Fang Yao

Institute for Economic Theory II
School of Business and Economics
Humboldt University of Berlin 
Spandauerstraße 1 
D-10099 Berlin 
Germany

E-mail: yaofang@rz.hu-berlin.de
Website: http://www2.wiwi.hu-berlin.de/institute/wt2/
Tel.:  +49-30-2093-5664


Teaching

IAMA WS 2007/08

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Education

Present

Ph.D.candidate in Macroeconomics and Labor economics
Humboldt University of Berlin
Supervisor: Prof. Michael C. Burda, Ph.D.
 

2005

M.Sc. in Economics
Humboldt University of Berlin
Thesis: "A DSGE Model of Labour Dynamics under Institutional Rigidity"

2002

B.Sc. in Economics
Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg


Professional Positions

 

Aug 2006 - present

Research Assistant
Institute for Economic Theory II, Humboldt University of Berlin, Prof. Michael Burda, Ph.D.

Aug 2004 - Jul 2006

Research Assistant
Project "Internet and Values Chains" [interVal], Federal Ministry of Education and Research


Fields of Research/ Interests

 

Business cycles,Monetary policy, Computational economy.


Working Papers

 

"Lumpy Labor Adjustment as a Propagation Mechanism of Business Cycles" [link], Feb 2008.

"When Lumpy Factor Adjustment Matters for Aggregate Dynamics?" [link], joint with Stephan Fahr, Jan 2008.

"Optimal Job Turnover Hazard and Asymptotic Distribution" [link], Dec 2007.


Research in Progress

"Increasing hazard price adjustment in a New Keynesian model ".