Qingran Li

Qingran Li

Assistant Professor
Economics
Office: Paul College, Durham, NH 03824
Websites:
Curriculum Vitae
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Qingran is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Paul College. Her research focuses on data-driven analyses to inform environmental policy decisions, spanning three areas of focus: (1) optimizing critical design parameters of climate policies, (2) evaluating the energy consumption/production decisions and impacts, and (3) modeling bioeconomic dynamics to assess marine policies. 

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics - Environmental Policy, Duke University
  • M.S., Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University
  • B.B.A., Applied Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University

Research Interests

  • Energy Economics
  • Environmental policy
  • Climate change
  • Applied Econometrics

Selected Publications

  • Ji, X. J., Li, Q., Lee, S. J., Luke, M., & Mavrothalassitis, F. (2026). Cleaner bills, cleaner air: The environmental co-benefits of stringent renewable portfolio standards policy design. Energy Economics, 157, 109242. doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2026.109242

  • Liu, Y., Li, Q., & Wang, Z. (2026). Critical Thresholds for Fish Resources in a Changing Climate. Marine Resource Economics, 41(2), 63-84. doi:10.1086/739342

  • Liu, Y., Li, Q., & Solow, A. R. (2025). Impacts of Reef Degradation on Commercial Fisheries. Marine Resource Economics, 40(1), 23-44. doi:10.1086/732845

  • Howard, P. H., Sarinsky, M., Bauer, M., Cecot, C., Cropper, M., Drupp, M., . . . Wagner, G. (2023). US benefit-cost analysis requires revision.. Science, 380(6647), 803. doi:10.1126/science.adi5943

  • Li, Q., Zhou, Y., Pizer, W. A., & Wu, L. (2023). The unbalanced trade-off between pollution exposure and energy consumption induced by averting behaviors.. iScience, 26(1), 105597. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2022.105597

  • Li, Q., & Pizer, W. A. (2021). Use of the consumption discount rate for public policy over the distant future. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 107, 102428. doi:10.1016/j.jeem.2021.102428

  • Li, Q., & Smith, M. D. (2021). Fishery Collapse Revisited. Marine Resource Economics, 36(1), 1-22. doi:10.1086/711233

  • Li, Q., Bronnmann, J., Karasik, R., Quaas, M. F., & Smith, M. D. (2021). An Age-Structured Backward-Bending Supply of Fish: Implications for Conservation of Bluefin Tuna. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 8(1), 165-192. doi:10.1086/711225

  • He, P., Liang, J., Qiu, Y., Li, Q., & Xing, B. (2020). Increase in domestic electricity consumption from particulate air pollution. Nature Energy, 5(12), 985-995. doi:10.1038/s41560-020-00699-0

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