{"653590":{"#nid":"653590","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Liu Attends Berkeley\/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJancy Ling Liu, a third-year Ph.D. student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Economics\u003C\/a\u003E, attended the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.auffhammer.com\/summer-school\u0022\u003EBerkeley\/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics\u003C\/a\u003E this summer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELiu is a first-generation international student from China and arrived at the program on a somewhat\u0026nbsp;untraditional path, she said. Her undergraduate degree was in behavioral finance, and she worked in a fin-tech startup in China and completed a dual master\u0026rsquo;s in statistics and economics at Georgia Tech before finding\u0026nbsp;her calling to continue her\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/graduate\/ds-econ\u0022\u003EPh.D. in environmental economics.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, what made her stand out in her application to the competitive Berkeley\/Sloan Summer School? \u0026ldquo;I think they really saw my enthusiasm and potential,\u0026rdquo; said Liu, who wrote not only about her interest in the field\u0026nbsp;but also her concerns about diversity in economics and her activism in the \u0026ldquo;Stop AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) Hate\u0026rdquo; movement.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELiu was one of around 80 early-career Ph.D. students selected for the two-week online program. Throughout the course,\u0026nbsp;she got the opportunity to learn from and connect with some of the best economists in the country, such as Maximilian Auffhammer, Cathy Kling, and John List,\u0026nbsp;among others. Liu was also one of ten students awarded an extra diversity scholarship, which\u0026nbsp;earned her a $500 award and a one-on-one meeting with List for feedback on her\u0026nbsp;proposal \u0026ldquo;Social Norms on the Consumption of Eco-Labeled Products.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;I want to understand how we can use non-monetary incentives to help people purchase green consumptions,\u0026rdquo; Liu said about her project. When her friends told her they were buying products with eco-labels on them (for example, \u0026quot;fair trade\u0026quot; labels on coffee), Liu realized that influenced her behavior to purchase them as well.\u0026nbsp;She wondered if social norms (the perception of what is commonly done in a group) could\u0026nbsp;influence purchases and competition among eco-labels on a larger scale. She got some preliminary data to test the assumption now, and she plans to continue the project with an online survey next year. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the future, Liu hopes to pursue a position in academia and continue doing research. The professors in the Berkeley\/Sloan Summer School are role models, she said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Their generosity to students, their encouragement, and their beliefs about the field made me feel like, \u0026lsquo;Okay, I want to become a researcher like them.\u0026#39;\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;The program also helped broaden her ideas about what she can do in her research and how she can do it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVikrant Kamble, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the School of Economics, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/news\/item\/638533\/year-student-attends-berkeley-summer-program-energy-economics\u0022\u003Eattended the Berkeley\/Sloan Summer School in 2020\u003C\/a\u003E and told Liu about the program, and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/dylan-brewer\u0022\u003EDylan Brewer\u003C\/a\u003E and Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/econ.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/tibor-besedes\u0022\u003ETibor Besedes\u003C\/a\u003E, her advisors, helped her with her application materials and encouraged her to apply. As for those students who want to follow in her footsteps at the program next year? \u0026ldquo;Don\u0026rsquo;t be scared,\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;Liu said.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;If you don\u0026#39;t try, then you definitely don\u0026#39;t know what will happen.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELet\u0026rsquo;s connect! 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