Yueming (Lucy) Qiu is a professor and associate dean for research and faculty affairs in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland College Park. Her research group focuses on using big data with quasi-experimental and experimental methods to answer empirical questions related to the interactions among consumer behaviors, low-carbon technologies and incentives. Her research projects have been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, Department of Defense, Electric Power Research Institute and Water Research Foundation.
Qiu received her Ph.D. from Stanford University and B.S. from Tsinghua University. She has published in journals including The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Nature Energy, Nature Sustainability, Joule and Nature Communications. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award and the APPAM World Citizen Prizes in Environmental Performance. She served as the vice president of academic affairs of the United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) and co-chair of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)'s Natural Resource, Energy, and Environmental Policy area. See Qiu's research website for more details of her research projects, publications and teaching interests.
- Energy & environmental economics; field experiments; technology & innovation economics; behavior experiments
An overview of the state of the art in quantitative methods that are relevant to public policy research. Provides exposure to the state of the art in both econometric and survey research, and includes coverage of methods relevant to the particular students’ expected research and discussion sessions.
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