Yueming (Lucy) Qiu
Sutton Hall Suite 340M, 6049 S Backus Mall, Mesa, AZ 85212
(623) 209-4725 yueming.qiu@asu.edu
https://webapp4.asu.edu/directory/person/1999736
Updated May 26th , 2017
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Atmosphere/Energy (Field of specialization: Energy Economics and Energy Policy),
Stanford University, 2007-2012
Dissertation Committee: James Sweeney (Department of Management Science
and Engineering), Leonard Ortolano (Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering), Matthew Harding (Department of Economics)
Ph.D. minor in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2009-2012
M.A. in Economics, Stanford University, 2009-2012
B.Eng. in Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University (China), 2003-2007
POSITIONS
Aug 2012-present
Assistant Professor in Resource Economics, Technological Entrepreneurship and
Management Program (2012-2014 Assistant Professor with Morrison School of
Agribusiness and Resource Management), Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ
Jul-Aug 2014
Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future, DC.
Jun 2011-Aug 2012
Research Assistant, Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford, CA
Jun-Sep 2010
Summer Research Associate, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA.
Dec 2009-Jan 2010
Visiting Scholar, Energy Research Institute of National Development and
Reform Commission (the key policy making entity of the Chinese central
government), Beijing, China
Jun-Aug 2009
Consultant, Natural Resource Defense Council , Beijing, China
Jun-Sep 2008
Research Assistant, Stanford Graduate School of Business , Stanford, CA
Jun-Sep 2008
Business Intern, Suntech America Inc., San Francisco, CA
Mar-Jul 2007
Research Assistant, Center for Air Quality and Pollution Control of Tsinghua
University, Beijing, China
TEACHING & RESEARCH FIELDS
Energy Economics and Energy Policy, International Energy Technology Diffusion, Technology and
Innovation Economics, Field Experiments, Behavior Experiments
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PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS (“s” indicates a student co-author)
1. Qiu, Y., L. Kirkeide and Y. Wang, forthcoming. “Effects of voluntary Time-of-Use pricing on
summer electricity usage of business customers: A matching approach”. Environmental and
Resource Economics, published online Nov, 2016. (DOI: 10.1007/s10640-016-0084-5). Online
access: http://rdcu.be/myQz
2. Qiu, Y., G. Colson and and M.E. Wetzstein. 2017. “Risk preference and adverse selection for
participation in time-of-use electricity pricing programs”. Resource and Energy Economics, 47,
126–142. (DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2016.12.003)
3. Qiu, Y., B. Xing and Y. Wang, 2017. “Residential pre-paid electricity pricing and customer
energy consumption behavior”. Contemporary Economic Policy, 35(1), 125–142.
4. Qiu, Y., X. Su s and Y. Wang, 2016. “Factors influencing commercial buildings to obtain green
certificates”. Applied Economics, published online Sep 2016. (DOI:
10.1080/00036846.2016.1229434)
5. Qiu, Y., Y. Shuai s and Y. Wang, 2016. “Peer effects and voluntary green building certification”.
Sustainability, 8(7), 632.
6. Nienhueser, I. s and Y. Qiu, 2016. “Economic and environmental impacts of providing renewable
energy for electric vehicle charging - A choice experiment study”. Applied Energy, 180, 256-268.
7. Qiu, Y., Y.Wang and J. Wang, 2015. “Implied discount rate and payback threshold of energy
efficiency investment in the industrial sector”. Applied Economics, 47(21), 2218-2233.
8. Qiu, Y., G. Colson and C. Grebitus, 2014. “Risk preferences and purchase of energy-efficient
technologies in the residential sector”. Ecological Economics, 107, 216–229.
9. Qiu, Y., 2014. “Energy efficiency and rebound effects: An econometric analysis of energy
demand in the commercial building sector”. Environmental and Resource Economics, 59 (2),
295-335.
10. Li, Y., Y. Qiu and Y. Wang, 2014. “Explaining the contract terms of energy performance
contracting in China: The importance of effective financing”. Energy Economics, 45, 401-411.
11. Qiu, Y., A. Tiwari s and Y. Wang, 2014. “The diffusion of voluntary green building certification:
A spatial approach”. Energy Efficiency, published online Oct 2014. (DOI: 10.1007/s12053-0149303-5)
12. Zhang, H., A. Ozturk, D.Zhou, Y. Qiu and Q. Wu, 2014. “How to increase the recovery rate for
waste cooking oil-to-biofuel conversion: a comparison of recycling modes in China and Japan”.
Ecological Indicators, published online Aug 2014. (DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.07.045)
13. Zhang, H., L. Li, P. Zhou, J. Hou and Y. Qiu, 2014. “Subsidy modes, waste cooking oil and
biofuel: Policy effectiveness and sustainable supply chains in China”. Energy Policy, 65,270-274.
14. Qiu, Y., L. Ortolano and Y. Wang, 2013. “Factors influencing the technology upgrading and
catch-up of Chinese wind turbine manufacturers: Technology acquisition mechanisms and
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government policies”. Energy Policy, 55, 305-316.
15. Qiu, Y. and L. D. Anadon, 2012. “The price of wind power in China during its expansion:
Technology adoption, learning-by-doing, economies of scale, and manufacturing localization”.
Energy Economics, 34(3), 772-785.
16. Du, X., L. Fu, Y. Qiu and T. Jin, 2009. “Investigation on vehicular pollution level in various
transport micro-environments in Beijing”. China Environmental Science, 2009,29(1):955-960.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2017-2022
2016-2017
2015-2018
2015-2017
2014-2015
2013-2015
2012-2013
2011
2007-2010
2010
2009
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation CAREER award, Award # 1652696:
CAREER: Bridging the Gap between Engineering Simulation and Reality of Home EnergyEfficiency Improvements via Big-Data Analysis. ($502,000)
Co-Principal Investigator, Department of Defense research grant: A to Z: Comprehensive
Community Planning for Energy Projects for the DoD. (Sub-award from City of Surprise,
with PI Kristin Mayes, Co-PIs Nathan Parker and Martin Pasqualetti, total $459,465, Qiu’s
portion $27,314)
Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation research grant, Award # 1509077:
Energy Sustainability of Green Commercial Buildings: An Empirical Assessment. (Co-PIs
Harvey Bryan and Ben Ruddell, $299,985)
Principal Investigator, Water Research Foundation research grant: Identifying and
Evaluating Opportunities for Reducing Variability of Utility Revenues. (Sub-award from
University of New Mexico, $20,000)
Principal Investigator, Western Resource Advocates research grant: Energy Efficiency
Analysis. ($5,000)
Principal Investigator, Salt River Project research grant: Pricing, Energy Efficiency and
Consumer Behavior. ($46,237)
Arizona State University, Colleague of Technology and Innovation, Scholarship Support
and Enhancement (SSE) research grant. ($10,000)
Best Student Poster Session Award at 2011 U.S. Association for Energy Economics
Annual Conference
Stanford Graduate Fellowship
Stanford China Energy Fellowship
MAP Energy Fellowship
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW (“s” indicates a student co-author)
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Jing Liang s, Yueming Qiu, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Michael Dalrymple, Stevan Earl, Alex Castelazo
and Timothy James. “Do energy retrofits work? Evidence from commercial and residential buildings
in Phoenix”. Revise and resubmit, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management.
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Yueming Qiu, Yi Wang and Jianfeng Wang. “Soak up the sun: Impact of solar energy systems on
residential home values in Arizona”. Revise and resubmit, Energy Economics.
WORK-IN-PROGRESS
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Energy performance of green commercial buildings ( joint work with Matthew Kahn)
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Residential customers’ attitudes towards tariffs for energy efficiency and distributed generation:
demand charge and retail rate increase (joint work with Jing Liang)
Mixed impact of fuel economy standards and subsidies for small displacement cars in China: A car
model level econometric analysis (joint work with Yang Shu and Yang Yu)
Energy consumption of commercial buildings in Japan (joint work with Siqi Zheng and Weizeng Sun)
Distributional impact of residential pre-paid electricity pricing in Ghana (joint work with Stephen
Armah)
Energy efficiency of retail industry in China (joint work with Yan Li)
Valuation of wind farm tax credit under the uncertainty of parent company’s profitability (joint work
with Ali Nouri, Caner Onal and Mengxi Zhu)
Virtual water trade for resilience to future drought on the Western US power grid (joint work with
Seth Herron, Benjamin Ruddell and Vincent Tidwell)
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
2017 Spring/ 2016 Spring
and Fall/ 2015 Spring and
Fall/ 2014 Fall
2017 Spring/2016
Spring/2015 Spring
2016 Fall/2015 Fall
2015 Summer
2013 Fall
2014 Spring/2013 Spring
2012 Winter/2010 Winter
2010 Fall
Instructor, TMC 410 Enterprise Operations, ASU
Instructor, TMC 320 Funding the Enterprise, ASU
Instructor, TMC 480, Senior Project, ASU
Instructor, TMC 470, Enterprise Planning and Implementation, ASU
Instructor, AGB 561 Applied Econometrics, ASU
Instructor, AGB 494/594 Energy Economics, ASU
Teaching assistant, CEE 176/276 China Energy Systems, Stanford
(This course involves a 12-day energy field trip in China)
Teaching assistant, CEE 173/207/EARTHSYS-103 Energy Resources,
Stanford
PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS
2017:
Annual meeting of Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) (discussant), Annual conference
of Association of Environmental and Resource Economist (AERE), Northeast Agricultural and
Resource Economics Association (NAREA) annual meeting and workshop, Western Regional
Science Association 56th Annual Meeting, Economics of Energy and Water San Diego
Conference
2016: Annual conference of Association of Environmental and Resource Economist (AERE),
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference,
Annual conference of United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), Southern
Economics Association AERE session, V Meeting on International Economics: Energy and
Environmental Challenges in a Globalized World (Vilareal Castellón Spain), International
Workshop on Implications of Occupant Behavior for Building Operation and Design: Now and
the Future (Vienna, Austria), University of Maryland at Baltimore County (Department of
Economics), University of Maryland College Park (School of Public Policy)
2015: Annual meeting of Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA)/IAEE session, George Mason
University (School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs), Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (Department of Urban Studies and Planning), Annual conference of United States
Association for Energy Economics (USAEE)
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2014:
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Fall Research Conference
(discussant), Arizona State University (Environmental Workshop of W.P. Carey School of
Business), 37th International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) International Conference,
Johns Hopkins University (Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering), Tsinghua
University (Hang Lung Real Estate Seminar), Renmin University (School of Environment and
Natural Resources & Department of Economics), Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of
Policy and Management), Southwestern University of Finance and Economics ( Department of
Economics and Management)
2013: Colorado University Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, University of New
Mexico (Department of Economics), Arizona State University (Environmental Workshop of W.P.
Carey School of Business), Annual conference of Association of Environmental and Resource
Economist (AERE), 51st Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Commodities and Financial
Modelling (EWGCFM), Annual conference of United States Association for Energy Economics
(USAEE), Tsinghua University (School of Environment), Renmin University (School of
Environment and Natural Resources)
2012: Rice University (Department of Economics), Ohio State University (Glenn School of Public
Affairs), Arizona State University (Morrison School of Agribusiness), Stanford Environmental
and Energy Policy Analysis Center, Annual conference of United States Association for Energy
Economics (USAEE)
2011: Annual meeting of the Chinese Economist Society, Annual conference of United States
Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), Stanford Policy and Economics Research
Roundtable
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Paper and proposal review:
 Journal referee for Science; Nature Energy; Environmental and Resource Economics; Energy
Economics; Resource and Energy Economics; The Energy Journal; World Development; Energy
Policy; Ecological Economics; Economics Bulletin; Economic Modelling; Sustainability;
Resources, Conservation & Recycling; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Technology
Analysis & Strategic Management; Journal of Cleaner Production; The Journal of International
Trade & Economic Development.
 Proposal referee for National Science Foundation (Panelist), National Institutes for Water
Resource.
Conference organization:
 2017 Strategic Planning Group member, United States Association for Energy Economics
(USAEE)
 Session chair for 2017 Annual conference of Association of Environmental and Resource
Economist (AERE), Concurrent session on Resources and Ecosystem Studies: Energy III.
 Program committee member, 2017 United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE)
Annual Conference
 Presider for 2016 United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Annual Conference,
Concurrent session on Pricing Policy and Demand in the Global Gasoline Markets, Tulsa, OK,
Oct, 2016.
 Abstract reviewer for United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Annual
Conference (2015 & 2016)
 Case editing for 2015 United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE) Annual
Conference Student Case Competition, Pittsburg, Oct, 2015
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Judge for 2015 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Undergraduate Student
Paper Competition, San Francisco, July, 2015
Session chair for 51st Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Commodities and Financial
Modelling (EWGCFM), Concurrent session on Energy Contracting, London, May, 2013
Affiliation:
 Member of United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE)
 Member of Association of Environmental and Resource Economist (AERE)
 Member of Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM)
 Member of American Economic Association (AEA)
University Service:
ASU Fulton Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI) committee (2015-now)
ASU Technological Entrepreneurship and Management Program graduate ad-hoc committee (2015-now)
ASU Conservation and Renewable Energy Collaboratory (CREC) proposal reviewer (2013-2015)
ASU Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management seminar committee (2012-2014)
THESIS ADVISEES
Arizona State University:
Primary adviser: Jing Liang (Ph.D student, School of Sustainability)
Co-primary adviser: Ian Nienhueser (M.S. student, Fulton Schools of Engineering), Poornima
Padmanabhan (M.S. student, Fulton Schools of Engineering)
Committee member: Shuai Yin (Ph.D student, W.P. Carey School of Business), Ashutosh Tiwari (M.S.,
Morrison School of Agribusiness)
Visiting students:
Xin Su (Ph.D student, Department of Enterprise Management, Remin University of China)
Peng Ma (Ph.D student, Department of Management Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University)
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