2026 Charles Ka Yui Leung: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	33	3325	3030	90	89	200	3602

Overview

Charles Ka Yui Leung is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily spans the field of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a specific focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, and Demography.

Their main topics of research include:

Housing Market and Economics
Economic Growth and Development
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
Insurance and Financial Risk Management

Their recent publications reflect these research interests and include the following papers:

"When education policy and housing policy interact: Can they correct for the externalities?" (2020), published in Journal of Housing Economics
"Corporate Real Estate Holding and Stock Returns: Testing Alternative Theories with International Listed Firms" (2022), published in The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
"Greenfield foreign direct investment: Social learning drives persistence" (2022), published in Journal of International Money and Finance
"Housing and Macroeconomics" (2023), published in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance
"Financial Conditions, Local Competition, and Local Market Leaders: The Case of Real Estate Developers" (2021), published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Charles Ka Yui Leung frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Joe Cho Yiu Ng
Edward Chi Ho Tang
Yifan Gong
Naijia Guo
Kwok Ping Tsang

Their work has been published extensively in a variety of academic venues, most notably:

SSRN Electronic Journal
The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
Contemporary Economic Policy
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Journal of Housing Economics

Best Publications

Macroeconomics and housing: a review of the literature

Charles Leung

482
Citations
Monetary Policy, Term Structure and Asset Return: Comparing REIT, Housing and Stock

Kuang-Liang Chang;Nan-Kuang Chen;Charles Ka Yui Leung

138
Citations
Housing Price Dispersion: An Empirical Investigation

Charles Ka Yui Leung;Youngman Chun Fai Leong;Siu Kei Wong

135
Citations
Redistribution through Education and Other Transfer Mechanisms

Eric A Hanushek;Charles Ka Yui Leung;Kuzey Yilmaz

133
Citations
Testing Alternative Theories of the Property Price-Trading Volume Correlation

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128
Citations
Borrowing Constraints, College Aid, and Intergenerational Mobility

Eric A. Hanushek;Charles Ka Yui Leung;Kuzey Yilmaz

127
Citations
Do Bank Loans and Local Amenities Explain Chinese Urban House Prices

Daisy J. Huang;Charles Ka Yui Leung;Baozhi Qu

106
Citations
The Dynamics and Volatility of Commercial and Residential Property Prices: Theory and Evidence*

Kamhon Kan;Sunny Kai-Sun Kwong;Charles Ka-Yui Leung

100
Citations
Flipping in the Housing Market

Charles Ka Yui Leung;Chung-Yi Tse

94
Citations
Equilibrium Correlations of Asset Price and Return

Charles Ka Yui Leung

81
Citations
In the shadow of the United States: the international transmission effect of asset returns

Kuang-Liang Chang;Nan-Kuang Chen;Charles Ka Yui Leung

75
Citations
Asset Price Spillover, Collateral and Crises: with an Application to Property Market Policy

Nan-Kuang Chen;Charles Ka Yui Leung

75
Citations
Convergence, endogenous growth, and productivity disturbances

Charles Ka Yui Leung;Danny T. Quah

74
Citations
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND INCREASING HOUSE PRICES

Charles Ka Yui Leung

73
Citations
Real Estate, the External Finance Premium and Business Investment: A Quantitative Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis

Yi Jin;Charles Ka Yui Leung;Zhixiong Zeng

72
Citations
Price Volatility of Commercial and Residential Property

Sunny Kai Sun Kwong;Charles Ka Yui Leung

68
Citations
In the Shadow of the United States: The International Transmission Effect of Asset Returns *

Kuang Liang Chang;Nan Kuang Chen;Charles Ka Yui Leung

64
Citations
What Drives the Property Price-Trading Volume Correlation? Evidence from a Commercial Real Estate Market

Charles Ka Yui Leung;Dandan Feng

63
Citations
The dynamics of housing returns in Singapore: How important are the international transmission mechanisms?

Kuang Liang Chang;Nan Kuang Chen;Charles Ka Yui Leung

62
Citations
Convergence, Endogenous Growth, and Productivity Disturbances

Charles K Leung;Danny Quah

62
Citations
Availability, Affordability and Volatility: The Case of the Hong Kong Housing Market

Charles Ka Yui Leung

60
Citations
“Fire Sales” in housing market: is the house-searching process similar to a theme park visit?

Charles Ka Yui Leung;Jun Zhang

56
Citations
Testing Alternative Theories of the Property Price-Trading Volume Correlation

Charles Ka Yui Leung;Garion Chi Keung Lau;Chun Fai Youngman Leong

16
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric A. Hanushek Hoover Institution

Danny Quah National University of Singapore

John M. Quigley University of California, Berkeley

External Links

Personal website of Charles Ka Yui Leung

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