Botao Qin (秦波涛)
Office Contact Information
Jinhe Center for Economic Research
Xi'an Jiaotong University
No.28 West Xianning Road, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, 710049
Email: bqinecon@xjtu.edu.cn
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wyoming, 2009–2014.
M.S. in Economics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. 2004–2007.
Exchange student, National Taipei University, May 2006 – June 2006.
B.E. in Thermal and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. 2000–2004.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Associate Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, July 2022– Present
Assistant Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Aug 2016 –Jul 2022
Lecturer, Central Michigan University, Sep 2015 – May 2016.
Visiting Instructor, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, Jan 2015 – Aug 2015.
Graduate Instructor, University of Wyoming, Jan 2014 – May 2014.
Senior Research Assistant, Peking University, May 2008 – July 2009.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING FIELDS
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Experimental/Behavioral Economics,
Industrial Organization, Public Economics, Applied Microeconomics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Xi’an Jiaotong University
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Graduate)， Principles of Economics, International Trade (International Graduates)
Central Michigan University
Micro Principles for Business, Applied Business Statistics, Principle of Macro and Global Economics
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Principle of Microeconomics, Principle of Macroeconomics, Senior Research Seminar
REFERRED PUBLICATIONS
（1） Xu, C., Qin, B., & Rawlings, D. (2022). Motivational crowding effects of monetary and nonmonetary incentives: Evidence from a common pool resources experiment in China. Ecological Economics, 202, 107597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107597
（2） Zhang, N., & Qin, B. (2021). Do buyers and sellers evaluate air pollution reduction differently? Experimental evidence from China. Journal of Economic Psychology, 87, 102460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2021.102460
（3） Qin, B., & Chen, H. (2021). Does the nudge effect persist? Evidence from a field experiment using social comparison message in China. Bulletin of Economic Research, boer.12313. https://doi.org/10.1111/boer.12313
（4） Zhou, X., Pei, Z., & Qin, B. (2021). Assessing Market Competition in the Chinese Banking Industry Based on a Conjectural Variation Model. China & World Economy, 29(2), 73-98.
（5） Qin, B. (2020). Does a promise script work to reduce the hypothetical bias? Evidence from an induced value experiment. Economics, 14 (1), 20200011.
（6） Qin, B. (2018). Thorsten Janus, Social norms and the effect of unilateral actions on climate change. Economics Bulletin, 2018, 39(1), 372-379.
（7） Qin, B. & Shogren J. (2015). Regulation, Social Norms, and Environmental Risk, Economics Letters, 129：22~24
（8） Qin, B., & Shaffer, S. (2014) A test of competition in Chinese banking, Applied Economics Letters, 21(9)：602~604
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
1. “Reference dependence and its application in environmental economics”
Ministry of Education Humanity and Social Science Youth Foundation #1349, 80,000 yuan,
2019.1–2021.12. PI
2. “The disparity between WTP and WTA and endowment effect”
China Postdoc Science Foundation, 2017M613089, 2017.09-2019.09, 50,000 yuan, PI.
REFEREE
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Applied Economics，Climate Change Economics，China Economic Review, Economic Record, Economics,
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Economic Association
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Chinese Economist Society
HONORS AND AWARDS
Excellent International Graduate Student Supervisor
PRESENTATIONS
Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AAERE), Waseda University, Tokyo, Aug. 2023;
The 1st Xiangjiang River Forum in Economics, Finance and Management for Young Scholars, Hunan University, Aug. 2022;
Asian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Peking University, Aug. 2019;
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June, 2017
China Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Renmin University, Aug. 2017
7th Xiamen University International Workshop on Experimental Economics, Xiamen University, Dec. 2018
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Summer Conference, San Diego, CA, June 4, 2015;
