Xinming Du
@xinmingd
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environmental economics, applied micro, digital economy. @Columbia @SipaSusdev, @Tsinghua_Uni alum.
New York, NY
Joined May 2018
Forthcoming in AER: Insights: "Quantifying Threshold Manipulation in the Presence of Rounding: The Case of Lead Monitoring in U.S. Drinking Water" by Tihitina Andarge, Dalia Ghanem, David A. Keiser, and Gabriel E. Lade.
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(September 2025) - Many laws and economic actions depend on thresholds. As a consequence, threshold manipulation is a common concern in a variety of settings. Existing methods for detecting and...
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AERE@OSWEET returns *this Friday* March 14th at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific) with 3 terrific talks on natural resources: Presenters: ✨Ken Jung (Yale) ✨Prachi Jhamb (Georgia, @JhambPrachi) ✨Lucas Corrêa-Dias (EESP-FGB, @LucasccDias0) Register: https://t.co/NZpnv0rEbY
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🆕 Exposure to microplastics lowers birthweights & damages infant health Today on VoxDev, @xinmingd @NUSingapore, Shan Zhang @ODU & Eric Zou @MichiganRoss find a causal link between in-utero exposure to microplastics & low birthweights:
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A large-scale study establishes what is believed to be the first causal link between in-utero exposure to microplastics and low birthweights.
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Just a reminder that abstracts are due tomorrow to @ashecon ! Submit your abstracts on environment, climate change and disasters and health - I am the program chair in that area.
One week left to submit your abstracts for the 14th ASHEcon Conference! ⏰ Deadline: Dec. 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST Submit here 👉 https://t.co/Wyt6SnT6WE The conference will be held June 22-25, 2025 at the Grand Hyatt Nashville in Nashville, TN. We hope to see you there!
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Microplastics are everywhere—including in our own bodies. But did you know we can measure microplastics from space? Here's the breakdown:
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Are you interested in the health and economic impacts of climate change? I've spent my PhD researching this. Now I'm on the job market! 🧵highlighting my published/working papers from my first publication to my #JMP I'll start with my first (and most cited) publication👇
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I’m on the #EconJobMarket! I study labor, climate, entrepreneurship & innovation My JMP addresses a long-standing question in climate economics about the impact of climate change on physical capital (e.g., machinery, buildings). I examine the impact of flooding on manufacturing
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Did you miss last week’s SustDev Virtual Info Session for the @ColumbiaSIPA PhD program in Sustainable Development? No worries. Check out the slide deck in the thread below.
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I'm looking to organize one or more sessions on health and the environment for ASHEcon 2025 in Nashville, TN (June 22-25). If you are interested in presenting or discussing, please comment below or email me!
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Marguerite Obolensky JMP: "Protect or Prepare? Crop Insurance and Adaptation in a Changing Climate" Website: https://t.co/P7t9UWaY2L
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What are the health impacts of microplastic in waterways and oceans? Research by @ColumbiaSIPA PhD alum @xinmingd , et al. "Marine Microplastics & Infant Health." https://t.co/TUf4OrqlRz
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Data update: Oil and gas infrastructure data is now available on our methane map on @googleearth engine🗺️ You can filter the O&G facilities by category and status, while overlaying it with emissions data from our MethaneAIR campaign 🔎 Check it out here: https://t.co/ertJHJofAq
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📝Submit papers to new research project on Energy Markets, Decarbonization, and Trade! Submission deadline 10/16. 🔗 https://t.co/dRrYVR0wfn Excited to organize w Natalia Ramondo. @SloanFoundation, @nberpubs generously supporting. Final conference Mar 20-21, 2025. Pls r/t.
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Very excited to be taking part in this Future Environmental Markets conference on Friday hosted by @NewYorkFed and @ColumbiaSIPA. An amazing line up of exciting presentations, including @Key_Z_E, @CharlieSidoti, @andysalkin, @AdrienBilal, @xinmingd, @MargueriteObo,
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📣 AERE@OSWEET returns *this Friday* September 13th at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific) with 3 terrific talks health and the environment! Presenters: ⚡️ Xinming Du @xinmingd (NUS) ⚡️ Kaiyi Wen (Binghamton) ⚡️ Ammazia Hanif (Tsukuba) Register: https://t.co/36Gj4qxhPb
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Excited to present our joint work on airline route and pollution today at the @nberpubs SI Environmental & Energy Economics. Our paper could be found here: https://t.co/4cTLZKNYiD We look forward to your comments!
tomorrow @xinmingd is presenting our new paper on air pollution and aviation, using overhead aircraft routes as a source of exogenous variation to investigate pollution impacts globally https://t.co/WfumyraVM5
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Please RT: I'm super excited that the BREAD Conference on Development Economics is coming to Asia for the first time! Hosted in December by @NUSingapore in collaboration with partner organizations. More info at https://t.co/CAMSsLvCbz. Deadline August 16. Welcome to Singapore!
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NUS, together with a consortium of Asian institutions, is proud to host the first BREAD conference on development economics in Asia. Please submit your paper and find more information here: https://t.co/of5vRAMAQy
@breadasia2024 Please spread the word! @jhaushofer
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LAUNCH CONFIRMED: @MethaneSAT is launching TODAY aboard a @SpaceX Falcon 9! 🚀 🔴 Follow real-time updates and join us at @SLDelta30 via live stream: https://t.co/082afTn7zl
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The first AERE@OSWEET of 2024 is *this Friday*, 2/2, at 2pm Eastern (11am Pacific) with 3 terrific talks on forests & air! 🌲🍃 Presenters: ✨ Veronica Salazar Restrepo (LSE) ✨ Xinming Du (NUS, @xinmingd) ✨ Maurizio Malpede (Verona) Register: https://t.co/5ePM4rRO50
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