Biography
Welcome! I am a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of Maryland, College Park. I am an applied microeconomist specializing in non-market valuation in the context of environmental economics, energy economics and agricultural economics. My dissertation investigates willingness to pay for mortality risk reductions through the lens of labor market outcomes, health care expenditure and choices on automobiles. I also work on topics related to farmland values and energy production.
Research Interests
Non-market Valuation
Environmental Economics
Applied Econometrics
Education
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2025 (Expected)
University of Maryland
M.S. in Applied Economics, 2018
Cornell University
B.A. in Economics, 2016
University of California, San Diego
Ao Yu
Ph.D. Candidate in Agricultural and Resource Economics