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Dr. Yang Zhou

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Economics

Email: Yang.Zhou2@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, West Virginia University, 2020
    Major: Economics
  • MA, West Virginia University, 2019
    Major: Economics
    Dissertation: Essay on the Political Economy of Governance
  • MA, King Juan Carlos University, 2014
    Major: Economics (Austrian School)
  • BEc, University of Science and Technology of China, 2013
    Major: Finance

Professional Memberships

  • Public Choice Society. (2017 - 2023).
  • Southern Economic Association. (2017 - 2023).
  • American Economic Association. (2017 - 2021).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • ECON 1100 - Principles of Microeconomics, 3 courses.
  • ECON 1110 - Principles of Macroeconomics, 1 course.
  • ECON 3550 - Intermediate Micro Theory, 5 courses.
  • ECON 4900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • ECON 5030 - Microeconomic Analysis, 1 course.
  • ECON 5600 - Mathematical Economics, 4 courses.
  • ECON 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, "Presidential Puzzle," Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law. (2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "The Political Economy of Historic Designation," Economics. (January 2023 - May 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, "Language and Ideology," Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (August 2022 - December 2022).

Awards and Honors

  • Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies. (March 2023).
  • Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies. (March 2022).
  • Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies. (October 2021).
  • Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies. (October 2020).
  • Outstanding Doctoral Student Award, Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University. (2020).
  • Best Doctoral Student Award, Department of Economics, West Virginia University. (2019).
  • Don Lavoie Prize, Society for the Development of Austrian Economics. (2019).
  • Nominated for Graduate Student Paper Award, The North American Regional Science Council. (2019).
  • O.P. Alford III Prize in Political Economy, Mises Institute. (2016).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Murtazashvili, I., Zhou, Y. (2023). Complex Externalities, Pandemics, and Public Choice. Public Choice.
  • Callais, J., Hyde, K., Murtazashvili, I., Zhou, Y. (2023). How Does Economic Freedom In uence Public Health? Evidence from US Cities. Southern Economic Journal.
  • Bologna Pavlik, J., Zhou, Y. (2023). Are Historic Districts A Backdoor for Segregation? Yes and No. Contemporary Economic Policy. 41 415-434.
  • Guo, G., Humphreys, B., Wang, Q., Zhou, Y. (2023). Attractive or Aggressive? A Face Recognition and Machine Learning Approach for Estimating Returns to Visual Appearance. Journal of Sports Economics. 24 (6) 737-758.
  • Hall, J., McCannon, B., Zhou, Y. (2023). Measuring a Contract’s Breadth: A Text Analysis. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 82 (1) 5-14.
  • Zhou, Y. (2022). Economic Institutions and Horizontal Checks and Balances in the Chinese Bureaucratic System: Evidence at the Prefecture-City Level. Economics of Governance. 23 (2) 133-160.
  • Cutsinger, B., Marsella, A., Zhou, Y. (2022). Insuring Legislative Wealth Transfers: Theory and Evidence. Public Choice. 192 127-144.
  • Matti, J., Zhou, Y. (2022). United We Feel Stronger? On the Olympics and Political Ideology. Economics of Governance. 23 (3-4) 271-300.
  • Matti, J., Zhou, Y. (2022). Money is Money: The Economic Impact of BerkShares. Ecological Economics. 192 107255.
  • Zhou, Y. (2021). The Political Economy of Historic Districts: The Private, the Public, and the Collective. Regional Science and Urban Economics. 86 103583.
  • Zhou, Y. (2020). Horizontal “Checks and Balances” in the Socialist Regime: The Party Chief and Mayor Template. Journal of Institutional Economics. 16 (1) 65-82.
  • Hall, J.C., Matti, J., Zhou, Y. (2020). The Economic Impact of City-County Consolidations: A Synthetic Control Approach. Public Choice. 184 (1) 43-77.
  • Congleton, R.D., Zhou, Y. (2019). A Test of the Institutionally-induced Equilibrium Hypothesis: On the Limited Fiscal Impact of Two Celebrity Governors. Economics of Governance. 20 (2) 103--128.
  • Humphreys, B.R., Nowak, A., Zhou, Y. (2019). Superstition and Real Estate Prices: Transaction-Level Evidence from the US Housing Market. Applied Economics. 51 (26) 2818--2841.
  • Zhou, Y., Hall, J. (2019). The Impact of Marketization on Entrepreneurship in China: Recent Evidence. American Journal of Entrepreneurship. 12 (1) 31--55.
  • Zhou, Y. (2018). Do Ideology Movements and Legal Intervention Matter: A Synthetic Control Analysis of the Chongqing Model. European Journal of Political Economy. 51 44--56.
  • Hall, J.C., Matti, J., Zhou, Y. (2018). Regionalization and Consolidation of Municipal Taxes and Services. Review of Regional Studies. 48 (2) 245--262.
  • Matti, J., Zhou, Y. (2017). The Political Economy of Brexit: Explaining the Vote. Applied Economics Letters. 24 (16) 1131--1134.
  • Hall, J., Zhou, Y. (2017). The Sinuous Dragon: Economic Freedom and Economic Growth in China. Academy of Economics and Finance Journal. 8 19--24.
  • Howden, D., Zhou, Y. (2015). Why Did China's Population Grow so Quickly?. The Independent Review. 20 (2) 227--248.
  • Howden, D., Zhou, Y. (2014). China's One-Child Policy: Some Unintended Consequences. Economic Affairs. 34 (3) 353--369.

    • Journal Special Issue Introduction by Guest Editors

  • Hall, J.C., Carroll, M.C., Zhou, Y. (2023). Crises and Community Resilience: Introduction to the Special Issue. Economics of Governance.
  • Humphreys, B., Zhou, Y. (2022). The Politics of Sports: Introduction to the Special Issue. Economics of Governance. 23 (3-4) 191-194.

    • Research Report

  • Carroll, M.C., Zhou, Y. (2022). Economic Impact of Weatherford College on DFW.

Presentations Given

    Invited Talk

  • Zhou, Y. (Presenter), Local Governance and Collective Action Problems, University of Central Arkansas, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), The Political Economy of Historic Districts: The Private, the Public, and the Collective, Center for Governance and Markets, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), The Political Economy of Historic Districts: The Private, the Public, and the Collective, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Humphreys, B.R. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics School of Economics Seminar, Superstition and Real Estate Prices: Transaction-level Evidence from the US Housing Market, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. (2018 - 2018).
  • Humphreys, B.R. (Author), Nowak, A. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Weber State University John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics Seminar, Superstition and Real Estate Prices: Transaction-level Evidence from the US Housing Market, Weber State University, John B. Goddard School of Business & Economics, Ogden, UT, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).

    • Paper

  • Carroll, M.C. (Author & Presenter), Zhou, Y. (Author), , N.R. (Author), Southern Regional Science Association, Housing Values Near Craft Breweries, Southern Regional Science, Austin, TX, United States of America. (2022).
  • Lopez, J. (Author), Bologna Pavlik, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Historic District Designation and Collective Action Problem: Evidence from Cities in the United States, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Dutta, N. (Author), Matti, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), UNT Economics Student Organization, Languages, Ideologies, and Collective Action Problems, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Dutta, N. (Author), Matti, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Public Choice Society Annual Conference, Languages, Ideologies, and Collective Action Problems, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Dutta, N. (Author), Matti, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Language and Ideology, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Dutta, N. (Author), Matti, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Texas Consortium of Hispanic Serving Institutions Economics Department Annual Meeting, Language and Ideology, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Dutta, N. (Author), Matti, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Languages, Ideologies, and Collective Action Problems, Texas Tech University, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Dutta, N. (Author), Matti, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), UNT ERG Workshop, Language and Ideology, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Hyde, K. (Author), Murtazashvili, I. (Author), Ruseski, J.E. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Western Economic Associational International, Ideology, Health, and Race: Evidence from Municipalities, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Callais, J. (Author), Hyde, K. (Author), Murtazashvili, I. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), The Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting, Wealth, Health, and Economic Freedom in US Municipalities, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Batinti, A. (Author), Bologna Pavlik, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Public Choice Society Annual Conference, The Economic Impact of a Major Corruption Scandal in China: The Case of Heilongjiang, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Hyde, K. (Author), Murtazashvili, I. (Author), Ruseski, J.E. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Ideology, Health, and Race: Evidence from Municipalities, The University of New Mexico, Virtual, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Bologna Pavlik, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Regional Science Association International, Are Historic Districts A Backdoor for Segregation? Yes and No, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Cutsinger, B. (Author), Marsella, A. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Insuring Rents: Theory and Evidence, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Bologna Pavlik, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Western Economic Association International, Are Historic Districts A Backdoor for Segregation? Yes and No, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), UNT ERG Workshop, Ideology, Censorship, and Propaganda: Unifying Shared Mental Models, United States of America. (2021 - 2021).
  • Batinti, A. (Author), Bologna Pavlik, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, The Economic Consequences of the Heilongjiang Scandal: Evidence from Synthetic Control Method, New Orleans, LA & Virtual, United States of America. (2020 - 2020).

    • Poster

  • Bologna Pavlik, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), American Economic Association/Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, Are Historic Districts A Backdoor for Segregation? Yes and No, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Professional Meeting Contribution

  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, The Political Economy of Historic Districts: The Private, the Public, and the Collective, Southern Economic Association, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, The Political Economy of Historic Districts: The Private, the Public, and the Collective, Regional Science Association International, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Urban Economics Association Meetings, The Political Economy of Historic Districts: The Private, the Public, and the Collective, Urban Economics Association, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Annual Meetings of Western Economic Association International, Horizontal “Checks and Balances” in the Socialist Regime: Prefecture City Level Evidence from China, Western Economic Association International, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Ye, Z. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meetings, More Economic Freedom, More Corruption? Evidence from China, Association of Private Enterprise Education, Nassau, Bahamas, Bahamas, The. (2019 - 2019).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Public Choice Society Annual Meetings, Horizontal "Checks and Balances" in the Socialist Regime: Prefecture City Level Evidence from China, Public Choice Society, Louisville, KY, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Humphreys, B.R. (Author), Nowak, A. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), AEA/ASSA Annual Meetings, Superstition and Real Estate Prices: Transaction-level Evidence from the US Housing Market, American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Association, Atlanta, GA, United States of America. (2019 - 2019).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings, Checks and Balances between Party Chief and Mayor: Prefectural City Level Evidence, Southern Economic Association, Washington D.C., United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Humphreys, B.R. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Western Economic Association International Meetings, Urban Open Space Heterogeneity, Proximity, and Residential Housing Prices, Western Economic Association International, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (2018 - 2018).
  • Calcagno, P. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Public Choice Society Annual Meetings, Income Inequality and Regime Changes: State Level Evidence in the United States, Public Choice Society, Charleston, SC, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), The Conference to Celebrate Janos Kornai's Research and 90th Birthday, Horizontal "Checks and Balances" in the Socialist Regime: The Party Chief and Mayor Template, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary. (2018 - 2018).

    • Webinar

  • Bologna Pavlik, J. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Are Historic Districts a Backdoor for Segregation? Yes and No, Department of Economics & Finance, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois (Virtual), United States of America. (2020 - 2020).
  • Guo, G. (Author), Humphreys, B.R. (Author), Nouyed, M. (Author), Zhou, Y. (Author & Presenter), Attractive or Aggressive? A Face Recognition and Machine Learning Approach for Estimating Returns to Visual Appearance, Department of Economics, Icesi University, Cali, Colombia, Colombia. (2020 - 2020).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Contract

  • Carroll, M.C. (Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "The Economic Consequences Surrounding DART Stations," sponsored by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Other, $49000 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Carroll, M.C. (Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "The Economic Impact of Weatherford College for Fiscal Year 2021," sponsored by Weatherford College, Other, $16500 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
  • Hall, J. (Co-Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), Carroll, M. (Co-Principal), "Community and Crisis," sponsored by Mercatus Center, National, $7500 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Carroll, M. (Co-Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "The Economic Impact of Children’s Health for Fiscal Year 2020," Private, $34500 Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Hall, J. (Co-Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), Carroll, M. (Co-Principal), "Community and Crisis," sponsored by Mercatus Center, National, Funded. (2020 - 2021).
  • Carroll, M. (Co-Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "The Economic Impact of Children�s Health for Fiscal Year 2020," Private, Funded. (2020 - 2021).

    • Grant - Research

  • Fischer, L.A. (Principal), Yang, X. (Co-Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "Documenting, Evaluating and Understanding Land Regulation (Research Seed Grant)," University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Zhou, Y. (Principal), "Languages, Ideologies, and Constitutions: A Machine Learning Approach," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Zhou, Y. (Principal), Carroll, M.C. (Co-Principal), "The Economy and Policy Comparisons of Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt Cities," sponsored by University of Pittsburgh, National, $19600 Funded. (2023 - 2023).
  • Zhou, Y. (Principal), Carroll, M.C. (Co-Principal), Fischer, L.A. (Co-Principal), "Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Zoning Atlas," sponsored by Mercatus Center at George Mason University, National, $57466 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Zhou, Y. (Principal), Carroll, M.C., Jiang, H., Kim, M., Rous, J.J., Yang, X., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).

Service

University Service

  • Faculty Advisor, Alpha Eta Chapter (UNT) of Omicron Delta Epsilon - The International Economics Honor Society. (2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Graduate Scholarship Committee. (2022 - Present).
  • Workshop Organizer, R Workshop. (2021 - Present).
  • Program Organizer, ERG Workshop Series. (October 2020 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Search Committee of Lecturer, Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures. (2023 - 2023).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Modelling, Habitat International, International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Journal of Private Enterprise, Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, Journal of Sports Economics, Procesos de Mercado, Public Choice (*2), Small Business Economics, The Independent Review. (2023 - 2023).
  • Other (Co-Director), Texas Zoning Atlas. (2022 - 2023).
  • Editor, Guest Editor, Economics of Governance. (2021 - 2023).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Economic Development Quarterly, Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, Economic Modelling, Empirical Economics, International Journal of Sport Finance, Journal of Institutional Economics, Public Choice, Review of Development Economics, Small Business Economics, The Independent Review. (2022 - 2022).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Business and Politics, Contemporary Economic Policy, Economic Modelling, Growth and Change (*2), International Journal of Sport Finance, International Journal of Urban Sciences, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Journal of Comparative Economics, Review of Regional Research, Regional Science and Urban Economics, State and Local Government Review. (2021 - 2021).
  • Workshop Organizer, ERG Virtual Workshop on "Crises and Community Resilience". (December 1, 2021 - December 1, 2021).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Economic Modelling, Journal of Cultural Economics, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Sports Economics (*2), The Independent Review. (2020 - 2020).
  • Session Chair, Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings. (2020 - 2020).
  • Discussant, University of New Mexico Department of Economics Seminar. (2020 - 2020).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Applied Economics Letters, Contemporary Economic Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy, Journal of Institutional Economics (*3), Journal of Leisure Research. (2019 - 2019).
  • Session Chair, Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meetings. (2019 - 2019).
  • Session Chair, Southern Economic Association Annual Meetings. (2019 - 2019).
  • Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, Contemporary Economics Policy (*2), Journal of Asian and African Studies. (2018 - 2018).
  • Program Organizer, Midwest Graduate Student Summit on Applied Economics and Regional and Urban Studies. (2018 - 2018).
  • Session Chair, Western Economic Association International Annual Meetings. (2018 - 2018).