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Created: 10/9/2014 Updated: 3/15/2025 Visits: 6,626	Dr. Anton Yang Research Associate/Visiting Professor Department of Economics, Yale University/UIBE Faculty of Arts and Sciences Economics Department FASECO, Tobin Center A307, Hillhouse Ave. New Haven, CT 06511 United States http://www.antonyang.com anton.yang@yale.edu 203-432-0865 (ph) 877-645-3201 (fx)

Biography
Anton is a trade economist whose primary research focuses on empirical and spatial patterns of supply and demand in structural models. He obtained his PhD from Purdue University. He also seeks to comprehend and connect computable general equilibrium and other quantitative trade models.

Since 2023, Anton has served as a Faculty Affiliate and Academic Committee Member at the School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China. As of June 2024, he has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Since 2025, Anton has been a Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Global Value Chains, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE).

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Interest Areas
- Advances in quantitative methods - Bridging CGE and new quantitative trade (NQT) literature - Calibration and parameter estimation - Econometric methods - Economic development - Economic geography - Economic growth - Food prices and food security - New quantitative trade models - Non-Tariff barriers

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- Spatial Competition and Market Power in China’s Agricultural Markets by Ai, Jianwei, Jiansuo Pei and Anton Yang Publication: Presented during the 27th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA... Resource Type: 2024 Conference Paper Keywords: Economic analysis of poverty, Economic development, Infrastructure, Bridging CGE and new quantitativ... - Anti-Granular Comparative Advantage by Ai, Jianwei, Haoran Li, Gary Lyn, Anton Yang and Wendong Zhang Publication: Presented during the 27th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Fort Collins, Colorado, USA... Resource Type: 2024 Conference Paper Keywords: Bridging CGE and new quantitative trade (NQT) literature, New quantitative trade models, Advances in... - Clean Water by Arkolakis, Costas, Conor Walsh and Anton Yang Publication: Presented during the 26th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Bordeaux, France) Resource Type: 2023 Conference Paper Keywords: Water availability - Graph Neural Network in Space: A New Gravity Explanation of Continuous Trade by Yang, Anton and Yang Yu Publication: Presented during the 24th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Virtual Conference) Resource Type: 2021 Conference Paper Keywords: Calibration and parameter estimation - Structural Estimation of a Gravity Model of Trade with the Constant-Difference-of-Elasticities by Yang, Anton Publication: Presented during the 24th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Virtual Conference) Resource Type: 2021 Conference Paper Keywords: Calibration and parameter estimation - Agricultural Trade Impacts of RCEP: an Integrated Partial Equilibrium and General Equilibrium Assessment by He, Xi, Anton Yang, Edward J. Balistreri and Wendong Zhang Publication: Presented during the 24th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Virtual Conference) Resource Type: 2021 Conference Paper Keywords: Baseline development, Calibration and parameter estimation, Agricultural policies - Implicit Utility and the Canonical Gravity Model by Hillberry, Russell and Anton Yang Publication: Presented during the 23rd Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Virtual Conference) Resource Type: 2020 Conference Paper Keywords: Calibration and parameter estimation, Non-Tariff barriers, Other data bases and data issues - Estimation of an Implicit Additive Indirect Demand System by Yang, Anton and Paul Preckel Publication: Presented during the 23rd Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Virtual Conference) Resource Type: 2020 Conference Paper Keywords: Calibration and parameter estimation - Optimization with Hat Derivatives: Theoretical and Mathematical Derivation of an Applied Computable Partial Equilibrium Model by Yang, Anton Resource Type: Other CGE Application - Will Income or Population be the Main Driver of Food Demand Growth to 2050? by Yang, Anton, Christophe Gouel and Thomas Hertel Publication: Presented at the 21st Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Cartagena, Colombia Resource Type: 2018 Conference Paper Keywords: Baseline development, Calibration and parameter estimation, Demographics, Economic growth - Ecological Balance Determined by Human Choice: How does forestland change with consumer preferences for GM soybeans? by Yang, Anton Publication: Presented at the 19th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Washington DC, USA Resource Type: 2016 Conference Paper Keywords: Climate change policy, Land use, Trade and the environment, Agricultural policies, Asia (Southeast),... - Why public acceptance matters in GMO food markets? by Yang, Anton Publication: Presented at the 18th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Melbourne, Australia Resource Type: 2015 Conference Paper Keywords: Agricultural policies, Domestic policy analysis, Food prices and food security, Non-Tariff barriers,...

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