Fields of Interests

  • Environmental Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Industrial Organization
  • Statistical Analysis (categorical data, multivariate, and lifetime data)

Publications

  • Evans, Mary F., Scott M. Gilpatric, and Lirong Liu, Regulation with Direct Benefits of Information Disclosure and Imperfect Monitoring, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, forthcoming.

Research in Progess

  • "Causes and Consequences of Environmental Auditing: Evidence from Regulated Facilities in Michigan," 2008, under review (with Mary Evans and Sarah Stafford).
  • "Controlling Pollution with Fixed Inspection Capacity," 2008 

  • "Spillover effects across environmental programs," 2008.

  • "Environment and Economic Growth: Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve in China," 2006

 

Contact Information

    Department of Economics and Business Analysis

    College of Business Administration

    Sam Houston State University

    Huntsville, TX 77341

    Email: lxl004@shsu.edu

    Phone: 936-294-4231