Publications

My main research fields are the Economics of Technical Change and Economic Growth; Firm-Level Data Analysis; Bayesian Econometrics; and Information Theory. The following is the list of published journal articles, book chapters, and working papers.

Journal Articles

  1. Yang, J., Information-Theoretic Model of Induced Technological Change: Theory and Empirics, Metroeconomica, 2022.

  2. Heinrich, T., Yang, J., Dai, S., Levels of structural change: An analysis of China’s development push 1998-2014, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2021.

  3. Strauss, I., & Yang, J., Slowing Investment Rates in Developing Economies: Evidence from a Bayesian hierarchical model, International Review of Financial Analysis, 2021.

  4. Yang, J. and Carro, A., Two Tales of Complex System Analysis: ABM and MaxEnt, European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 2020.

  5. Scharfenaker, E and Yang, J., Maximum Entropy Economics, European Physical Journal: Special Topics, 2020.

  6. dos Santos, P. and Yang, J., Capital Mobility, Quasi-rents, and the Competitive Self-organization of Distributions of Profitability, Advances in Complex Systems, 2020.

  7. Yang, J. and Torres, D., The Persistent Statistical Structure of the US Input-Output Coefficient Matrices: 1963-2007, Economic Systems Research, 2019

  8. Yang, J., A Quantal Response Statistical Equilibrium Model of Induced Technical Change in an Interactive Factor Market: Firm-Level Evidence in the EU Economies, Entropy, 2018

  9. Yang, J., Information-Theoretic Approaches in Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys, 2018

Working papers

  1. Jangho Yang, Torsten Heinrich, and Julian Winkler, François Lafond, Pantelis Koutroumpis, and Doyne Farmer, Measuring Productivity Dispersion: a Parametric Approach Using the Levy α-Stable Distribution, Under Review.

  2. Bonwoo Koo, Jangho Yang, and Brian D. Wright, “On optimality of secrecy and scarcity of idea.” R&R. [New version soon]

  3. Ilan Strauss & Jangho Yang, Corporate Secular Stagnation: Empirical Evidence on the Advanced Economy Investment Slowdown, Under Review.

  4. Torsten Heinrich and Jangho Yang, Innovation in times of Covid-19, Under Review.

  5. Jangho Yang, Brian Cozzarin, Sarah Feng, and Torsten Heinrich, Productivity Dispersion and Investment Slowdown in Canada.

  6. Jangho Yang, Luis Daniel Torres Gonzalez, Advait Rajagopal, and Doyne Farmer, Production Network and GDP Growth: a Decomposition Approach.