Jing Cao
Associate Professor, the Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. She received her B.S. in Geology and B.A. in Economics from Peking University in 1998, M.S. in Environmental Sciences from Peking University in 2001, Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University in 2007. Courses Taught: Environmental and Resource Economics (Undergraduate), Environmental and Energy Economics (Graduate), Freshman Seminar on Climate Change and Carbon Finance, Managerial Economics (IMBA), and Seminar Course on Chinese Economy (with Bai Chong-En).
Her research interests include Environmental and Energy Economics, such as China’s environmental tax reform, economic instrument for mitigating climate change, computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling, and green productivity. Her research projects include Chinese National Science Function Project, Social Science Funding from Department of Education, IDRC-EEPSEA project, Environmental for Development (EFD) project, Tsinghua Self-Research Project, Tsinghua-K.U. Leuven research collaboration project, and also involved in the 973 climate change project led by NDRC and Tsinghua Low-carbon economic institute project. Her papers were published on Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Review of Income and Wealth, Asian Economic Policy Review, Asian Economic Journal, and Chinese journals such as Economic Research, Financial Research and etc. She receives McKinsey China Economics Award in 2011, Gregory Chow Best Paper Award in 2005 and East Asian Economic Association Best Paper Award in 2004.
She is affiliated research fellow with Center of China and the World Economy, Tsinghua National Institute of Fiscal Studies. She is member of American Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE), European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE), Member of Environmental Economics Branch under Chinese Environmental Science Association, Editor Board Member of Environmental Economics and Policy, and serves as consultant for the World Bank and UNECAP.
