Directory

Fei Yu
Assistant Professor of Economics
Economics


Office: Diamond 365
Phone: 207-859-5245
Fax: 859-5229
Email:

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

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

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
4th World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Montreal, July 2010
Annual Meeting of Chinese Economists Society, Xiamen, June 2010
Annual Meeting of European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Amsterdam, July, 2009
Annual Meeting of Western Economics Association, Vancouver, June 2009
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

Estimating Willingness to Pay for Improved Stoves in Rural China Using Averting Behavior Method, working paper, October 2010
Revisiting the Environmental Kuznets� Curve: Do Pollution Levels Tend to Converge to Predictable Patterns? Working paper June 2010
Primary CER Market Dynamics and the EUA-sCER Price Spread, co-author with Robert Knipp, working paper, September 2010
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

Publications

Indoor Air Pollution and Children's Health: Net Benefits from Stove and Behavioral Interventions in Rural China, forthcoming, Environmental and Resource Economics, 2011

Participation of Firms in Voluntary Environmental Protection Program: An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Capital Market Performance, forthcoming Contemporary Economic Policy, 2010

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