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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
Skill Acquisition and the Gains from Trade: A Cross-country Quantitative Analysis (with Xiao Ma and Alejandro Nakab), International Economic Review, 2026, 67: 127-150.
How do Multinational Firms Impact China's Technology? The Role of Quid Pro Quo Policy and Technology Spillovers (with Xiao Ma), International Economic Review, 2025, 66: 1933-1956.
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.
WORKING PAPERS
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
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R&R at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Technology Market Frictions and Economic Development: Evidence from China
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solo author
Systematic AI Privacy Violations under Economic Incentives
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with Kai Li (Tsinghua), Yifu Liu (Tsinghua) and Yifei Zhang (PKU)
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draft coming soon
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with Xiao Ma (PKU), Yueyuan Ma (UCSB) and Hanyi Tao (Shanghai Tech)
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
Measuring Patent Quality in China: A Text Similarity Approach (with Zhiyuan Chen, Jie Zhang and Zexuan Liu), Economic Research Journal (经济研究), 2026, 3:29-52.
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 2021-2026
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Industrial Economics 2022-2026
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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