Yuxiao Hu

Yuxiao Hu

LSE

​I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE). I hold a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.

My passion lies in studying the impacts of ​ environmental policies in the context of climate change and natural disasters. By leveraging empirical strategies, structural models, and engineering models, I hope my research helps to design the optimal environmental policy solutions for those challenges.

My research covers China, sub-Saharan African countries, and the United States.

​​In my job market paper, I study the benefits and costs of a flood risk redistribution policy that protects urban areas at the cost of harming rural counties. Specifically, I integrate hydrological models into economic analysis.