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Minghao Li

Minghao Li

Department: Economics, Applied Statistics, and International Business

Title: Associate Professor

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Contact:
(575) 646-4124
BC 328
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Bio

I am an applied micro-economist with broad interests in labor, urban, and agricultural economics. You can find my most recent publications on my Google Scholar page.

Education

Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

  • Ph.D., Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics, August 2017
    • Advisor: Stephan Goetz

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

  • M.S., Community Development and Applied Economics, 2012
  • M.S., Material Science, 2010

Jilin University, Jilin, China

  • B.S., Material Science, 2007

Scholarly and Creative Activity

Journal Articles

  1. Li, M., & Cao, J. (2023). Multi-Generational Educational Mobility in China in the Twentieth Century. China Economic Review, 80, 101990.

  2. Li, M., He, X., Zhang, W., Qu, S., Rodriguez, L., & Gbeda, J. M. (2023). Farmers' reactions to the US–China Trade war: Perceptions Versus Behaviors. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

  3. He, X., Carriquiry, M., Elobeid, A., Hayes, D., Li, M., & Zhang, W. (2022). China's Corn and Biofuel Policies and Agricultural Trade: Projections from an International Agricultural Commodity Market Model. Agribusiness. (Online Access)

  4. Li, M., & Zhang, W. (2021). Trade Policies Have Environmental Implications (comment). Nature Food, 2(8), 559-560.

  5. Cao, J. and Li, M.* (2021). “Hyperbolic Discounting in an Intergenerational Model with Altruistic Parents.” Journal of Population Economics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00824-7

  6. Shao, Y., Xiong, T., Li, M., Hayes, D., Zhang, W., & Xie, W. (2021). “China’s Missing Pigs: Correcting China’s Hog Inventory Data Using a Machine Learning Approach.” Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103(3), 1082-1098.

  7. Li, M.*, Balistreri, E. J., & Zhang, W. (2020). “The U.S.–China Trade War: Tariff Data and General Equilibrium Analysis.” Journal of Asian Economics, 69, 101216.

  8. Tang, C., Czajkowski, J., Heintzelman, M. D., Li, M.*, & Montgomery, M. (2020). “Rail Accidents and Property Values in the Era of Unconventional Energy Production.” Journal of Urban Economics, 120, 103295.

  9. Li, M.* and S.J. Goetz. “The Intergenerational Persistence of Self-Employment and the Transfer of Risk Attitudes in China.” (2019) Journal of Labor Economics, 37(4), 1301-1330.

  10. Wang, P., Zhang, W., Li, M., & Han, Y. (2019). Does Fertilizer Education Program Increase the Technical Efficiency of Chemical Fertilizer Use? Evidence from Wheat Production in China. Sustainability, 11(2), 543.

  11. Li, M.*, W. Zhang, and C.E. Hart. (2018) “What Have We Learned from China’s Past Trade Retaliation Strategies?” Choices, 33(2).

  12. Li, M.*, S.J. Goetz, and B. Weber. (2018) “Human Capital and Intergenerational Mobility in U.S. Counties.” Economic Development Quarterly, 32(1), 18-28.

  13. Li, M.*, S.J. Goetz, M. Partridge, and D.A. Fleming. (2016) “Location Determinants of High-Growth Firms.” Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 28(1-2), 97-125.

  14. Wang, Q., S. Tao, Li, M., W. Li, and Y. Zhou. (2013) “Effectiveness of the ‘Made in China’ T.V. Advertisement: Evidence from a Survey at an American University.” Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, 6(1), 4-18.

  15. Thompson, E., Q. Wang and Li, M. (2013) “Anaerobic Digester Systems (ADS) for Multiple Dairy Farms: A GIS Analysis for Optimal Site Selection.” Energy Policy, 61, 114-124.

  16. Li, M.*, Q. Wang and J. Kolodinsky. (2012) “Estimating the Optimal Premium Rates for Credential Food Attributes: A Case Study in the Northeast United States.” Journal of Food Distribution.

  17. Wang, Q., and Li, M. (2012) “Home Computer Ownership and Internet Use in China: Trends, Disparities, Socioeconomic Impacts, and Policy Implications.” First Monday, 17(2).

Reports

Li, M., W. Zhang. (2021) “Finding Firmer Ground: The Role of Agricultural Cooperation in U.S.- China Relations.” The U.S. Heartland China Association and the Carter Center.

Qu S., W. Zhang, M. Li, L. Rodriguez, G. Han, E. Cork, J. M. Gbeda. (2019) “Midwest Crop Farmers’ Perceptions of the U.S.-China Trade War.” CARD Policy Brief. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Shao, Y.T., M. Li, W. Zhang, D. Hayes (2018) “World’s Largest Pork Producer in Crisis: African Swine Fever Outbreak in China.” Agricultural Policy Review, Winter 2018, Iowa State University.

Balistreri, E.J., C. E. Hart, D.J. Hayes, M. Li, L. Schulz, D.A. Swenson, W. Zhang, and J.M. Crespi. (2018) “The Impact of the 2018 Trade Disruptions on the Iowa Economy.” CARD Policy Brief 18-PB 25, September 2018. (Winner of Bruce Gardner Memorial Prize for Applied Policy Analysis)

Li, M., W. Zhang, and D.J. Hayes. (2018) “China’s Agricultural Import Potential.” CARD Policy Brief 18-PB 23, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development.

Zhang, W., and M. Li. (2018) “Navigating the Chinese Agricultural Economy through the Lens of Iowa.” Ag Decision Maker, February 2018, Iowa State University.

Li. M. et al. (2017) “China’s New Nationwide E10 Ethanol Mandate and Its Global Implications.” Agricultural Policy Review, Fall 2017, Iowa State University.

Grants

Co-PI “Quantifying the Transmission of US-China and Global Policy Impacts through a New Commodity-Specific International General-Equilibrium System” USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (Total award $500,000; Sub award $12,882)

Co-PI “Renewable Diesel and US Livestock Production and Trade” USDA Cooperative Agreement (Subaward $4,100) 

Courses

Courses Taught:

  1. Econometrics II (2 semesters)
  2. Urban Economic Development (2 semesters)
  3. Population Economics (3 semesters)
  4. Principles of Microeconomics (7 semesters)
  5. Economic Principles of Agribusiness Decision Making (0.5 semesters)

Student Advising:

  • International business undergraduate advisor (25 advisees)
  • Master thesis committee chair (1 student)
  • Master thesis committee member (1 student)
  • Doctoral dissertation committee chair (1 student)
  • Doctoral dissertation committee member (3 students)