Academic Profile

Biography

I received my PhD from the London School of Economics in 2018 and I was a visiting research fellow in University of Southern California from August 2018 - July 2019. I joined Nanyang Technological University in August 2019 as an Assistant Professor in Economics
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Asst Prof Tang Cheng Keat
Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences
 

 

Research Interests

My research interests include Urban and Housing Economics, Environmental Economics, Transportation Economics and Economics of Crime. In particular, I am interested in evaluating the effectiveness of spatial and regional policies in achieving its intended outcomes with focus on establishing casual inference. 

 

Current Projects

  • Beauty Pays for Crime: Evidence from Judicial Sentencing

  • Political Accountability and Water Quality: Evidence from the River Chief System in China
 

Selected Publications

  • Accident Externality of Driving: Evidence from the London Congestion Charge. With Jos Van Ommeren (VU Amsterdam). Journal of Economic Geography (2021)


  • The Urban Crime and Heat Gradient in High and Low Poverty Areas. With Matthew Khan (JHU) and Kilian Heilmann (Lyft). Journal of Public Economics (2021)


  • The Cost of Traffic: Evidence from the London Congestion Charge. Journal of Urban Economics (2021)


  • Valuing the Environmental Benefits of Canals Using House Prices. With Steve Gibbons (LSE) and Peng Cong (Harvard). Land Economics (2021)