Yang Zhou

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Zhou, Y., Jong-A-Pin, R., Bjørnskov, C. (2025). Checks and Balances in Socialist Countries. Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Journal Article

• Lopez, J., Zhou, Y., Hall. (2026). The Collective Action Problem of Historic Designation: A Complexity Index for One Hundred Cities in the United States. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 85 (1) 33-48.
• Zhou, Y., Matti, J., Dutta, N. (2025). Language Structure and Political Ideology: Evidence from the World Value Survey. Kyklos. 78 (4) 1514-1529.
• Ferrell, P., Hall, J.C., Zhou, Y. (2025). The Economics of External Information and Risky Behavior: A Case Study of Avalanche Forecasting and Backcountry Incidents. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 84 (3) 503-519.
• Murtazashvili, I., Zhou, Y. (2025). Censorship and Mental Models. Constitutional Political Economy. 36 157-170.
• 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 Impact of Texas Health Resources Programs," sponsored by Texas Health Resources, Private, $37500 Funded. (2025 - 2026).
• Carroll, M.C. (Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "Twenty-Five Years of DART Transit-Oriented Development: Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Development Around DART," sponsored by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Regional, $49000 Funded. (2025 - 2025).
• Carroll, M.C. (Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "The Economic Consequences Surrounding DART Stations," sponsored by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), Regional, $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).
• Carroll, M.C. (Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "The Economic Impact of Children's Health for Fiscal Year 2020," sponsored by Children's Health, 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

• Zhou, Y. (Principal), Yang, X. (Supporting), "Opportunity Zones and Housing Prices (in Texas)," sponsored by Institute for Humane Studies, National, $5000 Funded. (2025 - 2027).
• 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).
• Hall, J.C. (Principal), Carroll, M.C. (Co-Principal), Zhou, Y. (Co-Principal), "Community and Crisis," sponsored by Mercatus Center, National, $7500 Funded. (2020 - 2021).