Zhiren Hu 胡志韧

Welcome to my webpage! 

I'm Zhiren Hu, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Applied Economics at Cornell University, and I'm visiting Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability in 2026-2028 academic years. I'm affiliated to Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER), Stanford Economics for Sustainability and Energy Transition Lab (eSET), and Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions (SCCEI). 

My research agenda aims to identify political and behavioral frictions in environmental governance and design politically feasible environmental policies. My previous studies focus on three topics: (1) pollution regulation; (2) natural capital; and (3) energy transition.

Interest                   Energy and Environmental Econ (Primary); Urban Econ; Public Econ

Committee             Shanjun Li (Chair); Jinhua Zhao (Co-Chair); Ivan Rudik; Eric Zou

Email                       zh443@cornell.edu

Office                       Encina Hall 501 (Stanford SCCEI)

Social Media          LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Scholar

CV                            CV (October 2026)