Applied Microeconomics
Applied Microeconomics
The Applied Microeconomics research group unites researchers working on a broad array of topics within such areas as labour economics, economics of education, health economics, family economics, urban economics, environmental economics, and the economics of science and innovation. The group operates in close collaboration with the CAGE Research Centre.
The group participates in the CAGE seminar on Applied Economics, which runs weekly on Tuesdays at 2:15pm. Students and faculty members of the group present their ongoing work in two brown bag seminars, held weekly on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 1pm. Students, in collaboration with faculty members, also organise a bi-weekly reading group in applied econometrics on Thursdays at 1pm. The group organises numerous events throughout the year, including the Research Away Day and several thematic workshops.
Our activities
Work in Progress seminars
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-2pm
Students and faculty members of the group present their work in progress in two brown bag seminars. See below for a detailed scheduled of speakers.
Applied Econometrics reading group
Thursdays (bi-weekly) 1-2pm
Organised by students in collaboration with faculty members. See the Events calendar below for further details
People
Academics
Academics associated with the Applied Microeconomics Group are:
Research Students
Events
CAGE-AMES Workshop - Chang Wang (WBS)
Chang Wang, a visiting student at WBS, presenting at the CAGE AMES Workshop. It will be a hybrid format workshop.
Title: The environmental benefits of electricity industry restructuring in China
Abstract: Ownership mixing vs. vertical unbundling Ownership mixing and vertical unbundling are the two pending electricity industry restructuring reforms in many developing countries, while few studies compared the two reforms, or explored the relative environmental effects of them. In this paper, we empirically examine the effects of ownership mixing and vertical unbundling on electricity generation firms’ SO2 emission intensity. We exploit both the ownership mixing and vertical unbundling reforms in China and use a difference-in-differences (DD) strategy to deal with identification. We rely on a unique firm-level dataset that contains comprehensive information on firms’ pollution records, production activities, and electricity generation. We document that ownership mixing, while achieving the main reform purpose of increased access to electricity and generation efficiency, also has unintended environmental benefits of significantly and substantially reducing firms’ air pollution intensity. The underlying channels are firms’ increased electricity generation and better enforcement of environmental regulations. Vertical unbundling, on the other hand, has no significant effects on firms’ air pollution. Our findings document an effective and environmentally friendly pathway for electricity industry restructuring in developing countries.
This is a hybrid format via MS Teams (https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3aeafd670486bc4ed6be08da79cf05d9ca%40thread.tacv2/1654765963206?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2209bacfbd-47ef-4465-9265-3546f2eaf6bc%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22282d13eb-4c12-413a-b24a-e55af45e44c1%22%7d)