Address: BHSS M517

Employment

2021–Present Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Huazhong Agricultural University

Education

2016 – 2021 Ph.D. in Economics, Purdue University, USA

2014 – 2016 M.A. in Economics, Duke University, USA

2010 – 2014 B.A. in Finance, Jinling College of Nanjing University, China   

Research Themes

Primary: Spatial Econometrics

Secondary: Agricultural Economics, Time Series Econometrics

Research Projects

1.National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Young Scientist Fund Project: “Modeling, Estimation, and Application of Probability Distributions for Crop Yields,” 2023-2025, Principal Investigator

2.Self-directed Scientific and Technological Innovation Fund: “Research on Spatial Sample Selection Models,” 2022-2024, Principal Investigator

3.Open Research Fund for Meteorological Risk and Insurance: “Integrating Spatio-temporal Yield Models with Climate Forecast Information to Enhance Agricultural Insurance Pricing and Risk Assessment,” 2023-2024, Principal Investigator System Risk Assessment," 2023-2024, Principal Investigator

4.Hubei Provincial Tobacco Commercial System Scientific Research Outsourcing Collaboration Project “Research and Application of Provincial Tobacco Leaf Production Disaster Prevention and Control System Construction,”2025-2027, Principal Investigator

Journal Articles

[1]“Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields: A Bayesian Approach”, with Yong Bao and Xiaoyan Zhou, Working Paper.

[2]“A Spatial Dirichlet Process Model for Crop Yield Distribution”, with Yong Bao and Xuewen Yu, Working Paper.

[3]“A Test for Convergence Horizon”, with Yong Bao, Xuewen Yu and Dustin Chambers, R&R on Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics.

[4]“A Spatial Sample Selection Model”, with Yong Bao and Gucheng Li, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2024): 1-23.

[5]“Estimating a Spatial Autoregressive Model with Autoregressive Disturbances Based on the Indirect Inference Principle”, with Yong Bao, Spatial Economic Analysis (2021):1-24.

[6]“On the Exact Statistical Distribution of Econometric Estimators and Test Statistics”, with Yong Bao and Aman Ullah, Emerging Topics in Statistics and Biostatistics: Contributions of Barry C. Arnold to Statistical Science - Theory and Applications.

[7]“Indirect Inference Estimation of Spatial Autoregressions”, with Yong Bao and Lihong Yang, Econometrics 8.3 (2020): 34.

Teaching Experience

Advanced Econometrics   Huazhong Agricultural University   Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Equity Economics   Huazhong Agricultural University   Spring 2022, Spring 2023

Monetary and Banking Theory   Purdue University   Summer 2018

Conference Presentations

2025 American Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting

2024 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAASS) Annual Conference

2023 Center for Economics and Management Research (CEFMS) Academic Symposium

2023 Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Annual Conference

2023 Annual Meeting of the Chinese Economists Society (CES)

2021 Annual Meeting of the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE)

2020 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM), American Statistical Association

2020 Purdue University Krannert Graduate Research Workshop

2019 Purdue University Department of Economics Seminar

Professional Activities

Deputy Secretary of the Faculty Party Branch, Department of Agricultural Economics

Secretary-General, Central China Agricultural Risk Management Center, Hua Zhong Agricultural Risk Management Research Association

Young Editorial Board Member,Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology