Gong Yazhen Faculty: Faculty of Environment Title: Professor Position (within the college): Director of the International Exchange Center of the College Position (within the research center): Center cofounder (cofounder) Office phone: 13811804530 Email: ygong.2010@ruc.edu.cn

Research direction

Environmental Behavioral Economics; Applied Micro

Published results

1. Yazhen Gong, Xiang Bi and Jian Wu, 2020. Willingness to pay for the conservation of the endangered Red-crowned Crane in China: Roles of conservation attitudes and income. Forest Policy and Economics, 120(102296). SSCI (Impact Factor , 3.139), first author

2. Jinghua Chen, Yazhen Gong, Shaoqiang Wang, Baozhu Guan, Juraj Balkovic, Florian Kraxner, 2019. To Burn or Retain Crop Residues on Croplands? An Integrated Analysis for Crop Residue Management in China. Science of the Total Environment, 662,141–150 . SCI /SSCI/EI (impact factor 10.753), corresponding author

3. Zihan Li, Yazhen Gong and Kevin Chen, 2019. Energy use and rural poverty: Empirical evidence from potato farmers in Northern China. China Agricultural Economic Review, 11(2), 280-298. SSCI (Impact Factor 1.050), Communication author

4. Kathy Baylis, Yazhen Gong and Shun Wang, 2018, Bridging vs. Bonding Social Capital and the Management of Common Pool Resources. Land Economics, 94(4), 614-631. SSCI (Impact Factor, 1.500), corresponding author and parallel author

5. Zhaoyang Liu, Yazhen Gong and Andreas Kontoleon, 2018. How do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Land Tenure? Theory and Evidence from China. Ecological Economics, 144, 195-213. SCI/SSCI (Impact Factor 3.895), corresponding author

6. Michael Bennet, Yazhen Gong and Ricardo Scarpa, 2018. Eco-compensation for Coastal Wetlands Protection: A Choice Experiment Assessment of Community Co-management Options for China's Jiangsu Yancheng Rare Bird National Nature Reserve. Ecological Economics, 154, 71-87. SCI/SSCI (Impact Factor 3.895)

7. Yazhen Gong, Hao Li, Moon Parks, Jun Pang, Charlotte de Fraiture, 2018. The role of social capital for farmers' climate change adaptation in Lancang River basin in China. Climatic Change, 149, 75-89. SCI/SSCI /EI (Impact Factor 3.537). First and corresponding author

8. Wang, Zhengzao, Yazhen Gong and Xianqiang Mao, 2018. Exploring the Value of Overseas Biodiversity to Chinese Netizens based on Willingness to Pay for the African Elephants Protection. Science of The Total Environment, 637-638, 600-608. SCI ( Impact factor 10.753), corresponding author

9. Wu, Jian, Yazhen Gong and Junjie Wu, 2018. Spatial distribution of nature reserves in China: Driving forces in the past and conservation challenges in the future. Land Use Policy, 77, 31-42. SSCI (Impact Factor 3.089) , the corresponding author.

10. Fragility of the provision of local public goods to private and collective risks (with Juan Cardenas, Manita Ale, Ram Bastakoti, Adriana Bernal, Juthathip Chalermphol, Hoon Shin, Ganesh Shivakoti, Yibo Wang and John Anderies), 2017. PNAS, 114 (5) 921-925

11. Yazhen Gong, Kathy Baylis, Robert Kozak and Gary Bull. Farmers' risk preferences and pesticide use decisions: Evidence from field experiments in China. Agricultural Economics, 2016 47(4), 411-421. (SSCI, Impact Factor 1.732) . First and Corresponding Author

12. Maximilian Auffhammer and Yazhen Gong. China’s carbon emissions from fossil fuels and market based opportunities for control. Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2015 7(1), 11-34. (SSCI, Impact Factor 1.026).

Research subject

1. From 2021 to 2025, the comprehensive smelting strategy and control strategy of groundwater overexploitation, 4.25 million, the "14th Five-Year" national key research and development plan project, the project host.

2. In 2018, my country's water price formation mechanism research, 200,000, central public institution project, project host.

3. 2018-2021, Research on the Influencing Factors of Residents Taking Protective Measures against Haze: Empirical Analysis Based on Survey and Experimental Methods, 480,000, General Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project Principal

4. 2017-2020, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration carbon emission monitoring, sub-project leader of major science and technology projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology, 610,000

5. 2016-2018, Research on the collective decision-making behavior of farmers in efficient water saving. Renmin University of China "Mingde Brand Project" research project, 300,000, project moderator

6. 2013-2015, "Farmer household participation, cooperative behavior and irrigation water use: based on a set of survey and experimental data in rural China", National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Science Foundation Project, 190,000, project leader

The composition of the subject group

1 postdoctoral fellow, 2 doctoral students, 6 master students, 1 undergraduate student

Educational experience

2003-2009, University of British Columbia (UBC), majoring in Forest Resource Economics, Ph.D.

1999-2001, University of the Philippines, majoring in Forest Resource Economics, Master's Degree

1991-1995, Beijing Forestry University, majoring in planning statistics, bachelor's degree in economics