Tin Cheuk Leung

Research

Working Papers

  1. How AI Reshapes Human Content Creation: The Case of Wikipedia (Jan 2026)

    with Koleman Strumpf

    Under Review AI-generated slides

  2. #EconTwitter and Elon Musk: Anatomy of a Failed Exodus (Dec 2025)

    with Kwok Ping Tsang

    Under Review AI-generated slides

  3. An Empirical Decomposition of Information vs Sentiment Shifts in Advertising (Jun 2025)

    with Shi Qi, Koleman Strumpf

  4. Disentangling Demand and Supply of Media Bias: The Case of Newspaper Homepages (May 2025)

    with Koleman Strumpf

    CESifo Working Paper No. 10890 R&R Slides Marginal Revolution The Conversation WFU News WFDD

  5. Quantifying Racial Prejudices with Housing Transaction Data (Sep 2024)

    with Xiaojin (Aaron) Sun, Kwok Ping Tsang

    New York Times

  6. All the Headlines that Are Fit to Change (Mar 2023)

    with Koleman Strumpf

    Slides U Penn Law School Economics of Digital Service Blog

Work in Progress

  • Social Network Addiction, with Koleman Strumpf and Tsz-Nga Wong
  • Dissecting Netflix's Self-Preferencing: Evidence from Viewer-Level Data, with Shi Qi and Koleman Strumpf

Publications

  1. Leung, T.C., and S. Qi (2023): "Globalization and the Rise of Action Movies in Hollywood," Journal of Cultural Economics, 47, pp. 31-69.

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  2. Leung, T.C., K.P. Tsang, and K. K. Tsui (2022): "Collusion in Private Procurement: How Does Mandatory Building Inspection Increase Renovation Prices?" Singapore Economic Review, 67(5), pp. 1759-1779.

    Journal Working paper version BBC (Chinese) New York Times

  3. Kim, J.H., and T.C. Leung (2021): "Eliminating Digital Rights Management in the E-Book Market," Information Economics and Policy, 57.

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  4. Leung, T.C., K.P. Tsang, and K. K. Tsui (2020): "Why Are Inferior Seats "Underpriced"? Evidence from the English Premier League," Man and the Economy, (7) 1.

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  5. Leung, T.C., S. Qi, and J. Yuan (2020): "Movie Industry Demand and Theater Availability," Review of Industrial Organization, 56, pp. 489-513.

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  6. Leung, T.C., K.P. Tsang, and K. K. Tsui (2019): "What Can Regulators Deregulate? The Case of Electricity," Journal of Regulatory Economics, 56(1), pp. 1-32 (lead article).

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  7. Kim, J.H., T.C. Leung, L. Wagman (2017): "Can Restricting Property Use Be Value Enhancing? Evidence from Short-Term Rental Regulations," Journal of Law & Economics, 60(2), pp. 309-334.

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  8. Chao, H., C.Y. Ho, T.C. Leung, and Travis Ng (2017): "To Root or Not to Root? The Economics of Jailbreak," Journal of Comparative Economics, 45(3), pp. 481-497.

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  9. Dalton J.T. and T.C. Leung (2017): "Strategic Decision-Making in Hollywood Release Gaps," Journal of International Economics, 105, pp. 10-21.

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  10. Leung, C.K.Y., T.C. Leung, and K.P. Tsang (2015): "Tax-driven Bunching of Housing Market Transactions: The Case of Hong Kong," International Real Estate Review, 18(4), pp. 473-501.

  11. Dalton J.T. and T.C. Leung (2015): "Dispersion and Distortions in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade," Journal of International Economics, 96(2), pp. 412-425.

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  12. Leung, T.C. (2015): "Music Piracy: Bad for Record Sales but Good for the iPod?" Information Economics and Policy, 31, pp. 1-12 (lead article).

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  13. Dalton J.T. and T.C. Leung (2014): "Why is Polygyny More Prevalent in Western Africa? An African Slave Trade Perspective," Economic Development and Cultural Change, 62(4), pp.599-632 (lead article).

    Journal Working paper version Featured in Foreign Policy Magazine Featured PDF

  14. Leung, T.C. (2013): "What is the True Loss Due to Piracy? Evidence from Microsoft Office in Hong Kong," Review of Economics and Statistics, 95(3), pp.1015-1029.

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  15. Leung, T.C. and K.P. Tsang (2013): "Anchoring and Loss Aversion in the Housing Market: Implications on Price Dynamics," China Economic Review, 24, pp.42-54.

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  16. Leung, T.C. and K.P. Tsang (2013): "Can Anchoring and Loss Aversion Explain the Predictability of Housing Prices?" Pacific Economic Review, 18(1), pp.41-59.

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  17. Leung, T.C. and K.P. Tsang (2012): "Love Thy Neighbor: Income Distribution and Housing Preferences," Journal of Housing Economics, 21(4), pp.322-335.

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