Peter A. Kelly School of Economics Renmin University of China 59 Zhongguancun Avenue Beijing, China 100872 [email protected]
CURRENT POSITION: Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Renmin University of China (ENN Group International Young and Mid-Career Faculty Chair)
EDUCATION: DEGREE: DATE: FIELD: University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. 2010 Agric. & Res. Economics University of California, Berkeley M.S. 2005 Agric. & Res. Economics University of California, Davis B.S. 2002 Int’l Agric. Development
FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION: PRIMARY SECONDARY Development economics Rural China Policy analysis Payments for environmental services Agricultural and resource economics Applied econometrics
PUBLICATIONS: “Does the China Factor Matter: What drives the international oil prices surge?”, with Yufeng Chen and Jian Yu, Social Science Journal in press Kelly, Peter and Xuexi Huo, "Land Retirement and Non-farm Labor Market Participation: An Analysis of China’s Sloping Land Conversion Program",World Development August 2013, Pages 156-169 Kelly, Peter, “罗斯和沙普利的获诺奖理论是否适合中国?” 中国经济报告 2013 年第 1 期 [“Is the Nobel-winning theory of Roth and Shapley suited to China?” China Economic Report 2013 Issue #1.] Kelly, Peter and Xuexi Huo, “Do farmers or governments make better land conservation choices? Evidence from China's Sloping Land Conversion Program”, Journal of Forest Economics Volume 19, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 32–60 Hu, Ruifa, Zhijian Yang, Peter Kelly, and Jikun Huang, “Agricultural extension system reform and agent time allocation in China”, China Economic Review, 2009, 20(2): 303–315. “Book review: Environmental Protection in China: Land Use Management”, Land Use Policy, 2009, 26(3): 857-58
Page 1 of 5 Cui, Yongwei, Ruifa Hu, Peter Kelly, and Luohui Liang "Farmer crop choice in remote regions of northern China" with, in Journal of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009, 26(3): 338-49 Kelly, Peter and Todd Rayne, “Predicted and Actual Soil Erosion Rates in a Small Agricultural Watershed in Oneida County, New York”, Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences, 1999, 21(4): 282-88 Four-year column of World Watch magazine-style essays for college newspaper on global environmental and development issues, total 40,000 words
WORKING PAPERS: “Sources of Inefficiency in a Massive Payments-for-Environmental-Services Program" “Slippage from the Conservation Reserve Program: A Regression-discontinuity Analysis”, with Michael Roberts “Comparing Environmental Farmland Set-Aside Programs in China and the West” “Causes of the asymmetric adjustment of gasoline and diesel prices in China”, with Jian Yu and Guobin Huang
BOOK IN PROGRESS: “Validity and Robustness in Empirical Economics and Impact Evaluation: Two Hundred Fifty Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Send Off that Article or Book”
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: Research Collaborator at the Northwest Sci-Tech University of Agriculture and Forestry, State Forestry Administration, Peking University, and Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy. Household Survey- Based Evaluation of China’s Farmland Reforestation Subsidy Program. 2005-present. Visiting Scholar at the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, collaborating with Professors Ran Tao and Ruifa Hu. Projects: Agricultural Extension in China; Modeling Crop Choices; Impacts of Fiscal Decentralization. 2005-08 Graduate Student Researcher at the University of California, Berkeley for Professor Maximilian Auffhammer. Econometric Analyses of Air Pollution in Asia. 2003-2005.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Renmin University of China School of Economics (sole instructor unless noted): Principles of Microeconomics (undergraduate honors), Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 Public Economics (academic masters), Spring 2012 and Spring 2013
Page 2 of 5 Applied Macroeconomics (professional masters), Spring 2012, Spring 2013, and Spring 2014 Development Economics (undergraduate honors), Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, and Fall 2014 Topics in Microeconomic Theory (PhD, taught 1/3), Fall 2012, Taught 1/2 Fall 2013 and Fall 2014 Agricultural Economics (undergraduate honors), Spring 2013 Environmental and Resource Economics (undergraduate), Summer 2012 Stata (informal graduate workshop), Spring 2012 Theses advised: HE Ran (undergraduate) 2012-13, now graduate student at University of North Carolina; Megan Copeland (masters) 2013-14, now working at TLScontact University of California, Berkeley (teaching assistant): Introductory Statistics for Business and Economics (undergraduate, Statistics Dept.), Spring 2006. Intermediate Microeconomics (undergraduate, International and Area Studies Department), Fall 2005. Sichuan Agricultural University (English teacher): Doctoral Writing, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 Masters English, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 Vocational English, Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 Shanxi Agricultural University (English teacher) English summer camp for middle school students, July 2001.
AWARDS: Highest teaching evaluations in the School of Economics, Fall 2011 New faculty startup grant People’s Republic of China Foreign Expert Certificate Highest Honors at UC Davis (Summa Cum Laude) Clark Prize (one of 3 graduation prizes for UC Davis undergraduates; one awarded UC systemwide) Selected scholarships: University of California Regents Scholarship (UC's most prestigious undergraduate scholarship) National Merit Scholarship Ben A. Madson Scholarship
COMMITTEE SERVICE: Renmin University of China School of Economics Junior Faculty Hiring Committee, 2012-13 School of Economics Delegation to California to develop exchange programs, January 2013 School of Economics Honors Program Admissions Interviewer, September 2012 Teaching Provost Study Abroad Scholarship Interviewer, April 2012
Page 3 of 5 Undergraduate Admissions Recruiting delegation for Jilin Province, June 2012 and Yunnan Province, June 2013 Social Venture Partners of Seattle Partner 2013- Judge for Fast Pitch nonprofit business plan competition, 2013 Social Venture Partners of Beijing Founding Partner 2013- Tianhe Economic Research Institute (Chinese Ministry of Finance) Expert Committee, 2013 University of California, Berkeley Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Website Committee, 2004-05
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Invited presentations: University of California-Berkeley Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Department of Economics, University of California-Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Washington-Seattle Department of Economics, University of Washington-Tacoma Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Department of Economics and School of Public Policy, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting, Pacific Development Economics Conference, Ulvon Conference on Environmental Economics (Sweden), Renmin University of China School of Economics and School of Business, Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, Peking University School of Environmental Sciences (keynote speaker at conference), Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Southwest University for Nationalities (Chengdu), Institute of Developing Economies-Japan (cancelled) Referee/reviewer: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Comparative Economics, World Development, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Agricultural Economics, Environment and Development Economics, Journal of Forest Economics, Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Environmental Management, Western Agricultural Economics Association selected papers Chinese-English translator or interpreter: Yucheng District (county) Agricultural Bureau, Ya'an, Sichuan, PRC (2002-03) and Lushan County Government, Sichuan, PRC (2003), Seattle Chinese Garden (2010)
POPULAR MEDIA COVERAGE: CCTV-2 (China Central Television business and economics channel)
Page 4 of 5 Class filmed, November 2012 Bidder in Yichui dingyin (mock art auction game show), 2012- China Radio International’s “Today” show Expert Panelist on Public Service Reform in China, May 2012 Expert Panelist on the US Economy, March 2013 Expert Panelist on College Debt in the US, September 2013 China Radio International "China Talks" show Interviewed on implications of the Shuangliu-Smithfield pork merger, June 2013 Hubei Provincial Television Panelist in World Youth Low-Carbon Forum
NON-DEGREE TRAINING: Continuing education courses in Project Management, Bellevue College The Bridge (workshop series for nonprofit board members), Seattle Works Special training course on China's Rural Economy at Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences co-sponsored by Iowa State University, Beijing, PRC 12 semester courses taken part-time at Hamilton College prior to full-time studies at UC Davis Audited 30 semester-hours of undergraduate and graduate courses in agricultural economics at Sichuan Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (in Chinese)
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