Annabel Qihui Hu 胡琦慧

Ph.D. candidate of Public Policy @Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

ABOUT

I am a PhD candidate in Public Policy and Management at Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, proudly advised by Prof. Edson Severnini. I am passionate about environmental economics, with a research focus spanning air quality, monitoring, and environmental justice. I earned my bachelor's degree in Economics, Finance, and Statistics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and my master's degree in Economics from Duke University.

Member of Energy, Environment and Economics (EEE) @CMU

Member of Lab of Energy and Organizations (LEO) @CMU

Previous member of Environmental Justice Lab @Duke

Interests

Air Pollution Impacts
Monitoring and Strategic Behavior

Policy Evaluation

Education

M.A. in Economics, Duke University
B.S. in Finance, B.S. in Statistics and Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Work in Progress

"Impact of Monitoring on Air Pollution", joint with Prof. Edson Severnini and Prof. Andrea La Nauze, Presented at AERE Summer Conference 2024 @DC

"Steel Mills Down: Impact of Blast Furnace Closure on Air Quality, Employment, and Infant Mortality Rate", joint with Prof. Edson Severnini and Prof. Valerie Karplus, Presented at EMEE 2025 Conference @World Bank

"Discrimination During Eviction Moratoria", joint with Prof. Alina Arefeva, Dr. Kay Jowers, and Prof. Christopher Timmins