Cheng Keat Tang

Biographic Data

ID1740690
NAMECheng Keat Tang
GIVEN NAMESCheng Keat
FAMILY NAMETang
SIGNATURETANG C K
AFFILIATIONSNanyang Technological University
ORCID0000-0002-1401-3588
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Rising temperatures and physical pain: Evidence from over 2 million U.S. residents

    Open AccessCheng Keat Tang, Nattavudh Powdthavee et al.ARTICLEEcological Economics2026

  • Crime risk and housing values: Evidence from the gun offender registry

    Open AccessCheng Keat Tang, Thao LêARTICLEJournal of Urban Economics2023References: 20

    This paper estimates the effects of crime risk on housing values. To estimate the causal effects, we rely on the introduction of the gun offender registry in Baltimore City, Maryland, that discloses the residences of ex-gun offenders to the public. Specifically, we exploit the changes in perceived crime risk after ex-gun offenders move into the neighborhoods. Our most conservative estimates indicate that houses within 0.1 miles from ex-gun offend…

  • Income is more protective against pain in more equal countries

    Open AccessCheng Keat Tang, Lucía Macchia et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023References: 21

  • Accident externality of driving: Evidence from the London Congestion Charge

    Open AccessCheng Keat Tang, JOS VAN OMMERENARTICLEJournal of Economic Geography2021References: 1

    This paper estimates the marginal accident externality of driving in Central London by exploiting variation in traffic flow induced by the London Congestion Charge Zone using an instrumental variable approach. The charge attributed to a 9.4% reduction in traffic flow, which resulted in a less than proportional 6.0% and 7.6% decrease in accidents and slight injuries, and a 6.5% increase in serious injuries/fatalities. Our preferred estimates indic…

  • The Cost of Traffic: Evidence from the London Congestion Charge

    Open AccessCheng Keat TangARTICLEJournal of Urban Economics2021Cited by: 3References: 26

    This paper exploits the implementation of the London Congestion Charge (LCC) to provide credible estimates on the willingness to pay to avoid traffic using the housing market. This policy curtails road traffic by imposing a fee on anyone driving into the charge zone. My results show that the LCC is associated with significant improvement in traffic conditions and housing values. Instrumenting local traffic conditions with the enforcement of the L…