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Anton Yang

Created: 10/9/2014
Updated: 3/15/2025
Visits: 7,085
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). Since May 2025, Anton has been a Visiting Professor of Law and Economic Geography, and since August 2025, he has also been Associate Dean at the Data Law Lab, Institute for Data Law, China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL).

Prior to his academic career, Anton was an International Economist at the Office of Economics, U.S. International Trade Commission, where he contributed to the TPP studies and provided technical assistance on trade to the USTR and the House Ways and Means Committee. He also served as a Congressional Intern in the U.S. House of Representatives. Anton also previously served aboard the USS George Washington in the United States Navy as part of the U.S. 7th Fleet.


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