Wanyu Chung

Dr. Wanyu Chung

I am Associate Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, and a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). My research interests are in the fields of international trade, international economics, and international macroeconomics.

I have been appointed ONS Fellow (consultant) since January 2023, offering expert advice to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on the measurement of the economy and the collection and presentation of economic data for the UK.

I have led several competitively awarded research projects as PI, with funding from the ESRC, Research England (UKRI), the Bank of England, and the Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy (CITP).

I also serve as a member of the Steering Group for the UK Women in Economics Network (UKWEN), Royal Economic Society (RES).

Below you can find highlights of my research, and my CV is available here.

Email: w.chung@bham.ac.uk

Journal Articles

“Regional content requirements and market power: Lessons from CUSFTA” (with Carlo Perroni), Journal of International Economics 157, September 2025. Previously circulated as "Rules of origin and market power" (CEPR Discussion Paper 15897)

“Vehicle currency pricing and exchange rate pass-through” (with Natalie Chen and Dennis Novy), Journal of the European Economic Association 20-1, January 2022. Also featured in VOXEU video “Exchange rates and inflation” and Faculti video "Vehicle currency pricing"

“Imported inputs and invoicing currency choice: Theory and evidence from UK transaction data” Journal of International Economics 99, March 2016. Winner of the Best Paper Award at the 2015 Spring Meeting of Young Economists

Discussion Papers

"Visual bias in the Brexit referendum: A quantitative analysis of newspaper images” (with Duiyi Dai and Robert Elliott) CEPR Discussion Paper 20524, August 2025. Also featured in VOXEU VoxTalks Economics podcast “The visual politics of Brexit.” R&R in European Economic Review

“Customs agents and trade facilitation” (with Robert Elliott, Yangjun Han and Antonio Navas) CEPR Discussion Paper 20482

"Measuring Brexit uncertainty: A machine learning and textual analysis approach" (with Duiyi Dai and Robert Elliott) CEPR Discussion Paper 17410 ; Project Webpage

Policy Report

“Authorised Economic Operators” in policy report UK Regulation After Brexit Revisited, UK in a Changing Europe, Centre for Competition Policy, and Brexit & Environment, Oct. 2022 (with Robert J R Elliott, Yangjun Han and Antonio Navas)

“Authorised economic operators (AEO) and trade” in policy report UK Regulation After Brexit, UK in a Changing Europe, Centre for Competition Policy, and Brexit & Environment, February 2021 (with Antonio Navas)

“Can facilitators in international supply chains help to alleviate post Brexit trade disruption?” UK in a Changing Europe, November 2020 (with Antonio Navas)

Work in Progress

"The matching and sorting of traders and agents" (with Robert Elliott and Yangjun Han)

“Dominant currency pricing: Do competitors' exchange rates affect export prices?” (with Robert Elliott, Loretta Fung, Jin-Tan Liu and Chun-yen Wu)

“What drives firms' forecast errors and how do they affect operational decisions?” (with Christoph Gortz and Plutarchos Sakellaris)