School of Economic Sciences | WSU
Graduate Student
Miaoru Liu
Education
- Ph.D., Economics. 2016 (expected). Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Advisor: Dr. Thomas Marsh - M.S., Statistics. 2016 (expected). Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
- M.S., Agricultural Economics, minor in Statistics (2011), the University of Tennessee, TN.
- B.S., Economics, and B.L., English (2009), Dalian University of Technology, China.
Fields
- Applied Econometrics, Food Economics, Consumer Economics, Quantitative Methods
- Industrial organization, international development
Refereed Journal Publications
- Who are consuming food away from home and where? Results from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys (2013), with P. Kasteridis, and S.T. Yen. European Review of Agricultural Economics 40 (1): 191-213.
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner expenditures away from home in the United States (2013), with P. Kasteridis, and S.T. Yen.Food Policy 38:156-164.
Professional Reports
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of advertising and promotion for processed pears (2014) , with T.L. Marsh and P.R. Tozer. Final Report Prepared for the Processed Pear Committee.
Conference Presentations
- Linking livestock health inputs to household nutrition, with T.L. Marsh, presented at Global Animal Health Seminar Series, Washington State University, 28 January, 2015.
- Linking livestock health inputs to household nutrition, with T.L. Marsh, poster presented at AAEA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 27-29 July, 2014.
- The effectiveness of generic advertising by marketing orders: an application to canned pears, with T.L. Marsh, paper presented at WAEA Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO, 22-24 June, 2014.
- Consumers’ Adoption of Platform-based Technology, with T. Li., paper presented at Western Economic Association International Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, 28 June-2 July, 2013.
- Household Food Expenditures Away From Home by Type of Meal, with P. Kasteridis, and S.T. Yen, selected paper presented at AAEA Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, 24-26 July, 2011.
- Food Expenditures Away From Home by Type of Meal and by Facility, with P. Kasteridis, and S.T. Yen, poster presented at AAEA, CAES, & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 25-27 July, 2010.
Professional Services
- Referee for Food Policy, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Economic Inquiry
Teaching Experience
- Instructor, EconS 101 – Fundamentals of Microeconomics, Summer 2014 Syllabus
- Teaching Assistant, EconS 511 – Econometrics I, Spring 2015
- Teaching Assistant, EconS 510 – Statistics for Economists, Fall 2014 *lectured 20% of the class
- Teaching Assistant, Agec524 – Econometric Methods, Fall 2010
References
- Thomas L. Marsh (Advisor), Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. tl_marsh@wsu.edu
- Bidisha Mandal, Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. bmandal@wsu.edu
- Ron C. Mittelhammer, Regents Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. mittelha@wsu.edu
- Jill J. McCluskey, Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164. mccluskey@wsu.edu