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I am an assistant professor at the School of Economics at Fudan University starting in 2021 Fall.
My research focuses on Macroeconomics. I chiefly combine micro-level data with structural models to study various topics about innovation, economic growth and Chinese economy.
I received the P.h.D degree in economics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2021.
Email: yiran_zhang@fudan.edu.cn; yiranzhangecon@gmail.com
CV You can find my CV here.
PUBLICATIONS
Superstitions, Street Traffic, and Subjective Well-being (with Michael L. Anderson, Fangwen Lu, Jun Yang and Ping Qin), Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 142: 1-10.
How do Multinational Firms Impact China's Technology? The Role of Quid Pro Quo Policy and Technology Spillovers (with Xiao Ma), International Economic Review, forthcoming
WORKING PAPERS
Skill Acquisition and the Gains from Trade: A Cross-country Quantitative Analysis
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with Xiao Ma (PKU) and Alejandro Nakab (UTDT)
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Revise & Resubmit at International Economic Review
Improving Regulation for Innovation: Evidence from China's Pharmaceutical Industry
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with Ruixue Jia (UCSD), Xiao Ma (PKU) and Jianan Yang (PKU)
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NBER Working Paper 31976
Technology Market Frictions and Economic Development: Evidence from China
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solo author
Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Privacy Violations
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with Kai Li (PKU), Yifu Liu (PKU) and Yifei Zhang (PKU)
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draft coming soon
The Impact of the Trade War: Divergence in Chinese and U.S. Innovations in the Post-Conflict Era
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with Xiao Ma (PKU), Yueyuan Ma (UCSB) and Hanyi Tao (Shanghai Tech)
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draft coming soon
Measuring Global Technology Creation and Diffusion by New Words
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with Hanming Fang (UPenn), Zheng (Michael) Song (CUHK) and Hanyi Tao (Shanghai Tech)
CHINESE PUBLICATIONS
Analyzing the Impact of the Change in Trade Tariff Policy on the Provincial Income Gap: A General Equilibrium and Quantitative Approach (with Xiao Ma and Zikai Meng), China Economic Quarterly (经济学(季刊)), 2024, 11:1834-1850. (corresponding author)
Do Institutions Mitigate the Negative Effect of Social Con ict on Enterprises' Risk-taking? (with Ruilong Yang and Jidong Yang), Economic Research Journal (经济研究), 2017, 8:140-154. (corresponding author)
Political Identity and Income Gap (with Jidong Yang), World Economic Papers (世界经济文汇), 2016, 4: 54-79.
Using Happiness Surveys to Value Air Pollution (with Jidong Yang), The Journal of World Economy (世界经济), 2014, 12:162-188.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
As instructor at Fudan University:
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Macroeconomics 2021-2025
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Industrial Economics 2022-2025
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Applied Economics 2022-2024
As teacher assistant at The Chinese University of Hong Kong：
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Basic Macroeconomics 2017, 2019
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A Guide to Learning Economics 2018
As teacher assistant at Renmin University of China：
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Introductory Econometrics 2013, 2015