
Cong Peng
Assistant Professor
National School of Development, Peking University
Research Affiliate, Centre for Economic Performance
Email: congpeng@nsd.pku.edu.cn
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Working Papers
Roads to Development? Urbanization Without Growth in Zambia
with Yao Wang and Wenfan Chen
presented at ASSA, UEA, COMPIE, SUME
Does E-commerce Reduce Traffic Congestion? Evidence from Alibaba Single Day Shopping Event
presented at UEA, ARUUEA International Conference, ITEA, SMU Conference
China's Journey to the West: Using High-Resolution Satellite Imagery to Evaluate Transportation Improvement in Central Asia
with Gordon Hanson
presented at Infra4Dev 2022
Growth in the African Urban Hierarchy
with Vernon Henderson and Tony Venables
Publications
Colonial Legacies: Shaping African Cities
Journal of Economic Geography, 2021
with J. Vernon Henderson and Neeraj G. Baruah
Valuing the Environmental Benefits of Canals Using House Prices
Land Economics, 2022
with Steve Gibbons and Cheng Keat Tang
Urbanisation and Demographic and Health Outcomes: Perspectives from a New Classification of Urban Areas
European Commission Report, 2021
with J. Vernon Henderson, Adam Storeygard and Vivian Liu
A Flexible Framework for Built-Up Height Mapping Using ICESat-2 Photons and Multisource Satellite Observations
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024
Xiayu Tang, Guojiang Yu, Xuecao Li, Hannes Taubenböck, Guohua Hu, Yuyu Zhou, Cong Peng, Donglie Liu, Jianxi Huang, Xiaoping Liu, Peng Gong
Selected Work-in-Progress
Highway Improvement and Intercity Trade in Pakistan
with Dzhamilya Nigmatulina and Mazhar Waseem
Boosting Exports or Picking Winners? The Role of Export Credit Insurance in China
with Yu Ji, Wei Tian, Yiqun Zhuang
From Digital Carts to Cleaner Air: The Role of E-commerce in Reducing Urban Air Pollution
with Lan An, Ruoming Lyu, Zhenghong Wang, Zhou Huang, Ke Rong
Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Impact on Food Security and Civil Unrest in Sub-Saharan Africa
with Enqi Zhang
Research Grants
Trade, Trans-national Infrastructure Investments and Economic Development: Evidence from the New Silk Road
Co-PI, Swiss National Science Foundation (502,434 CHF) and International Growth Center (64,101 pounds), 2024-present
Infrastructure, Industrial Policy and Economic Development
PI, International Growth Center (25,000 pounds), 2024-present
The Socioeconomic Impact of Road Development in Zambia: Phase Two
PI, International Growth Center (12,000 pounds), 2020-2021
The Socioeconomic Impact of Road Development in Zambia
PI, International Growth Center (19,994 pounds), 2019-2020
Teaching
Graduate Courses
Urban Economics in Developing Countries (Fall 2023 - present)
International Economic Development (Spring 2024 - present)
Public Policy and Microeconomics (Fall 2022)
Undergraduate Courses
Urban Economics (Spring 2024 - present)
International Trade (Spring 2023)