I am an Assistant Professor at Johannes Kepler University Linz. I received my PhD from the University of Warwick in 2026.
I work on applied microeconomic theory.
Here is my CV. You can contact me at yating.yuan@jku.at
Last update: September 2026
Conventional wisdom suggests you can't have it all—efficiency, fairness, and transparency—when designing team incentives. This paper shows that such contracts are not only possible, but can also be simple.
Last update: October 2025 (Previously titled “Versioning with Observational Learning”)
Should a monopolist launch a new product in different versions when public information builds up through observational learning? Yes they should, but only when consumers have sufficiently precise private information.
Last update: November 2025
Why do public health crises sometimes trigger a sharp divide in behavior, while in other cases, responses appear less divided? Instead of explaining these patterns through misinformation or partisanship, we show they need not be.
Excellent Teaching Award, University of Warwick, 2021–2022