Yong Chen

Associate Professor
yong.chen [at] oregonstate.edu

Office: 541-737-3176

Ballard Extension Hall

Ballard Extension Hall 219B

2591 SW Campus Way

2591 SW Campus Way
Corvallis, OR 97331

Fields: Regional Development, Resource and Environmental Economics, Land Use

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Dr. Chen’s area of expertise is spatial/rural economics with a focus on the sustainability of rural economic development from the perspective of coupled human-natural system interactions. His current research projects focus on how rural economic development is affected by environmental policies and the exposure to natural hazards.  His research area also includes dynamic and spatial simulation of land use change.

Curriculum Vitae: 
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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Applied Economics
Career Links: 
Applied Economics
Courses Taught: 

AREC 313 Welfare Economics and Resource Policy (undergraduate)

AREC454/554 Rural Development and Policy (undergraduate)

AEC612 Advanced Microeconomics Theory (graduate)

AEC 615 Advanced Macroeconomic Theory (graduate)

AEC 627 Applications of Computational Economics (graduate)

Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
My Publications

2015

Journal Article

J. J. Wu and Chen, Y., “The Evolution of Municipal Structure”, Journal of Economic Geography, p. lbv022, 2015.

2013

Journal Article

Y. Chen, Etuk, L., and Weber, B., “Are small communities at risk of population loss?”, The Annals of Regional Science, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 343 - 353, 2013.
Y. Chen, Irwin, E. G., and Jayaprakash, C., “POPULATION DISPERSION VS. CONCENTRATION IN A TWO-REGION MIGRATION MODEL WITH ENDOGENOUS NATURAL AMENITIES*”, Journal of Regional Science, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 256 - 273, 2013.

Report

Y. Chen and B., W., “Federal Forest Policy and Community Vitality in the Pacific Northwest: How Did the Northwest Forest Plan Affect Population, Wealth and Income in Rural Communities?”, Rural Studies Program Working Paper Series, 2013.

2012

Journal Article

Y. Chen, Jayaprakash, C., and Irwin, E., “Threshold management in a coupled economic–ecological system”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 442 - 455, 2012.
Y. Chen and Weber, B., “Federal Policy, Rural Community Growth, and Wealth Creation: The Impact of the Federal Forest Policy and Rural Development Spending in the Pacific Northwest”, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 94, no. 2, pp. 542 - 548, 2012.

2011

Journal Article

Y. Chen, Irwin, E. G., and Jayaprakash, C., “Incorporating Spatial Complexity into Economic Models of Land Markets and Land Use Change”, vol. 40, no. 3, 2011.

2009

Journal Article

Y. Chen, Irwin, E. G., and Jayaprakash, C., “Dynamic modeling of environmental amenity-driven migration with ecological feedbacks”, Ecological Economics, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 2498 - 2510, 2009.

2008

Book Chapter

Y. Chen, “Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics: "Human-Nature, Rural-Urban Interdependencies" (Rff Press): Wu JunJie, Paul W Barkley, Bruce A Weber: 9781933115658: Amazon.com: Books”, in Frontiers in Resource and Rural Economics, 2008.

2007

Report

E. G. Irwin, Jayaprakash, C., and Chen, Y., “A Dynamic Model of Household Location, Regional Growth and Endogenous Natural Amenities with Cross-Scale Interactions”, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association), 2007.