Wang, Juliana 王琼

Contact Information
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies Program
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
Office: SOS B15
Phone: (213) 740-0375
E-mail: juliana.wang@usc.edu

Dr. Juliana Wang is currently an Assistant Professor at the Environmental Studies Program at USC.  She has taught classes in  environmental economics and environmental issues at USC.  Dr. Wang's research interests include energy economcs, water resource managemetn, urban economics, economics of climate climate, regulation and governance of natural monopolies, and sustainable development. 

Education:

Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and Department of Economics, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Ph.D., Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, 2010

M.Phil., Environmental Studies, 2007

M.A., Economics, 2004

Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China

B.A., Economics (Hon), International Business and Economics, 2003

Current Appointments:

Assistant Professor of the Practice, Environmental Studies Program, University of Southern California, 2011

Past Appointments:

Yale University, Yale Climate & Energy Institute (YCEI), Assistant Director, 2009–2011

World Bank, World Bank Institute, Washington DC, USA, 2006–2009—Consultant

Resources for the Future, Washington DC, USA, 2004—Spofford Intern

Publications:

Manuscript Published Online

“Costly Blackouts: Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages” (with Karen Fisher-Vanden and Erin Mansur). Published Online as National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Working Paper, 2012
(http://www.nber.org/papers/w17741) and as Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
Working Paper (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1978446)

Other Manuscripts

“Does Competition Reduce Cost? The Power Sector Restructuring in China,” University of Southern California, 2012 (in submission).
“Local Solutions to Local Problems: the Role of Motivating and Empowering Officials in
Promoting Piped Water Coverage in Urban China?” University of Southern California, 2012 (in submission).
“Efficiency and Equity: the Privatization and Restructuring of Water Sector in Urban China,” presented at Yale Environmental Economics Seminar, 2009; Camp Resources XVI, North Carolina, 2009; Occasional Workshop, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 2009.
“Climate Change Strategies for the Coal and Power Sectors in China,” Association of Chinese Economists Annual Conference, Shanghai, China, 2006.
“Evaluating the Option Values: Climate Change Strategies for the Power Sector in China,”
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Working Paper, Yale University, New
Haven, CT, 2005.

Other Published Work

“A Tale of Two Sectors: the Price Reforms and Climate Challenges in the Chinese Coal and Electric Markets,” book chapter (English) in Environmental Policy and Environmental
Economics, Chinese Environment and Science Press, Beijing, China (in press).
“Project Finance – Application to the Chinese Small and Medium Sized Companies,”
School of International Business, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing, China, 1999.

Invited Presentations and Conferences:

• USC Sustainability Network Colloquium on China, Nov 2012.
• USC Sustainability Network Colloquium, Oct 2012 (Posters).
• Powering California, Los Angeles, California, Nov 2011.
• Western Economics Society International 86th Annual Conference, San Diego, California, USA 2011
• Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 2010
• China Economics Summer Institute, Tsinghua, Beijing, China 2010
• Harvard China Project Seminar Series, Cambridge, MA, USA 2008
• Professional Association for China’s Environment Summer Institute, Qingdao, Shandong, 2006
• Chinese Economists Society Annual Conference, Shanghai, China 2006

Honors and Grants:

2012 C3 Grant, Center for Scholarly Technology, USC (PI, $5,000)
2012 Tsai Family Faculty Grant, USC (PI, $3,000)
2012 Fund for Innovative Undergraduate Teaching (co-PI), USC ($5,700)
2012 Incentive Grants for New Learning Environments, USC (PI)
2011–2012 Yale Climate & Energy Institute Interdisciplinary Research Grant ($100,000)
2008–2010 Harvey Fellowship ($16,000 per year)
2007–2008 McMillan Center Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University
2004–2008 Graduate Fellowship, Yale University
2006 YIBS Summer Graduate Scholarship
2005 Summer Scholarship, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (declined)
2004 Spofford Intern Scholarship, Resources for the Future
2003 Outstanding College Graduate of Beijing Municipality, Government of Beijing5/7
2002 University Student Leadership Award, Beijing Foreign Studies University
2000, 2002 Sumitomo Bank Global Foundation Student Fellowship, Japan
2001 Huawei Technologies National Fellowship, China

Conferences and Workshops Organized:

University of Southern California Sustainability Network, Colloquium on China and Sustainability, Nov 1, 2012, Los Angeles, CA.
Yale Climate & Energy Institute Climate Policy Workshop, May 5–6, 2011, New Haven, CT.
Second Annual Conference of the Yale Climate & Energy Institute: Technological Innovation For a Secure Energy Future, April 8–9, 2011, New Haven, CT.   
http://www.yale.edu/ycei/annualconference2011/
First Annual Conference of the Yale Climate & Energy Institute: Clean Energy Innovation: Overcoming Barriers to a New Energy System, April 23–24, 2010, New Haven, CT.
http://www.yale.edu/ycei/annualconference2010/
Yale Climate & Energy Institute Black Carbon Workshop, March 2010, New Haven, CT.
West Campus Energy Symposium, Feb 27, 2010, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.
Professional Association for China’s Environment: Environmental Economics Summer Institute, Qingdao, Shandong, China, 2006
Resources for the Future (USA)—Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning Conference: Urban Air Pollution, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2004.

Professional Affiliations:

American Economics Association (AEA); Association of Environmental and Resource
Economists (AERE); International Association of Energy Economists (IAEE); Chinese
Economists Society (CES); Professional Association for China’s Environment (PACE);
Western Economic Association International
Referee service: Agricultural Economics