Ruohao Zhang, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics
University Park, PA 16802
- Email rjz5261@psu.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Environmental Economics
- Health Economics
- Applied Econometrics
- Environmental Justice
Websites
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics, Binghamton University, 2021
Publications
- Zhang R. and Khanna N., (2023). "Public Pressure and the Heterogeneous Effects of Voluntary Pollution Abatement", Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, forthcoming. https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/726318
- 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
- Barreto Parra P.N., Vladimir A., Meurer J., Whittle J., Luo E., Zhang R. and Black B. (2022). "The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Elderly: Population Fatality Rates, Years of Life Lost, and Life Expectancy", The Elder Law Journal, 30(1):34-84. https://theelderlawjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Black.pdf
- Zhang R. (2022). "Economic impact payment, human mobility and COVID-19 mitigation in the USA", Empirical Economics, 62(1):3041-3060. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02117-0
- 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
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
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
Economic impact payment, human mobility and COVID-19 mitigation in the USA
Empirical Economics, 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