It would be surprising if true. Even PKU needs to offer full prof to poach JJY, who would choose a full prof in CUHK over a Fed job or a tenured position in the US?
There are so few of them, one can almost guess the answer.
From U or central bank?
I guess many people would make that choice for family reasons, maybe 5 years ago. But now there are a lot of uncertainties concerning the future of the city.
It would be surprising if true. Even PKU needs to offer full prof to poach JJY, who would choose a full prof in CUHK over a Fed job or a tenured position in the US?
There are so few of them, one can almost guess the answer.
From U or central bank?
No one can't speak for him, but a full prof offer for one top 5, why not?
Having said that, Hei-Wai has a much better record than the macro seniors in HKU (when/where did CWY publish last time?) And he is actually not that macro, of course he can teach macro without any issues.
Then wht did Tang joined HKU?