Econometrica, Forthcoming
- Street-level responsiveness of city governments in China, Germany, and the United States (with Ekkehard Köhler and John G Matsusaka), Journal of Comparative Economics, 51(2): 640-652, June, (2023).
- Competition, Contracts, and Creativity: Evidence from Novel Writing in a Platform Market (with Feng Zhu), Management Science, 68(12): 8613-8634, December, (2022).
- Intentional Control of Type I Error Over Unconscious Data Distortion: A Neyman-Pearson Approach to Text Classification (with Lucy Xia, Richard Zhao and Xin Tong), Journal of the American Statistical Association, 116(533): 68-81, March, (2021).
- Media Bias in China (with Bei Qin and David Strӧmberg), American Economic Review, 108(9): 2442-76, September, (2018).
- Incentive Contracts and the Allocation of Talent, Economic Journal, 127(607): 2744-2783, December, (2017).
- Authority, Incentives and Performance: Evidence from a Chinese Newspaper, Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(1): 16-31, March, (2017).
- Why Does China Allow Freer Social Media? Protests versus Surveillance and Propaganda (with Bei Qin and David Strӧmberg), Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31(1): 117-40 (2017).
- Organizational Structure and Product Choice in Knowledge Intensive Firms, Management Science, 61(8): 1830-1848 (2015).
- Knowledge, Communication and Organizational Capabilities (with Luis Garicano), Organization Science, 23(5):1382-1397 (2012).
Recent Publications
14Nov
14Nov
数字平台通过降低消费者的搜索成本，有助于知名度不高的文化工作者找到知音，让在传统市场乏人问津的产品能以较低成本进入市场，令市场百花齐放。然而，在“流量为王”的时代，平台运营日趋偏颇，尤其是在中国的数字文艺娱乐市场，平台的推送和操纵能决定一部作品的命运，甚至窒碍产业创新。
14 Nov 2024
教学人员
14Aug
当今经济结构变化极快，投资教育的开支不一定会带来高回报，那么上大学还值得吗？ 由于内地经济处于调整期，大学毕业生不单难找工作，更不寻常的现像是，学历愈高的毕业生反而愈难就业。笔者认为这种现象的主要原因是中国教育产业在过去20年扩张过度，加上经济发展不均加剧，社会流动性减弱，抑制了教育回报。而人工智能技术的广泛使用，为未来的教育回报带来更大的不确定性。
14 Aug 2024
教学人员
14Aug
当今经济结构变化极快，投资教育的开支不一定会带来高回报，那么上大学还值得吗？ 由于内地经济处于调整期，大学毕业生不单难找工作，更不寻常的现像是，学历愈高的毕业生反而愈难就业。笔者认为这种现象的主要原因是中国教育产业在过去20年扩张过度，加上经济发展不均加剧，社会流动性减弱，抑制了教育回报。而人工智能技术的广泛使用，为未来的教育回报带来更大的不确定性。
14 Aug 2024
教学人员
10Jul
One of the indicators of whether a city can be considered as an international metropolis is perhaps the English proficiency of its residents. According to the EF English Proficiency Index report in 2023, Hong Kong ranked fourth among 23 countries and regions in Asia. However, there are two examples of different attitudes towards English in developed areas of Asia.
10 Jul 2024
教学人员
10Jul
One of the indicators of whether a city can be considered as an international metropolis is perhaps the English proficiency of its residents. According to the EF English Proficiency Index report in 2023, Hong Kong ranked fourth among 23 countries and regions in Asia. However, there are two examples of different attitudes towards English in developed areas of Asia.
10 Jul 2024
教学人员
16Aug
去年2月，笔者在本专栏撰文，剖析新冠肺炎疫情之后出现的东滞西胀现象。一年半之后的今天，西胀回落，东滞犹在。本月9日，中国经济运行的统计数据公布，7月份消费价格指数比去年同期下降0.3%，出现了自2021年2月以来的首次按年负增长；不仅如此，生产价格指数的按年跌幅为4.4%，延续6月的下降趋势。
16 Aug 2023
教学人员
16Aug
去年2月，笔者在本专栏撰文，剖析新冠肺炎疫情之后出现的东滞西胀现象。一年半之后的今天，西胀回落，东滞犹在。本月9日，中国经济运行的统计数据公布，7月份消费价格指数比去年同期下降0.3%，出现了自2021年2月以来的首次按年负增长；不仅如此，生产价格指数的按年跌幅为4.4%，延续6月的下降趋势。
16 Aug 2023
教学人员