Educational Background- Ph.D., Economics, University of Tennessee, 2011
Professional Background- Dr. Yang is an applied microeconomist with broad interests in public policy. Much of her specific work focuses on state and local tax policy, economic regulation, and public education policy. Prior to her time in the US, she worked for four years on regional economic development policies and industrial planning for an institution supervised by Hubei provincial government in China.
Area of Expertise/Research- state business taxes, tax competition among US governments, innovation policies
Presentations- 2016 - American Economic Association Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California, January 2016
- 2016 - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Conference, Cambridge, MA, May 2016
- 2015 - World Congress of Comparative Economics, Rome, Italy, June 2015
- 2014 - National Tax Association 107th Annual Conference on Taxation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, November 2014
- 2014 - International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China, Shanghai, China, June 2014
- 2014 - Urban Economics and Public Finance Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 2014
- 2013 - National Tax Association 106th Annual Conference on Taxation, Tampa, Florida, November 2013
- 2013 - International Workshop on Regional, Urban, and Spatial Economics in China, Beijing, China, June 2013
- 2012 - American Economic Association Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL, January 2012
- 2012 - National Tax Association 105th Annual Conference on Taxation, Providence, RI, November 2012
- 2012 - 2012 Lincoln Institute Scholars Program, Cambridge, MA, May 2012
- 2011 - National Tax Association 104th Annual Conference on Taxation, New Orleans, LA, November 2011
- 2011 - Southern Economic Association 81st Annual Meetings, Washington DC, November 2011
- 2010 - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Seminar, Georgia State University, Atlanta, February 2010
- 2010 - National Tax Association 103rd Annual Conference on Taxation, Chicago, IL, November 2010
- 2010 - Southern Economic Association 80th Annual Meetings, Atlanta, GA, November 2010
- 2010 - Western Economic Association International 85th Annual Conference, Portland, OR, June 2010
- 2009 - National Tax Association 102nd Annual Conference on Taxation, Denver, CO, November 2009
- 2009 - Southern Economic Association 79th Annual Meetings, San Antonio, TX, November 2009
- 2008 - National Tax Association 101st Annual Conference on Taxation, Philadelphia, PA, November 2008
- 2008 - "Mobility and Tax Policy: Do Yesterday's Taxes Fit Tomorrow's Economy?" Conference, Knoxville, TN, October 2008
