C.-Y. Cynthia Lin's Papers
Working Papers
An empirical dynamic model of OPEC and
non-OPEC
The social rate of
return to R&D in energy (with David Corderi)
Using observed ozone-temperature relationships to project the
effect of future climate change on ozone exceedances in the
northeastern United States (with Loretta J. Mickley, Katharine M.
Hayhoe, Ed P. Maurer, Christian Hogrefe, Patrick L. Kinney, and Daniel
J. Jacob)
Property rights and
groundwater management in the High Plains Aquifer (with Lisa Pfeiffer)
Quantity and price
controls for the correction of externalities under uncertain damages:
Evidence from a laboratory experiment (with David R. Heres del Valle)
Does efficient
irrigation technology lead to reduced groundwater extraction?: Empirical
evidence (with Lisa Pfeiffer)
Investment in corn-ethanol plants
in the Midwestern United States: An analysis using reduced-form and
structural models (with Karen Thome)
Estimating the environmental
Kuznets curve for water pollutants at the global level: Semiparametric
and nonparametric approaches (with Krishna P. Paudel and Mahesh Pandit)
On the design of driving restrictions: Theory and empirical evidence
(with Wei Zhang and Victoria I. Umanskaya)
Market power and shadow prices for nonrenewable resources: An empirical dynamic model (with Wei Zhang)
What factors affect the
decision to invest in a fuel ethanol plant?: A structural model of the
investment timing game in Europe (with Fujin Yi)
Ethanol plant investment in Canada: A structural model (with Fujin Yi)
On the rate of return and risk factors to international oil companies in Iran's buy-back service contracts (with Abbas Ghandi)
Driving in force: Why the U.S. military commutes by automobile (with Geoffrey M. Morrison)
An analysis of ethanol investment decisions in Thailand (with Nisal Herath Mudiyanselage and Fujin Yi)
The effects of rapid employment growth
on travel time to work: An empirical analysis using military troop
movements (with Geoffrey M. Morrison)
The effects of energy policies in China on energy consumption and GDP (with Ming-Jie Lu and Song Chen)
Service contracts around the world: a review (with Abbas Ghandi)
The conditional relationship between risk and return in the Iranian stock market (with Mahdieh Rezagholizadeh and Kazem Yavari)
Estimating the macroeconomic rebound effect in China (with Jiangshan Zhang)
Selected Publications
Lin, C.-Y.C., & Zeng, J. (forthcoming). The elasticity of demand for gasoline in China. Energy Policy.
Lin, C.-Y.C., &
Prince, L. (forthcoming). Gasoline price volatility and the elasticity
of demand for gasoline. Energy Economics.
The publication is available online.
Lin, C.-Y.C.
(forthcoming). Strategic decision-making with information and
extraction externalities: A structural model of the multi-stage
investment timing game in offshore petroleum production. Review of
Economics and Statistics.
Online appendix:
Appendix
Lin, C.-Y.C., & Muehlegger,
E.J. (2013). On the use of heuristics to approximate competitors'
private information. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 86:
10-23.
The publication is available online.
Lin, C.-Y.C., & Liscow, Z.D.
(2013). Endogeneity in the environmental Kuznets curve: An instrumental
variables approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 95
(2): 268-274.
The publication is available online.
Online appendix A (tables):
Appendix A
Online appendix B (figures):
Appendix B
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2012).
On designing and analyzing policies for renewable fuels. California
State Controller John Chiang Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and
Disbursements, 6 (12), 4-5.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2012). Using
spatial econometrics to measure ozone pollution externalities. Journal
of Environmental Protection, 3 (9A), 1117-1123.
Pfeiffer, L., & Lin,
C.-Y.C. (2012). Groundwater pumping and spatial externalities in
agriculture. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 64 (1),
16-30. The publication is available online.
Ghandi, A., & Lin, C.-Y.C.
(2012). Do Iran’s buy-back service contracts lead to optimal
production?: The case of Soroosh and Nowrooz. Energy Policy, 42, 181-190.
The publication is available online.
Leighty, W., & Lin, C.-Y.C.
(2012). Tax policy can change the production path: A model of
optimal oil extraction in Alaska. Energy Policy, 41, 759-774.
The publication is available online.
Online appendix:
Annex
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2011). An
assessment of the effectiveness of California’s local air pollution
controls on agricultural sources. In M. Khallaf (Ed.), The Impact of
Air Pollution on Health, Economy, Environment and Agricultural Sources.
InTech – Open Access Publisher.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2011). Learning
an opponent’s strategy in Cournot competition. International Journal of
Strategic Management, 11 (1), 94-112.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2011). The effects
of an E10 ethanol-blend policy on California. California State
Controller John Chiang Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and
Disbursements, 5 (5), 6-7.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2011). Estimating supply and demand in the world oil market. Journal of Energy and Development, 34 (1), 1-32.
Corderi, D., & Lin, C.-Y.C.
(2011). Measuring the social rate of return to R&D in coal,
petroleum and nuclear manufacturing: A study of the OECD countries.
Energy Policy, 39 (5), 2780-2785.
The publication is available online.
Pfeiffer, L., & Lin, C.-Y.C. (2010). The effect of irrigation technology on groundwater use. Choices, 25 (3).
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2010).
Gasoline price volatility. California State Controller John Chiang
Statement of General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 4 (11), 6-8.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2010). A
spatial econometric approach to measuring pollution externalities: An
application to ozone smog. Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 40 (1), 1-19.
Online appendix:
Appendix A
Adjemian, M.K., Lin, C.-Y.C.,
& Williams, J. (2010). Estimating spatial interdependence
in automobile type choice with survey data. Transportation Research
Part A: Policy and Practice, 44, 661-675.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2010).
How should standards be set and met?: On the allocation of regulatory
power in a federal system. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and
Policy: Topics, 10 (1), Article 51.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2010).
Instability, investment, disasters, and demography: Natural disasters
and fertility in Italy (1820-1962) and Japan (1671-1965). Population
and Environment, 31 (4), 255-281.
Lin, C.-Y.C., Zhang, W., Rouhani,
O., & Prince, L. (2009). The implications of an E10 ethanol-blend
policy for California. Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 13
(2), 1-4.
Lin, C.-Y.C. & Prince, L.
(2009). The optimal gas tax for California. Energy Policy, 37 (12),
5173-5183.
The publication is available online.
Farinelli, B., Carter, C., Lin,
C.-Y.C., & Sumner, D. (2009). Import demand for Brazilian
ethanol: a cross-country analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production
(special issue on International Trade in Biofuels), 17, S9-S17.
The publication is available online.
Pfeiffer, L., & Lin,
C.-Y.C. (2009). Incentive-based groundwater conservation programs:
Perverse consequences? Agricultural and Resource Economics Update, 12
(6), 1-4.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2009).
Estimating strategic interactions in petroleum exploration. Energy
Economics, 31 (4), 586-594. The publication is available online.
Lin, C.-Y.C., Meng, H.,
Ngai, T.Y., Oscherov, V., & Zhu, Y.H. (2009). Hotelling revisited:
Oil prices and endogenous technological progress. Natural Resources
Research, 18 (1), 29-38. The original publication is available
at www.springerlink.com.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2009).
Insights from a simple Hotelling model. Natural Resources Research, 18
(1), 19-28. The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2008). An evaluation
of Keynes’ projected possibilities. The American Journal of Economics
and Sociology, 67 (2), 315-329.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2007). California’s
gasoline tax. California State Controller John Chiang Statement of
General Fund Cash Receipts and Disbursements, 1 (7), 5-8.
Lin, C.-Y.C. & Wagner, G.
(2007). Steady-state growth in a Hotelling model of resource
extraction. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 54 (1),
68-83.
Lin, C.-Y.C. (2001). The scholar as
activist: A colloquium explores these dual roles. Harvard Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences Bulletin, XXX (9), 1-3.
Lin, C.-Y.C., Jacob,
D.J., & Fiore, A.M. (2001). Trends in exceedances of the ozone air
quality standard in the continental United States, 1980-1998.
Atmospheric Environment, 35, 3217-3228.
Lin, C.-Y.C., Jacob, D.J., Munger,
J.W., & Fiore, A.M. (2000). Increasing background ozone in surface
air over the United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 27 (21),
3465-3468.