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Yihan Xu is a Predoctoral Research Assistant at University College London (UCL) School of Management. Prior to joining UCL, Yihan earned a Master of Science in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics with Distinction from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Financial Mathematics and Financial Engineering with Class Honours from Shandong University. Yihan has been involved in faculty-led research at UCL, contributing to the development of structural models and implementing reproducible code. Research interests include macro-finance, market microstructure, belief heterogeneity, information dynamics, and the institutional constraints that impact macroeconomic outcomes at the micro level. Yihan's work emphasizes a technically rigorous approach to empirical and theoretical research, aiming to enhance understanding of complex financial systems.