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Yang Zhou

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Economics

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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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

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ECON 3550.002Intermediate Micro TheoryFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 5600.001Mathematical EconomicsFall 2024 SPOT
ECON 3550.001Intermediate Micro TheorySummer 5W1 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 3550.002Intermediate Micro TheoryFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 5600.001Mathematical EconomicsFall 2023 SPOT
ECON 3550.001Intermediate Micro TheorySummer 5W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 1100.008Principles of MicroeconomicsSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 5900.723Special ProblemsSpring 2023
ECON 5600.001Mathematical EconomicsFall 2022 SPOT
ECON 4900.723Special ProblemsFall 2022
ECON 3550.001Intermediate Micro TheorySummer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 5030.001Microeconomic AnalysisSummer 5W1 2022 SPOT
ECON 1100.008Principles of MicroeconomicsSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 5600.001Mathematical EconomicsFall 2021 SPOT
ECON 1100.008Principles of MicroeconomicsSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ECON 1110.007Principles of MacroeconomicsFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Journal Article

  • Murtazashvili, I., Zhou, Y. (2024). Complex Externalities, Pandemics, and Public Choice. Public Choice. 201 607-622.
  • Carroll, M.C., Reid, N., Zhou, Y. (2024). Craft Breweries and Residential Property Values. Growth and Change. 55 (1) e12710.
  • Calcagno, P., Marsella, A., Zhou, Y. (2024). Income Inequality and Party Alternation: State-Level Evidence from the United States. Contemporary Economic Policy. 42 (2) 355-374.
  • Callais, J., Hyde, K., Murtazashvili, I., Zhou, Y. (2024). How Does Economic Freedom In uence Public Health? Evidence from US Cities. Southern Economic Journal. 90 (3) 656-681.
  • 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.
  • Hall, J.C., Ihlenfeld, S., Zhou, Y. (2022). Economic Freedom, Capital, and Growth: Evidence from the States. American Business Review. 25 (1) 25-35.
  • Bonneau, D., Hall, J.C., Zhou, Y. (2022). Institutional Transition and Economic Development: A Counterfactual Study of Somalia. Public Choice. 190 483–503.
  • 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.

Contracts, Grants and 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), 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 - 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., Jiang, H., Kim, M., Rous, J.J., Yang, X., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
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