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Dr Yang Sun

(he/him)

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Cardiff Business School

Email
SunY64@cardiff.ac.uk
Campuses
Aberconway Building, Room C54, Colum Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF10 3EU

Overview

I am an early-career Macroeconomist specialised in empirical research on development economics. My primary research interest lies in the areas of institutional development and transformation, political economics and development theories. I am also familar Macroeconomic theories and DSGE modelling and empirical estimations.

I am currently working on projects involving African countries' institutional development in the shadow of the effects of colonisation and slavery. I am also exploring the potential for reasarhc on the effects of infrastructure and institutional development in African countries.

Research

Research interest: development economics, institutional quality and development, political economics, applied macroeconomics, DSGE modelling