Owen Weijie Yan
Manager
Dr. Owen Weijie Yan is a Manager in the London office. He joined E.CA Economics in October 2022. Owen previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Internationalisation and Competitiveness in the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI Dublin), where he conducted several economic research projects for the European Commission (DG GROW), the Department of Taoiseach Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ireland, the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland, and Skillnet Ireland. His work has also been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals. His research interests are in competition, industrial organization, and firm growth and productivity. His area of specialty is in econometric methods.
Owen acquired his Ph.D. in Economics and his Master’s in Industrial Economics from the University of East Anglia (UEA). His doctoral thesis focused on market power and competition among UK pharmaceutical firms. Owen was also an associate tutor in teaching at UEA and a student member of the Centre for Competition Policy (CCP). He acquired his BSc in Statistics from the University of Hong Kong (HKU).
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- PhD in Economics, University of East Anglia
- Master in Industrial Economics, University of East Anglia
- BSc in Statistics, University of Hong Kong
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Twin transitions across enterprises: Do digital technologies and sustainability go together?
Owen Weijie Yan, Iulia Siedschlag, Gretta Mohan, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 481, November 2024- Papers & reports
Antibacterial resistance and the cost of affecting demand: The case of UK antibiotics
Owen Weijie Yan, Farasat A.S. Bokhari, Franco Mariuzzo, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 95, July 2024- Papers & reports
Do green investments improve firm performance? Empirical evidence from Ireland
Owen Weijie Yan, Iulia Siedschlag, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Volume 186, Part B, January 2023- Papers & reports
Study to map, measure and portray the EU mid-cap landscape
Owen Weijie Yan, Bernhard Dachs, Iulia Siedschlag, et. al., European Commission DG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, November 2022- Papers & reports
Talent for Ireland’s Green Economy: Examining Skill Needs to Support Enterprise Innovation and Ireland’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
Owen Weijie Yan, Iulia Siedschlag, Stefano Meneto, The Economic and Social Research Institute, March 2022Report was commissioned by the Skillnet Ireland
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Enhancing the attractiveness of the island of Ireland to high-value Foreign Direct Investment
Owen Weijie Yan, Iulia Siedschlag, Nigel Driffield, The Economic and Social Research Institute, December 2021Publication was commissioned by the Department of Taoiseach Ireland
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Firms’ green investments: What factors matter?
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Evaluation of the Enterprise Ireland Research, Development and Innovation Programme
Owen Weijie Yan, Martin Wain, Cristina Rosemberg, Pascal Halbeisen, Billie-Louise Schlich et. al., ESRI General Papers, March 2021- Papers & reports
Green investments and firm performance
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The performance of the Single Market for goods after 25 years
Owen Weijie Yan, Yvonne Wolfmayr, Klaus Friesenbichler, Harald Oberhofer, Michael Pfaffermayr, Iulia Siedschlag et.al., European Commission, Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, October 2019