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Miss Lena Sheveleva
(she/her)
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Lena Sheveleva
Senior Lecturer
Overview
I joined Cardiff Business School after completing my PhD at Penn State University in 2014. My expertise lies at the intersection of international trade and industrial organization, with a particular interest in applying economic insights to data science—and using data science to inform economic analysis.
My research combines careful data analysis with economic theory to address questions such as:
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What role do multi-product firms play in international trade?
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In what unexpected ways do governments' use of tariff and non-tariff measures affect firms?
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How should we evaluate the effectiveness of industrial policy?
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How does uncertainty influence firms’ decisions and product innovation?
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Why are some firms more productive than others?
Currently, I am studying the effect of non-tariff measures on importing firms with my co-author Jiangyang Wang. I am also working on understanding how economics can inform data science in business settings for issues such as fraud detection, optimizing worker productivity and resource allocation using incentives, designing A/B pricing experiments to improve pricing decisions.
Publication
2023
- Sheveleva, L., Jones, M. and Harris, I. 2023. It does not matter how hard you work: The importance of task allocation for worker productivity. Economics Letters 227, article number: 111115. (10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111115)
2020
- Sheveleva, Y. 2020. Multi-product exporters: facts and fiction. Working paper. Elsevier. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3637439
2017
- Krishna, K. and Sheveleva, Y. 2017. Wheat or strawberries? Intermediated trade with limited contracting. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 9(3), pp. 28-62. (10.1257/mic.20140189)
Articles
- Sheveleva, L., Jones, M. and Harris, I. 2023. It does not matter how hard you work: The importance of task allocation for worker productivity. Economics Letters 227, article number: 111115. (10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111115)
- Krishna, K. and Sheveleva, Y. 2017. Wheat or strawberries? Intermediated trade with limited contracting. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 9(3), pp. 28-62. (10.1257/mic.20140189)
Monographs
- Sheveleva, Y. 2020. Multi-product exporters: facts and fiction. Working paper. Elsevier. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3637439
- Krishna, K. and Sheveleva, Y. 2017. Wheat or strawberries? Intermediated trade with limited contracting. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 9(3), pp. 28-62. (10.1257/mic.20140189)
Research
Research interests
International Trade
Development
Industrial Organization
Data Science and Economics
Data Analytics
Teaching
- BS3554 Financial Economics
- BST172 Advanced International Trade
- BST281 Microeconometrics
- BS3568 International Trade
Biography
Qualifications
- PD Economics, Pennsylvania State University,
- BA Mathematics, BA Economics American University in Bulgaria
Honours and awards
- Unreported Crimes: the Effect of Victim Reporting Behaviour on the Allocation ofPolice Resources, CUROP scheme with Iain Long
- Productivity, Incentives Pay and Causal Factors in Decant Operations, ESRC Busi-ness Boost, with Irina HarrisText
- Productivity, Incentives Pay and Causal Factors in Decant Operations, Seed Fund, with Irina Harris and Melanie Jones
- Analytical support to the Local Enterprise Partnership, Worcestershire, ESRC, with Anna Kochanova
- Cardiff-Xiamen Mobility Grant, (suspended due to Coronavirus)
Committees and reviewing
Journal Reviewer for American Economic Journal: Microeconomics and Economics Letters
Supervisions
I am interInternational Trade
- Industrial Organization
- Development
- Incentives (Labour Economics)
Current supervision
Contact Details
+44 29208 76663
Aberconway Building, Room T43, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU