I am a Professor at Lanzhou University, China, a visiting scholar at the University of Bonn, and a guest professor at Justus Liebig University Giessen. My research focuses on policy assessment, land use, land degradation, ecosystems, and climate change, especially in pasotral areas. I use econometric techniques to study the impacts of human activities on ecosystems.
Email address: minliu@lzu.edu.cn
min.liu@pku.edu.cn
Education
2012.10-2017.01 Ph.D., Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
2010.09-2012.07 M.A., Agricultural Economics and Management, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China
2006.09-2010.07 B.A., Tourism Management, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Work experience
2019.06-until now Professor in Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
2025.09-until now Visiting scholar in University of Bonn, Germany, working with David Wuepper
2026.01-until now Guest professor in Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, working with Martin Petrick
2023.10-2024.01 Visiting scholar in Gottingen University, Germany
2017.07-2019.06 Postdoc in China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University, Beijing, China, working with Jikun Huang
2017.11-2019.06 Regional specialist in Asian Development Bank, based at Beijing, China.
2017.03-2019.06 Research assistant in China Center for Agricultural Policy, Peking University, Beijing, China.
2017.01-2017.03 Teaching assistant in Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group, Wageningen University, the Netherlands
2016.10-2017.01 Consultant in Development Research Group of the World Bank, Washington D.C., the United States, working with Klaus Deininger
Publications
1. Min Liu, Liu Tianjun, Ren Yanjun, Leslie Wu. (2024). How Does the Adoption of E-Commerce Impact the Selling Prices of Agricultural Products? Empirical Evidence From Apple Farmers in China. Review of Development Economics,13168. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13168
2. Min Liu, Pengfei Liu, Kaixin Huang. (2024). Combining Private and Common Property Management: The Impact of a Hybrid Ownership Structure on Grassland Conservation. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 128, 103069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2024.103069
3. Jizhe Wang, Lita Alita, Ming Jiang, Zihan Nie, Qin Tu ,Min Liu*. (2024). Collective Action in the Pastural Area of Inner Mongolia, China: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-field Experiment. Land Use Policy, 144: 107255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2024.107255
4. Jing Gao, Yiwu Zeng, Min Liu*(2024). Policy Interventions and Market Innovation in Rural China: Empirical Evidence from Taobao Villages. Economic Analysis and Policy, 81: 1411-1429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eap.2024.02.015
5. Nannan Kang, Lita Alita, Xiaohua Yu, Min Liu*. (2023). Valuing the Plant Species Diversity of Permanent Grasslands: From the Perspective of Herders. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, 118797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118797
6. Min Liu, Pengfei Shi, Jinxia Wang, Huimin Wang, Jikun Huang*. (2022). Do Farmers Get a Greater Return from Selling their Agricultural Products through E-Commerce?. Review of Development Economics.
7. Min Liu, Shi Min, Wanglin Ma, Tianjun Liu*. (2021). The Adoption and Impact of E-commerce in Rural China: Application of an Endogenous Switching Regression Model. Journal of Rural Studies.
8. Min Liu, Qian Zhang, Song Gao, Jikun Huang*. (2020). The Spatial Aggregation of Rural E-Commerce in China: An Empirical Investigation into Taobao Villages. Journal of Rural Studies, 80: 403-417.
9. Min Liu, Liesbeth Dries, Wim Heijman, Xueqin Zhu, Xiangzheng Deng, Jikun Huang*. (2019). Land Tenure Reform and Grassland Degradation in Inner Mongolia, China. China Economic Review.
10. Min Liu, Liesbeth Dries, Jikun Huang, Shi Min, Jianjun Tang*. (2019). The Impacts of the Eco-Environmental Policy on Grassland Degradation and Livestock Production in Inner Mongolia, China: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Simultaneous Equation Model. Land Use Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104167
11. Min Liu, Jikun Huang*, Liesbeth Dries, Wim Heijman, Xueqin Zhu. (2017). How Does Land Tenure Reform Impact upon Pastoral Livestock Production? An Empirical Study for Inner Mongolia, China. China Economic Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2017.09.009
12. Min Liu, Liesbeth Dries, Wim Heijman, Jikun Huang*, Xueqin Zhu, Yuanning Hu, Haibin Chen. (2017). The Impact of Ecological Construction Programs on Grassland Conservation in the Pastoral Areas of China. Land Degradation and Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2692
13. Shi Min, Xiaobing Wang*, Min Liu, Jikun Huang. (2018). The Asymmetric Response of Farmers to the Expected Change of Rubber Price：the Roles of Sunk Cost and Path Dependency. Land Use Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.09.006.
14. Min Liu*, Wim Heijman, Xueqin Zhu, Liesbeth Dries, Jikun Huang. (2016). Individual and Social Optima of Rural Land Allocation by Stakeholders：A Case Study on Eco-fragile Areas of Northern China. The Rangeland Journal. https://doi.org/10.1071/RJ15069
15. Shi Min, Min Liu, Jikun Huang*. (2020). Does the Application of ICTs Facilitate Rural Economic Transformation in China? Empirical Evidence from the Use of Smartphones among Farmers. Journal of Asian Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asieco.2020.101219
16. Wanglin Ma, Xiaoshi Zhou*, Min Liu. (2019). What Drives Farmers’ Willingness to Adopt E-Commerce in Rural China? The Role of Internet Use. Agribusiness. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21624
17. Min Liu*. (2017). China’s Grassland Policies and the Inner Mongolia Grassland System. Monograph (Ph.D dissertation). https://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/512511
18. Yu Jiang, Pengfei Duan, Tianhe Sun, Min Liu*. (2024). Grassland Water Resource Value Assessment from the Perspective of Herders—Evidence from a Choice Experiment on Grassland Irrigation Services. Resource Science, 46(08): 1493-1507. (in Chinese)
19. Jingming Lu, Huanguang Qiu, Liufang Su, Min Liu*. (2024). Can Digital Capabilities Promote Herders' Income Growth—Empirical Evidence from Pastoral Areas. China Rural Economy. (in Chinese)
20. Weidong Wang, Shukun Wang, Min Liu*. (2022). The Effect of Non-Agricultural Employment on Livestock Production—Empirical Evidence from Pastoral Areas. Agricultural Technology Economics. (in Chinese)
21. Min Liu, Yuying Shen*, Shi Yan, Tiangang Liang, Zeng Tang, Zhenghao Hou. (2024). Exploration of the Interdisciplinary Talent Training Model in Grassland Science—A Case Study of "Grassland Science + Information Technology." Grassland Science. (in Chinese)