Research

Journal Article

Machura, S., Luo, Y., and Rennig, C. (2026, in print). “Now Is the Chance” — In Search of the Active Lay Judge. Laikos Online Journal, 4.

Machura, S., Luo, Y ., and Rennig, C. (in print). „Ein schönes Rechtssystem“? — Arbeitserfahrungen von Schöffen (English translate: “A beautiful Legal System?” — Work Experience of Lay Judges). Richter ohne Robe 28(3).

Luo, Y. (2026). Court Capacity and Crime Deterrence: Evidence from Criminal Court Closures in England and Wales. Invited Resubmission by The Economic Journal.

Luo, Y. (submitted). Criminal Courts as Deterrence Mechanisms: What a Decade of Closures Reveals. Criminal Law Review.

Luo, Y. (submitted). Who Still Trust the Criminal Justice System? Evidence and Open Questions. The Conversation.

Luo, Y. 2023. Fewer courts, less justice? Evidence from a recent policy of court closures in England and Wales. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Book and Book Chapter

Machura, S., Luo, Y., and Rennig, C. (submitted). “In the Name of People” – Lay Assessors in the Criminal Court. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag.

Machura, S., Luo, Y., and Rennig, C. (invited and submitted). “Now is the chance” — In search of the active lay judge. In: Festschrift for Hasso Lieber zum 80. Geburtstag.

Conference Paper

‍Luo, Y. (2026). What Happens after the Closure of Criminal Courts? Empirical Implications from England and Wales. Conference paper: Law and Society Association Annual Conference (2026), San Francisco, US, Panel: Analysing Criminal Justice Reforms and Identifying What Works, forthcoming.

Machura, S., Luo, Y., and Rennig, C. (2026). When Are German Lay Assessors Satisfied with Their Role? Experiences and Attitudes. Conference paper: Law and Society Association Annual Conference (2026), San Francisco, US, Panel: Lay Participation Around the Globe, forthcoming.

Luo, Y. (2019). What Can Reduce Crime. Conference paper: 1st Welsh Postgraduate Research Conference in Business/Management and Economics (2019), Cardiff University, UK.

Projects

Discover Economics programme, ongoing

Role: Academic Champions for Wales

Members: Dr. Ramakanta Patra, Dr. Tommaso Reggiani, Dr. Yang Sun, Dr. Yundong Luo

Activity example

Discussion Essays (not to quote)

Luo, Y. (2019). Considering the efficiency of law enforcement in a crime model.

Luo, Y. (2019). A Referee Report of Davis, J. S. and Huang, K. X. D. (2011): International Real Business Cycles with Endogenous Markup Variability.

Luo, Y. (2019). Paper Review of “Credit Auctions and Bid Caps” (Lagziel, 2018).

Luo, Y. (2019). Institution and political factors matter as much as economic ones.

Luo, Y. (2018). A referee report of Albrecht, J. A. and Axell, B. (1984): An Equilibrium Model of Search Unemployment.

Luo, Y. (2017). Studying the relationship between marital satisfaction and economic incentives.