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Chenying Yang is an Assistant Professor at Singapore Management University whose research bridges international trade, industrial organization, and spatial economics, with a focus on multinational firm decisions and global value chains.
Integrates rigorous theoretical and empirical approaches to address real-world questions in international trade and spatial economics; recognized for contributions to global value chain analysis and multinational firm strategy; combines academic research with policy-relevant consultancy experience at the Asian Development Bank.
Focused research areas include Location choices and sourcing decisions of multinational firms; plant location and spatial competition; rules of origin and auto-parts trade; licensing versus internalization in branded goods; home bias in consumer preferences; global supply chain dynamics.
Integrates rigorous theoretical and empirical approaches to address real-world questions in international trade and spatial economics; recognized for contributions to global value chain analysis and multinational firm strategy; combines academic research with policy-relevant consultancy experience at the Asian Development Bank.
Focused research areas include Location choices and sourcing decisions of multinational firms; plant location and spatial competition; rules of origin and auto-parts trade; licensing versus internalization in branded goods; home bias in consumer preferences; global supply chain dynamics.
Areas of Expertise
International tradeIndustrial organizationSpatial economics
Past Awarded Grant
- President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, 2020-2021
- CIDE Small Grants on Innovative Data, UBC, 2019
- Productivity Partnership Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2019
- Graduate Student Travel Award, UBC, 2019
- Dean Earle D. MacPhee Memorial Fellowship, UBC, 2015-2019
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- K Head, T Mayer, M Melitz, C YangWorking Paper, 2024
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. in Strategy & Business Economics, University of British Columbia, 2021
- B.SC. in Economics, Singapore Management University, 2015
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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International Trade
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Industrial Organization
- Spatial Economics