Jia Yan, Assistant Professor
EDUCATION
- PhD, Economics. University of CA, Irvine, 2002
- MA, Economics, Nankai University, 1997
- BA, Economics, Shaanxi Institute of Finance and Economics, 1993
FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Applied Microeconomics
- Applied Econometrics
EMPLOYMENT
- 2007-present, Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University
- 2004-2007, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- 2002-2004, Scientist, ChoiceStream, Inc., Cambridge, MA
TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS
- EconS 425 Industrial Organization
- EconS 426 - Transportation Economics
- EconS 593 - Applications in Microeconomic Topics
PUBLICATIONS
- Yan, Jia, Xinyu Sun, and John J. Liu. "Assessing Container Operator Efficiency with Heterogeneous and Time-Varying Production Frontiers." Forthcoming in Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, May 2008.
- Yan, Jia, John J. Liu, and Kevin X. Li. "Threshold Control of Mutual Insurance with Limited Commitment." Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, March 2008.
- Oum, T.H., J. Yan, and C. Yu. "Ownership Forms Matter for Airport Efficiency: A Stochastic Frontier Investigation of Worldwide Airports." Forthcoming in Journal of Urban Economics, March 2008. "Unpublished Technical Appendix."
- Small, Kenneth A., Clifford Winston, and Jia Yan. 2006. "Differentiated Pricing, Express Lanes, and Carpools: Exploiting Heterogeneous Preferences in Policy Design." Brookings-Wharton Papers on Urban Affairs, Vol. 7, pp. 53 – 96.
- Small, Kenneth A., Clifford Winston, and Jia Yan. "Uncovering the Distribution of Motorists’ Preferences for Travel Time and Reliability." Econometrica, 73(4), pp. 1367 – 1382, 2005
(working paper version: http://aei-brookings.org/publications/abstract.php?pid=900; the
supplemental material http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ksmall/Econometrica%20supp.pdf;
the data and computer codes to replicate the main results in the paper can be found at: http://www.econometricsociety.org/suppmat.asp?id =58&vid=73&iid=4&aid=619) - Yan, Jia, Kenneth Small, and Edward Sullivan. 2002. "Choice Models of Route, Occupancy, and Time-of-Day with Value Priced Tolls." Transportation Research Record, 1812, pp. 69-77.
- Small, Kenneth A. and Jia Yan. 2001. "The Value of Value Pricing on Roads: Second-Best Pricing and Product Differentiation." Journal of Urban Economics, March (49), pp. 310-336 (working paper version: http://www.rff.org/rff/Documents/RFF-DP-00-08.pdf).
WORKING PAPERS
- Bin Srinidhi, Bin, Jia Yan, and Giri Kumar Tayi. "Firm-level Resource Allocation to Information Security in the Presence of Financial Distress."
- Winston, Clifford and Jia Yan. "U.S. Highway Privatization and Motorists' Heterogeneous Preferences." Working Paper 2008-20, Revised June 2009.
- Yan, Jia, Xiaowen Fu, and Tae Oum. "Exploring Network Effects of Point-to-Point Networks: An Investigation of the Spatial Entry Patterns of Southwest Airlines." Working Paper 2008-21.
- Yan, Jia and John Liu. "Instability of Dynamic Inventory Systems." Working Paper 2008-23.
Contact Info
Email Address:
jiay@wsu.edu
Office Location:
301E Hulbert Hall
Office phone: 335-7809
Office Hous:
EconS 425 (Sec 1)
Fri, 2:30-3:30 pm