Ms Yundan Gong

Senior Lecturer in Development Economics

Contact details:

Postal address:

Strand Chesham Building
The Strand
London

United Kingdom

E-mail: yundan.gong@kcl.ac.uk

ORCID: 0000-0002-3896-6682

Scopus Author ID: 16425249000

Department

International Development

Research Group

Poverty, Inequality and Inclusive Growth

Research interests

Yundan's main research interests are in the area of development economics, in particular related to firm level response to globalisation, innovation and firm performance, applied micro-econometric analysis and emerging economics. She has a strong interest in the implications of foreign direct investment (FDI) for economic development in emerging countries, and has worked extensively with policy makers in China in this area. Her research also extends to the area of institutional economics.

Latest Research Outputs

Exports and New Products in China–A Generalised Propensity Score Approach with Firm-to-Firm Spillovers
Gong, Y. & Hanley, A., 2021, In: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES. 57, 12, p. 2136-2155 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Top Management Gender Diversity and Performance: In Search of Threshold Effects
Gong, Y. & Girma, S., 13 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Outward Foreign Direct Investment and Home Country Sustainable Development
UNESCAP, Knoerich, J., Taylor-Strauss, H. & Gong, Y., 21 Apr 2020, Bangkok: United Nations Publications. 81 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book
Investment liberalisation, technology take-off and export markets entry: Does foreign ownership structure matter?
Girma, S., Gong, Y., Görg, H. & Lancheros, S., Aug 2015, In: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 116, p. 254-269 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Investment liberalisation, technology take-off and export markets entry: Does foreign ownership structure matter?
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Estimating direct and indirect effects of foreign direct investment on firm productivity in the presence of interactions between firms
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Indigenous and Foreign Innovation Efforts and Drivers of Technological Upgrading: Evidence from China
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