Welcome to my webpage!
I am a Clinical Professor of Economics at the Knauss School of Business at the University of San Diego.
I am an applied microeconomist working in behavioral and experimental economics. My current research focuses on the economics of AI: how generative AI changes performance signals, competition, bargaining, and pay, and who gains or loses as a result, with particular attention to gender. I use laboratory, online, and field experiments. Earlier work studied prescription behavior and secondary markets in the opioid crisis.
I received my Ph.D. in Economics from the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science at George Mason University in May 2023.
You can contact me at ydeng@sandiego.edu.