Chen Zhen

Director of Graduate Studies & GA Athletic Association Professor in Food Choice, Obesity & Health

Areas of expertise

Applied EconomicsEconometricsPublic Health and Health ServicesPhysical Geography and Environmental GeoscienceOther EconomicsBanking, Finance and Investment

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, General

North Carolina State University, NC, United States (2006)

Master of Science, Applied Economics

Montana State University – Bozeman, MT, United States (2001)

Bachelor of Arts, Economics, General

University of Colorado at Denver, CO, United States (1999)

Awards and Honors

Student Career Success Influencer Award 2023 (2024)
Student Career Success Influencer Award 2022 (2023)
Best Economics Paper in Food Safety and Nutrition (2023)

Courses

AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2025)
AAEC 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025)
AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Spring 2026)
AAEC 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Spring 2026)
AAEC 4610: Applied Econometrics (Spring 2026)
AAEC 4610L: Applied Econometrics (Spring 2026)
AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Summer 2026)
AAEC 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Summer 2026)
AAEC 7000: Master's Research (Fall 2026)
AAEC 9000: Doctoral Research (Fall 2026)
AAEC 9300: Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2026)
AAEC 7300: Master's Thesis (Fall 2026)

Scholarly Works

Instrumental variables estimation of large demand systems with an application to fruit and vegetable demand and price index, JOURNAL OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION, (2026).
Wang S, Zhen C, Ferrier P
Instrumental Variables Estimation of Large Demand Systems With an Application to Fruit and Vegetable Demand and Price Index, Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, (2025).
Wang S, Zhen C, Ferrier P
Introducing a public-use food price database: with an application to estimating the health care cost of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, (2025).
Zhen C
Structural Change in Demand for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: Evidence from 17 Years of Scanner Data, (2025).
Wang Y, Zhen C
Introducing a public-use food price database: with an application to estimating the health care cost of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, (2025).
Zhen C

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