Yabin Da

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, 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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Bin Ou-Yang, Chun-Chao Chu, Yabin Da, Xiao-Fei Liu, Hai-Ying Zhang (2014). Highway flood disaster risk evaluation and management in China. Natural Hazards.

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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.

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Working paper

Yabin Da, Yangyang Xu, Fujin Yi, Bruce McCarl (2021). Are climate change damages on winter wheat overstated? Evidence from China. Under Review.

Job Market Paper

Yabin Da, Yangyang Xu, Bruce McCarl (2021). Effects of surface ozone and climate on historical (1980-2015) crop yields in the United States: Implication for mid-21st century projection. Second Round R & R at Environmental and Resource Economics.

Jingli Fan, Xian Zhang, Kai Li, Jiawei Hu, Klaus Hubacek, Yabin Da (2021). Measuring sustainability: Development and application of the inclusive wealth index in China. Revision requested from Ecological Economics.

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

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. Submitted to Nature Communications.

Teaching

Last updated on Jun 13, 2021
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.

Useful Data

A collection of climate/weather data for the US and the world
This post is to collect the climate/weather data I have seen in the literature for the United States and probably the world. This collection differs from the data sources that are well known by scholars, such as data from NOAA (mostly observations from ground stations).
Last updated on Aug 29, 2021 Data
Climate and air pollution data in China
Data on PM5.2 Data on SO2 Data on CO2 emissions There is an increasing body of literature investigating the environmental problems in China, including air pollution, water pollution, etc.
Last updated on Jul 3, 2021 Data
Health data in China
The health impacts of climate change and air pollution have gained privilege in the environmental economics arena. While the availability of climate and air pollution are getting better and better, the health data are very limited.
Last updated on Jun 13, 2021
Sub-national level administrative areas
This post documents an interesting source for sub-national level administrative areas, such as city-level shapefiles. This could be particularly useful when you are trying to downscale gridded data to city-level.
Last updated on Aug 29, 2021
Mirco-level data in China
I collected commonly used mirco-level data in China in this post. I will try to update regularly.
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Last updated on Aug 29, 2021 Data

Technical Notes in R

How to create contour lines from simple features of an sf object
I had a task to draw counter lines from a simple feature of an sf object of polygons. The question is: Can we directly draw contour lines from polygons? In what follows, I first convert the polygons to lines and you will see this will not do the trick.
Last updated on Aug 29, 2021 Data
Creating a separate section for working papers on your website
I spent quite some time figuring out how to present publications and working papers independently in separate sections. Most importantly, I’d like working papers to be displayed in the same format as a publication.
Last updated on Jun 13, 2021 Data
Problems I encountered while creating tables for regression results in R
In many circumstances, we need to create nice tables from regression results and present the table in beamers. As an R user, I primarily use the stargazer package to do the job.
Last updated on Jul 22, 2021 Data
How to do clustering for panel data model in R
An introduction of clustering in panel data models In my last post, I briefly introduced standard error clustering in panel data settings. In this post, I will continue the topic and present how to do the clustering in R.
Last updated on Oct 25, 2021 Data
Statistical Inference in Casual Settings
Introduction Robust standard errors Clustering in group data Serial correlation in panel data Conclusion Reference Introduction There are particularly two concerns regarding the statistical inferences on causal effects: correlations within groups, and serial correlation.
Last updated on Jun 13, 2021 Fun
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Regular Post for Fun

Built my first PC rig
Introduction Budget Where to buy pc parts How to build Important tips Introduction Recently I finished building my FIRST PC (gaming) rig. I’d like to share my experience and hopefully can benefit you a little bit.
Last updated on Jun 13, 2021
Wireless ANC Headphone: Bose QC35 II v.s. Jabra Elite 85h
Introduction Comfortability Sound quality ANC Battery life and charging Call quality Versatilities Sennhesier HD 450BT and JBL LIVE 650BTNC Conclusion Introduction I would have never dug into the wireless ANC headphone arena until I accidentally put on a pair of Bose QC 35 II at Walmart while I was actually about to buy some toilet papers.
Last updated on Jun 13, 2021 Fun

Contact

  • 600 John Kimbrough Blvd, College Station, TX 77843
  • Enter the Agricultural & Life Science Building and I am waiting for you in ROOM 390.