Yihong Liu

Hello! I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. I earned my B.A. in Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and my M.A. in Economics from Duke University.

My research interests are in econometrics, applied econometrics, particularly on:

• Causal Inference
• Difference-in-Differences
• Triple-Differences
• Matching

with applications to environmental and resource economics.

I am on the 2026-2027 job market. You can reach me at yihongliu@ucsb.edu

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