CV Jian Chen

JIAN CHEN
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Iowa State University

Phone: +1 515-357-3072
Email: chenjian@iastate.edu
Office: 560C Heady Hall, 518 Farm House Lane, Ames, IA 50011
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, Iowa State University, Aug. 2018 – Expected June 2024
M.A. Rural and Regional Development, Renmin University of China, Sept. 2016 – July 2018
B.A. Rural Regional Development, Southwest University, Sept. 2012 – July 2016
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental and Resource Economics, Renewable Energy, Agricultural Economics
JOB MARKET MATERIALS

Research Statement, Teaching Statement (forthcoming)
RESEARCH PAPER
▪ Working Papers:
“Heterogeneity in State Solar and Wind Deployments: Trade-offs between Technology-neutral and
Technology-specific Renewable Energy Policies.” with Hongli Feng (In preparation to submit to
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management)
“How Can a Price-Support Policy Hurt the Environment? Empirical Evidence from Northeast
China.” with Xiaohui Tian and Jialing Yu (under review at the Canadian Journal of Agricultural
Economics)
“Changes in the Structure of Household Expenditure in Urban and Rural China: A Comparison of
LA/AIDS and QUAIDS.” with Xiaorui Qu (revise and resubmit at the Applied Economics)
▪ Works in progress:
“Crowding-in or Crowding-out: Assessing the Role of Distributed Generation Solar Photovoltaic in
Utility-scale Solar Development.” with Hongli Feng
“Assessing the Impacts of Information Dissemination on Zoning for Utility-scale Solar PV in Rural
Communities.” with Hongli Feng
PUBLICATIONS
Chen, J. and H. Feng. “Utility-scale Wind and Solar Development in Iowa: Trends, Prospects, and the
Land Factor.” Agricultural Policy Review, Winter 2022. Center for Agricultural and Rural
Development (CARD), Iowa State University.
Chen, J., J. Lu, X. Wang, and Y. Zhang. “Analysis on Current Situation of Urban Residents’ Water
Expenditure in Eastern, Central and Western China.” China Price, 2017 (08): 29-31. (in Chinese)
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EXPERIENCE
▪ Research Experience:
Research Assistant, Iowa State University, Aug. 2021 – Present
“Mapping and Bridging Barriers in Knowledge Flows of How Solar Photovoltaics Affect Rural
Community Economies” (Supervisor: Hongli Feng)
• Design surveys for local administrators to test how knowledge dissemination affects their
zoning decisions regarding utility-scale solar PV in their communities using an information
treatment experiment and a discrete choice experiment.
Research Assistant, Iowa State University, Dec. 2021 – Mar. 2022
“A Case Study of the Trends, Policies, and Prospects of Utility-Scale Wind and Solar Photovoltaic
Development in Iowa” (Supervisor: Hongli Feng)
• Compiled county-level utility-scale solar and wind zoning database for the State of Iowa.
• Collected data and conducted data visualization and analysis.
Research Assistant, Renmin University of China, May 2017 – Dec. 2018

“Comparison of Willingness to Accept between Stated and Revealed Preference” (Supervisor:
Xiaohui Tian)
• The project investigated whether and by how much the WTA of revealed preference is
different from that of stated preference for rural households to reduce livestock production
scales.
• Assisted the design of a randomized controlled field experiment.
• One of the four primary investigators in the field experiment; sample size: 370 rural
households.
• Entry and proofreading of the survey and experimental data.
• Arranged survey and experiment data for empirical analysis.
Research Assistant, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences and Renmin University
of China, Dec. 2016 – Aug. 2017
“Willingness to Adopt Environmentally Friendly Technologies for Small Scale Hog Producers”
• Served as a team leader and trained 19 undergraduate students to conduct household survey.
• Assisted in choice experiments design on farmers’ preferences with alternative types of techs
and levels of government subsidy.
▪ Teaching Experience:
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, Aug. 2018 – Aug. 2021
• Managerial Economics (Econ 532), Summer 2021
• Intermediate Microeconomics (Econ 301), Spring 2021
• Analysis of Food Markets (Econ 435X), Spring 2021
• Principle of Macroeconomics (Econ 102), Summer 2021
• Principle of Microeconomics (Econ 101), Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020,
Fall 2020
▪ Other Experience:
Reviewed abstracts for “Agricultural and Food Policy” session of the 2022 AAEA Annual Meeting.
Reviewed a journal paper for Contemporary Economic Policy.
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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
“Heterogeneity in State Solar and Wind Deployments: Effects of Technology-neutral and Technology-
specific Renewable Energy Policies.”
• Midwest Economic Association (MEA) Annual Conference, 2022
• Macro/Micro/Trade/Env Reading Group, Department Seminars, 2021
“Crowding-in or Crowding-out: Assessing the Role of Distributed Generation Solar Photovoltaic in
Utility-scale Solar Development.”
• Agricultural and Applied Economic Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, 2022
• Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop (poster presentation), 2022
• AERE-sponsored session at the Midwest Economic Association (MEA) Annual Conference,
2023 (forthcoming)
“Changes in the Structure of Household Expenditure in Urban and Rural China.”
• Western Regional Science Association (WRSA) Annual Meeting, 2023 (forthcoming)
AWARDS AND HONORS

Professional Advancement Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Iowa State University, 2022
Graduate Student Travel Grant, Department of Economics, Iowa State University, 2022
First Grade Scholarship for Graduate Students, Renmin University of China, 2017
First-class Scholarship for Excellent Comprehensive Performance, Southwest University, 2015
China National Scholarship, Education Ministry of China, 2014
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Programing: STATA, R, LATEX
Language: English (Fluent), Mandarin Chinese (Native)
Updated on March 8th, 2023

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JIAN CHEN

Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, Iowa State University

JOB MARKET MATERIALS

Research Assistant, Renmin University of China, May 2017 – Dec. 2018

AWARDS AND HONORS

Updated on March 8th, 2023

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