Chenyu Yang

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics

University of Maryland, College Park

I study empirical industrial organization. I’m particularly interested in innovation, product variety and market design.

Working Papers

An Empirical Analysis of the Interconnection Queue, with Sarah Johnston and Yifei Liu, Reject & Resubmit at Econometrica, August 2026
Prices vs. Production Restrictions: China’s Coal Industry, with Xincheng Qiu and Tianshi Mu, Revise & Resubmit at AEJ: Micro, July 2026
Economies of Scope in Retail Distribution: A Study of Ready-to-Consume Categories, (preliminary) with Wantian Huang, Ying Fan and Yidan Xu, June 2026
Competition, Procurement and Learning-by-Doing in the Space Launch Industry, with Ruibing Su and Andrew Sweeting, Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Political Economy, January 2026
Decentralized Dynamic Matching: A Carpooling Platform, with Tracy Xiao Liu and Zhixi Wan, July 2024