Feng Qiu
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology
- fq@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0816
- Address
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509 General Services Building
9007 - 116 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H1
Overview
About
Feng Qiu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology at the University of Alberta. She received her Ph.D. in Economics (minor in Statistics) from North Carolina State University in 2012. Feng’s research interests focus on land use, bioenergy, price and market, and food environments. As an applied economist, most of Feng’s work uses statistical and econometric analysis to solve practical problems that have significant impacts on policy and business decisions. Feng has been leading a research team at the University of Alberta dedicated to economic and policy analysis of biofuels. Completed and ongoing projects include assessing biomass availability and accessibility in Canada, investigating market integration between agricultural, forest, traditional fuel and bioenergy markets, financial evaluations of sustainable aviation fuels, and many more.
Research
Research Interests
- Bio-energy
- Land use
- Local food and food access
- Price and market analysis
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=6HdoCygAAAAJ&hl=en
Teaching
AREC 513 Econometric Applications (graduate level)
AREC 460 / 560 /660 Land Use Economics (under and graduate levels)
AREC 433 / 633 Financial Management in Resource Industries (under and graduate levels)
Courses
AREC 433 - Financial Management in Resource Industries
Recent theoretical and empirical developments in finance are applied to natural resource industries including agribusiness, farming, forestry and food. Emphasis on capital budgeting, financial risk, and associated topics for long run investment planning in smaller business enterprises. Prerequisite: AREC 200, AREC 365, ECON 281, or FIN 301.
AREC 460 - Land Use Economics
This course introduces concepts and methods employed in the economics of land use and land use change. Topics include: theoretical and empirical analysis of determinants and drivers of land use and land use change; environmental and socioeconomic consequences of land use change; the role of governments in managing land use decisions; and spatial analysis in land use research. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and (AREC 313, ECON 399, or STAT 378).
AREC 513 - Econometric Applications
Econometric theory, multiple linear regression analysis and interpretation, simultaneous equation estimation, qualitative choice models, time series analysis, applications of econometric techniques to resource and agricultural economic problems. Prerequisite: Intermediate course in statistics or econometrics.
AREC 560 - Land Use Economics
This course introduces concepts and methods employed in the economics of land use and land use change. Topics include: theoretical and empirical analysis of determinants and drivers of land use and land use change; environmental and socioeconomic consequences of land use change; the role of governments in managing land use decisions; and spatial analysis in land use research. Not to be taken if credit received for AREC 460. Prerequisites: ECON 101 and (AREC 313, STAT 378, or ECON 399), or consent of instructor.
AREC 633 - Financial Management in Resource Industries
Recent theoretical and empirical developments in finance are applied to natural resource industries including agribusiness, farming, forestry and food. Emphasis on capital budgeting, financial risk, and associated topics for long run investment planning in smaller business enterprises. Not to be taken if credit received for AREC 433. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
AREC 660 - Land Use Economics
This course introduces concepts and methods employed in the economics of land use and land use change. Topics include: theoretical and empirical analysis of determinants and drivers of land use and land use change; environmental and socioeconomic consequences of land use change; the role of governments in managing land-use decisions; and spatial analysis in land-use research. Not to be taken if credit received for AREC 460. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.