Yuan Weidi

Dr. Yuan is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Economics, Nanjing University Business School. She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Geneva and has conducted short-term research at World Trade Organization (Geneva, Switzerland). Dr. Yuan's research interests lie in International Trade, Development Economics, and Financial Economics. Her research works have been published in the European Economic Review and Journal of Comparative Economics. She also served as an anonymous reviewer for the Journal of Economic Geography and China Economic Review.

Research fields

1. International Trade
2. Development Economics
3. Financial Economics

Teaching fields

1. International Trade

Education

• University of Geneva - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics 2015 - 2020
• UC Santa Barbara - Master of Arts - MA, Economics 2014 - 2015
• Peking University - Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics 2011 - 2014
• Beijing Foreign Studies University - Bachelor of Arts - BA, Japanese Language and Literature 2010 - 2014
• Waseda University - Exchange Student, Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 2012 - 2013

Publications

1. Yuan, W., Ouyang, D., & Zhang, Z. (2021). Did China’s bank ownership reform improve credit allocation?. European Economic Review, 103782.
2. Ouyang, D., & Yuan, W. (2021). The intergenerational transmission of historical conflicts: An application to China’s trade. Journal of Comparative Economics.