Dr Yang Sun
(he/him)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
- SunY64@cardiff.ac.uk
- Aberconway Building, Room C54, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU
Overview
I am an early-career Macroeconomist specialised in empirical research on development economics. My primary research interest lies in the areas of institutional development and transformation, political economics and development theories. I am also familar Macroeconomic theories and DSGE modelling and empirical estimations.
I am currently working on projects involving African countries' institutional development in the shadow of the effects of colonisation and slavery. I am also exploring the potential for reasarhc on the effects of infrastructure and institutional development in African countries.
Publication
2022
- Sun, Y. 2022. The inequality-growth nexus:a study on institutions, innovation, and the trade-off between inequality and growth. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Thesis
- Sun, Y. 2022. The inequality-growth nexus:a study on institutions, innovation, and the trade-off between inequality and growth. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Research
Research interest: development economics, institutional quality and development, political economics, applied macroeconomics, DSGE modelling