Yu (Yvette) Zhang
Professor
Department of Agricultural Economics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-2124
Email: yzhang@tamu.edu
Education
Ph. D. in Economics, Texas A&M University, 2010
Ph. D. in Biology, Duke University, 2004
- Graduate Certificate in Complex and Nonlinear Systems
- Graduate Certificate in Ecology
B. S. in Biology, Peking University, 1998
- Major in Plant Molecular and Developmental Biology
Employment
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 2023 – Date
- Faculty Affiliate, Texas A&M Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, 2022 – Date
- Faculty Associate, Texas A&M Energy Institute, 2017 – Date
- Faculty Affiliate Texas A&M Data Science Institute, 2021 – Date
- Faculty Associate, Human Behavior Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2016 – Date
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 2018 - 2023
Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 2013 - 2018
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 2010 – 2013
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, 2003 – 2005
Selected Professional Service
Honors Faculty, University Undergraduate Honors Program, Texas A&M University, 2014 - Date
Honor Council Member, Texas A&M University, 2020 - Date
Mentor, AAEA Uma Lele Mentoring Program, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), 2023 - Date
Chair, China Section, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), Three-Year Service Term as Chair-Elect, Chair, and Immediate Past Chair, 2021 - 2023
Topic Leader, Behavioral & Institutional Economic Section, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, 2022 - 2023
Topic Leader, Research methods, Econometrics, & Statistics Section, Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, 2017 - 2018
Editorial Board, Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022 - Date
Research Interests
Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Food Economics, Production Economics, Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Neuroeconomics, Bioeconomics
Publications
Wang, T., Yi, F., Wu, X., Liu, H., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2023). Calamitous weather, yield risk and mitigation effect of harvest mechanisation: Evidence from China's winter wheat. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Mwinyiheria, N. Y., Salin, V., Zhang, Y. Y., Lin, B., & Chewee, C. (2023). Multi-level marketing system with industrial food processing in Africa: smallholder tomato farmers in Tanzania. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 1, 1-20.
Chen, S., Li, Q., Wang, Q,. & Zhang, Y.Y. (2023) Multivariate Models of Commodity Future Markets: A Dynamic Copula Approach. Empirical Economics. 64, 3037–3057.
Chen, S., Zhang, Y. Y., & Jin, S. (2023). Spousal dependence and intergenerational transmission of body mass index. Applied Economics, 55(43), 5081-5096.
Saboori, B., Radmehr, R., Zhang, Y. Y., & Zekri, S. (2022). A new face of food security: A global perspective of the COVID-19 pandemic. Progress in Disaster Science, 100252.
Zhang, Y. Y. (2022). Nonparametric estimation of first price auctions via density–quantile function. Economics Letters, 216, 110560.
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.
Marwah, P., Zhang, Y. Y., & Gu, M. (2022). Impacts of Crapemyrtle Bark Scale on Consumers and the Horticulture Industry. Sustainability, 14(3), 1857.
Gatson, S. N., Cisneros, M., Brown, R., Aitkenhead-Peterson, J. A., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2021). Urban Networks, Micro-agriculture, and Community Food Security. Circular Economy and Sustainability, 1-13.
Marwah, P., Zhang, Y. Y., & Gu, M. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 on the Green Industry. Horticulturae, 7(10), 329.
Marwah, P., Zhang, Y. Y., & Gu, M. (2021). Investigating Producers’ Preferences for Crapemyrtle and Their Perceptions Regarding Crapemyrtle Bark Scale. Horticulturae, 7(6), 146.
Huang, Q., Zhang, Y. Y., Chen, Q., & Ning, M. (2021). Does Air Pollution Decrease Labor Supply of the Rural Middle-Aged and Elderly?. Sustainability, 13(5), 2906.
Zhang, Y. Y., Zheng, Q., & Wang, H. (2021). Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Chinese Economy in the New Decade: Epidemics, Food, Labor, E-Commerce, and Trade. The Chinese Economy, 54(6), 373-375.
Wu, W., Wu, X., Zhang, Y. Y., & Leatham, D. (2021). Gaussian process modeling of nonstationary crop yield distributions with applications to crop insurance. Agricultural Finance Review. 81(5),767-783.
Zhao, K., Shi, H., Zhang, Y.Y., & Sheng, J. (2021). Fresh produce e-commerce and online shoppers’ purchase intention. The Chinese Economy, 54(6), 415-429.
Yang, X., Zhang, Y., & Li, Q. (2021). The role of price spillovers: what is different in China. Empirical Economics, 60(459–485).
Lin, B. X., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2020). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on agricultural exports. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 19(12), 2937-2945.
Yi, F., Zhou, M., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2020). Value of Incorporating ENSO Forecast in Crop Insurance Programs. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102(2), 439-457.
Wu, X., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2020). A local maximum likelihood model of crop yield distributions. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 68(1), 117-125.
Zhang, Y., Jin, S., Zhang, Y. Y., & Yu, X. (2020). How country of origin influences Chinese consumers' evaluation of imported milk?. China Agricultural Economic Review. 13(1), 150-172.
Cai, Z., Li, Y., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2020). A network-based approach to examine the impact of within-city industry agglomeration on total factor productivity. Quality Technology & Quantitative Management, 17(6), 738-746.
Yi, F., Ye, H., Wu, X., Zhang, Y. Y., & Jiang, F. (2020). Self-aggravation effect of air pollution: Evidence from residential electricity consumption in China. Energy Economics, 86, 104684.
Lin, B., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2020). The Impact of Fiscal Subsidies on the Sustainability of China’s Rural Pension Program. Sustainability, 12(1), 186.
Zhang, Y. Y., Nayga Jr, R. M., & Depositario, D. P. T. (2019). Learning and the possibility of losing own money reduce overbidding: Delayed payment in experimental auctions. PloS one, 14(5), e0213568.
Zhang, Y. Y., Palma, M. A., Jin, S., & Yuan, X. (2019). US consumer reactions to China's Shuanghui acquisition of Smithfield Foods and its neural basis. Agribusiness, 35(1), 69-83.
Lin, B., Lin, Z., Zhang, Y. Y., & Liu, W. (2018). The impact of the new rural pension scheme on retirement sustainability in China: Evidence of regional differences in formal and informal labor supply. Sustainability, 10(12), 4366.
Zhang, Y. Y. (2017). A density-ratio model of crop yield distributions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 99(5), 1327-1343.
Zhang, Y. Y. (2017). A shape constrained estimator of bidding function of first-price sealed-bid auctions. Economics Letters, 150, 67-72.
Green, C., Li, Q., & Zhang, Y. Y. (2017). Nonparametric estimation of regression models with mixed discrete and continuous covariates by the K-nn method. Econometric Reviews, 36(1-3), 205-224.
Kassas, B., Palma, M. A., & Zhang, Y. (2016). The role of incentives on preference revelations in auctions versus rankings. Journal of choice modelling, 20, 73-85.
Zhang, Y. Y., Wu, X., & Li, Q. (2016). A Simple Consistent Nonparametric Estimator of the Lorenz Curve. In Essays in Honor of Aman Ullah. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Zhang, Y. Y., Chang, M. S., & Fuller, S. W. (2015). Statistical analysis of vessel waiting time and lockage time on the Upper Mississippi River. Maritime Economics & Logistics, 17(4), 416-439.
Liu, W., Zhang, Y. Y., & Li, Q. (2015). A semiparametric varying coefficient model of monotone auction bidding processes. Empirical Economics, 48(1), 313-335.
Gao, Y., Zhang, Y. Y., & Wu, X. (2015). Penalized exponential series estimation of copula densities with an application to intergenerational dependence of body mass index. Empirical Economics, 48(1), 61-81.
Depositario, D. P. T., Nayga Jr, R. M., Zhang, Y. Y., & Mariano, R. D. E. (2014). Revisiting Cash Endowment and House Money Effects in an Experimental Auction of a Novel Agri‐food Product in the Philippines. Asian Economic Journal, 28(2), 201-215.
Sun, Y., Zhang, Y. Y., & Li, Q. (2015). Nonparametric panel data regression models. The Oxford handbook of panel data, 285-324.
Zhang, Y. Y., Li, Q., & Li, D. (2011). Recent Developments in Semiparametric and Nonparametric Estimation of Panel Data Models with Incomplete Information: A Selected Review. Missing Data Methods: Cross-sectional Methods and Applications. Advances in Econometrics, 27, 41-62.
Zhang, Y. Y., Gu, J., & Li, Q. (2011). Nonparametric panel estimation of online auction price processes. Empirical Economics, 40(1), 51-68.
Vamosi, J. C., Zhang, Y., & Wilson, W. G. (2007). Animal dispersal dynamics promoting dioecy over hermaphroditism. The American Naturalist, 170(3), 485-491.
Bi, Y. M., Zhang, Y., Signorelli, T., Zhao, R., Zhu, T., & Rothstein, S. (2005). Genetic analysis of Arabidopsis GATA transcription factor gene family reveals a nitrate‐inducible member important for chlorophyll synthesis and glucose sensitivity. The Plant Journal, 44(4), 680-692.
Uyenoyama, M. K., Zhang, Y., & Newbigin, E. (2001). On the origin of self-incompatibility haplotypes: transition through self-compatible intermediates. Genetics, 157(4), 1805-1817.