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How Does Air Pollution Affect Online Consumption?

Consumer Behaviour

Yang, Yang (Zoe)（楊揚） • 27 April 2023 • 7 mins read

New research examines and quantifies the causal link between air pollution and various categories of online consumption By Pan Jingyi, Principal Writer, China Business Knowledge@CUHK As a major and pressing public health threat, air pollution is responsible for around one third of deaths from stroke, chronic respiratory disease, and lung cancer, as well as one […]

Sitting on a Gold Mine: Do People Spend More When Home Prices Rise?

Consumer Behaviour

Yang, Yang (Zoe)（楊揚） • 05 May 2022 • 6 mins read

CUHK research finds that housing price appreciation leads to higher online consumption, less payment hesitation, less order returns and more online shopping activity during work hours

Will High Speed Rail Make Air Travel Nicer?

Consumer Behaviour

Yang, Yang (Zoe)（楊揚） • 17 June 2021 • 7 mins read

Research examining booming Chinese travel market finds entry of high speed rail leads to improvement in airline services

How the Wuhan Lockdown Significantly Cut COVID-19 Infections

Globalisation

Yang, Yang (Zoe)（楊揚） • 26 March 2020 • 5 mins read

CUHK study reveals the mandatory quarantine of the virus epicentre reduced infections by restricting mobility during the early stages of the outbreak and that social distancing policies in other cities are effective in containing the spread of the noval coronavirus