Summary
Muxi Yang is an Economist in the Mass Torts Practice. She specializes in developing economic and statistical models to forecast and value potential liabilities. She has extensive experience working with large-scale data sets and performing empirical analysis using causal-inference econometrics and statistical modeling. Dr. Yang has supported experts in estimating and simulating future asbestos and talc-related expenses in bankruptcy procedures and mediations.
Prior to joining Bates White, Dr. Yang taught undergraduate and graduate courses in economics as a teaching assistant at Cornell University. In her doctoral studies, Dr. Yang conducted research on utilizing statistical decision-making models and machine learning tools to optimize the design of public policies in energy markets. Her research has been published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and the World Bank working paper series.
Education
PhD, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
MEM, Environmental Economics and Policy, Duke University
BA, Economics, Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
