David Y. Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. David’s research focuses on political economy, behavioral and experimental economics, economic history, and cultural economics. In particular, David studies the forces of stability and forces of changes in authoritarian regimes, drawing lessons from historical and contemporary China. David received a B.A. in Statistics and B.S. in Business Administration from University of California at Berkeley, and PhD in Economics from Stanford.

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Sharing the entrepreneurial wealth
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Autocratic AI dystopias: From science fiction to social science fact
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Issue salience and political stereotypes
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Civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Cultural change and intergenerational transmission: Some lessons from China’s Cultural Revolution
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- Education 
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