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LI Ling
Position:Assistant Professor, Doctoral Supervisor

Email：lingli22@pku.edu.cn
Personal Homepage:https://www.christinalingli.com/

Research Interests

  1. Urban and Housing Economics

  2. Urban Spatial Governance

  3. Land and Housing Policy

Research Directions

  1. Urban Mobility Analysis Leveraging Multi-Source Spatiotemporal Big Data

  2. Quantifying Spatial, Social, and Economic Impacts of Urban Renewal Initiatives

  3. Re-examining Traditional Housing Theories Through Emerging Urban Big Data Paradigms

  4. Efficiency-Equity Tradeoffs in Urban Public Infrastructure Investment

Education and Professional Experience

  1. 2023–Present: Assistant Professor (Tenure-track) and Researcher, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School.

  2. 2017–2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, Assistant Professor (Tenure), Associate Professor, Deputy Director of the Real Estate Finance Master’s Program, and Member of the Cambridge Centre for Property Research, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, UK.

  3. 2013–2017: Ph.D. in Real Estate, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong.

  4. 2009–2013: B.Eng. in Engineering Management, School of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University.

Key Research Activities
Research Projects

  1. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy China Program: Enclave Living in the Post-Pandemic City: How Would COVID-19 Change the Socio-Spatial Structure of Beijing, China (Principal Investigator, 2021–2022, Completed).

  2. ESRC-NSFC Collaborative Project: Nudging Toward a Better Financial Future: Applying Behavioral Insights in the Development of Financial Systems in Rural China (Participant, 2017–2020, Completed).


Selected Publications

1. Li, L. & Yang, L.C.* (2023). Effects of driving restrictions on air quality and housing prices: Evidence from Chengdu, China. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 176, 103829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103829

2. He, D.S., Sun, G.B.*, Li, L. & Webster, C. (2023). New metro and housing price and rent premiums: A natural experiment study in China. Urban Studies, published online. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980231208560

3. Deng, K.K. & Li, L.*(2023). Rail transit and the growth of consumers amenities in Chinese cities. Transportation, published online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-023-10379-z

4. Adachi, J.K. & Li, L.*(2023). The Impact of Wildfire on Property Prices: An Analysis of the 2015 Sampson Flat Bushfire in South Australia, Cities: The International Journal of Policy and Planning, 136, 104255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104255

5. Li, L. & Xia, F.Z. *(2023). City Sub-centre as A Regional Development Policy: The Impact on the Property Market, Journal of Regional Science, 63(3), 643-673. http://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12633

6. Li, L. * & Chau, K. W. (2023). Information asymmetry with heterogeneous buyers and sellers in the housing market. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, published online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-023-09939-y

7. Li, L. *, Bao, H.X. & Chau, K. W. (2023). On the strategic timing of sales by real estate developers: To wait or to presell?. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 66, 169-196. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-022-09894-0

8. Li, L. & Wan, L.* (2022). Understanding the spatial impact of COVID-19: New insights from Beijing after one year into post-lockdown recovery. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Working Paper. https://www.lincolninst.edu/publications/working-papers/understanding-spatial-impact-covid-19

9. Li, L. & Xia, F.Z.*(2022). Wandering in the grey: The development of housing restricted by land use in Beijing, China. Land Use Policy, 115, 106045. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106045

10. Li, L.*& Wan, X.W. (2021). The effect of expected losses on the Hong Kong property market. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-021-09851-3

11. Li, L., Wan, W.X. & He, S.J.*(2021). The heightened ‘security zone’ function of gated communities: Evidence from Beijing, China. Land, 10(9), 983. https://doi.org/10.3390/land10090983

12. Li, L.*, Bao, H.X. & Robinson, G.M. (2020). The return of state control and its impact on land market efficiency in urban China. Land Use Policy, 99, 104878. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.104878

13. Li, L.* & Chau, K. W. (2019). What motivates a developer to sell before completion?. The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 59(2), 209-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-018-9662-3

14. Bao, H.X.*, Li, L. & Lizieri, C. (2019). City Profile: Chongqing (1997 – 2017). Cities: The International Journal of Policy and Planning, 94, 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.06.011

15. Wong, S. K.*, Li, L., & Monkkonen, P. (2019). How do developers price new housing in a highly oligopolistic city?. International Real Estate Review, 22(3), 309-333.https://www.um.edu.mo/fba/irer/papers/current/vol22n3_pdf/01.pdf