TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Courses: Research Methodology in Economics, Health Economics, Econometrics, Microeconomics

Research Areas: Health Economics, Development Economics

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, 2023 - present

Assistant Professor, Economics and Management School, Wuhan University, 2020 - 2023

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Selected Journal Papers

Luan, Mengna, Zhigang Tao, and Hongjie Yuan. “Monopsony power and workers’ switching costs: Evidence from hospitals in China.” Economics Letters (2023).

Luan, Mengna, Zhigang Tao, and Hongjie Yuan. “Alive but Not Well: The Neglected Cost of Air Pollution.” Health Economics (2023).

Li, Yue, Xiang Shao, Zhigang Tao, and Hongjie Yuan. "How local leaders matter: Inter-provincial leadership transfers and land transactions in China." Journal of Comparative Economics 50, no. 1 (2022): 196-220.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Government-funded grants

National Natural Science Fund of China, 300,000 RMB, Principal Investigator, 2022-2024

AWARDS AND HONORS

“Wuhan Talent” Excellent Youth Program, 2021

SERVICES

Referee: Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, PLOS One, Journal of Asian Economics