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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

Behavioral Economics of Pollution

Fanyu Wang, Siyuan Hu. Know Thy Pipes: How Public Information Disclosure Shapes Household Demand for Lead Mitigation. (Draft available soon)​

  • 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)​​​

Human Capital Effects of Pollution​​​​

Nathaniel Hendren, Siyuan HuRobert D. MetcalfeFanyu WangLead Exposure and the Erosion of U.S. Human Capital. (In progress)​

Political Economy of Pollution

Siyuan Hu. I Did That: The Political Economy of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanups. (Draft available upon request)

Public Economics of Pollution

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

  • Funding: ISERP Seed Grant, 2025 (Columbia University), U.S. State and Local Innovation Initiative Pilot Grant, 2025 (J-PAL)​

Urban Economics of Pollution​​

Mingxuan Fan, Corbett A. Grainger, Siyuan Hu. Behind the Concrete Curtain: Restrictive Zoning and Neighborhood Air Quality. (Draft available soon)

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Daryl Fairweather, Siyuan Hu, Robert D. Metcalfe, and Fanyu Wang. Information on Lead Pipes and Housing Market Equilibrium. (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. (Accepted at Communications Earth & Environment)

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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