Siyu Chen

PhD Candidate

Washington University in St. Louis

I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. My research interests are in Macroeconomics, Public Finance, and Information Economics.

I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the School of Economics, Renmin University of China. My Job Market Paper explores how the interaction of production networks and information frictions reshapes optimal taxation.

Education

• PhD, Economics (2025)
  Washington University in St. Louis

• MA, Economics (2019)
  Peking University

• BA, Economics; BS, Environmental Science (2016)
  Peking University