FAN Xinyu

Dr. Xinyu Fan is an Assistant Professor of Economics at CKGSB. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angles (UCLA) in 2018. Dr. Fan also holds B.Econ&Fin from the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Fan is mainly interested in game theory and its applications in political economy and organizational economics. His research interests also include economic history and industrial organization.

Education

• PhD in Economics 2018
  University of California, Los Angeles
• M.A. in Economics 2014
  University of California, Los Angeles
• Bachelor of Economics and Finance 2012
  The University of Hong Kong, preparatory year at Tsinghua University, Beijing

Areas of Expertise:

Game theory, political economy, industrial organization, economic history

Achievements

• UCLA Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
• UCLA Department of Economics Excellence in Teaching, First Prize
• UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship
• UCLA Economics Departmental Fellowship
• UCLA Economics Departmental Teaching Assistantship
• HKICPA QP Case Analysis Competition Winner and Best Presenter Award

Teaching

At CKGSB:

• Executive MBA
  Information Economics; Social Enterprises; Quantitative History and Applications 2019, 2021
• Global MBA
  Managerial Economics; Game Theory and Applications in Organizations 2019, 2021
• Finance/Chinese MBA
  Managerial Economics 2020, 2021
• METI MBA
  Managerial Economics 2021

At UCLA

Interim Instructor

• Economics of E-commerce and Technology 2015, 2016
• Industrial Organization 2014, 2015

Teaching Assistant/Associate/Fellow

• Economics of Entrepreneurship 2015-2017
• Economics of E-commerce and Technology 2013-2016
• Game Theory 2015
• Market Design 2016
• Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory 2016
• Intermediate Microeconomic Theory 2014

Publications

• Elite Persistence, Power Struggles and Coalition Dynamics (working paper)
• The Economic Motives of Foot-binding (with Lingwei Wu, working paper)
• Bureaucratic Control, Information Management, and Governmental Responsiveness (with Feng Yang, working paper)