Qinan Lu  

                                        

 

Dr. Qinan Lu

Assistant Professor, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences (SAAS)

Senior Research Fellow, China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP)

Peking University

Email: qinan.lu@pku.edu.cn

 

Education

Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023

M.S., Agricultural Economics, Renmin University of China, 2018

B.A., Agricultural Economics, Nanjing Agricultural University, 2015

 

Interests

Agricultural Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics 

 

Short Bio

Qinan Lu is an Assistant Professor in the School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences and hold a position as a Senior Research Fellow at the China Center for Agricultural Policy (CCAP) at Peking University. Before joining PKU, he was an Assistant Professor in the School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development at Renmin University of China from September 2023 to May 2026. He received his PhD degree in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2023. His research lies at the intersection of agricultural and environmental economics. He is particularly interested in utilizing remote satellite data to enrich existing data sources and to help investigate causal relationships, ultimately answering important policy questions.

 

Publication

1.      Xiaorui Qu, Qinan Lu*, Minghao Li, and Wendong Zhang. 2026. Broadband Internet Speed Upgrades and the Farmland Market: A Shift-Share Instrumental Variable Approach, American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

2.      Qinan Lu*. 2026. Counting Ozone Reveals Larger Gains of Decarbonization, Nature Food. (Invited News & Views Article)

3.      Ziheng Liu, Xi Chen, and Qinan Lu*. 2025. Blowin' in the Wind of an Invisible Killer: Long-Term Exposure to Ozone and Respiratory Mortality in the United States, Journal of Population Economics.

4.      Le Yu, Xiaodong Du, and Qinan Lu*. 2025. Stage-Specific Effects of Extreme Temperatures on Rural Labor Reallocation in China, Journal of Agricultural Economics.

5.      Ziheng Liu and Qinan Lu*. 2024. Carbon Dioxide Fertilization, Carbon Neutrality, and Food Security, China Economic Review.

6.      Ziheng Liu and Qinan Lu*. 2023. Invisible Pollution and Hypertension: Evidence from the Aging Population in China, China Economic Review.

7.      Qinan Lu, Nieyan Cheng, Wendong Zhang*, and Pengfei Liu. 2023. Disamenity or Premium: Do Electricity Transmission Lines Affect Farmland Values and Housing Prices Differently?, Journal of Housing Economics.

8.      Ziheng Liu and Qinan Lu*. 2023. Ozone Stress and Crop Harvesting Failure: Evidence from US Food Production, Food Policy.

9.      Qinan Lu*, Xiaodong Du, and Huanguang Qiu. 2022. Adoption Patterns and Productivity Impacts of Agricultural Mechanization Services, Agricultural Economics.

 

 

Links

Personal website: https://qinanlu.weebly.com/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OPwU_nIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao