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Research

My primary research interests include Behavioral, Environmental, Experimental, Health, Urban Economics, Political Economy, and Life Cycle Assessment. Read below for a list of my research projects. 

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Economics

Environment

Nathaniel Hendren, Siyuan HuRobert D. MetcalfeFanyu WangLead Water Service Lines and the Erosion of U.S. Human Capital. (In Progress)

 

Siyuan Hu, Fanyu Wang. Gaming the Tap: Strategic Monitoring in the U.S. Drinking-Water System. (In Progress)​​​

Experiments

Fanyu Wang, Siyuan Hu. Know Thy Pipes: How Public Disclosure of Proxy Information Shapes Household Demand for Waterborne Lead Mitigation and Exposure Assessments. (In Progress)

  • Funding: ​AAE Department Research Awards, 2024 & 2025 (UW-Madison), CEEP Student Research Grants, 2024 & 2025 (Columbia University), CELSS Graduate Student Experimental Project Grant, 2025 (Columbia University), Graduate School Student Research Grants Competition, 2026 (UW-Madison)

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Siyuan Hu, Robert D. Metcalfe, Fanyu Wang. Racial Equity and Community Health through Lead Water Service Line Replacement: Evidence from a Community-Led Randomized Trial in NYC. (In Progress)

Political Economy​​​​

Siyuan Hu, Yifei LiuFanyu WangParti(san) in the USA: Value of Political Homophily in U.S. Housing Markets. (In Progress)

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Siyuan Hu, Yifei Liu. Partisan Segregation and Natural Disaster Risk. (In Progress)

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Siyuan Hu. I Did That: The Political Economy of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanups. (In Progress)​

Urban

Mingxuan Fan, Corbett A. Grainger, Siyuan Hu. Zoning and Neighborhood Air Quality: Evidence from HOLC Boundaries. Submitted.

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Liu Ee ChiaMingxuan Fan, Siyuan HuQiang WangThe Spatial Incidence of Hyperscale Data Centers. Submitted.

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Douglas AlmondSiyuan Hu, Steven L. Puller, Fanyu Wang. Tail Risk in Electricity Supply and Housing Prices: Evidence from ERCOT. (In Progress)​​​

Life Cycle Assessment

Land-use Requirements of Energy Systems

Siyuan Hu, Rebecca R. Hernandez, Jeya Maria Jose, Vishal Patel, Yinong Sun, Sarah M. Jordaan. Quantifying land use requirements and efficiency of solar photovoltaic farms in the Western United States. Nature Communications Earth & Environment 6, 1006 (2025).

  • Award: Best Poster Award (The American Center for Life Cycle Assessment 2021 Conference)

  • Funding: Sloan Foundation Grant, 2019 (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)

Other Publications

Juncheng Cai, Siyuan Hu, Qiuyan Lin, Tao Ren, Libin Chen. China's ‘dynamic zero COVID-19 strategy’ will face greater challenges in the future. Journal of Infection 85, E13-E14 (2022).

Contact

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Taylor Hall Room 520,

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI

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