Dr. Lu Liu earns his PhD at Utah State University (USA) in 2010. He is interested in general environmental and resource issues, especially in the application to land and housing markets, as well as other regional economic issues.
His research has used discrete choice modeling, spatial, and time series econometrics.
In addition, he is interested in the use of general equilibrium approaches to the study of Environmental and Resource Economics & Regional Economics under both autarky and open economy settings.

"I love the moment when I am devoting myself in economic/econometric modeling."

            ---- Lu Liu

Teaching

Intermediate Microeconomics (English, Undergraduate)

Empirical Research Methods in Economics (Undergraduate)

Intermediate Macroeconomics (Master)

Environmental Economics (Master, Ph.D.)

Publication

• Paul M. Jakus, John E. Keith, Lu Liu, and Dale Blahna. 2010. “The Welfare Effects of Restricting Off-Highway Vehicle Access to Public Lands." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 39/1 (February 2010) 89–100.
• Hamid Beladi, Lu Liu, Reza Oladi. 2013. “On pollution permits and abatement.” Economics Letters119/3 (June 2013) 302–305.
• Lu Liu. 2013. “The Impact of Credit Rationing and Quantity Limit on the Housing Price in the General Equilibrium.” Journal of Management Science in China (in Chinese) (September 2013).
• Lu Liu. 2013. “The Spring Transportation in China: The Peak-load Problem with Psychological Factors.” Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. Forthcoming.
  

Paper in review

• A Spatial Hedonic Study for Monopoly Supplied Urban Land via English Auction
• A Hedonic Valuation for Urban Housing with Spatial and Project Heterogeneity
• A Spatial Hedonic Price Model Linking Land and Housing Markets
• Can the Construction of Affordable Housing Decrease the Housing Price? A General Equilibrium Analysis (in Chinese)
  

Working papers

• How Does A Mortgage Affect the Housing Markets? A Multi-stage Life-cycle Analysis
• Urban Land Conveyance and Public Spending in China
• Study on the Fluctuation of the Coal Price in China (in Chinese)
• The Impact of Capital and Its Usage Intensity on Housing Price: A General Equilibrium Analysis (in Chinese)
• A New Method to Evaluate the Economic Impact of the Natural Disaster: the Case of the Wenchuan and Yaan Earthquake (in Chinese)
  

璐哥好，关于经济学家如何兼顾学术成就和社会贡献这一问题，是怎么看的呢？有的学术立足于热点，所以能够立竿见影，但是基本上不能流传下去，所以对于学术本身理论的发展并没有多大的帮，而一些学术理论本身的研究，当然非常的难，也并没有多大的社会应用价值（当然这个问题应该处理的是理论研究本身及其应用的问题）。其次，人毕竟是要生存的，纯理论研究应该收不到多大的物质回报吧？学生立志于学术，自然也是冲着纯理论研究去的，但是也会受到各方面的压力，学生对于学术界不是很了解，所谓人在江湖，身不由己，学生也有很多无奈和迷茫的时候，就在这一问题上，璐哥何解？

刘博士您好！各地大搞新农村建设或城镇化建设时，强拆农民的生活根基，如土地、家园，是为了提高农民的生活水平还是通过剥夺别人的资源肥私？
如果是为了提高农民的生活水平，是否应该先从偏远贫困地区开始？
城镇居民交完养老金后却发现，靠养老金养老已是过去的神话，只好延迟退休继续缴纳养老金，变相为自己养老。农民失去土地后，一没技术二没生活资料，靠谁养老？

刘老师您好，有几个问题想听一下您的观点：
1.您对中国楼市泡沫的问题怎么看？？目前网络流传着各种楼市泡沫的信息，一二线城市的房价地价高得已经不是离谱二字能描述的了，北京房子一户1000万元，不是一栋。都说房价调控，降价，但是完全没看出来，还是在涨价，除了影子银行的问题，到底是什么在支撑房价地价，到底是ZF意图？还是百姓的需求？这种支撑能长期的持续下去吗？？这样的泡沫和美国的有什么区别，中国的泡沫会破裂吗？还是更本不会破裂？破裂的话谁会是受害者：ZF、地产商、金融机构、百姓。。。。。最后谁来买单？有没有办法来吸收这个泡沫呢？？
2.低碳发展的主题是否具有长效性？加入WTO是为了互利，区域一体化也能够互利，全球节能减排承诺的互利性体现在哪里？？《公约》《议定书》的约束力是否足够强？如果能够形成节能减排长效机制，前提是什么？可能的机制设计又是什么？
谢谢！

璐哥好，可以问一个务虚的问题么？现在的资源与环境经济学与空间经济学是不是有种相互渗透的趋势？现在的资源与与环境经济学的理论前沿与研究重镇在哪里呢？大牛人物有哪些