YAZHEN GONG
Associate professor
School of Environment and Natural Resources
Renmin University of China
59 Zhongguancun Road, Beijing 100872
Tel: 86-13811804530 Fax: 86-10-6251 1645
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
EDUCATION:
PhD, Forest Resource Economics, University of British Columbia (2010)
M.S., Forest Resource Economics, University of the Philippines at Los Banos (2001)
B.E., Statistics, Beijing Forestry University (1995)
COURSES TAUGHT
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Graduate level: Econometrics, Development Economics, Research Methods
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Undergraduate level: Environmental and Resource Economics, Econometrics, Demographic
Economics
FIELD OF INTERESTS
Development and environment, applied econometrics, experimental economics
EXPERIENCE:
Professional:
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Visiting professor, Korea Development Institute School, Korea, 2016.6 - 2016.7.
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Research associate (full time without salary), Department of Agricultural Economics,
University of California, Berkeley, 2015-2016
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Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley. 2014-2015.
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Post-doc (non-residence), UNESCO IHE, 2012-2014.
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Assistant/associate professor, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin
University of China. 2010 – present.
Grants and Awards:
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Principal investigator for “Irrigation water and water user associations using field experiments
and surveys”. 2013-2015. China National Science Foundation. Amount: RMB 190,000.
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Scholarship for “Post-graduate Research Program on Climate Change Adaptation to Climate
Change (Phase 2)”. 2013-2014. UNECO Institute of Higher Water Education (UNESCOIHE). Amount: EURO 30,000
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Principal investigator for “Climate change, crop yields and migration”.
2011-2012.
International Development Research Center (IDRC) through the administration of Economy
and Environment Program in Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). Amount: CA$ 39,000.
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Principal investigator for “A survey dataset development for forest land tenure reform in eastern
China”. 2012-2015. Renmin University of China. Amount: RMB 80,000.
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Principal investigator for “Measuring trust and trustworthiness in rural China: Survey and field
experiment”. 2012-2015. Funding for international publications, Renmin University of China.
Amount: RMB 20,000.
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Doctoral Field Research Funding for “Integrating Social Capital into Institutional Analysis of
Forest Carbon Sequestration Projects in the Chinese Context”. 2007-funded. International
Development Research Center (IDRC) through the administration of Economy and
Environment Program in Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). Amount: CA$ 30,000.
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Principal investigator for “Contribution of forests in Four Great River area in Tibet to carbon
sequestration and poverty alleviation”. 2005-2006. FutureGenerations/CHINA. Amount:
US$ 30,000.
Academic Services:
 Editor, Regional Environmental Change, 2017.1-present
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Referees for American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Environment and Development
Economics, Regional Environmental Change, Canadian Journal of Forestry Research,
Environment Science & Policy
PUBLICATIONS
Peer reviewed papers:
(1) Fragility of cooperation in a globalizing world (with Juan Cardenas, Manita Ale, Ram
Bastakoti, Adriana Bernal, Juthathip Chalermphol, Hoon Shin, Ganesh Shivakoti, Yibo Wang
and John Anderies), 2017. PNAS, 114 (5) :921-925
(2) Farmers’ risk preferences and pesticide use decisions: evidence from field experiments in China
(with Kathy Baylis, Robert Kozak and Gary Bull), 2016. Agricultural Economics, 47(4), 411421.
(3) China’s carbon emissions from fossil fuels and market based opportunities for control (with
Maximilian Auffhammer), 2015. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 7:24.1–24.24.
(4) A comparison of mode effects between face-to-face and drop-off contingent valuation surveys
(with Hua Ma, Hui Liu, Jianjun Jin, Xiangqiang Mao), 2015. China Agricultural Economic
Review, 7(3): 510 – 527.
(5) The governance of integrated ecosystem management in ecological function area (with Jian
Wu, Jingbo Zhou, Xiaoxia Wang, A Yan and Jixi Gao), 2013. Regional Environmental
Change, 13, 1301-1312.
(6) Participation in the First CDM Project: The role of property rights, social capital and contractual
rules (with Gary Bull and Kathy Baylis), 2010. Ecological Economics, 69, 1292-1302.
(7) Modeling climate change impacts on water trading (with Bin Luo and Imran Maqsood), 2010.
Science of the Total Environment, 408 (9), 2034-2041.
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Papers in submission:
(1) Bridging vs. Bonding Social Capital and the Governance of Common Pool Resources (with
Kathy Baylis and Shun Wang), 2015. Land Economics (revise&resubmit). Corresponding
author, equal contribution. SSCI
(2) The Role of Bonding and Bridging Social Capital for the Intensity of Farmers’ Climate Change
Adaptation in Upper Mekong River Basin Area (with Hao Li, Moon Parks and Charlotte de
Fraiture), 2015. Climatic Change (revise&resubmit). First and corresponding author. SCI
(3) What Determines the Spatial Distribution of Nature Reserves in China? (with Jian Wu, and
Junjie Wu), 2016.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (under
review). Corresponding author. SSCI.
(4) Forestland Tenure Reforms and Incentive-Based Conservation Programmes (with Zhaoyang
Liu and Andreas Kontoleon), 2016. Ecological Economics (Under Review) SCI/SSCI.
(5) Public preferences for Red-crowned Crane conservation in China (with Xiang Bi, Jian Wu and
Nick Hanley), 2016. Ecological Economics (submitted). First author. SCI/SSCI.
Other peer reviewed papers and NBER working paper:
(1) Deforestation, Forest Management and Governance. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences (with
Nicole Klenk., Warren Mabee and Gary Bull), 2012. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Published
Online: 17 SEP 2012, DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003293.pub2
(2) Bridging vs. Bonding Social Capital and the Governance of Common Pool Resources (with
Kathy Baylis and Shun Wang), 2013. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Working Paper 19195. http://www.nber.org/papers/w19195.pdf.
Handbook/Book chapters:
(1) The Economics of Fossil Fuels and Pollution (with Ujjayant Chakrarvorty), in A. Balisacan et
al., Economics of Sustainable Development: Risk, Resources and Policy, 2014, Elsevier.
(2) Water Allocation under Distribution Losses: A Perspective (with Ujjayant Chakrarvorty), in
K. Burnett et al, Handbook of Water Economics and Institutions, 2014, Routledge.
(3) Payment for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Developing Countries (with Ravi Hedge and
Gary Bull), in S. Kant and J. Alavalapati, Handbook of Forest Resource Economics, 2013,
Routledge.
Working papers in progress:
(1) Roads and Resources: Groundwater Depletion in Lankao Country in the North China Plains
(with Ujjayant Chakrarvorty , Xiangzheng Deng, Martino Pelli and Qian Zhang), 2016.
(2) Linking energy to rural poverty: Empirical evidence from potato farmers in Northern China
(with Zihan Li and Kevin Chen), 2016.
(3) Eco-compensation for Coastal Wetlands Protection: A Choice Experiment Assessment of
Community Co-management Options for China’s Jiangsu Yancheng Rare Bird National Nature
Reserve (with Michael Bennet and Ricaro Scarpa), 2014.
(4) Climate change, crop yields and migration: empirical evidence from China (with Jikun Huang
and Mei Huang), 2013.
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