Xiangrui Wang

• Vita
• Dissertation Summary

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, Washington State University, (Expected) May 2018.
  • Dissertation Title “Three Essays on Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Policy, and Food Policy.
  • Advisor: Professor Ron C. Mittelhammer

• M.S. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona, 2014.
• B.S. in Business Economics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, 2011.

Fields of Interest

• Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Agricultural Economics
• Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics

Working Papers

• “Testing Rational but Inattentive Consumers’ Behavior in Residential Water Markets.” (Job-market Paper)
• “Ethanol Mandate Externalities on Agricultural Land Use. “
• “Divestiture May Fail as a Merger Remedy: The Case of the U.S. Beer Industry.”

Work in Progress

• “Pricing in Residential Water Market with Inattentive Consumers.”
• “Estimating WTP and Designing Interruptible Contracts in Electricity Market: A Case Study on Pullman.”

Research Experience

Research Assistant, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University

• Professor H. Alan Love, Spring Fall, 2016-2017.
• Professor Thomas L. Marsh, Summer Spring Fall, 2015-2016.
• Professor Ron C. Mittelhammer, Spring Fall, 2014-2015.

Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona

• Professor Gary D. Thompson, Spring Fall, 2013-2014.

Teaching Experience

Instructor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University

• EconS 101, Fundamentals of Microeconomics (Pullman Campus), Summer 2017.
  • Syllabus — EconS 101 Summer 2017.
  • Evaluation — Rating (4.6/5.0), Response Rate (56%).

• EconS 320, Money and Banking (Global Campus), Fall 2017.
  • Syllabus — EconS 320 Fall 2017.

Conference Presentations

• “Modeling Rational But Inattentive Consumers’ Residential Water Demand.”  Selected Presentation.  2017 AAEA Annual Meeting.  Chicago, IL.
• “Divestiture May Fail as Merger Remedy: The Case of the U.S. Beer Industry.”  Selected Presentation.  2017 AAEA Annual Meeting.  Chicago, IL.
• “Divestiture in U.S. Beer Industry Merger.”  2016 Department Seminar, School of Economic Science, Washington State University.  Pullman, WA.
• “Demand for U.S. Beer Imports.”  2015 Beeronomics Conference.  Seattle, WA.

Scholarships and Awards

• E. Ray Cowden Scholarship, University of Arizona, 2014.

Skills

• Computer: Python, ArcGIS, MATLAB, STATA, R, Latex
• Languages: Mandarin Chinese (Native), English (Fluent)

Services

• Treasurer, SES Graduate Student Association, WSU, 2015-2016.
• President, Student Tennis Association, CTBU, 2008-2009.

References

• Dr. Ron C. Mittelhammer (Advisor), Regents Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, mittelha@wsu.edu.
• Dr. Thomas L. Marsh, Distinguished Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, tl_marsh@wsu.edu.
• Dr. Jill J. McCluskey, Distinguished Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, mccluskey@wsu.edu.
• Dr. H. Alan Love, Director and Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, a.love@wsu.edu.
• Dr. Gary D. Thompson, Department Head and Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona, garyt@ag.arizona.edu.