HU Dayuan
Professor , National School of Development(NSD), Peking University
Educational background
Ph.D. in Applied Economics from the University of Kentucky, USA, in 1995
M.A. degree in Agriculture from Hebei Agricultural University
B.A. degree in Economics from the People’s University, China
Research interests
Environmental and Resources Economics
Business Statistics
Managerial Economics
Biography, selected research projects and publications
Dr. Hu was involved in the establishment of Beijing Branch of China Phonograph Records Corporation. In the 1980’s, he was committed to the application of such modern management methods as system engineering in economic management.
He has participated as a subject research fellow in various research projects, such as Impacts of Cropland Degradation on Grain Production in China; Economic Evaluation of Government Comprehensive Development Programs in the US, just to name a few.
He is also the author of numerous articles on Economic Development, Environmental and Resource Issues, Regional Differentiation, Human Resources Management, etc. in well-known academic journals, such as, Land Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Economics Letters, etc.
Selected Research Papers
"Dynamic Optimal Management of Wind-Erosive Rangelands", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79,1997.
"Differences Between Continuous and Discrete Contingent Value Estimates", Land Economics 72, 397-441,1996.
"A Structural Model of Human Capital and Manufacturing Sector Change", International Advances in Economic Research 2, 355-367,1996.
"Economic Growth and Human Capital Accumulation: Simultaneity and Expanded Convergence Tests", Economics Letters 51, 355-362,1996.
"An Economic Analysis of Wind Erosion Control in the Inner Mongolia Plateau, China", Environmental and Resource Economics 6, 321-340,1995.
"Statistical Approaches to the Fat Tail Problem for Dichotomous Choice Contingent Valuation", Land Economics 71, 491-499,1995.
