Selected Publications
"A Geospatial Approach to Measuring Economic Activity", with Jianwei Ai and Costas Arkolakis, NBER Working Paper Series WP 33619 (short version) Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers No. 2435. Latest version (New ). Nature Communications, forthcoming
Submitted or under Revision
"Variable Scaling and Joint Hypothesis Testing in PPML", with Russell Hillberry, Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers CFDP 2560 New 9/26
- Previously circulated as Variable Scaling and Hypothesis Testing in the Gravity Model
- Technical relevance (for Stata users) on page 3 - A cautionary note on goodness-of-fit statistics for models estimated by pseudo maximum likelihood by Green and Santos Silva (2024)
Working Papers
When Does the Trade Elasticity Overstate the Gains from Liberalization? available upon request
Exact Hat Algebra Beyond the Home-Share Formula available upon request
Growth and the Geography of Import Dependence
"Biofuels, Deforestation, and the GTAP Model", with Steven Berry and Timothy D. Searchinger, Tobin Center Working Paper Series
Exact Hat Algebra Beyond the Home-Share Formula available upon request
Growth and the Geography of Import Dependence
- Previously circulated as Structural Estimation of a Gravity Model of Trade with the Constant-Difference-of-Elasticities Preferences
"Biofuels, Deforestation, and the GTAP Model", with Steven Berry and Timothy D. Searchinger, Tobin Center Working Paper Series
- Policy impact: Public Hearing to Consider Amendments to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (California Air Resources Board)
- Media coverage: Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), The Equation. Martin, Jeremy. "Lessons Learned from 18 Years of Arguing About Indirect Land Use Change"
Work in Progress
1. "Deep Waters", with Costas Arkolakis and José-Antonio Espín-Sánchez
2. "Discrete Choice with Implicit Additivity", with Steven Berry and Costas Arkolakis
3. A study of "structural models" and the role of "structural parameters", with Steven Berry
4. "Counterfactuals", with Sam Kortum
2. "Discrete Choice with Implicit Additivity", with Steven Berry and Costas Arkolakis
3. A study of "structural models" and the role of "structural parameters", with Steven Berry
4. "Counterfactuals", with Sam Kortum
Other Publications and Policy Reports
1. How Pre-Purchase Return Tendency Shapes Planned vs. Unplanned Returns in Livestream Commerce, with Qishen Zhou, Yalan Xu, and Fangmin Zhan, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 89 (2026): 104616.
2. How engagement metrics shape consumer decision-making in livestream commerce, with Qishen Zhou, Mancun Zhao, and Yalan Xu, The Service Industries Journal (2026): 1-30.
3. Yuan, Wen Jin, Yasnanhia Cabral, and Anton C. Yang. “U.S. International Trade Commission’s Trade Facilitation Roundtable.” Journal of International Commerce and Economics, July 2017. Link
4. “Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors.” USITC Publication 4607, May 2016. Link
5. Foreso, Cynthia, Wen Jin Yuan, and Anton C. Yang. “Africa’s Crude Petroleum Exports Declined due to a Shrinking U.S. Market”. Executive Briefings on Trade, July 2015. Link
6. Guth, Joanne, and Anton C. Yang. “The EU’s Energy Import Diversification Plan and Its Role in the TTIP Negotiations”. Executive Briefings on Trade, April 2015.
2. How engagement metrics shape consumer decision-making in livestream commerce, with Qishen Zhou, Mancun Zhao, and Yalan Xu, The Service Industries Journal (2026): 1-30.
3. Yuan, Wen Jin, Yasnanhia Cabral, and Anton C. Yang. “U.S. International Trade Commission’s Trade Facilitation Roundtable.” Journal of International Commerce and Economics, July 2017. Link
4. “Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement: Likely Impact on the U.S. Economy and on Specific Industry Sectors.” USITC Publication 4607, May 2016. Link
5. Foreso, Cynthia, Wen Jin Yuan, and Anton C. Yang. “Africa’s Crude Petroleum Exports Declined due to a Shrinking U.S. Market”. Executive Briefings on Trade, July 2015. Link
6. Guth, Joanne, and Anton C. Yang. “The EU’s Energy Import Diversification Plan and Its Role in the TTIP Negotiations”. Executive Briefings on Trade, April 2015.