CHENYU HOU
Chenyu (Sev) Hou | 侯宸羽
Ph.D | UBC
Assistant Professor | Simon Fraser University
I obtained my PhD from Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia in July, 2021. I am currently an assistant professor at the Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University. Before joining SFU, I was an assistant professor at CUHK,Shenzhen.
My research interest is in Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, and Macro-Development, with specific focus on expectation formation, learning and information acquisition. I also have special interest in utilizing Deep Learning tools to solve economic problems.
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Inflation Drivers in Firms’ Words: Bridging Micro Narratives and Macro Dynamics (updated 2026-06): Paper
Convergence Across Castes (updated 2026-05): Paper
Did Recent Inflation Reflect a Nonlinear Phillips Curve? (Forthcoming at
Uncovering Subjective Models from Survey Expectations (updated 2025-09): Paper
The Dominant Role of Expectations and Broad-Based Supply Shocks in Driving Inflation (