Yueyuan Ma

Yueyuan Ma

Assistant Professor of Economics

UC Santa Barbara

Biography

I am Yueyuan Ma (马越原), an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

My research interests encompass macroeconomics, economic growth, innovation, and labor economics. Presently, I am engaged in two primary areas of study:

  1. Investigating the production and dissemination of knowledge and goods, exploring their interconnections and their effects on economic growth, market structure, and household welfare.
  2. Exploring entrepreneurship, business formation, and firm dynamics with the aim of fostering a deeper understanding of the relationship between households and firms.

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Interests
  • Macroeconomics
  • Economic Growth
  • Innovation
  • Firm Dynamics
  • Trade
  • Labor Economics
Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, 2022

    University of Pennsylvania

  • M.A. in Economics, 2016

    Tsinghua University

  • B.A. in Economics; B.S. in Statistics, 2014

    Peking University

Publications

Jeremy Greenwood, Yueyuan Ma, Mehmet Yorukoglu (2021). 'You Will:' A Macroeconomic Analysis of Digital Advertising. The Review of Economic Studies, Volume 92, Issue 3, May 2025.

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Yueyuan Ma, Xinzheng Shi (2020). Are Spousal Labor Supplies Substitutes? Evidence from the Workweek Reduction Policy in China. Journal of Development Economics, Volume 145, June 2020.

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Hongbin Li, Yueyuan Ma, Lingsheng Meng, Xue Qiao, Xinzheng Shi (2017). Skill Complementarities and Returns to Higher Education: Evidence from the College Enrollment Expansion in China. China Economic Review, Volume 46, December 2017.

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Working Papers

Yueyuan Ma (2024). Specialization in a Knowledge Economy. SSRN Working Paper (No. 4052990). Conditionally Accepted at Journal of Political Economy Macroeconomics.

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Yueyuan Ma, Shaoshuang Yang (2024). Technology-Driven Market Concentration through Idea Allocation. SSRN Working Paper (No. 4978854). Best Junior Scholar Paper Award at China International Conference in Macroeconomics 2025.

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Xiao Ma, Yueyuan Ma, Hanyi Tao, Yiran Zhang (2024). The Impact of the Trade War: Divergence in Chinese and U.S. Innovations in the Post-Conflict Era. Working Paper.

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Chenyuan Liu, Yueyuan Ma, Binzhen Wu (2022). Information Disclosure and Marriage Quality: Evidence from Premarital Medical Exams. Working Paper.

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Work in Progress

Emin Dinlersoz, Yueyuan Ma (2023). Are Potential Entrepreneurs Overconfident?.

Emin Dinlersoz, Ying Feng, Yueyuan Ma (2023). Pre-Entry Uncertainty, Learning, and Business Formation.

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