Chen Wei
Title: Associate Professor
Office: Mingde Main Building, Room 0506
Tel: Email: weichenecon@ruc.edu.cn
Research Interests:
Agricultural Environmental Resource Economics, Applied Econometrics
Biography:
Chen Wei is currently an Associate Professor at the School of Agricultural and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, and a Young Scholar under the Renmin University of China “Outstanding Scholar Program.” He received his Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics from The Ohio State University in 2019 and dual Bachelor's degrees in Economics and Mathematics & Applied Mathematics from Peking University in 2014. His main research areas are Agricultural Environmental Resource Economics and Applied Econometrics. His research has been published in prestigious international academic journals such as the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Land Economics, Economic Modelling, and Electronic Commerce Research.
Publications：
Chen, W.*, Flatnes, J.E., Miteva, D.A. and Klaiber, H.A., "The impact of deforestation on nature-based recreation: evidence from citizen science data in Mexico." Land Economics forthcoming.
Chen, W., Chen, J., Yin, G., "Exploring side effects of ridesharing services in urban China: role of pollution-averting behavior." Electronic Commerce Research (2020).
Chen, W.* and Klaiber, H.A., "Does road expansion induce traffic? An evaluation of Vehicle-Kilometers Traveled in China." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 104 (2020): 102387.
Wolf, D., Chen, W., Gopalakrishnan, S.G., Haab, T. and Klaiber, H.A., "The economic impacts of harmful algal blooms and E.coli on recreational behavior in Lake Erie." Land Economics 95.4 (2019): 455-472.
Chen, W., Huang, Z. and Yi, Y., "Is there a structural change in the persistence of WTI-Brent oil price spreads in the post-2010 period?" Economic Modelling 50 (2015): 64-71.
Working Papers：
卫生基础设施对农村居民健康的影响——以厕所为例（与田晓晖、杨艺）
Chen, W., Klaiber, H.A. and Miteva, D.A., "Compensating differentials of rents, wages and agricultural returns: the quality-of-life among Indonesian regencies and cities."