Associate Professor
Yizhen Gu
Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkley
Research Interests:Urban Economics, Transportation Economics, Applied Microeconomics
0755-2603 8434
yizhengu@phbs.pku.edu.cn
Office: Rm. 656, PHBS Building
Biography
Research Interests
Urban Economics, Transportation Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Education
Ph.D., Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, May 2015
Master of Economics, School of Environment, Renmin University of China, June 2004
Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, July 2001
Bachelor of Economics, Department of Agricultural Economics, Renmin University of China, July 2001
Publications
Yizhen Gu, Chang Jiang, Junfu Zhang, Ben Zou. Subways and Road Congestion. Forthcoming at American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Victor Couture, Benjamin Faber, Yizhen Gu, Lizhi Liu. Connecting the Countryside via E-Commerce: Evidence from China. Accepted at American Economic Review: Insights
Jan Brueckner, Shihe Fu, Yizhen Gu, and Junfu Zhang. Measuring the Stringency of Land-Use Regulation: The Case of China’s Building-Height Limits. Review of Economics and Statistics, 99(4): 663-677, 2017.
Yizhen Gu, Elizabeth Deakin, and Ying Long. The Effects of Driving Restrictions on Travel Behavior: Evidence from Beijing. Journal of Urban Economics, 102: 106-122, 2017.
Shihe Fu and Yizhen Gu. Highway Toll and Air Pollution: Evidence from Chinese Cities. Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management, 83: 32-49, 2017.
Ying Long, Yizhen Gu, and Haoying Han. Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Urban Planning Implementation Effectiveness: Evidence from Five Urban Master Plans of Beijing. Landscape and Urban Planning,108(2-4): 103-111, 2012.
Siqi Zheng, Fenjie Long, Cindy Fan, and Yizhen Gu. Urban Villages in China: A 2008 Survey of Migrant Settlements in Beijing. Eurasian Geography and Economics, 50(4):425-446, 2009.

Working Papers
The Effects of Beijing’s Urban Growth Boundaries on Urban Development, with Shihe Fu (Xiamen) and Ying Long (Tsinghua)

Work in Progress
The Gains from Online Integration: Evidence from County-Level Panel Data in China, with Ben Faber (UC Berkeley) and Victor Couture (UC Berkeley)
Optimal Public Transit Fare with Congestion, with Ben Zou (MSU)