呂  漢  光 LUI Hon-Kwong Associate Professor Dept of Marketing & International Business Lingnan University Voice: (852) 2616-8233 Fax: (852) 2616-5548 Email: hklui@ln.edu.hk

Education
BSc(Econ) London; MSocSc, PhD HKU

LUI Hon-Kwong received his Ph.D. in economics from The University of Hong Kong and is now Associate Professor at the Department of Marketing and International Business.  His current teaching assignments include Marketing Management and Microeconomics for Business.  He worked for a few years as marketing executive in retail industry and as Statistician in the civil service.  His consulting experience is mainly in the area of market research and analysis.

Dr. Lui’s research interests include labour economics, applied marketing research, and Hong Kong economy.  He is the author of three books and has published articles in leading and highly respected journals, including Management Science, Urban Studies, Human Relations, Economic Inquiry, and Journal of International Marketing, among many others.  His current research focuses on the effects of public housing on income distribution, internal mobility, and travel patterns.

Other than academic research, Dr. Lui is very active in University committee and community services.  He has been appointed by the Chief Justice as a member of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel for three years with effect from 3 May 2008.  At present, he is a member of the EcoPark Advisory Committee.  He had also held other public service appointments such as Council Member of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority and Deputy Chairman of its Research & Development Committee.  At Lingnan University, he was Head of Department, Associate Director of Business Programmes and Chairman of Catering Committee.  Moreover, he has published over 120 commentaries in major newspapers and these commentaries can be broadly divided into four groups: education, public policy, economic environment, and labour market.  He has been frequently interviewed by media and invited as guest speaker on various live TV and radio programmes.

Recent Publications

Book and Refereed Monographs

《市場無形　特區有形》. Hong Kong: Next Publications Ltd, 2003.

Income Inequality and Economic Development. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press, 1997.

《收入分配與經濟發展》. Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 1997.

Journal Articles

“Men, Money, and Medals: An Econometric Analysis of the Olympic Games.” (with Wing Suen).  Pacific Economic Review 13 (February 2008): 1–16.

“The Redistributive Effect of Public Housing in Hong Kong.” Urban Studies 44 (September 2007): 1937–1952.

“How to Improve Employees’ Commitment to Their Line Manager? A Practical Study in a Chinese Joint Venture.” (with Yui-Tim Wong).  Journal of General Management 32 (Spring 2007): 61–77 .

“The Returns to Language Ability in Hong Kong: Before and After the Handover.” Applied Economics Letters 14 (February 2007): 121–125.

“Machine Learning for Direct Marketing Response Models: Bayesian Networks with Evolutionary Programming.” (with Geng Cui and Man Leung Wong).  Management Science 52 (April 2006): 597–612.

“Order of Entry and Performance of Multinational Corporations in an Emerging Market: A Contingent Resource Perspective.” (with Geng Cui).  Journal of International Marketing 13 (Winter 2005): 28–56.

“Different Responses to Job Insecurity of Chinese Workers in Joint Ventures and State-owned Enterprises.” (with Yui-Tim Wong, Chi-Sum Wong and Hang-Yue Ngo).  Human Relations 58 (November 2005): 1391–1418.

“Do Loyal Subordinates Get Higher Wages? Experience from China.” (with Yui-Tim Wong).  Applied Economics Letters 12 (August 2005): 649–652.

“The Shrinking Earnings Premium for University Graduates in Hong Kong: The Effect of Quantity or Quality?” (with Wing Suen).  Contemporary Economic Policy 23 (April 2005): 242–254.

“Extramarital Affairs, Marital Satisfaction, and Divorce: Evidence from Hong Kong.” (with C. Simon Fan). Contemporary Economic Policy 22 (October 2004): 442–452.

“Structural Change and the Narrowing Gender Gap in Wages: Theory and Evidence from Hong Kong.” (with Chengze Simon Fan).  Labour Economics 10 (October 2003): 609–626.

“A Direct Test of the Efficient Marriage Market Hypothesis.” (with Wing Suen). Economic Inquiry 37 (January 1999): 29–46.

Newspaper Articles 

 Please click here for a full list of commentaries on labour market, economic environment, education policy and public policy, which appeared in the following newspapers:

• 《蘋果日報》Apple Daily

• 《信報財經新聞》Hong Kong Economic Journal

• 《香港經濟日報》Hong Kong Economic Times

• 《星島日報》Sing Tao Daily

• 《明報》Ming Pao Daily News

The first 40 commentaries have been published as an edited volume in May 2003 by Next Publications Ltd.

Consultancy Reports

A Survey Report of the White Bread Market in Hong Kong, 1999. (This is a consultancy report submitted to Cakes & Bakery Division, Maxim's Caterers Limited.)

Balance of Payments of Hong Kong: Desktop Exercise 1998. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Monetary Authority, 1998. (This is a confidential report which consists of some 14,000 words together with 11 tables and 2 annexes.)

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