Helen X H Bao

Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge,  19 Silver Street, Cambridge, CB3 9EP, United Kingdom

Phone: (44) 01223 337 116       Fax:     (44) 01223 337 130     Email: hxb20@cam.ac.uk

Current position and past employment history

2024 – present             Director, Lab of Interdisciplinary Spatial Analysis, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

2023 – present              Academic Project Director, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Cambridge

2021 – present              Professor of Land Economy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

2020 – 2021                  Reader in Land Economy, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

2019 – present              Director of Graduate Admissions, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

2017 – 2020                  Senior Lecturer in Real Estate Finance, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

2014 – present              Director of International Relations, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

2013 – present              Fellow in Land Economy, Newnham College, University of Cambridge

2009 – 2013                  Fellow in Economics, Newnham College, University of Cambridge

2006 – 2017                  Lecturer in Real Estate Finance, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

2004 – 2006                  Instructor, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong

Academic qualifications 

Ph.D. in Statistics (2004)    City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Title: An Econometric Analysis of the Hong Kong Real Estate Market: Hedonic Price Study and Index Number Construction

M. A. (Honorary, 2016)     University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

M. A. in Statistics (2000)    Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China

Title:                              Risk Evaluation in the Securities Market of China

B. A. in Finance (1997)      Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China

Research interests

  • Real estate finance and economics
  • Housing economics
  • Land and housing policies
  • Behavioural sciences

Visiting Positions:

  1. Honorary Associate Processor: The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, UCL, 2018 – 2022.
  2. Visiting Professor, School of Public Administration, Renmin University of China, China, 2017 – present.
  3. Visiting Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University, China, 2020 – present
  4. Visiting Professor, Land and Urban-rural Development Research Institute, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, China, 2020 – present.

Research Grants

  1. Principle Investigator: “Consortium-building and project development for Horizon Europe call: New sustainable business and production models for farmers and rural communities”, Horizon Europe Pump Priming Collaboration between UK and EU Partners 2024, British Academy, £9994.56, March – September 2024
  2. Co-investigator: “Characteristic analysis, effect measurement, and governance optimization of the operation-oriented transfer of rural homesteads in typical reform pilot areas”. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Sichuan University, CNY632,000 (Approximately £71,200), Jan 2024 – Dec 2027.
  3. Co-investigator: “Micro-foundation of China’s Rural Land Institutional Changes: Construction and Tests of Dynamic Models”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Renmin University of China, CNY480,000 (Approximately £55,600), Jan 2022 – Dec 2025.
  4. Co-investigator: “Land Use Policies for Smart City Development in Hong Kong: A Participatory Platform Supported by Spatial Analysis Technologies”, Interdisciplinary Research Fund in Smart Cities (IRF-SC), Smart Cities Research Institute, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. HKD 500,000 (Approximately £50,000), July 2021 – June 2023.
  5. Principal Investigator: “Nudging Towards a Better Financial Future: Applying Behavioural Insights in the Development of Financial Systems in Rural China”. ESRC & NSFC, £ 318,236 (ESRC) & CNY2,000,000 (NSFC, approximately £230,000), Jan 2017 – Aug 2021.
  6. Co-investigator: “Theoretical Modelling and Empirical Investigation of Risk Coupling and Contagion Mechanism “, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CNY480,000 (Approximately £53,000), Jan 2017 – Dec 2020.
  7. Co-investigator: “Formal Rules in the Rural Land Institutional Change in China: Development, Implementation and Evolution – Based on Behavioral Economics Theory and Empirical Study”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Renmin University of China, CNY676,000 (Approximately £67,600), Jan 2017 – Dec 2020.
  8. Principal Investigator: “Financing the New Urbanization Plan in China”. Xuyi Institute for Financial Research, China, £300,000, Oct 2016 – Sept 2019.
  9. Co-investigator: “Pricing and Risk Management of Real Estate Financial Assets and Derivatives”. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, CNY260,000 (Approximately £26,000), Jan 2013 – Dec 2017.
  10. Principal Investigator: ESRC International PhD Partnering Initiative (China), ESRC, £20,360, Jan 2013 – Dec 2015.
  11. Principal Investigator: PhD Partnering Scheme – Proposal Development Travel Grants for India and China, ESRC and RCUK, £1,500, July 2013.
  12. Co-investigator: “The Impact of Land Market on Macro-economy during Transition Period: Theoretical Framework, Institutional and Resource Constraints, and Policy Framework”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Renmin University of China, CNY430,000 (Approximately £43,000), Jan 2012 – Dec 2015.
  13. Co-investigator: “Research in Integrated Risk Management System of Financial Derivatives Based on VaR”, Huazhong University of Science and Technology Independent Innovation Research Fund, CNY300,000 (Approximately £30,000), Dec 2008 – Dec 2010.
  14. Principal Investigator: “Semi-parametric Modelling of Sample Selection Bias in Real Estate Price Indices”, Investment Property Forum Education Trust, £2,500, Sept 2007 – Aug 2008.
  15. Co-investigator: “Urban Land and Residential Housing Markets in Post Reform China: the characteristics, outcomes and hidden problems of fast urbanization process”, Academic Research Fund, National University of Singapore, S$177,370 (Approximately £100,000), Apr 2007 – Apr 2010.

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Helen X. H. Bao and Colin Lizieri (2024). Behavioural Housing Finance, in Kenneth Gibb, Chris Leishman, Alex Marsh, Geoff Meen, Rachel Ong Viforj, and Craig Watkins edited, Handbooks for Housing Economics. Routledge. ISBN: 9780367347178 (Hardback); 9780429327339 (eBook).
  2. Lei Feng, Ping Lv, Helen X. H. Bao, and Jinhai Yan (2022). Real Estate Economics. 4th edition. China Architecture & Building Press. ISBN: 9787112265398 (in Chinese).
  3. Helen X. H. Bao (2021). Urbanization, Environmental Externalities, and House Prices in China. In Raymond T. Abdulai and Kwasi G. B. Awuah edited, Sustainability and Real Estate in the Developing World. Emerald. ISBN: 9781838678388.
  4. Helen X. H. Bao (2020). Behavioural Science and Housing Decision Making: A Case Study Approach, London, Routledge, ISBN: 978-0-367-13576-8 (paperback), 978-0-367-13575-1 (hardback), 978-0-429-02725-3 (e-book).
  5. Morshed MD Alam, Helen X. H. Bao, Patrick Xiaowei Zou, and Jay Sanjayan. (2017). Behavior change of building users and energy consumption, in Encyclopaedia of Sustainable Technologies, (Ed. Scott A. Elias), Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-409548-9.
  6. Helen X. H. Bao. Regression Analysis in Planning Research, (2014), in The Routledge Handbook of Planning Research Methods (Eds. Elisabete Silva, Patsy Healey, Neil Harris and Pieter Van den Broeck), Taylor and Francis, ISBN: 978-0-415-72795-2.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Helen X. H. Bao (2024). Is hiding my first name enough? Using behavioural interventions to mitigate racial and gender discrimination in the rental housing market. Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241231712.
  2. Helen X. H. Bao, Yan Jiang, Scott Ziyou Wang and Lei Feng (2024). Social Capital and the Effectiveness of Land Use Policies: Evidence from Rural China. Land Use Policy, Volume 139, Article number: 107069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107069.
  3. Helen X. H. Bao, Ziyou Wang, and Liangqi Wu (2024). Understanding Local Government Debt Financing of Infrastructure Projects in China: Evidence based on Accounting Data from Local Government Financing Vehicles. Land Use Policy. Volume 136, Article number: 106964. https://doi-org.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106964.
  4. Tony He Tang and Helen X. H. Bao (2024). Political Uncertainty and Carbon Emission Trading: Evidence from China. Cities, Volume 145, Article number: 104713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104713.
  5. Qianyu Zhao, Helen X. H. Bao, and Shurong Yao (2024). Strategies of rural homestead development rights reform and their impacts on rural revitalization. Journal of Rural Studies, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103265.
  6. Wan Li, Tianyuan Wang, and Helen X. H. Bao (2024). Understanding the role of land finance in economic and infrastructure development in Chinese cities: new evidence from a novel structural equation modelling approach. Environment and Planning B – Urban Analytics and City Science, https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083241272092.
  7. Zeyu Zhao, Xiaoshan Zhou, Zhizhi Lin, Helen X.H. Bao, Tianguang Meng, and Dongping Fang (2024). A Resident-Centric Framework for Post-Disaster Infrastructure Recovery: Characterizing Hierarchical Needs and Fulfillment Cycles to Assess Urban Resilience . Journal of Management in Engineering, forthcoming.
  8. Shushu Chen, Mary Quinton, Abdullah Alharbi, Helen X. H. Bao, Barbara Bell, Barnaby Carter, Mike Duignan, Andrew Heyes, Kyriaki Kaplanidou, Maria Karamani, Jacqueline Kennelly, Themis Kokolakakis, Mark Lee, Xiao Liang, Brij Maharaj, Judith Mair, Andrew Smith, Lorraine van Blerk, and Jet Veldhuizen van Zanten (2024). Propositions and recommendations for enhancing the legacies of major sporting events for disadvantaged communities and individuals. Event Management, https://doi.org/10.3727/152599524X17077053867647.
  9. Helen X. H. Bao (2023). Between Carrots and Sticks, from Intention to Actions: Behavioural Interventions for Housing Decisions. Housing, Theory and Society, https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2023.2267060.
  10. Helen X. H. Bao and Charlotte Chunming Meng (2023). Housing Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Residential Satisfaction. Regional Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2022.2159938.
  11. Helen X. H. Bao and Rufus Saunders (2023). Reference Dependence in the UK Housing Market. Housing Studies, V38(7): 1191–1219. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2021.1935767).
  12. Helen X. H. Bao and Rohan Cardoza (2023). Political Institutions and Corporate Risk-Taking: International Evidence. International Review of Finance. https://doi-org.ezp.lib.cam.ac.uk/10.1111/irfi.12423.
  13. Lefeng Qiu and Helen X. H. Bao (2023). Assessing the Ecological Impacts of Coastal Reclamation: An Integrated Index System. Land Degradation and Development. Article ID: LDR4875. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4875.
  14. Helen X. H. Bao and Guy Robinson (2022). Behavioural Land Use Policy Studies: Past, Present, and Future. Land Use Policy, 115, Article ID: 106013.
  15. Helen X. H. Bao and Yi Lim (2022). Behavioural Interventions for Micro-mobility Adoption: Low-hanging Fruits or Hard Nuts to Crack? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 84: 423 – 441. 
  16. Helen X. H. Bao and Joelle Ng (2022). Tradable Parking Permits as a Transportation Demand Management Strategy: A Behavioural Investigation. Cities, 120, Article ID: 103463.
  17. Helen X. H. Bao and Yuna Song (2022). Improving Food Security through Entomophagy: Can Behavioural Interventions Influence Consumer Preference for Edible Insects? Sustainability, 14(7): 3875.
  18. Helen X. H. Bao (2022). The Permanence of Temporary Urbanism: Normalising Precarity in Austerity London (Book Review). Cities, 120, Article ID: 103456.
  19. Christina Ling Li, Helen X. H. Bao and K. W. Chau (2022). On the Strategic Timing of Sales by Real Estate Developers: To Wait or To Presale? Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 66:169–196.
  20. Jie Liu, Boya Gao, Helen X. H. Bao, and Zhenwu Shi (2022). Isolating the net effect of multiple government interventions with an extended Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered (SEIR) framework: Empirical evidence from the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in China. BMJ Open, 12: e060996.
  21. Helen X. H. Bao, Charlotte Chunming Meng, and Jing Wu (2021). Reference Dependence and Loss Aversion in Residential Property Development Decisions: Evidence from Beijing.  Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 36:1535–1562.
  22. Helen X. H. Bao, Johan Larsson and Vivien Wong (2021). Light at the end of the tunnel: The impacts of expected major transport improvements on residential property prices. UrbanStudies, 58(14): 2971–2990.
  23. Qianyu Zhao, Helen X. H. Bao and Zhanlu Zhang (2021). Off-farm employment and agricultural land use efficiency in China. Land Use Policy, 101, February 2021, Article number: 105097.
  24. Helen X. H. Bao (2021). The Fall and Rise of Social Housing: 100 Years on 20 Estates (Book Review). Economic Geography, 97(2): 210-212.
  25. Helen X. H. Bao (2021). Understanding Affordability: The Economics of Housing (Book Review). Journal of the American Planning Association, 87(4): 588 – 590. ArticleID: RJPA 1956258. 
  26. Helen X. H. Bao and Steven H. Li (2020). Housing Wealth and Residential Energy Consumption. Energy Policy, 144, Article number: 111581.
  27. Christina Ling Li, Helen X. H. Bao, and Guy Robinson (2020). The Return of State Control and Its Impact on Land Market Efficiency in Urban China. Land Use Policy. 99, Article number: 104878.
  28. Zhongqi Deng, Qianyu Zhao and Helen X. H. Bao (2020). The impact of urbanization on farmland productivity: Implications for sustainable management and conservation of farmland resources in China. Land, 9(9): 311.
  29. Jie Liu, Jingyu Hao, Zhenwu Shi and Helen X. H. Bao (2020). Building the COVID-19 Collaborative Emergency Network: A Case Study of COVID-19 outbreak in Hubei Province, China. Natural Hazards, 104: 2687 – 2717.
  30. Helen X. H. Bao and Doris Ka Chuen Mok (2020). A Link between East and West: How the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Affects Property Prices in Hong Kong. International Real Estate Review, 23(3): 993 – 1021.
  31. Helen X. H. Bao and Steven H. Li (2020). Investor overconfidence and trading activity in the Asia Pacific REIT markets. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 13(10), 232.
  32. Helen X. H. Bao, Adam Brady and Ziyou Wang (2020). Pricing Efficiency and Bounded Rationality: Evidence Based on the Responses Surrounding GICS Real Estate Category Creation. International Real Estate Review, 23(1):663 – 689.
  33. Helen X. H. Bao and Saul Shah (2020). The Impact of Home Sharing on Residential Real Estate Markets. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 13(8), 161.
  34. Helen X. H. Bao, Christina Ling Li and Colin Lizieri (2019). City Profile: Chongqing (1997 – 2017). Cities, 94: 161-171.
  35. Cynthia M. Gong, Colin Lizieri, and Helen X. H. Bao (2019). “Smarter information, smarter consumers”? Insights into the housing market. Journal of Business Research, 97: 51–64.
  36. Jianhai Yan and Helen X. H. Bao (2018). A Prospect Theory-Based Analysis of Housing Satisfaction with Relocations: Field Evidence from China.Cities, 83: 193–202.
  37. Yuting Xu, Xianjin Huang, Helen X. H. Bao, Xiang Ju, Taiyang Zhong, Zhigang Chen, and Yan Zhou (2018). Rural Land Rights Reform and Agro-environmental Sustainability: Empirical Evidence from China. Land Use Policy, 74: 73-87.
  38. Mei Wang and Helen X. H. Bao (2018). Mega-event effects on the housing market: Evidence from the Beijing 2008 Olympic games.Cities, 72: 207 – 216.
  39. Sally Monson, Helen X. H. Bao and Colin Lizieri (2018). A Behavioural Interpretation of the NAV Discount Puzzle in Listed Real Estate Companies. Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 24(2): 151-165.
  40. Y. Deng, Helen X. H. Bao and P. Gong (2018). Increased Tail Dependence in Global Public Real Estate Market. International Real Estate Review, 21(2): 145 – 168.
  41. Helen X. H. Bao and Cynthia, M. Gong (2017). Reference-dependent Analysis of Capital Structure and REIT Performance. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 69: 38–49.
  42. Helen X. H. Bao and Charlotte C. Meng (2017). Loss Aversion and Housing Studies. Journal of Real Estate Literature, 25(1):49 – 75.
  43. Helen X. H. Bao, Charlotte C. Meng, and Jing Wu (2017). Are We Humans or Are We Econs? – The Effect of Sunk Cost Fallacy in Real Estate Development Decisions. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 20(1): 51-62.
  44. Helen X. H. Bao and Steven H. Li (2017). House Price Index Predictability and Determinant: Fundamentals and Sentiment. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 20(1): 63-77.
  45. Helen X. H. Bao and Steven H. Li. (2016). Overconfidence and Real Estate Investment: A Critical Review of the Literature. The Singapore Economic Review, 61(4):1650015.
  46. Helen X. H. Bao and Cynthia, M. Gong. (2016). Endowment Effect and Housing Decisions. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 20(4):341-353.
  47. F. Xu, Helen X. H. Bao, H. Li, Mei-Po Kwan, and X. Huang. (2016). Land Use Policy and Spatiotemporal Changes in the Water Area of an Arid Region.  Land Use Policy, 54:366-377.
  48. F. Xia, Y. Shen, J. Yan, and Helen X. H. Bao. (2016). On the Potential of Urban Three-dimensional Space Development: The Case of Liuzhou, China. Habitat International, 51:48-58.
  49. J. Yan, F. Xia and Helen X. H. Bao. (2015). Strategic Planning Framework for Land Consolidation in China: A Top-level Design Based on SWOT Analysis. Habitat International, 48: 46 – 54.
  50. M. Wang, Helen X. H. Bao and P. Lin. (2015). Behavioural Insights into Housing Relocation Decisions: The Effects of the Beijing Olympics. Habitat International, 47: 20-28.
  51. H. Li, X. Huang, M. Kwan, Helen X. H. Bao and S. Jefferson. (2015). Real Changes in Farmers’ Welfare from Land Requisition in the Process of Rapid Urbanization. Land Use Policy, 42: 635 – 641. 
  52. L. Feng, Helen X. H. Bao and Y. Jiang. (2014). Land Reallocation Reform in Rural China: A Behavioral Economics Perspective. Land Use Policy, 41: 246 – 259. 
  53. Helen X. H. Bao and L. Feng. (2014). Land Market in Beijing: Goldmine or Landmine? Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 17(1): 79 – 86. 
  54. Helen X. H. Bao, J. L. Glascock, S. Z. Zhou & L. Feng. (2014). Land Value Determination in an Emerging Market: Empirical Evidence from China. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 10(2): 180-199.
  55. L. Brogan.and Helen X. H. Bao (2011). Real Estate Investment in Guernsey’s Two-tiered Housing Market. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 2011, 14(2): 155 – 166.
  56. Helen X. H. Bao and M. Wang. (2010). The Impact of the 2008 Olympic Games on Residential Property Prices in Wangjing. Beijing. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 13(1): 71-86.
  57. J. Yan, L. Feng and Helen X. H. Bao. (2010). Housing Price Dynamics: Evidence from Beijing. Frontiers of Economics in China, 5(1):52-68.
  58. Y. Tu and Helen X. H. Bao. (2009). Property Rights and Housing Value: the Impacts of Political Instability. Real Estate Economics, 37(2):235-257.
  59. Helen X. H. Bao and S. Z. Zhou (2008). The Land Market in Hong Kong: Price Index and the Relationship with the Property Market. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 11(2): 187 – 204.
  60. Helen X. H. Bao and P. D. Sweeney. (2008). Hedonic Valuation of Schooling in UK: The Case of Hertford Town. Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 11(1): 75 – 94.
  61. Helen X. H. Bao and A. T. K. Wan. (2007). Improved Estimators of Hedonic Housing Price Models. Journal of Real Estate Research, 29(3): 267-301.
  62. Helen X. H. Bao and A. T. K. Wan. (2004). On the Use of Spline Smoothing in Estimating Hedonic Housing Price Models: Empirical Evidence Using Hong Kong Data.Real Estate Economics, 32 (3): 487 – 507.

Invited Talks

  1. “UsingBehavioural Interventions to Mitigate Discriminationin the Rental Housing Market”, The 3rd Workshop on Residential Housing Markets – A Market in Distress and Potential Solutions, 26 & 27 June 2024, Vienna, Austria.
  2. “Racial and Gender Discrimination in Rental Housing Markets:Field Evidence from Singapore”, The 3rd Workshop on Residential Housing Markets – A Market in Distress and Potential Solutions, 26 & 27 June 2024, Vienna, Austria.
  3. “Between Carrots and Sticks, from Intentions to Actions: Behavioural Policy Interventions for Housing Decisions”, School of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong, 11 June 2024.
  4. “Applications of Correspondence Tests in the Study of Discriminatory Behaviours”, Centre for Competitiveness of the Visitor Economy, University of Surrey, 18 April 2024.
  5. “The Use of Online Panel Data in Urban Studies”, IACP Academic Workshop: Mixed Research Methodology in Urban Studies, 19 March 2024.
  6. “Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? Strategies of rural homestead development rights reform and their impacts on rural revitalization”, Keynote Speech at the 7th Joint Forum on Land Use Policy by SSCI Journal: Land Rights and Spatial Governance. Hangzhou, China. 14 – 15 October 2023.
  7. “The effectiveness of behavioural interventions on residential location choices and commute behaviours: Experimental evidence from China”, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. 22 September 2023.
  8. “When the cat is away, the mice will not play: The political economy of carbon emission trading systems”, Zhenjiang City University, Hangzhou, China, 22 September 2023.
  9. “The effectiveness of behavioural interventions on residential location choices and commute behaviours: Experimental evidence from China”, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, China, 24 September 2023.
  10. “Between Carrots and Sticks, from Intentions to Actions: How Technology Changes the Application of Behavioural Insights in Social Science Research and Practice”, The 2nd IAS Annual Conference, The Power of “Truth”: Dialogue Across Disciplines, University of Macau, 11 – 13 May 2022.
  11. “Healthy Cities, Happy Cities: The Nexus between Mental Health, Subjective Wellbeing, and Urban Environment”, International Conference on National Spatial Planning and Advanced Urban Development, Zhejiang University City College, 18 – 19 June 2022, Hangzhou, China.
  12. “Is hiding my first name enough? Using behavioural interventions to mitigate racial and gender discrimination in housing markets”, HKU – Cambridge Joint Seminar Series on Field and National Experiments: Housing, Transport and Health. 17 June 2022, Hong Kong, China.
  13. “Housing and the city: livability, equity and well-being”, panel discussion. The Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research Annual Forum. 2 – 3 July 2022. Shanghai, China.
  14. “Globalization, Real Estate and Urban Development”, panel discussion. Cátedra Europa International Conference, The University of the North, 26 October 2021, Colombia.
  15. “Designing and Structuring a Research Project”, School of Civil Engineering and School of Management Sciences and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, 29 November 2021, Heilongjiang, China.
  16. “Behavioural Sciences and Applications in Real Estate Finance”, School of Civil Engineering and School of Management Sciences and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, 19 October 2020, Heilongjiang, China.
  17. “Housing Provident Fund and Homeownership”, School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, China, 24 May 2020, Hangzhou, China.
  18. Panelist, Panel on Effective Teaching using Case Studies (Education Track), The 2019 American Real Estate Society (ARES) Annual Meeting, Arizona, USA.
  19. “Nudging Towards a Better Financial Future: Applying Behavioural Insights in the Development of Financial Systems in Rural China”, Henley Business School, University of Reading, 16 January 2019, Reading, UK.
  20.  “Nudging Towards a Better Financial Future: Applying Behavioural Insights in the Development of Financial Systems in Rural China”, The Bartlett School of Planning, 21 November 2018, London, UK.
  21. Panelist, Panel on Tenure, Publication and Careers for Young Scholars, The 2018 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, Incheon, South Korea.
  22. Session Chair, IRES Global Real Estate and Property Education Panel: The Next 25 Years “What we can do, must do, will do”, The 2018 European Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, Reading, UK.
  23. “Applying Behavioural Insights in Land Economy Research: Examples from the UK”, Ministry of Natural Resources, 23 July 2018, Beijing, China.
  24.  “Land and property market in the UK, and applications of behavioural sciences in land economy research”, Chinese Academy of Land and Resource, 18 July 2018, Beijing, China.
  25. “Nudging Towards a Better Financial Future: Applying Behavioural Insights in the Development of Financial Systems in Rural China”, the MIT Center for Real Estate and Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 7 November 2017, Boston, USA.
  26. “Nudging Towards a Better Financial Future: Applying Behavioural Insights in the Development of Financial Systems in Rural China”, School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, 11 October 2017, Hangzhou, China.
  27. “Trust and the Effectiveness of Land Use Policies: Perception, Attitude and Behavior of Rural Residents in China”, the 2017 Academic Seminar of Lin Zengjie Land Science Fund, Renmin University of China, 2 October 2017, Beijing, China.
  28. “Housing Wealth and Energy Consumption: A Behavioural Analysis”, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, 21 September 2017, Hong Kong.
  29. “Housing Markets in China”, Centre for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of Connecticut, 19 May 2017, Storr, USA.
  30.  “Housing Wealth and Energy Consumption: A Behavioural Analysis”, The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management, University College London, 30 March 2017, London, UK.

Conference Papers & Presentations

  1. Qianyu Zhao, Helen X. H. Bao and Shurong Yao. “Is the sum greater than its parts? Strategies of rural homestead development rights reform and their impacts on rural revitalization”. The 7th Joint Forum on Land Use Policy by SSCI Journal: Land Rights and Spatial Governance. Hangzhou, China. 11 October 2023.
  2. Helen X. H. Bao and Tony H. Tang. “When the cat is away, the mice will not play: The political economy of carbon emission trading systems”, International Forum on High-Quality Economic Development in the Context of Carbon Neutrality, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. 23 – 24 September 2023.
  3. Helen X. H. Bao. “Behavioural interventions in the housing market: The last mile of sustainable development”, Sustainability Science Forum – Earth Data-intensive paradigm shift towards sustainability science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 13 June 2023.
  4. Helen X. H. Bao. Is hiding my first name enough? Using behavioural interventions to mitigate racial and gender discrimination in the rental housing market. ASSA 2022 Annual Conference, 5 – 9 January 2023, New Orleans, USA.
  5. Helen X. H. Bao and Joelle Ng. Tradable Parking Permits as a Transportation Demand Management Strategy: A Behavioural Investigation. ANREV 2020 Annual Research Conference, September – October 2020. Virtual Meeting.
  6. Helen X. H. Bao and Lim Yi. The Barriers and Enablers of Micro-mobility Adoption: A Behavioural Approach. ANREV 2020 Annual Research Conference, September – October 2020. Virtual Meeting.
  7. Helen X. H. Bao (2019). The Use of Online Panel Data in Housing Research, The 2019 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Meeting, Shenzhen, China.
  8. Ling Li, Helen X. H. Bao, Enwei Zhu, and Hongyu Liu (2019). Policy Uncertainty and Real Estate Development: Evidences from China, The 2019 American Real Estate Society (ARES) Annual Meeting, Arizona, USA.
  9. Jinhai Yan and Helen X. H. Bao (2018). Behavioral Analysis of Housing Satisfaction with Relocations: Field Evidence from China, The 2018 American Real Estate Society (ARES) Annual Meeting, Florida, USA.
  10. Ling Li, Helen X. H. Bao, Enwei Zhu and Hongyu Liu (2018). What Makes Housing Developers Hold? Evidences from China, The 2018 Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES) Annual International Meeting, Incheon, South Korea.
  11. Helen X. H. Bao, Lei Feng, Jin Ye, and Ziyou Wang (2017). Trust and the Effectiveness of Land Use Policies: Perception, Attitude and Behavior of Rural Residents in China, The 2017 European Real Estate Society Annual Conference, Delft, The Netherlands.
  12. Helen X. H. Bao, Lei Feng, Jin Ye, and Ziyou Wang (2017). Trust and the Effectiveness of Land Use Policies: Perception, Attitude and Behavior of Rural Residents in China, The 2017 Global Chinese Real Estate Congress Annual Conference, Tai Chung, Taiwan.
  13. Helen X. H. Bao. (2016). A Behavioral Explanation for the Easterlin Paradox in Housing Market, The 2016 Global Chinese Real Estate Congress Annual Conference, Hangzhou, China.
  14. Helen X. H. Bao and C. Meng. (2016). Loss Aversion and Residential Property Development Decisions in China: A Semi-Parametric Estimation, The 2016 AREUEA International Conference, Alicante, Spain.
  15. Helen X. H. Bao and H. Li. (2016). Overconfidence in Real Estate Markets: A Curse or A Bless? The 2016 AREUEA International Conference, Alicante, Spain.
  16. Helen X. H. Bao. (2015). Housing Wealth and Energy Consumption: A Behavioural Analysis, The 2015 International AREUEA-AsRES-GCREC-IRES Conference, Washington DC, USA.
  17. Helen X. H. Bao and Cynthia M. Gong. (2015) Capital Structure Decisions and REITs Performance: Reference Point Matters, The 2015 International AREUEA-AsRES-GCREC-IRES Conference, Washington DC, USA.
  18. Helen X. H. Bao and C. Meng. (2015). Loss aversion and residential property development decisions in China, The 2015 International AREUEA-AsRES-GCREC-IRES Conference, Washington DC, USA.
  19. Helen X. H. Bao and H. Li. (2015). Overconfidence and Real Estate Investments: Empirical Evidences from Six Asia-Pacific Countries, The 2015 International AREUEA-AsRES-GCREC-IRES Conference, Washington DC, USA.
  20. Helen X. H. Bao. (2015). Economic Risk Evaluation and Precaution of Local Governments, Land Public Finance in China, The 2015 Land and Real Estate Summit Forum, Beijing, China.
  21. Helen X. H. Bao. (2015). The Social and Behavioural Aspects of Sustainable Urban Renewal, The Second International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization (ICSU 2015), Hong Kong.
  22. Helen X. H. Bao. (2014). The Behavioral Perspective of Stakeholder Engagement and Management for Sustainable Urban Renewal, The 2014 International Workshop on Sustainable Urban Renewal in High-Density Cities, Hong Kong.
  23. Helen X. H. Bao. (2014). On the sustainability and effectiveness of affordable housing policies in China, The Third Public Governance Forum and International Conference of Institutional Reform and Management Innovation for Public Governance, Hangzhou, China. 
  24. Helen X. H. Bao, N. Zhang, and L. Feng. (2014). Judgmental Bias in Housing Decisions, The 2014 Eurasia Business and Economics Society International Conference, Singapore.
  25. Helen X. H. Bao. (2013). Land Planning Policies and Housing Supply in the UK, The 23rd National Land Day Symposium, Beijing, China.
  26. Helen X. H. Bao and Y. Zhao. (2011). Housing Satisfaction and Social Comparison, The 2011 American Real Estate Society Annual Conference, Seattle, USA.
  27. Helen X. H. Bao and Y. Zhao. (2011). Housing Satisfaction and Social Comparison, The 2011 International Real Estate Finance Symposium, Beijing, China.
  28. Helen X. H. Bao, Y. Gao and A. T. K. Wan. (2011). Hybrid Estimation of Housing Price Indices: A Semi-parametric Approach, The 2011 Global Chinese Real Estate Congress Annual Meeting, Hangzhou, China.
  29. J. Zhao, Helen X. H. Bao and D. Igliori. (2009). Spatial Temporal Autoregressive Estimation of Hedonic Price Models, The 2009 Global Chinese Real Estate Congress Annual Conference, Beijing, China.
  30. Sherry Z Zhou and Helen X. H. Bao. (2008). Measuring REITs Liquidity in Hong Kong: A Market-Microstructure Analysis. The 2008 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference, Shanghai, China.
  31. Y. Tu and Helen X. H. Bao. (2008). Government policies and the household housing choice satisfactions across four housing tenures: evidence from Hong Kong, The 2008 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference, Shanghai, China.
  32. Helen X. H. Bao and J. Glascock. (2008). Sample Selection Bias in Residential Property Price Indices, The 2008 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference, Shanghai, China.
  33. Helen X. H. Bao and Sherry Z Zhou. (2008). Planning regulation and land price in China: the case of Shanghai, The 2008 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference, Shanghai, China.
  34. K H Ting, Helen X. H. Bao and Sherry Z Zhou. (2007). Regional Variations of Residential Real Estate Returns in Malaysia, The 2007 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference and the AREUEA International Conference, Macau.
  35. Y. Tu and Helen X. H. Bao. (2007). Property Rights and Housing Value: the Impacts of Policies and Political Stability, The 2007 Asian Real Estate Society Annual Conference and the AREUEA International Conference, Macau.
  36. Helen X. H. Bao, J L Glascock and Sherry Z Zhou. (2007). Land Value Determination in an Emerging Market: Empirical Evidence from China, The 2007 European Real Estate Society Annual Conference, London, UK.
  37. Helen X. H. Bao and Sherry Z Zhou. (2007). Modelling Volatility in Property Price: the Case of Hong Kong, The 2007 European Real Estate Society Annual Conference, London, UK.
  38. Helen X. H. Bao (2006). Semiparametric Modelling of Housing Submarkets, The 2006 American Real Estate Society Conference,  Florida, United States.
  39. Y. Tu and Helen X. H. Bao. (2006). Government Policies, Housing Affordability and Housing Tenure Choices, The Second Tsinghua-USC-NUS Tripartite Symposium in Real Estate, 2006, Beijing, China.
  40. Helen X. H. Bao and Selina S J Zhang. (2006). A Time Series Analysis of Cargo and Passenger Flows in China: The Case of Shanghai Railroad Station, International Workshop on Successful Supply Chain Management, 2006, Hong Kong.
  41. Helen X. H. Bao and Selina S J Zhang. (2006). Regional Variations of Railway Freight and Passenger Transportation in China, International Workshop on Successful Supply Chain Management, 2006, Hong Kong.
  42. Helen X. H. Bao and A. T. K. Wan. (2005). Incorporating Non-sample Information in Hedonic Price Modelling with Stein Variance Double k-class estimators, The 10th Asian Real Estate Society International Conference, Sydney, Australia.
  43. Helen X. H. Bao and A. T. K. Wan. (2005). Estimating Hedonic Price Models by Stein Variance Double k-class Estimators, The 12th European Real Estate Society Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

Editorial Work:

  1. Editors:
    1. Associate Editor: Cities, (2021 – 2024)
    1. Guest Editor: Cities, Special Issue on “Healthy Cities, Happy Cities: Behavioural Insights” (2019 – 2020)
    1. Guest Editor: Land Use Policy, Special Issue on “Behavioural Land Use Policy Studies” (2019 – 2020)
    1. Guest Editor: Land, Special Issue on “Green Sustainable Development, Technology Innovation and Sustainable Land Management” (2023 – 2024)
  2. Editorial Boards:
    1. Cities (2020 – present)
    1. Economic and Political Studies (2014 – present)
    1. International Journal of Real Estate Studies (2020 – present)
    1. Journal of Risk and Financial Management (2020 – present)
    1. Land Use Policy (2016 – present)
  3. Reviewers:
    1. Cities
    1. Environment and Planning – B
    1. Habitat International
    1. Housing Policy Debate
    1. Journal of Business Research
    1. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics
    1. Journal of Regional Sciences
    1. Journal of Urban Management
    1. Land Use Policy
    1. Real Estate Economics
    1. Regional Studies
    1. Social Indicators Research
    1. Urban Studies