Yidi Xu
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

I have just been awarded my doctorate in Economics by the University of York. My supervisors are Professor Zaifu Yang and Dr. Andrew Pickering. My main research interests are in the areas of political economy, applied microeconomics, and game theory. My research examines: i) whether and how resource windfalls affect military spending and public spending; ii) choice over the coverage of redistributive land reform; iii) choice over the size of enfranchisement.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, University of York
• MSc in Economics, University of York
• BSc in Banking and Finance (First Class Honours), Cardiff University

Research

Overview

Research Interests: Political economy, Institution, Conflict, Democratization, Applied Microeconomics.

Research group(s)

• Political Economy Cluster
• Centre for Historical Economics and Related Research at York (Cherry)

Supervision

Supervision:

Professor Zaifu Yang
Dr Andrew Pickering

Thesis Advisory Panel (TAP) member:

Professor Giacomo De Luca

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Economics II: Microeconomics (2016-2019)
• Economics II: Macroeconomics (2017-2018)
• Cost and Benefit Analysis (Autumn, 2016 and Spring, 2017)