Journal Publications

  1. Chu, Yin, J. Scott Holladay*, and Xian-Liang Tian. 2025. “Patronage and Pollution Abatement”. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 251, article 105519. [Link].
  2. Chu, Yin, J. Scott Holladay, Yun Qiu, Xian-Liang Tian* and Maigeng Zhou. 2023. “Air Pollution and Mortality Impacts of Coal Mining: Evidence from Coalmine Accidents in China”. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Volume 121, article 102846. [Link].
  3. Chu, Yin, Juanxia Gao and Haoyang Li*. 2023. “Wind Power Expansion and Regional Allocative Efficiency among Fossil-fuel Electricity Generators”. International Journal of Industrial Organization, Volume 91, article 103035. [Link].
  4. Chu, Yin, J. Scott Holladay*, and Jacob LaRiviere. 2017. “Opportunity Cost Pass-through from Fossil Fuel Market Prices to Procurement Costs of the U.S. Power Producers”. The Journal of Industrial Economics, Volume 65, Issue 4, pages 842-871. [Link].
  5. Sui, Bo, Chun-Ping Chang, Yin Chu*. 2021. “Political Stability: an Impetus for Spatial Environmental Spillovers”. Environmental and Resource Economics, Volume 79, Issue 2, pages 387-415. [Link].
  6. Chu, Yin*. 2021. “Vertical Separation of Transmission Control and Regional Production Efficiency in the Electricity Industry”. The Energy Journal, Volume 42, Issue 1, pages 197-228. [Link].
  7. Hu, Haiqing, Di Chen, Chun-Ping Chang, and Yin Chu*. 2021. “The Political Economy of Environmental Consequences: a Review of the Empirical Literature”. Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 35, Issue 1, pages 250-306. [Link].
  8. Feng, Gen-Fu, Quan-Jing Wang, Yin Chu, Jun Wen, and Chun-Ping Chang*. 2021.“Does the Shale Gas Boom Change the Natural Gas Price-Production Relationship? Evidence from the U.S. Market”. Energy Economics, Volume 93, article 104327. [Link].
  9. Chang, Chun-Ping, Minyi Dong, Bo Sui and Yin Chu*. 2019. “Driving Forces of Global Carbon Emissions: from Time- and Spatial-Dynamic Perspectives”. Economic Modelling, Volume 77, pages 70-80. [Link].
  10. Dong, Minyi, Chun-Ping Chang, Qiang Gong and Yin Chu*. 2019. “Revisiting Global Economic Activity and Crude Oil Prices: a Wavelet Analysis”. Economic Modelling, Volume 78, pages 134-149. [Link].
  11. Chu, Yin and Chun-Ping Chang*. 2020. “Vertical Separation of Transmission Control and Market Efficiency in the Wholesale Electricity Market”. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Volume 51, Article 101091. [Link].
  12. Li, Boying, Chun-Ping Chang, Yin Chu*, and Bo Sui. 2020. “Oil prices and geopolitical risks: What implications are offered via multi-domain investigations?”. Energy & Environment, Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 492-516. [Link].

     Note: * denotes the corresponding author.

Selected Working Papers

  1. “The Social Benefits of Desulfurizing the Coal Power Sector in a Developing Economy”, joint with Yun Qiu, Daqian Sun, and Maigeng Zhou.
  2. “The Mental Health Benefits of Cleaner Air: Insights from Flue Gas Desulfurization of the Coal Power Sector”, joint with Songqing Chen, Yanfeng Yang, and Haoyang Li.
  3. “Air Pollution and Health Impacts of Railroad Coal Transportation”, joint with Yun Qiu, Xian-Liang Tian and Zixi Wang.
  4. “Beyond Direct Harm: Air Pollution and Maladaptive Coping to Pollution-Induced Distress”, joint with Zixi Wang, Xian-Liang Tian, and Shuai Shao.

Research Grants

  • 2025- : General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 72473160), RMB 400,000. 
  • 2024-2025: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (No. 2722024BY009), RMB 60,000.
  • 2021-2022: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (No. 2722021BZ041), RMB 30,000.

Conference and Seminar Presentations (Selected)

  • 2025: AERE @ Annual Meeting of SEA (Tampa)
  • 2024: CAERE Annual Conference (Zhejiang University), CCER Summer Institute (Peking University)
  • 2023: Chinese Economists Society China Annual Conference (Wuhan), SHUFE Workshop on the Frontiers of Resource and Environmental Economics
  • 2022: CCER Summer Institute (Peking University)
  • 2021: AERE @ Annual Conference of WEAI (virtual), Annual Conference of EAERE (virtual),CCER Summer Institute (Peking University)
  • 2020: AERE @ Annual Meeting of SEA (virtual)
  • 2019: Annual Conference of EAERE (Manchester), Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society (Xiamen)
  • 2018: World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists (Gothenburg), China Meeting of the Econometric Society (Shanghai)
  • 2017: AERE Annual Summer Conference (Pittsburgh), China Meeting of the Econometric Society (Wuhan)
  • 2016: Annual Conference of EAERE (Zurich), AERE @ Annual Meeting of SEA (Washington)

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