Hi, I'm Yulu Tang, an Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy at London School of Economics.
My fields are development economics, urban/spatial, and international trade.
My research focuses on workers, firms, and urban agglomeration in developing countries. I am particularly interested in analyzing the impacts of new technologies and market frictions on worker productivity, firm growth, and city structure.
Here is my CV. You can contact me at Y.Tang82@lse.ac.uk
To Follow the Crowd? Benefits and Costs of Migrant Networks [Draft] [Online Appendix]
Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Review
Firm Visibility and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Randomized Location Allocations [Draft]
Quality Incentives and Upgrading in Uganda's Coffee Supply Chain [Draft available upon request]
(with Jie Bai, Lauren Falcao Bergquist, Ameet Morjaria and Russell Morton)
Commitment at Scale: Evidence from 13 Million Social Media Users [Draft available upon request]
(with Peter Hickman and Ruru Houng)
Protectionism on the Screen: Endogenous Preferences, Learning, and Investment [Slide Available]
(with Jin Liu)
Digital Sovereignty and Sustainability: Global Data Center Locations [Slide Available]
(with Jie Zhou)
Organization of Production and Service Quality in Ugandan Informal Transit [Pilot in the Field]
(with Russell Morton)
Policy Papers
The Welfare and Productivity Effects of Transit Improvements in Amman, Policy Research Working Paper, World Bank [Link]
Food prices, processing, and shocks: Evidence from rice and COVID-19, Journal of Agricultural Economics [Link]