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Jun Wong
PhD Candidate at University of Chicago
junwong [at] uchicago [dot] edu

Hi! I am a PhD candidate in the Economics department at the University of Chicago. My research interests are in development and environmental & energy economics.

Working Papers

Firm adaptation and reallocation under rationing: Evidence from South Africa, 2025.
Rowan Clarke, Chris Eaglin, Zach Kuloszewski, Jun Wong
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Urban Expansion, Drought Risk, and Willingness-to-pay for Piped Water, 2025.
Ashton Pallottini, Jun Wong, Emma Zhang
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Publications

Opening up military innovation: Causal effects of reforms to U.S. defense research, Journal of Political Economy, 2025.
Sabrina Howell, Jason Rathje, John Van Reenen, Jun Wong
WRDS Award for Best Empirical Finance Paper, 2021
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Lender automation and racial disparities in credit access, Journal of Finance, 2024.
Sabrina Howell, Theresa Kuchler, David Snitkof, Johannes Stroebel, Jun Wong
Brattle Group Distinguished Paper, 2024 • NBER Digest • New York Times • Washington Post
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Market potential for CO2 removal and sequestration from renewable natural gas production in California, ES&T, 2022.
Jun Wong, Jonathan Santoso, Marjorie Went, Daniel Sanchez
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Innovative wood use can enable carbon-beneficial forest management in California, PNAS, 2021.
Bodie Cabiyo, Brandon Collins, Jeremy Fried, William Steward, Jun Wong, Daniel Sanchez
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