Yabin Da

PhD Candidate in Agricultural Economics

Texas A&M University

Biography

I am a PhD Candidate at the Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, under the supervision of Dr. Bruce McCarl.

My research mainly focuses on environmental economics and applied econometrics. Most of my works closely relate to climate change. I have covered three topics: The economic driving forces of climate change, the impacts of climate change (on the agricultural sector and energy sector), and how to use market-incentive mechanisms to curb emissions. I also have a particular interest on casual studies (policy evaluations, to be more precise).

Currently, I am working on a project which examines the effects of ozone exposure (that is “bad” ozone on the surface, not the “good” ozone in the space) on crop yields in both the United States and China. The latter one is funded by the Fifth Round of IPCC Scholarship Programme and the Cuomo Foundation, please find more information from here.

I am currently on the job market and will be available for interviews at the 2022 ASSA annual meeting.

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Interests

Environmental Economics
Applied Econometrics
Casual Inference
Climate Change

Education

PhD in Agricultural Economics, 2017-
Texas A&M University
MA in Public Management, 2015
Beijing Institute of Technology

Recent Publications

Yabin Da, Yangyang Xu, Fujin Yi, Bruce McCarl (2022). Are climate change damages on winter wheat overstated? Evidence from China. Revision requested by Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.

Job Market Paper

Yabin Da, Yangyang Xu, Bruce McCarl (2022). Effects of surface ozone and climate on historical (1980-2015) crop yields in the United States: Implication for mid-21st century projection. Environmental and Resource Economics 81: 355–378.

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Jingli Fan, Xian Zhang, Kai Li, Jiawei Hu, Klaus Hubacek, Yabin Da (2022). Measuring sustainability: Development and application of the inclusive wealth index in China. Ecological Economics 195: 107357.

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Hao Zhang, Yabin Da, Jingli Fan (2021). The impacts of climate change on coal-fired power plants: Evidence from China. Energy & Environmental Science 14: 4890 - 4902.

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Jingli Fan, Yabin Da, Bin Zeng, Hao Zhang, Zhu Liu et al (2020). How do weather and climate change impact the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Chinese mainland. Environmental Research Letters 16: 1-12.

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Jing-Li Fan, Yabin Da, Si-Lai Wan, Mian Zhang, Zhe Cao, Yu Wang, Xian Zhang (2019). Determinants of carbon emissions in ‘Belt and Road initiative’ countries: A production technology perspective. Applied Energy 239: 268-279.

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Bin Ou-Yang, Chun-Chao Chu, Yabin Da, Xiao-Fei Liu, Hai-Ying Zhang (2015). Highway flood disaster risk evaluation and management in China. Natural Hazards 75: 391-397.

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Yue-Jun Zhang, Yabin Da (2015). The decomposition of energy-related carbon emission and its decoupling with economic growth in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 41: 1255-1266.

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Yue-Jun Zhang, Ao-Dong Wang, Yabin Da (2014). Regional allocation of carbon emission quotas in China: Evidence from the Shapley value method. Energy Policy 74: 454-464.

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Yue-Jun Zhang, Yabin Da (2013). Decomposing the changes of energy-related carbon emissions in China: evidence from the PDA approach. Natural Hazards 69: 1109-1122.

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Working paper

Yujiao Xian, Qian Wang, Wenrong Fan, Yabin Da, Jingli Fan (2022). The impact of different incentive policies on New Energy Vehicle demand in China’s gigantic cities. Under review.

Bin Zeng, Yabin Da, Jingli Fan (2021). Heterogeneities in the impacts of climate change on residential electricity consumption: Evidence from China. Under review.

Shared First Authorship

Jinghao Li, Xiaohan Li, Yabin Da, Jiali Yu, Bin Long, Christopher Bakker, Bruce McCarl, Joshua Yuan, Susie Dai (2021). Biomimetic Renewable Plant Material for Environmental Remediation. Revision in Nature Communications.

Teaching

Last updated on May 15, 2022

AGEC 641 Lab

Howdy! Slides and assignments for AGEC 641 lab class can be found on this page. Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach me dayabin at tamu.