Guangbin Hong
Institute and Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics Postdoctoral Fellow
Guangbin Hong is an economist specializing in the study of economic activities within and between cities. His research focuses on how heterogeneous agents interact in space and how these interactions influence spatial equilibrium outcomes. For instance, Guangbin has investigated the impact of spatial sorting of firms and workers on earnings inequality across cities. Guangbin’s ongoing research projects explore housing redevelopment and gentrification in Chicago, as well as the spatial mismatch between electricity demand and supply in China. To address these questions, he employs a combination of spatial equilibrium models and empirical analyses, aiming to provide policy-relevant solutions to urban issues through counterfactual experiments in these models. Guangbin is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He completed his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Toronto, his master’s in economics at Tufts University, and his bachelor’s in management at Tianjin University.
Advisers: Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics & Christopher Berry, William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor; Director, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation