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Department of Economics

2020 RAE Results Reaffirm Excellence in Research by Lingnan’s Economics Faculty

LU scholars have achieved a significant improvement in the latest Research Assessment Exercise 2020 (RAE) conducted by the University Grants Committee (UGC) over the previous exercise in 2014, according to results of the RAE 2020 announced by the UGC on 24 May 2021.

Two impact cases submitted by Department of Economics were rated 100% at 4*(World Leading) or 3* (Internationally Excellent). This result has helped to rank Lingnan University into 3rd place among Hong Kong’s other universities.

Lingnan’s Economics Department continues to excel in policy-related, applied research, with a view to contributing to better policy making in Hong Kong and around the world and in line with the liberal arts mission of the University. Our research areas include international trade, the labour market, the housing market, environmental economics, industrial organization, behavioral economics, competition policy, health policy, and happiness studies. Apart from international journals, our scholars also publish books and research reports, and conduct surveys and commissioned studies.