Xiaodong(Eric) Lang

Education

• Ph.D. in Economics, Washington State University, Expected May 2019
  • Dissertation: Three Essays on Transportation Economics, Energy Policy, Supply Chain Finance
  • Co-Advisors: H.Alan Love and Eric L. Jessup
• M.A. in Economics, New York University, New York, NY    May 2013
• B.S. in Economics, minor in Finance, Washington State University, Pullman, WA    May 2011

Fields of Interest

• Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics, Energy, Transportation
• Applied Econometrics
• Financial Economics

Publications

Manuscripts in Review

• Lang, X. and Jessup, E. L.”Analysis of Driver’s Injury Severity Related to Commercial Truck Parking Availability.” – Being submitted to Accident Analysis and Prevention.
• Jessup, E.L. , Zhou, Y., Lang, X. “Improved Methodology for Benets Estimation of Preservation Projects” – Being submitted to Transportation Research Record.

Professional Reports

• Improved Methodology for Benets Estimation of Preservation Projects (2017), with E.L. Jessup, K.L. Casavant, Y. Zhou. Report Prepared to Washington State Department of Transportation.

Working Papers

• Lang, X. “Efficiency Analysis of Deregulation in Electricity Market: A Difference-in-Difference Approach”

Teaching Experience

Instructor — Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

• EconS 320 (Online course) — Money and Banking, Fall 2018
• EconS 430 — Managing the Global Environment, Summer 2018
• EconS 335 — Business Finance Economics, Spring 2017
• EconS 101 — Fundamentals of Microeconomics (co-instruct with Dr. Ken Casavant), Spring 2016

Teaching Assistant — Washington State University (Pullman, WA)

• EconS 327– International Trade and Finance, Dr. Mark Gibson, Spring 2015
• EconS 335– Business Finance Economics, Dr. Mark Gibson, Spring 2015
• EconS 101– Fundamentals of Microeconomics, Dr. H.Alan Love, Fall 2015/Fall 2014

Teaching Assistant — New York University (New York, NY)

• Econ–UA 323  Economic Development, Dr. Isahq Nadiri, Spring 2013
• Econ–UA 353  Public Economics, Dr. Alessandro S. Lizzeri, Spring 2013

Research Experience

Research Assistant — Freight Policy Transportation Institute, Washington State University

• Dr. Eric Jessup, Fall 2016 – Spring 2018
• Dr. Ken Casavant, Summer 2016
• Dr. Mark Gibson, Summer 2015

Presentations

• PacTrans Region 10 Transportation Student Conference, Seattle, WA, October 7, 2017.
  “An Improved Methodology to Evaluate the Benets of Highway Preservation.”
• The 92nd Western Economic Association International, San Diego, CA, June 25-29, 2017
  “An Improved Methodology to Evaluate the Benets of Highway Preservation.”

Scholarships and Awards

• Graduate Research Assistantship, Washington State University, 2014 – present
• President Honor Roll, Washington State University, 2010
• International Transfer Awards, Washington State University, 2008-2011

References

• H. Alan Love (Co-Advisor), Director and Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164, a.love@wsu.edu
• Eric Jessup (Co-Advisor), Associate Research Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, eric_ jessup@wsu.edu
• Vicki A. McCracken, Chair, Department of AMDT. Professor, School of Economic Sciences,  Washington State University, WA 98371, mccracke@wsu.edu
• Jinhui Bai, Associate Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, WA 99164, jinhui.bai@wsu.edu