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Liyang Sun is a lecturer in the Department of Economics at University College London and an untenured associate professor (on leave) at CEMFI. She has a strong background in econometrics and her research interests lie in causal inference and weak identification. Her work primarily focuses on developing new methods for causal inference in realistic settings, particularly in understanding treatment effects heterogeneity. Liyang has made significant contributions in the area of weak identification instruments. Before her current role, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at UC Berkeley. Liyang obtained her Ph.D. in Economics Statistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in July 2021, and her B.A. in Economics Mathematics from Wellesley College in 2014.
Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros • Madrid, Spain
Teaching and conducting research in economics.