Weihong Li
608-628-7527
weihongli.econ@outlook.com / weihongl@smu.edu
Dissertation Title: Essays on Environmental Economics, Development Economics, and Political Economy
Main Advisor: Klaus Desmet
Committee Members: Wookun Kim, Ömer Özak, Nitzan Tzur-llan
Fields: Environmental Economics, Development Economics, and Political Economy
Research
- Pollution, Promotion, and Political Showcase
- Cultural Norms, Fertility, and Missing Women: Evidence from the Ghost Festival
- Foreign Investment and the Formation of Ethnic Enclaves
Academic Experience:
Teaching Assistant
- International Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
- Financial Economics and Investment Behavior
- Introductory Econometrics
- Strategic Behavior
- Microeconomic Theory I
- International Trade
- Price Theory
Fellowships and Awards
- SMU Climate Science Research Fund
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) Travel Scholarship
- SMU Dedman College Graduate Student Assembly Travel Grant
- Chinese Economists Society (CES) Travel Grant
- UT-Austin Population Research Center (PRC) Travel Grant
- SMU Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute (DCII) Summer Research and Writing Fellowship
- SMU Provost’s Doctoral Candidacy Fellowship
- SMU Research and Professional Development Award
- SMU Graduate Student Travel Grant
- Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) Travel Grant
- SMU Full-Tuition Scholarship and Teaching Assistantship Award
- UW-Madison Trewartha Honors Research Grant
- UW-Madison George Enfield Frazer Jr. Scholarship
- Successful Participant at Mathematical Contest in Modeling
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