Weiliang Tan

I am a PhD Candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University and a
visiting student at the Department of Economics at Yale University from
January 2023 - May 2025 hosted by Prof. Samuel Kortum.

In the 2025-2026 academic year, I will be an NBER Postdoctoral Research Associate for the Startup Cartography Project (Jorge Guzman, Scott Stern, Catherine Fazio). In July 2026, I will join Claremont McKenna College as an Assistant Professor of Economics.

My research focuses on the spatial and network aspects of innovation
and climate change.

  • Advisors: Prof. Ivan Rudik (Cornell), Prof. Samuel Kortum (Yale), Prof. Peter Schott (Yale), Prof. Nancy Chau (Cornell)

  • Primary Fields: International and Spatial Economics;
    Urban Economics

  • Secondary Fields: Macroeconomics; Empirical Innovation;
    Environmental Economics