Yifei Quan

PhD Student

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

National University of Singapore

yifei.quan@u.nus.edu

Research Interests

Environmental Economics, Climate Policy

Education

Ph.D. in Public Policy, National University of Singapore, 2024–Present
M.S. in Management, Tsinghua University, 2021–2024
B.A. in Economics, Renmin University of China, 2017–2021

Publications (* denotes corresponding author)

Quan, Y.F. & Tan-Soo, J.S. (2025). “Deforestation-induced emissions from mining energy transition minerals.” Nature Climate Change, forthcoming.
Wang, B.X., Quan, Y.F. & Duan, M.S. (2025). “Enterprise responses to China’s national emissions trading system: Evidence from a nationwide survey.” Climate Policy, forthcoming.
Quan, Y.F.* (2026). “The effectiveness of unilateral fishing ban in contested waters: Evidence from the South China Sea.” Ecological Economics, 240: 108812.
Quan, Y.F., Duan, M.S. & Luo, C.J. (2025). “Measuring implicit carbon prices of renewable energy incentives: Insights from China.” Energy for Sustainable Development, 85: 101656.
Tan-Soo, J.S., Qin, P., Quan, Y.F.* & Li, J. (2025). “Reply to: Individualized cost-benefit analysis inaccurately assesses the well-being implications of demand-side mitigation.” Nature Climate Change, 15: 612–613.
Tan-Soo, J.S., Qin, P., Quan, Y.F.*, Li, J. & Wang, X.X. (2024). “Using cost-benefit analyses to identify key opportunities in demand-side mitigation.” Nature Climate Change, 14: 1158–1164.
Quan, Y.F. & Duan, M.S. (2023). “Emission reductions, industrial competitiveness, and spillover effects under China’s regional emission trading systems: Evidence from the iron and steel sector.” Journal of Environmental Management, 344: 118481.
Li, J., Qin, P., Quan, Y.F. & Tan-Soo, J.S. (2023). “Using Protection Motivation Theory to examine information-seeking behaviors on climate change.” Global Environmental Change, 81: 102698.
Qin, P., Quan, Y.F., Liu, A.A., Linn, J. & Yang, J. (2023). “The welfare cost of Beijing’s lottery policy: Evidence from a contingent valuation survey.” Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 14(2): 251–274.
Quan, Y.F. & Xie, L.Y. (2022). “Serendipity of vehicle ownership restrictions: Beijing’s license plate lottery cultivates non-driving behavior.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 113: 103532.

Working Papers

Is new always better than old? A comparison of traditional vs. novel plant-based proteins (with Tan-Soo, J.S., Qin, P. & Li, J.)
Emissions abatement under a rate-based emissions trading system: Facility-level evidence from China (with Tan-Soo, J.S. & Duan, M.S.)