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Kuan-Ming Huang

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Contact Info:
Email: kh0060@mix.wvu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • Ph.D. (In Progress), Natural Resource Economics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 2020 (Expected)
    • Advisor: Xiaoli Etienne, PhD
    • Dissertation: Three Essays in Applied Econometrics: Energy and Agricultural Economics
  • M.S., Applied Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, 2014
    • Advisors: Mark J. Gibson and Andrew J. Cassey, PhD
    • Project: Economic Impact Analysis of the Moving of an NBA Team: The Case of King County and Oklahoma County
  • M.B.A., Business Administration, Washington State University, Pullman, 2011
  • B.A., Finance, Washington State University, Pullman, 2010

Research Interests:

  • Applied Econometrics
  • Consumers’ Willingness-to-Pay on Food Safety
  • Energy Economics and Finance
  • Environmental Economics
  • Risk Management

Dissertation:

  • “Do Natural Hazards in the Gulf Coast Still Matter for the State-level Natural Gas Prices? Evidence after the Shale Gas Boom”
  • “Do Exploitations of Marcellus and Utica Shale Formations Improve Regional Economy in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia? A Synthetic Control Analysis”
  • “Farmers’ Market Customers’ Willingness to Pay for Farmers’ Market Fresh Produces with Lower Foodborne Risk”

Working Papers:

  • “Do Natural Hazards in the Gulf Coast Still Matter for the State-level Natural Gas Prices? Evidence after the Shale Gas Boom” with Xiaoli Etienne
  • “Do Exploitations of Marcellus and Utica Shale Formations Improve Regional Economy in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia? A Synthetic Control Analysis” with Xiaoli Etienne
  • “Farmers’ Market Customers’ Willingness to Pay for Farmers’ Market Fresh Produces with Lower Foodborne Risk” with Xiaoli Etienne and Ana Caludia Sant’Anna

Conference and Seminar Presentations:

  • Huang, K. and X.L. Etienne. “Do Natural Hazards in the Gulf Coast Still Matter for the State-level Natural Gas Prices? Evidence after the Shale Gas Boom”
    • 2018 Shale Insight Conference (poster, October 2018)
    • Division Seminar, West Virginia University (November 2018)
    • 23rd Davis College Student Research Day, West Virginia University (March 2019)
    • 58th Annual Meeting of the Southern Regional Science Association, Washington DC, (April 2019)
    • 2019 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (July 2019)
  • Huang, K. and X.L. Etienne. “Do Exploitations of Marcellus and Utica Shale Formations Improve Regional Economy in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia? A Synthetic Control Analysis”
    • Division Seminar, West Virginia University (October 2019)
    • North American Regional Science Council 2019 Conference, Pittsburgh, PA (November 2019)

Research Experience:

  • 2018- present: Research Assistant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
    • Collect data of shale gas well flows from Marcellus formation
    • Research and summarize global resource depletion issues
    • Collect data of elk restorations in the U.S.

Teaching Experience:

  • 2019: Co-Instructor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
    • Agribusiness Accounting, Summer 2019
  • 2017-2019: Teaching Assistant, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
    • Agribusiness Accounting, Fall 2017, 2018, and 2019
    • Introductory Agricultural and Agribusiness Economics, Fall 2018

Other Professional Activities:

  • President: Taiwanese Student Association at West Virginia University, WV, 2017 to present
  • Vice President: Taiwanese Student Association at Washington State University, WA, 2011 to 2012
  • Volunteer Computer Lab Assistant: Skagit Valley College, Mount Vernon, WA, 2005

Scholarships and Awards:

  • Dale Colyer Division of Resource Management Award, West Virginia University, 2019
  • Division of Resource Economics & Management Graduate Student Travel Grant, West Virginia University, 2019
  • Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design Doctoral Student Travel Grant, West Virginia University, 2019

Software Proficiency:

  • GAMS, GIS, Python, SAS, Stata, R, Latex, and Microsoft Office

Languages:

  • English, Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese, and Cantonese

Professional References:

  • Xiaoli Etienne, PhD (Major Professor)
    Associate Professor of Resource Economics and Management, West Virginia University
    xletienne@mail.wvu.edu
  • Alan Collins, PhD
    Professor of Resource Economics and Management, West Virginia University
    Alan.Collins@mail.wvu.edu
  • Feng Yao, PhD
    Associate Professor of Economics, West Virginia University
    feng.yao@mail.wvu.edu
  • Levan Elbakidze, PhD
    Associate Professor of Resource Economics and Management, West Virginia University
    levan.elbakidze@mail.wvu.edu