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Fei Yu
Assistant Professor of Economics
Economics


Office: Diamond 365
Phone: 207-859-5245
Fax: 859-5229
Email: feiyu@colby.edu

Mailing Address:
5230 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901-8852

Office Hours:
M/W 1:30-3 PM

Semester Schedule
Education

Ph.D., Public Policy, Harvard University (2007)
M.P.A, Princeton University (2002)
MSc., University of London (1999)
B.A., Dalian University of Technology (1993)
Areas of Expertise:
  • Environmental Economics
  • Health Impact of Pollution
  • Effectiveness of Regulations
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Environment and Growth
Professional Information

Professional Presentations
Annual Meeting of Southern Economic Association, Washington DC, Nov. 2008
Annual Meeting of American Agricultural Economics Association, Orlando, June, 2008
National Environmental Partnership Summit, sponsored by USEPA, Baltimore, May, 2008

Current Research

Analysis of Household Demand for Improved Stoves in Rural China, Research in progress, Dec. 2008
Measuring Health Benefits from Interventions to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution in Rural China, working paper, submitted Oct. 2008
Participation of Firms in Voluntary Environmental Protection Program: An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capital Market Performance, working paper Oct. 2008
Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets’ Curve: Do Pollution Levels Tend to Converge to Predictable Patterns? June, 2007
Relative Income and the Pollution Content of Trade: Empirical Evidence, Gernot Wagner, Fei Yu, and Richard J. Zeckhauser, Dec. 2005
Recognizing and Encouraging Environmental Leaders: An Assessment of Performance Track’s Selection Process, (co-author with Coglianese), in Coglianese and Nash (ed). Beyond Compliance: Business Decision Making and the U.S. EPA’s Performance Track Program.2007, under review for publication by Resources for the Future

Publications

Sustainable and Efficient Energy Use to Alleviate Indoor Air Pollution and Rural Areas in China (co-author), Ezzati and Baris (ed), ESMAP, World Bank, June, 2007