Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Assistant Professor
Tel: 82665022
Email: bqinecon@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
No.28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, 710049
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wyoming, U.S.A. Aug. 2009-Dec. 2014
M.A. in Economics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China Sept. 2004-July 2007
B.A. in Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China, Sept. 2000-July 2004
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Experimental/Behavioral Economics
Applied Microeconomics
WORKING EXPERIENCES
Aug 2015--May 2016, Lecturer, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Jan 2015 – Aug 2015, Visiting Instructor, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Sep 2009- Dec 2013 Graduate Assistant, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
May 2008- July 2009 Senior Research Assistant, Peking University, Beijing, China
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Instructor
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Fall 2016
Graduate Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (18 students)
Principles of Economics (40 students)
Central Michigan University
Spring 2016
Micro Principles for Business (31 students)
Applied Business Statistics (3 sections, 117 students)
Fall 2015
Applied Business Statistics (3 sections, 117 students in total)
Principle of Macro and Global Economics (35 students)
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Spring 2015
Principle of Microeconomics (24 students)
Principle of Macroeconomics (2 Sections, 50 students in total)
Senior Research Seminar (20 students)
Summer 2015
Principle of Microeconomics (13 students)
University of Wyoming
Spring 2014
Managerial Economics (Pre-MBA, 11 students)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
1. Qin, B., Shogren, J., 2015. Regulation, Social Norms, and Environmental Risk. Economics Letters 129, 22-24
2. Qin, B., Shaffer, S., 2014. A Test of Competition in Chinese Banking Industry. Applied Economics Letters 21(9), 602-604.
WORKING PAPERS
“Endogenous Social Norms, Mechanism Design, and Payment for Environmental Services”
with Jason F. Shogren, Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
“Is a promise as good as an oath? Evidence from hypothetical bias experiments in China” with Jason F. Shogren
“Social norms and dynamic incentive contract in payment for environmental services” with Thorsten Janus, Jason F. Shogren.
“A Test of crowding out effect with dictator game” with Alisa S. Puchkova, Yang Lu, and Jason F. Shogren.
“Endogenous social norms and climate change” with Thorsten Janus.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Is a promise as good as an oath? Evidence from hypothetical bias experiments in China.
The First Annual Conference of the Chinese Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (August 2017)
Is a promise as good as an oath? Evidence from hypothetical bias experiments in China. Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference (June 2017)
A Test of crowding out effect with dictator game. The 6th Xiamen University International Workshop on Experimental Economics (December 2016)
A Test of crowding out effect with dictator game. 2015 MBAA International Conference (March 2015)
Social norms and dynamic incentive contract in payment for environmental services.
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference (June 2015)
Endogenous Social Norms, Mechanism Design, and Payment for Environmental Services.
Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop at Illinois (November 2014)
Endogenous Social Norms, Mechanism Design, and Payment for Environmental Services.
CU Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop (September 2014)
AWARDS
Joseph C. and Katherine A. Drew Fellowship at University of Wyoming, 2013
Curtis A. Cramer Scholarships for Excellence in Economics Graduate Education at University of Wyoming, 2012
