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Yiquan Gu

Professor of Spatial Economics and Industrial Organisation

Departmental Research Seminar Lead

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Specialisms

  • Spatial Economics, 
  • Industrial Organisation, 
  • Digital Economy, 
  • Game Theory

Location

HBS 125, Whiteknights Campus

Yiquan is a specialist in Industrial Organisation, Spatial Economics and Game Theoretical modelling, with a particular focus on firm strategy, market efficiency and competition policy in the digital age. He has published a wide array of academic papers in leading journals in industrial economics as well as internationally reputable interdisciplinary outlets.

Yiquan has conducted research for a wide range of funders including the Economic and Social Research Council, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and charitable organisations.

Before joining Henley, Yiquan held posts as Lecturer, Senior Lecturer and Reader in Economics at University of Liverpool Management School. Yiquan studied Management and Computer Science at Tongji University in Shanghai, Finance at the University of Freiburg, and Economics and Game Theory at TU Dortmund University in Germany, where he gained his BSc, MA, and PhD (summa cum laude) qualifications, respectively.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Economics, TU Dortmund University
  • Master of Finance, University of Freiburg
  • BSc Management, Tongji University

Reference: Newton-Fenner, A., Hewitt, D., Henderson, J., Roberts, H., Mari, T., Gu, Y. , Gorelkina, O., Giesbrecht, T., Fallon, N., Roberts, C. and Stancak, A. (2023) Economic value in the brain: a meta-analysis of willingness-to-pay using the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak auction. PLoS ONE, 18 (7). e0286969. ISSN 1932-6203 doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286969
Henley faculty authors:
Yiquan Gu
Reference: Newton-Fenner, A., Hewitt, D., Henderson, J., Fallon, N., Gu, Y. , Gorelkina, O., Giesbrecht, T. and Stancak, A. (2023) A comparison of reward processing during Becker–DeGroot–Marschak and Vickrey auctions: an ERP study. Psychophysiology, 60 (9). e14313. ISSN 1469-8986 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14313
Henley faculty authors:
Yiquan Gu
Reference: Newton-Fenner, A., Tyson-Carr, J., Roberts, H., Henderson, J., Hewitt, D., Byrne, A., Fallon, N., Gu, Y. , Gorelkina, O., Xie, Y., Pantelous, A., Giesbrecht, T. and Stancak, A. (2022) Bid outcome processing in Vickrey auctions: an ERP study. Psychophysiology, 59 (12). e14125. ISSN 0048-5772 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14125
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Yiquan Gu
Reference: Gu, Y. , Rasch, A. and Wenzel, T. (2022) Consumer salience and quality provision in (un)regulated public service markets. Regional science and urban economics, 93. 103754. ISSN 0166-0462 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2021.103754
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Yiquan Gu
Reference: Gu, Y. , Madio, L. and Reggiani, C. (2022) Data brokers co-opetition. Oxford Economic Papers, 74 (3). pp. 820-839. ISSN 0030-7653 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpab042
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Yiquan Gu

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