Hongqiang Yan

Hongqiang Yan

Postdoctoral Scholar

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Hello, I’m Hongqiang Yan (严宏强), a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Morrison School of Agribusiness, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University. My research interests lie in production economics, technology adoption, and applied econometrics.

I completed my Ph.D. at NC State University and my M.S. at Texas A&M University.

To learn more about my current and past research projects, feel free to contact me at:
hongqiang dot yan [at] asu dot edu
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EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Economics, NC State University, 2018-2024

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Econometrics

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Chen, L., Rejesus, R. M., Yan, H., and Aglasan, S. (2026).
    Lost ground, lost value: Investigating the relationship between soil erosion and agricultural land value.
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/ajae.70057

  • Yan, H., Mishra, A. K., and Zhou, X. (2025).
    Do all food and beverage firms benefit from voluntary ESG reporting? Evidence from China’s listed companies.
    Agribusiness: An International Journal. Advance online publication.
    https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.70004

  • Khanal, A. R., Mishra, A. K., Hazrana, J., and Yan, H. (2025).
    Risk attitude, perception, management experience, and productivity: Evidence from a semiparametric approach and a less developed economy.
    European Review of Agricultural Economics, 52(5), 1442–1468.
    https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbaf043

Submitted Manuscripts

  • Hongqiang Yan, Mark Manfredo, Ashok K. Mishra. Forecasting Food Price Inflation Using Machine Learning: An Expansion Based on FRED-MD.
  • Hongqiang Yan, Serkan Aglasan, Le Chen, Roderick Rejesus. The Dual Damage from Soil Erosion: Lower Yields and Higher Risk in US Agriculture.
  • Jiatong Li, Hongqiang Yan. Uniform Inference in High-Dimensional Threshold Regression Models.
    Latest version
  • Mitchell Roznik, Ashok K. Mishra, Hongqiang Yan. Field Rotation Related Soil Productivity Changes, Yield Risk, and Efficiency in Crop Insurance Rating.

Working Papers

  • Hongqiang Yan, Barry Goodwin, Mehmet Caner. Global Maize Market Integration: A High-Dimensional Local Projection Approach with Mixed-Frequency Data and Regime Switching. (Available upon request)
  • Hongqiang Yan, Barry Goodwin, Ashok K. Mishra. Detecting Structural Change in the Demand for Multiple Peril Crop Insurance. (Available upon request)
  • Hongqiang Yan, Ashok K. Mishra, Jaweriah Hazrana. Spatial Analysis of Modern Rice Varieties Technology on Production: Evidence from Panel Data in Bangladesh. (Available upon request)
  • Mitchell Roznik, Ashok K. Mishra, Hongqiang Yan. Extreme Climate, Financial Health, and Credit Default Risk: An American Landscape. (Available upon request)

Work in Progress

  • Cost Functions Under Uncertainty: A Conditional Value-at-Risk Approach (with Ashok K. Mishra)

  • How Economic News Drives Volatility in Commodity Markets (with Ashok K. Mishra, Mark Manfredo)