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2025

Ang, G., Qin, Y., Tan, Y., & Zhang, F. (2025). From connections to merit: Anti-corruption reform and occupational mobility in China’s Civil Service. The Economic Journal. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf011

Fan, Y., Gao, Q., Sitoh, Y. E., & Wan, W. X. (2025). Gone with the flood: Natural Disasters, Selective Migration, and Media Sentiment. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4343838

2024

Agarwal, S., Ang, S. H., & Sing, T. F. (2024). Kiasunomics©3: Economic insights for everyday life. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Agarwal, S., Li, B., Qian, W., Ren, Y., and Sun, R. (2024). Association Between Bike-Sharing Systems and the Blood Pressure of Local Citizens: A Cross-Sectional Study in China. BMJPublic Health

Agarwal, S., Chen, S., He, H., Huang, X., & Li, T. (2024). Associations between stock market fluctuations and stress-related emergency room visits in China. Nature Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00267-5

Agarwal, S., Ghosh, P., Li, J., & Ruan, T. (2024). Digital payments and consumption: Evidence from the 2016 demonetization in India. The Review of Financial Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhae005

Agarwal, S., Ghosh, P., Ruan, T., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Transient customer response to data breaches of their information. Management Science, 70(6), 4105–4114. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.01335

Agarwal, S., Ghosh, P., & Zheng, H. (2024). Consumption response to a natural disaster: Evidence of price and income shocks from Chennai Flood. Energy Economics, 131, 107323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107323

Agarwal, S., Kuang, W., Wang, L., & Yang, Y. (2024). The role of agents in fraudulent activities: Evidence from the housing market in Beijing. Journal of Urban Economics, 142, 103668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2024.103668

Agarwal, S., Li, K., Qin, Y., Wu, J., & Yan, J. (2024). The impact of fertility relaxation on the gender wage gap. Journal of Human Resources. https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0122-12126r2

Agarwal, S., Qian, W., Yeung, B., & Zheng, H. (2024). Taxing the rich to finance redistribution: Evidence from a permanent tax increase in Singapore. Management Science, 70(4), 2518–2548. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4823

Agarwal, S., Qin, Y., Sing, T. F., & Zhan, C. (2024). Sea Level Rise Risks, Adaptation Strategies, and Real Estate Prices in Singapore. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5016295

Agarwal, S., Sing, T. F., Song, C., & Zhang, J. (2024). Liberalizing home-based business. Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.04232

Agarwal, S., Sing, T. F., & Zhang, X. (2024). Intergenerational bankruptcy risks: Learning from parents’ mistakes. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 59, 101087. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2024.101087

Chen, W., Huang, H., Liao, S., Gao, F., & Biljecki, F. (2024). Global Urban Road Network Patterns: Unveiling multiscale planning paradigms of 144 cities with a novel Deep Learning Approach. Landscape and Urban Planning, 241, 104901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2023.104901

Chen, W., Tan, Z., Wu, Y., Biljecki, F., Liao, S., Zhou, Q., Li, H., Zheng, Y., & Gao, F. (2024). Decarbonizing megacities: A spatiotemporal analysis considering inter-city travel and the 15-minute city concept. Cities, 152, 105252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105252

Dai, F., Diao, M., & Sing, T. F. (2024). A two-dimensional propensity score matching approach to estimating the treatment effect of urban rail transit lines on Vehicle Travel. Transportation, 51(3), 853–873. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-022-10360-2

Dai, R., Guo, D., Han, Y., & Qin, Y. (2024). Pollution-induced trips: Evidence from flight and train bookings in China. Journal of Development Economics, 171, 103340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103340

Diao, M., Sing, T. F., & Zhang, X. (2024). The political economy of public housing upgrading programs. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 224, 369–389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.01.007

Fan, Y. (2024). Predictive Infrequent Activities. Nature Cities, 1(4), 260–261. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00056-2

Huang, X., Wang, S., Yang, D., Hu, T., Chen, M., Zhang, M., Zhang, G., Biljecki, F., Lu, T., Zou, L., Wu, C. Y., Park, Y. M., Li, X., Liu, Y., Fan, H., Mitchell, J., Li, Z., & Hohl, A. (2024). Crowdsourcing geospatial data for Earth and human observations: A Review. Journal of Remote Sensing, 4. https://doi.org/10.34133/remotesensing.0105

Ito, K., Kang, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., & Biljecki, F. (2024). Understanding urban perception with visual data: A systematic review. Cities, 152, 105169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2024.105169

Lee, K. O., & Khoo, J. R. (2024). ‘Mini’ Singapore in Vietnam? Outcomes of regionalisation and circulation of urban expertise. International Development Planning Review, 46(1), 17–43. https://doi.org/10.3828/idpr.2023.8

Macatulad, E., & Biljecki, F. (2024). Continuing from the Sendai Framework Midterm: Opportunities for Urban Digital Twins in Disaster Risk Management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 102, 104310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2024.104310

Mikhed, V., Raina, S., Scholnick, B., & Zhang, M. (2024). Debtor income manipulation in consumer credit contracts. Journal of Financial Economics, 157, 103851. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2024.103851

Sing, T. F., & Zou, Y. (2024). Improving search efficiency in housing markets using online listings. Real Estate Economics, 52(4), 1020–1044. https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6229.12482

Wang, J., Huang, W., & Biljecki, F. (2024). Learning visual features from figure-ground maps for urban morphology discovery. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 109, 102076. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2024.102076

2023

Agarwal, S., Amromin, G., Chomsisengphet, S., Landvoigt, T., Piskorski, T., Seru, A., & Yao, V. (2023). Mortgage refinancing, consumer spending, and competition: Evidence from the Home Affordable Refinance Program. The Review of Economic Studies, 90(2), 499–537. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdac039

Agarwal, S., Araral, E., Fan, M., Qin, Y., & Zheng, H. (2023). The effects of policy announcement, prices and subsidies on water consumption. Nature Water, 1(2), 176–186. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00028-1

Agarwal, S., Chomsisengphet, S., Kiefer, H., Kiefer, L. C., & Medina, P. C. (2023). Refinancing inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109023001059

Agarwal, S., Deng, Y., He, J., Wang, Y., & Zhang, Q. (2023). Lenders’ pricing strategy: Do neighborhood risks matter? Real Estate Economics, 51(4), 1011–1047. https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6229.12421

Agarwal, S., Ding, Y., Kuang, W., & Zhu, X. (2023). Are environmental punishments good news or bad news? evidence from China. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 120, 102847. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2023.102847

Agarwal, S., Hadzic, M., Song, C., & Yildirim, Y. (2023). Liquidity constraints, consumption, and debt repayment: Evidence from macroprudential policy in Turkey. The Review of Financial Studies, 36(10), 3953–3998. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhad024

Agarwal, S., Han, Y., Qin, Y., & Zhu, H. (2023). Disguised pollution: Industrial activities in the dark. Journal of Public Economics, 223, 104904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2023.104904

Agarwal, S., Kigabo, T., Minoiu, C., Presbitero, A. F., & Silva, A. F. (2023). Serving the underserved: Microcredit as a pathway to commercial banks. Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(4), 780–797. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01117

Agarwal, S., Lin, Y., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, Z. (2023). Labor Mobility and Loan Origination. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109023000649

Agarwal, S., & Mannil, N. (2023). Household financial decision making. Handbook of Financial Decision Making, 375–410. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802204179.00033

Chia, L. E., & Sing, T. F. (2023). Redevelopment values in multi-family properties: Evidence from en bloc sales in Singapore. Journal of Housing Economics, 60, 101932. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhe.2023.101932

Diao, M., Li, Q., Sing, T. F., & Zhan, C. (2023). Disamenities of living close to transit tracks: Evidence from Singapore’s MRT System. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 100, 103894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2023.103894

Fan, Y., Hu, M. R., Wan, W. X., & Wang, Z. (2023). A tale of two cities: Mainland Chinese buyers in the Hong Kong housing market. Review of Finance, 27(6), 2205–2232. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfad006

Lee, J., & Lee, K. O. (2023). Online listing data and their interaction with market dynamics: Evidence from Singapore during COVID-19. Journal of Big Data, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40537-023-00786-5

Lee, K. O., & Cheng, S.-F. (2023). Neighborhood retail amenities and taxi trip behavior: A natural experiment in Singapore. Habitat International, 131, 102714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatappint.2022.102714

Lee, K. O., Mai, K. M., & Park, S. (2023). Green space accessibility helps buffer declined mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from big data in the United Kingdom. Nature Mental Health, 1(2), 124–134. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-023-00018-y

Li, K., Qin, Y., Wu, J., & Yan, J. (2023). Perceived economic prospects during the early stage of Covid‐19 Breakout. Contemporary Economic Policy, 41(4), 696–713. https://doi.org/10.1111/coep.12616

Lin, Y., Qin, Y., Sulaeman, J., Yan, J., & Zhang, J. (2023). Expanding footprints: The impact of passenger transportation on corporate locations. Review of Finance, 27(3), 1119–1154. https://doi.org/10.1093/rof/rfac049

Sing, T. F., Wang, W., & Zhan, C. (2023). Tracking industry pollution sources and health risks in China. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49586-0

Wang, X., & Liu, T. (2023). Home-made blues: Residential crowding and Mental Health in Beijing, China. Urban Studies, 60(3), 461–482. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980221101707

Wang, X., & Renne, J. L. (2023). Socioeconomics of urban travel in the U.S.: Evidence from the 2017 NHTS. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 116, 103622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103622

Wang, Y., Tu, Y., & Fan, Y. (2023). The price of quietness: How a pandemic affects city dwellers’ response to road traffic noise. Sustainable Cities and Society, 99, 104882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104882

Xu, N., Chan, K. C., Xie, R., Chen, Q., & Agarwal, S. (2023). The impact of family-based human capital on corporate innovation: Evidence from sibling-chairpersons in China. Management Science. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.4965

Yang, C., Bu, S., Fan, Y., Wan, W. X., Wang, R., & Foley, A. (2023). Data-driven prediction and evaluation on future impact of energy transition policies in smart regions. Applied Energy, 332, 120523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.120523

2022

2021

Agarwal, S., Chau, K. W., Hu, M., & Wan, W. X. (2021). Tobin tax policy, housing speculation, and property market dynamics. Available at SSRN 3641624.

Agarwal, S., Ghosh, P., & Zhan, C. (2023). Association between a state-level fat tax and fast food purchases. JAMA Network Open, 6(10). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.37983

Agarwal, S., Huang, P., Luo, C., Qin, Y., & Zhan, C. (2021). Assessment of online food ordering and delivery in Singapore during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Network Open, 4(9). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.26466

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