Linlin Fan, Ph.D.

Linlin Fan, Ph.D.

  • Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
208A Armsby Building
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Food Policy
  • Health Economics
  • International Trade

Education

  • Ph.D., Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2018

Research Interests

Dr. Fan's research focuses on food policy, healthy economics and international trade. She studies how various policies affect people's food choice, health and welfare. Her findings provide important insights for current policy interventions on international trade, food assistance programs, diet quality and food security.

Recent Publications

Zhao, Y.,  L. Fan, N. Wilson, A. Valderama, and P. Wilde. 2025. “Variations on the Thrifty Food Plan: Model Diets that Satisfy Cost and Nutrition Constraints”. Food Policy, 130: 102781. 

Feng J., L. Fan and E. Jaenicke. 2024. “The Distributional Impact of SNAP on Dietary Quality” Agricultural Economics, 55(1), 104-139.

Fan L., A. Stevens and Thomas, E. 2022. “Consumer Purchasing Response to Mandatory Genetically Engineered Labeling” Food Policy, 110: 102296

Ellison, B., L. Fan and N. Wilson. 2022. “Is It More Convenient to Waste? Trade-offs Between Grocery Shopping and Waste Behaviors” Agricultural Economics, 1-15.

Baylis, K., L. Nogueira, L. Fan and K. Pace. 2022. “Something Fishy in Seafood Trade? The Relation between Tariff and Non-Tariff Barriers” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1-23.

Han, X., Y. Xu, L. Fan, Y. Huang, M. Xu and S. Gao. 2021. “Quantifying COVID-19 importation risk in a dynamic network of domestic cities and international countries” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (31) e2100201118.