Zeyang (Arthur) Yu (于泽洋)

Assistant Professor
Department of Politics
Princeton University
Email: arthurzeyangyu@princeton.edu
Curriculum Vitae

About Me

I am an Assistant Professor in the Princeton Politics Department. My research interests lie in causal inference, including instrumental variables, randomization inference, and triple-difference designs. I also have a secondary research focus in empirical political economy, where I study the effects of institutions on economic development.

Research

Working Papers

  1. The Personalist Penalty: Varieties of Autocracy and Economic Growth, with Christopher Blattman and Scott Gehlbach

    Working Paper (2025).

    [SocArXiv]

  2. Randomization Inference with Sample Attrition, with Xinran Li and Peizan Sheng

    Working Paper (2025).

    [arXiv]

  3. When is Triple Difference Sensitive to Functional Form?, with Hongchang Guo

    Working Paper (2025).

Published or Forthcoming Papers

  1. A Binary IV Model for Persuasion: Profiling Persuasion Types among Compliers

    Forthcoming in the Econometrics Journal (2025+)

    [10.1093/ectj/utaf003] [arXiv, JMP version, working paper]

  2. Must Watch Propaganda: The Marginal Treatment Effect of Foreign Media Among Always-Takers, with Robert Gulotty

    Political Science Research and Methods 13, no. 1 (2025): 132-149

    [10.1017/psrm.2023.46] [SSRN] [replication]

  3. Within-Party Mobility and Economic Performance in Authoritarian Regimes: Evidence from China, with Zeren Li

    Party Politics 29, no. 6 (2023): 1169-1177

    [10.1177/13540688221122345] [SSRN]

  4. The Last Strike: Age, Career Incentives and Taxation in China, with Zeren Li

    Studies in Comparative International Development 58, no. 1 (2023): 55-78

    [10.1007/s12116-022-09356-x] [SSRN]