458 Alderman Hall
1970 Folwell Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108

Education
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2006, Economics
M.S., Iowa State Univeristy, 2006, Statistics
M.S., Tianjin University, China, 2002, Quantitative Economics & Management
B.ENG., Tianjin University, China, 2000, International Project Management
B.A., Tianjin University, China, 2000, English

Research
My current research emphasizes analysis of horticultural product trade and marketing, development of estimation methodology of technical barriers to trade, evaluation of alternative strategies for addressing statewide and national demand for, and distribution of, horticultural crops through the application of marketing and economic principles and tools.

References

Chengyan Yue, Frode Alfnes and Helen H. Jensen. 2008. “Discounting Spotted Apples: Investigating Consumers’ Willingness to Accept Cosmetic Damage in an Organic Product.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (Accepted for publication).

Bridget K. Behe, Brittany Harte, and Chengyan Yue. 2008. “Online gardening search activities and purchases.” J. Environ. Hort. (Accepted for publication).

Chengyan Yue and Bridget K. Behe. 2008. “Estimating U.S. Consumers’ Choice of Floral Retail Outlets.” HortScience (in press).

Chengyan Yue, Helen H. Jensen, Daren S. Mueller, Gail R. Nonnecke, Mark L. Gleason. 2007. “Estimating consumers' valuation of organic and cosmetically damaged apples”. HortScience 42(6):1366–1371.

Chengyan Yue, John Beghin and Helen H. Jensen. 2006. “Tariff Equivalent of Technical Barriers to Trade with Imperfect Substitution and Trade Costs” American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(4): 947-960.