Faculty Profile

Chenying Yang is an Assistant Professor at SMU whose research bridges international trade, industrial organization, and spatial economics, with a focus on multinational firm decisions and global value chains.

Integrates theoretical and empirical approaches to address real-world questions in international trade and spatial economics; contributes to policy-relevant research through consultancy with ADB and collaborative reports; recognized for academic excellence and innovative data-driven studies.

Focused research areas include Location and sourcing decisions of multinational firms; plant location and oligopoly behavior in industry; rules of origin and auto-parts trade; licensing versus internalization in branded products; home bias in consumer preferences; supply chain and battery sourcing.