Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Yao-Yu Chih

  • Associate Professor at Finance & Economics, McCoy College of Business

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Associate Editor, The Annals of Regional Science. September 1, 2024 - Present.
  • Graduate Advisor, Master of Science in Quantitative Finance and Economics. June 1, 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Council. June 1, 2024 - Present.
  • Member, MSQFE Admission Committee. January 6, 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Review of Regional Studies. May 19, 2025 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Annals of Regional Science. September 15, 2024 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Annals of Regional Science. March 12, 2024 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, The Annals of Regional Science. January 30, 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Department of Finance and Economics Personnel Committee. September 1, 2020 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Governance Committee. September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2025.
  • Member, McCoy College AI Task Force Work Group. May 29, 2024 - June 4, 2025.
  • Member, Graduate Programs Recruiter Search Committee. July 30, 2025 - September 1, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Information Economics and Policy. November 11, 2024 - July 28, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Annals of Regional Science. April 14, 2024 - May 27, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Reports. March 17, 2025 - May 8, 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Empirica. March 24, 2025 - May 6, 2025.

2024

  • Member, MBA Assurance of Learning Committee. August 27, 2018 - May 31, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, World Development Sustainability. December 4, 2024 - December 18, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Energy Strategy Reviews. October 21, 2024 - November 24, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Economics and Economic Policy. July 3, 2024 - October 1, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Economic Analysis and Policy. May 17, 2024 - August 20, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Annals of Regional Science. June 3, 2024 - July 24, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Political Economy. January 7, 2024 - July 7, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Transport Policy. April 1, 2024 - May 9, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Review of Development Economics. January 16, 2024 - February 15, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Annals of Regional Science. January 15, 2024 - February 3, 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. August 29, 2023 - January 22, 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, European Journal of Political Economy. October 6, 2023 - November 24, 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. January 21, 2023 - June 20, 2023.

2022

  • Member, Merit Review Committee. March 21, 2022 - August 8, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Economic Analysis and Policy. July 20, 2022 - October 20, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Cultural Heritage. February 28, 2022 - September 7, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Energy Economics. September 6, 2021 - March 30, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Resources Policy. November 2, 2021 - March 16, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Economic Modelling. December 27, 2021 - February 20, 2022.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Economic Modelling. May 14, 2021 - January 23, 2022.

2021

  • Member, Professorship Evaluation Committee. September 10, 2021 - November 29, 2021.
  • Member, Research Committee. September 20, 2019 - August 20, 2021.
  • Member, Fields Chair in Ethics and Corporate Responsibility Search Committee. June 1, 2021 - November 23, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Regional Science. August 4, 2021 - September 18, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Spatial Econometrics. May 5, 2021 - July 5, 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Empirical Economics. November 10, 2020 - July 5, 2021.
  • Member, Economics Curriculum Committee. October 6, 2020 - May 1, 2021.

2020

  • Member, Barshop Professorship Evaluation Committee. November 4, 2020 - November 20, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Economic Modelling. August 6, 2019 - November 15, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Economic Modelling. August 15, 2020 - September 18, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Public Economic Theory. December 28, 2018 - March 4, 2020.
  • Member, Economics Faculty Search Committee. September 3, 2019 - March 3, 2020.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Economic Modelling. October 15, 2019 - January 5, 2020.

2019

  • Organizer, Department of Finance & Economics Seminar Series. January 17, 2017 - October 11, 2019.
  • Member, Faculty Workload Work Group. September 19, 2018 - August 15, 2019.
  • Member, MBA Task Force Work Group. September 21, 2018 - May 17, 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. February 1, 2019 - March 20, 2019.
  • Member, Master's Program Proposal Committee. December 8, 2017 - March 8, 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, Regional Science and Urban Economics. November 17, 2017 - July 22, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Regional Science and Urban Economics. April 4, 2018 - April 13, 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Spatial Economic Analysis. September 22, 2017 - March 16, 2018.
  • Member, Economics Faculty Search Committee. July 25, 2017 - March 5, 2018.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Public Economics. October 27, 2016 - July 31, 2017.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Regional Science and Urban Economics. July 18, 2016 - January 3, 2017.