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Zhang, Yu (Yvette)

Associate Professor

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Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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yzhang@tamu.edu

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Dr. Zhang's research interests include Behavioral Economics, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Economics, Food Safety and Policy, Environmental Economics, Nutrition and Health, Development Economics, International Economics, and Neuroeconomics.

education and training

Ph.D. in Economics, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2010
Ph.D. in Biology, Duke University - (Durham, North Carolina, United States) 2004
Cert. in Ecology, Duke University - (Durham, North Carolina, United States) 2004
B.S. in Biology, Peking University - (Beijing, Beijing, China) 1998

selected publications

Academic Articles31

Chen, S., Li, Q. i., Wang, Q., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2023). Multivariate models of commodity futures markets: a dynamic copula approach.. Empir Econ. 1-21.
Saboori, B., Radmehr, R., Zhang, Y. Y., & Zekri, S. (2022). A new face of food security: A global perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic.. Prog Disaster Sci. 16, 100252-100252.
Chen, S., Zhang, Y. Y., & Jin, S. (2022). Spousal dependence and intergenerational transmission of body mass index. APPLIED ECONOMICS. 1-16.
Melo, G., Monteza, D., Colson, G., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2022). How to assess? Student preferences for methods to assess experiential learning: A best-worst scaling approach.. PLoS One. 17(10), e0276745-e0276745.
Zhang, Y. Y. (2022). Nonparametric estimation of first price auctions via density-quantile function. ECONOMICS LETTERS. 216, 110560-110560.

Chapters1

Sun, Y., Zhang, Y. Y., & Li, Q. i. (2015). Nonparametric Panel Data Regression Models. Baltagi, B. H. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Panel Data. 285-324. Oxford University Press (OUP).