Faculty Profile

Xi Yang

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Economics
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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Education

            



  

  


  
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 2014. 
Major: Economics
MA, Johns Hopkins University, 2011. 
Major: Economics
MA, Beijing University, 2008. 
Major: Economics
BA, Wuhan University, 2005. 
Major: Economics and Mathematics





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
ECON 5340.001, Advanced Microeconomic Theory, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    ECON 4290.001, Labor Economics, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5050.001, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5340.001, Advanced Microeconomic Theory, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.002, Intermediate Micro Theory, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.005, Intermediate Micro Theory, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 4290.001, Labor Economics, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5030.001, Microeconomic Analysis, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5050.001, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3996.725, Honors College Mentored Research Experience, Spring 2022 
                    

                    ECON 3550.004, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.002, Intermediate Micro Theory, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 4290.001, Labor Economics, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5050.001, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5340.001, Advanced Microeconomic Theory, Spring 2021  SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.003, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.005, Intermediate Micro Theory, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 4290.001, Labor Economics, Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5050.001, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, Fall 2020  SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.003, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ECON 3550.004, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2020 Syllabus
                    

                    ECON 3550.005, Intermediate Micro Theory, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 4290.001, Labor Economics, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5050.001, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, Fall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.004, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5030.001, Microeconomic Analysis, Spring 2019  SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5900.719, Special Problems, Fall 2018 
                    

                    ECON 3550.003, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5900.719, Special Problems, Spring 2018 
                    

                    ECON 3550.005, Intermediate Micro Theory, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 4290.001, Labor Economics, Fall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5050.001, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, Fall 2017  SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.003, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 3550.004, Intermediate Micro Theory, Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 4290.001, Labor Economics, Fall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    ECON 5050.001, Seminar on Contemporary Economic Problems, Fall 2016  SPOT

          


          
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  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
Published Intellectual Contributions


  
Journal Article
Yang, X., Zhong, N., Painter, G.  (2022). Housing Wealth as Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Urban China. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. Tier 1
Yang, X.  (2021). Land Use Regulations and Urban Growth of African Americans. Economic Development Quarterly. Tier 2
Yang, X., Liu, S.  (2021). Human Capital Externalities or Consumption Spillovers? The Effect of High-skill Human Capital across Low-skill Labor Markets. Journal of Regional Science and Urban Economics. Tier 1
YANG, X., Liu, S.  (2020). Property Tax Limits and Female Labor Supply: Evidence from the Housing Boom and Bust. Journal of Housing Economics. Tier 2
Yang, X., Lenard, T., Zhang, L.  (2020). The Impact of Land Use Regulation Across the Conditional Distribution of Home Prices: An Application of Quantile Regression for Group Level Treatments. The Annals of Regional Science. Tier 2
Yang, X., Chen, B., Zhong, N.  (2020). Housing Demand and Household Saving in China: Evidence from a Housing Reform. Journal of Housing Economics. Tier 2
Yang, X., Leonard, T., Reed, C., Zhang, L.  (2020). Impact  of  Property  Tax  Abatement  Incentives  on  Economic  Growth. Economic Development Quarterly. 34(2), .  Denton:. Tier 2
YANG, X.  (2019). The Effect of Home Ownership on Post-unemployment Wages. Journal of Regional Science and Urban Economics. 74, 1-17. (lead article), Tier 1
YANG, X., Cull, R., Xu, L. C., Zhou, L., Zhu, T.  (2017). Market Facilitation by Local Government and Firm Efficiency: Evidence from China. Journal of Corporate Finance. 42, 460-480. Tier 1
YANG, X., Yao, Y.  (2012). Environmental Compliance and Firm Performance: Evidence from China. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 74(3), 397–424. Tier 1



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   
Awarded Grants



  
  
  	  
          
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research  

 	 
	 	 
  
Fellowship   
Yang, X. (Other), "NBER NSF Mentorship Program," Sponsored by NSF, Federal, $17000 Funded. (September 2023 – December 2023).
Grant - Research   
Yang, X., Moffitt, R. (Supporting), "University of Wisconsin-Madison RDRC SSA Grant," Sponsored by University of Wisconsin-Madison, National, $100000 Funded. (May 2024 – May 2025).
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).
Yang, X. (Principal), "Scholarly and Creativity Award," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (August 2022 – August 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).
Yang, X. (Principal), "Creative and Research Enhancement Activity Time for Engagement (CREATE) Program," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (June 2022 – July 2022).
Yang, X. (Principal), "Faculty Summer Research," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (June 2017 – August 2017).



	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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