Contact: jiyang3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Areas: China’s financial reform, financial technology

Associate Professor

Business School, Sun Yat-sen University

jiyang3@mail.sysu.edu.cn     +86-15120034263

Work experience and education

Since 2023   Associate Professor   Business School, Sun Yat-sen University

2020-2023    Associate Professor   Xiamen University, School of Economics and WISE

2017-2020    Assistant Professor    Xiamen University, School of Economics and WISE

2012-2017    PhD in Economics    Peking University, National School of Development (CCER)

2008-2012    BS in Resources and Environment     Peking University, School of Urban and Environment

Research

Publications in English Journals

Yang Ji, Xue Wang*, Yiping Huang, Shu Chen, Fang Wang, Buy now, pay later as liquidity insurance: Evidence from an early experiment in China, China Economic Review, Volume 80, 2023.
Wenlong Bian, Tingting Ge, Yang Ji*, Xiangnan Wang*, How is Fintech reshaping the traditional financial markets? New evidence from InsurTech and insurance sectors in China, China Economic Review, Volume 80, 2023.
Wenlong Bian, Yang Ji, and Peng Wang*, The crowding-out effect of Central Bank Digital Currencies: A simple and generalizable payment portfolio model, Finance Research Letters, 2021(March).
Yang Ji, Wenlong Bian, Yiping Huang, " Deposit Insurance, Bank Exit, and Spillover Effects", Journal of Banking & Finance, 2018 Sep (96).
Wenlong Bian, Yang Ji, and Hao Zhang*, "Does dialect similarity add value to banks? Evidence from China", Journal of Banking & Finance, 2019 Feb (101).
Stephanie Chan and Yang Ji*, “Do Interest Rate Liberalization and Fintech Mix?” China and World Economy, 2020(1).
Yuyan Tan, Yang Ji, and Yiping Huang, “Completing China's Interest Rate Liberalization”, China and World Economy, 2016(2):1-22.
Yiping Huang and Yang Ji*,“How Will Financial Liberalization Change the Chinese Economy? Lessons from Other Middle-Income Countries”, Journal of Asian Economics, 2017(6).

Publications in Chinese Journals

Yang Ji, Wenlong Bian*, and Yiping Huang, “Explicit DIS, Implicit DIS and Financial Crises,” Economic Research (Top Chinese Journal经济研究) , 2018(8).
Yang Ji, Yuyan Tan*, and Yiping Huang, “Dual Track Financial System and Interest Rate Liberalization,”  Economic Research (Top Chinese Journal经济研究),2016(6).
Yang Ji, Jianwei Xu, and Bin Zhang, “ Interest Rate Liberalization: Impacts, Risks and Timing,” Economic Research (Top Chinese Journal经济研究),2015(1).
Jianwei Xu, Yang Ji, and Binkai Chen, “Wage Rigidity in Chinese Labor Market,” Economic Research (Top Chinese Journal经济研究),2012(4).
Guangrong Ma, Yang Ji*, and Jianwei Xu, “College Enrollment Expansion and College Premium”, Management World (Top Chinese Journal 管理世界), 2017(8).
Han Qiu, Yiping Huang, and Yang Ji*, “Fintech and Traditional Banks’ Performances”, Financial Research (Field top Chinese Journal金融研究), 2018(11).
Yang Ji, Xu Wang*, Yuyan Tan, and Yiping Huang, “Economic Policy Uncertainty, Implicit Guarantee, and the Divergence of Enterprises’ Leverage Ratios,” Chinese Quarterly Journal of Economics (Top Chinese Journal 经济学季刊), 2018(2). (Best Paper Reward)
Yang Ji, Tingting Ge*, Wenlong Bian, and Yiping Huang, “Leverage Grwoth, Sectoral Differences, and Financial crises”, Chinese Quarterly Journal of Economics (Top Chinese Journal 经济学季刊), 2021(5).
Peng Wang, Wenlong Bian, and Yang Ji,“ E-CNY: Demand and Risks”,Chinese Quarterly Journal of Economics (Top Chinese Journal 经济学季刊), 2022(11).
Wei Wei, Xiangnan Wang, Yang Ji*, Wenlong Bian, “ Covid19, Inclusive Insurance, and InsurTech”， Finance Research (Chinese Journal金融研究》)，2023 (8).
Yuyan Tan, Yang Ji*, and Yiping Huang, “ Interest Rate Liberalization and Economic Efficiency”, World Economy (Top Chinese Journal 世界经济), 2017(4).
Jialiang Zhu, Yang Ji*, Shaohua Chen, Qinghua Zhao, and Zhenhua Li, “Poverty Reduction through Digital Economy”, Chinese Economic Issues (Chinese Journal中国经济问题), 2022(4).
Pengchong Xiong, Yang Ji, and Mengnan Zhu, “Credit Reporting System and Corporate Financial Constratins”, International Finance Studies (Chinese Journal国际金融研究), 2022(4).
Yingwei Dong, Yang Ji, and Yiping Huang, “Inclusive Health Care, Critical Illness and Consumption”, Chinese Review of Financial Studies (Chinese Journal金融评论), 2021(6).
Yang Ji, Wenlong Bian, and Peng Wang, “A Glance into Central Bank Digital Currencies”,Chinese Social Science Letters (Chinese Journal 中国社会科学报), October 4th 2020.
Peng Wang, Wenlong Bian, and Yang Ji, “CBDC: Concepts and Developments,” Review of Industry Economics (Chinese Journal产业经济评论), 2020(9).
Yuyan Tan, Yang Ji, and Yiping Huang, “The Last Step of Interest Rate Liberalization,”, Chinese Finance (Chinese Journal 中国金融), 2016(5).

Teaching Experience        

“Blockchain Basics and Applications” (Undergraduate elective) - Fall 2023

“Advanced Financial Economics” (Graduate core) - Spring semesters, 2017-2022

“Data Analyses using Computational Software” (Double Degree core) - Fall semesters, 2017-2021

Funds and Awards        

2018  Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.71803163)  

2019  Pushan Policy Research Reward