Ruohao Zhang, Ph.D.

Ruohao Zhang, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics
207D Armsby Building
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Environmental Economics
  • Health Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Environmental Justice

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Binghamton University, 2021

Publications

  • Vladimir A., Barreto Parra P.N., Whittle J., Meurer J., Weston B., Luo E., Yuan A., Franchi L., Zhang R. and Black B. (2023). "Selection Effects and COVID-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records", Vaccines, 11(5):971. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11050971

  • Zhang R., Li H., Khanna N., Krupnick A., Hill E. and Sullivan D. (2023). "Air Quality Impacts of Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania", Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 10(2):447-486. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/721430

  • Vladimir A., Barreto Parra P.N., Whittle J., Meurer J., Weston B., Luo E., Franchi L., Yuan A., Zhang R. and Black B. (2023). "Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against Death Using a Novel Measure: COVID Excess Mortality Percentage", Vaccines, 11(2):379. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11020379

  • Zhang R., Li H. and Khanna N. (2021). "The Environmental Justice and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from New York State", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 110(1):102522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102554

  • Zhang R., Kumbhakar S. C., and Lai H. (2021). "Estimation of Panel Model with Heteroscedasticity in both Idiosyncratic and Individual Specific Errors", Econometric Reviews, 40(4):415-432. https://doi.org/10.1080/07474938.2020.1808372

Publications

Public Pressure and the Heterogeneous Effects of Voluntary Pollution Abatement
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Zhang, Ruohao, 2024

Evidence on COVID-19 Mortality and Disparities Using a Novel Measure, COVID excess mortality percentage: Evidence from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois
PLoS One, Atanasov, Vladimir, Barreto, Natalia, Franchi, Lorenzo, Whittle, Jeff, Meurer, John, Weston, Benjamin W., Luo, Qian, Yuan, Andy Ye, Zhang, Ruohao, Black, Bernard, 2024

Selection Effects and COVID-19 Mortality Risk after Pfizer vs. Moderna Vaccination: Evidence from Linked Mortality and Vaccination Records
Vaccines, Atanasov, Vladimir, Barreto, Natalia, Whittle, Jeff, Meurer, John, Weston, Benjamin W., Luo, Qian, Yuan, Andy Ye, Franchi, Lorenzo, Zhang, Ruohao, Black, Bernard, 2023

Air Quality Impacts of Shale Gas Development in Pennsylvania
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Zhang, Ruohao, Li, Huan, Khanna, Neha, Krupnick, Alan J., Hill, Elaine L., Sullivan, Daniel M., 2023

Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness against Death Using a Novel Measure: COVID Excess Mortality Percentage
Vaccines, Atanasov, Vladimir, Barreto, Natalia, Whittle, Jeff, Meurer, John, Weston, Benjamin W., Luo, Qian, Franchi, Lorenzo, Yuan, Andy Ye, Zhang, Ruohao, Black, Bernard, 2023

The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Elderly: Population Fatality Rates, COVID Mortality Percentage, and Life Expectancy Loss
Elder Law Journal, Zhang, Ruohao, 2022

Environmental justice and the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from New York State
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Zhang, Ruohao, Li, Huan, Khanna, Neha, 2021

Estimation of panel model with heteroskedasticity in both idiosyncratic and individual specific errors
Econometric Reviews, Zhang, Ruohao, Kumbhakar, Subal C., Lai, Hung pin, 2020