Dr Yiquan Gu Dr. rer. pol.

Personal Statement

Dr Yiquan Gu is Reader in Economics at the University of Liverpool Management School. Yiquan is a specialist in Industrial 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 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and charitable organizations.

Before joining Liverpool as Lecturer in Economics, 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.

Prizes or Honours

• The WISE Outstanding Experimental Economics or Finance Paper Award (Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics and the MOE Key Laboratory in Econometrics at Xiamen University, 2011)
• Dissertation Prize (TU Dortmund University, 2010)