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        Johnson KO
 
Membership at VRLC (2022 August - )
 
When Johnson joined VRLC in August 2022, he was in his first year majoring in Quantitative Finance at HKU.
 
Research and Video Production:
 
He has researched and turned three newspaper articles into a video.
  • "The Copernican Revolution of Economics" by Dr. Jin LI
    [ Original article ] [ Video (in English) ]
  • "Curbing electricity use is no solution to climate change" by Dr. Guojun HE
    [ Original article (in Chinese) ] [ Video (in English) ]
  • "Remarkable Mechanism Design in Auction" by Dr. Stephen CHING
    [ Original article (in Chinese) ] [ Video (in English) ]
 
Learning:
 
----- 2022 December -----
"Math and Statistics is difficult, and I have no previous knowledge in Econometrics. So, working on this project was like trying to explain high-level physics to a five-year-old kid, except I am the five-year-old kid. Nonetheless, I found this mode of learning enjoyable -- you get to probe into economic concepts that pique your interest, while maintaining a balance between creativity and practicality, thanks to Dr. Wong's guidance.

Over the course of the project, I got to read a few academic papers and do a little bit of (very simple) hands-on work with real-world data. I have also learnt the nitty-gritty of video production, which was more complicated than I had imagined."

----- 2023 January -----
"I was one the few who, in the Financial Times Climate Game, made the worst possible policy decisions and single-handedly caused the occurrence of all tipping points in the simulation. However, after doing this video on environmental economics and climate change... well... I am still not so sure. I realized literature surrounding climate change is not as mature as I thought, and there is much more work to be done. Nonetheless, environmental economics is pretty cool, as it is an interdisciplinary study."

----- 2023 June -----
"It is fascinating to see how people can design the best possible mechanisms which manipulate incentives to achieve desired outcomes successfully. In my own life, however, these mechanisms are less successful, seemingly because I am not as rational as a bidder.
It is also worthwhile to re-visit something I have learned in ECON1210, and being able to teach something I was originally quite confused about feels somewhat of a minor accomplishment. "