David Yang
Yvonne P. L. Lui Professor of Economics
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Profile
David Y. Yang is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Harvard University and Director of the Center for History and Economics at Harvard. David is a Faculty Research Fellow at NBER, a Global Scholar at CIFAR, and a fellow at BREAD. David’s research focuses on political economy. In particular, David studies the forces of stability and forces of changes in authoritarian regimes, drawing lessons from historical and contemporary China. David received a B.A. in Statistics and B.S. in Business Administration from University of California at Berkeley, and PhD in Economics from Stanford.
Contact
Email: davidyang@fas.harvard.edu
Assitant: Eric Unverzagt - eunverz@fas.harvard.edu
Additional Website: https://www.economics.harvard.edu/people/david-yang
Outside professional activities
Outside Professional Activities
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Outside Professional Activities For David Yang
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Journal of European Economic Association
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Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development
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Economic Journal
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National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Review of Economic Studies
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