Yongxiang Wang

Yongxiang Wang is a financial economist whose main work is about how corruption and politics affect resource allocation and efficiency. To this end, he has studied a range of prominent social, economic and political phenomena in China, including privatization, business groups, workplace safety, the death ceiling program, Sino-Japanese conflict, fellow selection at the China Academy of Science, air pollution, and the Sent-down Youth program during the Cultural Revolution. He has published in top economics, finance and strategy journals, including JPE, ReStud, AEJ: Applied, JLEO, RFS, JFE, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Management Science.

Education:

• Ph.D., Columbia Business School, Finance, 2010
• M.A., Renmin University of China, Finance & Economics, 2005
• B.A., Renmin University of China, Management, 2001

Honors and Awards:

• National Science Foundation Grant (with Ray Fisman) ($579,355)
• LUSK center research Grant, 2015-2016 ($10,000)
• Zumberge Fund Individual Grant, 2015-2016 ($24,975)
• Australian Research Council Grant ($200,000), 2015-2018 (with Jing Shi and Tom Smith)
• China National Science Foundation grant ($50,000), 2014-2017, (with Rong Xu)
• LUSK center research Grant, 2013-2014 ($13,200) (with John Bai)
• Shanghai Stock Exchange Senior Visiting Financial Expert (with George Gao and Paul Gao), 2012-2013 (total grant: $60,000 )
• The Economic and Social Research Council grant (with Elaine Liu and Shing-Yi Wang), 2012-2013 (total grant: $430,000)
• Emerging Markets Institute grant (with George Gao and Paul Gao), 2012-2013 ($14,000)
• USC-China Institute Grant, 2012 ($5,000)
• CIBER faculty research grant, 2011 ($2,000)
• CIBER summer research grant (2007 & 2008, $5,000)
• Columbia University Fellowship (2005—2009)
• Columbia Business School Dissertation Fellowship (2009-2010)