STEVEN T. YEN
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EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, 1987.
- B.S., Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1977.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Food Safety and Nutrition
- Consumer Economics
- Health Economics
- Applied Microeconometrics
PUBLICATIONS
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- 67. Kasteridis, P.P., M.K. Munkin, and S.T. Yen. 2008. "A Binary-Ordered Probit Model of Cigarette Demand." Applied Economics, in press. DOI: 10.1080/00036840701704402.
- 66. Cho, S., Z. Chen, and S.T. Yen. 2008. "Urban Growth Boundary and Housing Prices: The Case of Knox County, Tennessee." Review of Regional Studies 38(1), forthcoming.
- 65. Yen, S.T., B. Lin, and C. Davis. 2008. "Consumer Knowledge and Meat Consumption at Home and Away From Home." Food Policy 33, in press.
- 64. Yen, S.T., and B. Lin. 2008. "Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation of a Censored Equation System with a Copula Approach: Meat Consumption by US Individuals." Agricultural Economics 39(2):207–217.
- 63. Yen, S.T., and J. Rosinski. 2008. "On the Marginal Effects of Variables in the Log-transformed Sample Selection Models." Economics Letters 100 (1):4-8.
- 62. Cho, S., S.T. Yen, J.M. Bowker, and D.H. Newman. 2008. "Modeling Willingness to Pay for Land Conservation Easements: Treatment of Zero and Protest Bids with Application and Policy Implications." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40(1):267–285.
- 61. Yen, S.T., M. Andrews, Z. Chen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2008. "Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Insecurity: An Instrumental Variables Approach." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 90(1):117-132.
- 60. Lin, B., and S.T. Yen. 2008. "Consumer Knowledge, Food Label Use, and Grain Consumption in the US." Applied Economics 40(4):437-448.
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- 59. Chen, Z., D.B. Eastwood, and S.T. Yen. 2007. "A Decade's Story of Childhood Malnutrition Inequality in China: Where You Live Does Matter." China Economic Review 18(2):139-154.
- 58. Cho, S., Z. Chen, S.T. Yen, and B. English. 2007. "Spatial Variation of Out-input Elasticities: Evidence from Chinese County-level Agricultural Production Data." Papers in Regional Science 86(1):139-157.
- 57. Chen, Z., S.T. Yen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2007. "Does Cigarette Smoking Have a Casual Effect on Weight Reduction?" Journal of Family and Economic Issues 28:49–67
- 56. Cho, S., Z. Chen, S.T. Yen and D.B. Eastwood. 2006. "Estimating Effects of an Urban Growth Boundary on Land Development." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 38(2):287–298. (Proceedings of the 2006 SAEA Invited Paper Sessions)
- 55. Cho, S., Z. Chen, D.B. Eastwood, and S. T. Yen. 2006. "The Effects of Urban Sprawl on Body Mass Index: Where People Live Does Matter?" Consumer Interests Annual 52:159-169.
- 54. Yen, S.T., K.L. Jensen, and C-T J. Lin. 2006. "Awareness and Perceived Risk of Pesticide and Antibiotic Residues in Food: Socioeconomic Variations among U.S. Consumers." Food Protection Trends 26(9):654-661.
- 53. Chen, Z., and S.T. Yen. 2006. "Better Technology, Better Plots, or Better Farmers? Identifying Changes in Productivity and Risk among Malagasy Rice Farms: A Comment."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(3):763-766.
- 52. Yen, S.T., and B. Lin. 2006. "A Sample Selection Approach to Censored Demand Systems."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 88(3):742-749.
- 51. Chen, Z., and S.T. Yen. 2005. "On Bias Correction in the Multivariate Sample-Selection Model."
Applied Economics 37(21):2459-2468.
- 50. Chen, Z., S.T. Yen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2005. "Effects of Food Stamp Participation on Body Weight and Obesity."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87:1167-1173.
- 49. Yen, S.T. 2005. "Zero Observations and Gender Differences in Cigarette Consumption."
Applied Economics 37(16):1839-1849.
- 48. Eiswerth, M.E., W.D. Shaw, and S.T. Yen. 2005. "Impacts of Ozone on the Activities of Asthmatics: Revisiting the Data."
Journal of Environmental Management 77(1):56-63.
- 47. Lin, J. C-T., S.T. Yen, and K.L. Jensen. 2005. "Awareness of Foodborne Pathogens Among US Adults."
Food Quality and Preference 16(5):401-412.
- 46. Yen, S.T. 2005. "A Multivariate Sample-Selection Model: Estimating Cigarette and Alcohol Demands with Zero Observations."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 87(2):453-466.
- 45. Stewart, H., and S.T. Yen. 2004. "Changing Household Characteristics and the Away-From-Home Food Market: A Censored Equation System Approach."
Food Policy 29(6):643-658.
- 44. Lin, B., C. Davis, and S.T. Yen. 2004. "Consumption of Pork Products: Now and to the Year 2020."
Journal of Agribusiness 22(2):133-147.
- 43. Lin, J.C-T., J. Lee, and S.T. Yen. 2004. "Does Fat Intake Affect Search for Fat Information on Food Labels?"
Social Science & Medicine 59(9):1955-1967.
- 42. Yen, S.T., C. Fang, and S. Su. 2004. "Household Food Demand in Urban China: A Censored System Approach."
Journal of Comparative Economics 32(3):564-585.
- 41. Yen, S.T., B. Lin, D.M. Smallwood, and M. Andrews. 2004. "Demand for Nonalcoholic Beverages: The Case of Low-Income Households."
Agribusiness: An International Journal 20(3):309-321.
- 40. Lin, B., and S.T. Yen. 2004. "U.S. Potato Consumption: Looking Ahead to 2020."
Journal of Food Products Marketing 10(2):49-65.
- 39. Yen, S.T., W.D. Shaw, and M.E. Eiswerth. 2004. "Asthma Patients' Activities and Air Pollution: A Semiparametric Censored Regression Analysis."
Review of Economics of the Household 2(1):73-88.
- 38. Yen, S.T., B. Lin, and D.M. Smallwood. 2003. "Quasi- and Simulated-Likelihood Approaches to Censored Demand Systems:
Food Consumption by Food Stamp Recipients in the United States."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(2):458-478.
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- 37. Yen, S.T., and C.L. Huang. 2002. "Cross-Sectional Estimation of U.S. Demand for Beef Products: A Censored System Approach."
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 27(2):320-334.
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- 36. Yen, S.T. 2002. "An Econometric Analysis of Household Donations in the USA."
Applied Economics Letters 9(13):837-841.
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- 35. Yen, S.T., K. Kan, and S. Su. 2002. "Household Demand for Fats and Oils: Two-Step Estimation of a Censored Demand System."
Applied Economics 34(14):1799-1806.
- 34. Yen, S.T., and W.S. Chern. 2002. "U.S. Demand for Edible Fats and Oils: A Dynamic System With ARMA Errors." Global Business and Finance Review 7(1):13-26.
- 33. Yen, S.T., and B. Lin. 2002. "Beverage consumption among US children and adolescents: Full-information and quasi maximum-likelihood estimation of a censored system.
European Review of Agricultural Economics 29(1):85-103.
- 32. Yen, S.T., C.H. Tang, and S. Su. 2001. "Demand for Traditional Medicine in Taiwan: A Mixed Gaussian-Poisson Model Approach." Health Economics 10(3):221-232.
- 31. Su, S.B., and S.T. Yen. 2000. "A Censored System of Cigarette and Alcohol Consumption." Applied Economics 32(6):729-738.
- 30. Jones, A.M., and S.T. Yen. 2000. "A Box-Cox Double-Hurdle Model." The Manchester School 68(2):203-221.
- 29. Shonkwiler, J.S., and S.T. Yen. 1999. "Two-Step Estimation of A Censored System of Equations." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 81(4):972-982.
- 28. Yen, S.T. 1999. "Nonparticipation and Corner Solution: Extramarital Affairs Reconsidered."
Applied Economics Letters 6(7):443-445.
- 27. Yen, S.T. 1999. "Gaussian Versus Count-Data Hurdle Models: Cigarette Consumption by Women in the US." Applied Economics Letters 6(2):73-76.
- 26. Yen, S.T., P. Boxall, and W.L. Adamowicz. 1997. "An Econometric Analysis of Donations for Environmental Conservation in Canada." Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 22(2):246-263.
- 25. Yen, S.T., and A.M. Jones. 1997. "Household Consumption of Cheese: An Inverse Hyperbolic Sine Double-Hurdle Model With Dependent Errors."
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 79(1):246-251.
- 24. Yen, S.T., and C.L. Huang. 1996. "Household Demand for Finfish: A Generalized Double-Hurdle Model."
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 21(2):220-234.
- 23. Su, S.B., and S.T. Yen. 1996. "Microeconometric Models of Infrequently Purchased Goods: An Application to Household Pork Consumption."
Empirical Economics 21(4):513-533.
- 22. Yen, S.T., H.H. Jensen, and Qingbin Wang. 1996. "Cholesterol Information and Egg Consumption in the US: A Nonnormal and Heteroscedastic Double-Hurdle Model."
European Review of Agricultural Economics 23(3):343-356. (special issue on Analysing Consumer Behaviour and Structural Change in Food Demand)
- 21. Yen, S.T., S. Liu, and D.W. Kolpin. 1996. "Analysis of Nitrate in Near-Surface Aquifers in the Midcontinental United States: An application of the Inverse Hyperbolic Sine Tobit Models." Water Resources Research 32(10):3003-3011.
- 20. Liu, S., S.T. Yen, and D.W. Kolpin. 1996. "Atrazine Concentrations in Near-Surface Aquifers: A Censored Regression Approach." Journal of Environmental Quality 25(5):992-999.
- 19. Liu, S., S.T. Yen, and D.W. Kolpin. 1996. "Pesticides in Groundwater: Do Atrazine Metabolites Matter?" Water Resources Bulletin 32(4):845-853.
- 18. Yen, S.T., and H.H. Jensen. 1996. "Determinants of Household Expenditures on Alcohol." Journal of Consumer Affairs 30(1):48-67.
- 17. Pecquet, G.M., R.M. Coats, and S.T. Yen. 1996. "Special Versus General Elections and Composition of the Voters: Evidence From Louisiana School Tax Elections." Public Finance Quarterly 24(2):131-147.
- 16. Yen, S.T., and A.M. Jones. 1996. "Individual Cigarette Consumption and Addiction: A Flexible Limited Dependent Variable Approach." Health Economics 5(2):105-117.
Reprinted in Econometric Analysis of Health Data, A.M. Jones and O. O'Donnell, eds, chap. 10, pp. 147-157. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002.
- 15. Wang, Qingbin, H.H. Jensen, and S.T. Yen. 1996. "Impact of Cholesterol Information on US Egg Consumption: Evidence from Consumer Survey Data." Applied Economics Letters 3(3):189-191.
- 14. Jensen, H.H., and S.T. Yen. 1996. "Food Expenditures Away From Home by Type of Meal." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 44(1):67-80.
- 13. Chern, W.S., E.T. Loehman, and S.T. Yen. 1995. "Information, Health Risk Beliefs, and the Demand for Fats and Oils." Review of Economics and Statistics 77(3):555-564. (Nominated for American Agricultural Economics Association's and Western Agricultural Economics Association's Awards, 1996.)
- 12. Yen, S.T. 1995. "Alternative Transformations in a Class of Limited Dependent Variable Models: Alcohol Consumption by US Women." Applied Economics Letters 2(8):258-262.
- 11. Jensen, H.H., and S.T. Yen. 1995. "Wife's Employment and Food Expenditures Away From Home." Consumer Interests Annual 41:90-97.
- 10. Yen, S.T., L.E. Dellenbarger, and A.R. Schupp. 1995. "Determinants of Participation and Consumption: The Case of Crawfish in South Louisiana." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 27(1):253-262.
- 9. Yen, S.T., and S. Su. 1995. "Modeling U.S. Butter Consumption with Zero Observations." Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 24(1):47-55.
- 8. Yen, S.T. 1994. "Cross-Section Estimation of US Demand for Alcoholic Beverage." Applied Economics 26(4):381-392.
- 7. Yen, S.T., and W.L. Adamowicz. 1994. "Participation, Trip Frequency, and Site Choice: A Multinomial-Poisson Hurdle Model of Recreation Demand." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 42(1):65-76.
- 6. Yen, S.T. 1993. "Working Wives and Food Away From Home: The Box-Cox Double Hurdle Model." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 75(4):884-895.
- 5. Yen, S.T., and W.L. Adamowicz. 1993. "Statistical Properties of Welfare Measures From Count-Data Models of Recreation Demand." Review of Agricultural Economics 15(2):203-215.
- 4. Yen, S.T. 1992. "Estimating Functional Forms in Cost-Prices: A Comment." European Economic Review 37(1):203-208.
- 3. Yen, S.T., and W.S. Chern. 1992. "Flexible Demand Systems with Serially Correlated Errors." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 74(3):689-697.
- 2. Yen, S.T., R.M. Coats, and T. Dalton. 1992. "Brand-Name Investment of Candidates and District Homogeneity: An Ordinal Response Model." Southern Economic Journal 58(4):988-1001.
- 1. Yen, S.T., and T.L. Roe. 1989. "Estimation of A Two-Level Demand System with Limited Dependent Variables." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 71(1):85-98.
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- Kan, K., and S.T. Yen. 2003. "A Sample Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge:
Egg Consumption in the USA." In K. Rickertsen and W.S. Chern (eds.),
Health, Nutrition and Food Demand, chap. 6, pp. 91-103. Cambridge, MA:
CABI Publishing.
- Yen, S.T., and A.M. Jones. 2002. "Individual Cigarette Consumption and Addiction: A Flexible
Limited Dependent Variable Approach." In A.M. Jones and O. O'Donnell (eds.),
Econometric Analysis of Health Data, chap. 10, pp. 147-157.
New York: John Wiley & Sons.
Previously published in Health Economics 5 (1996): 105-117.
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- Chen, Z., S.T. Yen and D.B. Eastwood. 2006. "A Decade's Story of Childhood Malnutrition Inequality in China: Where You Live Does Matter." World Economic Papers (Shijie Jingji Wenhui) 170(1):54–66. (In Chinese; published in China)
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- Chen, Z., D.B. Eastwood and S.T. Yen. "A Decade's Story of Childhood Malnutrition Inequality in China: Where You Live Does Matter." Proceedings of the 2005 Chinese Economists Society's (CES) International Conference on Sustainable Economic Growth in China, Chongqing, China, June 24-26, 2005. Vol. I-A, pp. 221-230.
- Su, S., S.T. Yen and C. Fang. "Modeling Food Demand in Urban China." Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association, Taipei, December 17-20, 2003.
- Yen, S.T. "Government Programs and Nutrient Intakes of Children:
A System of Equations with Multiple Treatments." in Proceedings of
the 2002 North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society:
Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics, edited by David K.
Levine, William Zame, Lawrence Ausubel, Pierre-Andre Chiappori,
Bryan Ellickson, Ariel Rubinstein and Larry Samuelson,
http://lev0201.dklevine.com/proceedings/labor-economics.htm.
- Yen, S.T. and W.L. Adamowicz, "A Multinomial Poisson-Hurdle Model of Recreation Demand." American Statistical Association: Proceedings of the Business and Economic Statistics Section, 1991, pp. 371-375.
- Yen, S.T. and W.L. Adamowicz, "Modeling Trip-Level Choice as a Poisson Variable." American Statistical Association: Proceedings of the Business and Economic Statistics Section, 1990, pp. 517-521.
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- Lin, B., C.L. Huang, and S.T. Yen. 2008. "U.S. Demand for Organic Fruits and Vegetables." AAEA Meeting, July 27–29, Orlando, Florida.
- Davis, C.G., S. Stefanova, W. Hahn, and S.T. Yen. 2008. "Complements and Meat Demand in the U.S." AAEA Meeting, July 27–29, Orlando, Florida.
- Yen, S.T. 2008. "Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Estimation of a Censored Equation System: Meat Consumption by Individuals." Western Economic Association International, June 29–July 3, Sheraton Waikiki, Hawaii.
- Tan, A.K.G., S.T. Yen, and R.M. Nayga, Jr. 2008. "Demand for vices in Malaysia: An Ethnic Comparison." Western Economic Association International, June 29–July 3, Sheraton Waikiki, Hawaii.
- Tan, A.K.G., S.T. Yen, and R.M. Nayga, Jr. 2008. "Factors Affecting Alcohol Purchase Decisions and Expenditures in Malaysia: A Sample Selection Analysis by Ethnicity." Chinese Economists Society (CES) Conference entitled "New Phase of China's Economic Development", Tienjin, China, April 17–19.
- Lin, C-T J., and S.T. Yen. 2007. "Consumer Awareness and Knowledge of Dietary Fats: A Mixed Gaussian-Logistic Probability Model with Sample Selection." Joint Conference of the Chinese Economic Association in North America (CEANA) and the Taiwanese Economic Association (TEA), Taipei, Taiwan, December 22. (W.S. Chern, organizer)
- Yen, S.T. 2007. "Government Programs and Nutrient Intakes of Small Children." Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, November 19–21.
- Lin, J. C-T and S.T. Yen. 2007. "Do U.S. Consumers Know the Differences between Fats and their Relationships with Heart Disease?" American Public Health Association's 135th Annual Meeting & Exposition, November 3–7, Washington, DC.
- Yen, S.T., and S. Cho. 2007. "The Differentiated Impacts of Urban Growth Boundary on Land Value and Development Between Urban and Rural-Urban Interface Areas." Conference on the Impacts of Public Intervention on Land Prices, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, September 26–28.
- Kasteridis, P.P., M.K. Munkin, and S.T. Yen. 2007. "A Mixed Binary-Ordered Probit Approach to Cigarette Demand Modeling." AAEA Meeting, July 29–August 1, Portland, Oregon.
- Davis, C., S.T. Yen, and B. Lin. 2007. "Consumer Demand for Meat Cuts and Seafood." AAEA Meeting, July 29–August 1, Portland, Oregon.
- Chen, Z., D.B. Eastwood, and S.T. Yen. 2007. "A Decade's Story of Childhood Malnutrition Inequality in China: Where Do You Live Does Matter." The 6th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), Copenhagen, July 6–11.
- Yen, S.T., Z. Chen, D.B. Eastwood and M. Andrews. 2007. "Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Insecurity: An Instrumental Variables Approach." Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society, Taipei, Taiwan, July 11–13.
- Davis, C.A., S.T. Yen, and B. Lin. 2007. "Does Consumer Knowledge Affect Meat Consumption in the U.S.?" Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Mobile, Alabama, February 3–6.
- Yen, S.T., Z. Chen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2007. "Lifestyle, Demographics and Obesity: A Multi-Regime Switching Regression Analysis with an Endogenous Regressor." Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 5-7, Chicago, IL (Joint AEA/CEANA session).
- Yen, S.T., B. Lin, and C. Davis. 2006. "Consumer Demand for Disaggregated Meat and Fish: An Analysis of Homescan Data." Joint Conference of the Chinese Economic Association in North America (CEANA) and the Taiwanese Economic Association (TEA), Taipei, Taiwan, December 17. (W.S. Chern, organizer)
- Andrews, M., and S.T. Yen. 2006. "The Roles of Socio-Demographic and Policy Variables in Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Insecurity." Southern Economic Association Meeting, November, Charleston, SC, November 18-21.
- Yen, S.T. and S. Cho. 2006. "Residential Development and Land Value: The Differentiated Roles of Socioeconomic and Growth Policy Variables between Urban and Rural-Urban Interface Areas." Southern Economic Association Meeting, November, Charleston, SC, November 18–21.
- Yen, S.T., B. Lin, and C. Davis. 2006. "Consumer Knowledge and Meat Consumption in the US." International Agricultural Economics Association's 26th International Conference, 12-18 August 2006, Queensland, Australia.
- Huang, C.L., B. Lin, and S.T. Yen. 2006. "A Hedonic Analysis on the Implicit Values of Fresh Tomatoes." International Agricultural Economics Association's 26th International Conference, 12-18 August 2006, Queensland, Australia.
- Yen, S.T., S. Cho, and Z. Chen. 2006. "Gender Differential in Interactions between Sprawl, Bodyweight and Exercise in the US." AAEA Meeting, International Track Session titled, "Food Systems, Rural Development and Health Outcomes: An International Perspective." Z. Chen, Session Organizer. July 23-26, Long Beach, CA.
- Cho, Seong-Hoon, Z. Chen, S.T. Yen, and B.C. English. 2006. "Spatial Variation of Output-Input Elasticities: Evidence from Chinese County-Level Agricultural Production Data." Chinese Economists Society (CES) Conference entitled "Governing Rapid Growth in China: Efficiency, Equity and Institutions", Shanghai, China, July 2-4.
- Lin, B., C.L. Huang, F. Zhang, and S.T. Yen. 2006. "Organic Produce Market: Market Trends and Price Premium." Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) Annual Meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, June 28-30.
- Yen, S.T., and S. Cho. "Measuring Interactions between Land Development and Land Value." The Agricultural Economics Society annual meetings, 30-31 March 2006, Paris.
- Cho, S., Z. Chen, S.T. Yen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2006. "The Effects of Urban Sprawl on Body Mass Index: Where People Live Does Matter." The 52nd Annual ACCI Conference, March 15-18, Baltimore, MD.
- Chen, Z., S. Cho, S.T. Yen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2006. "Estimating Effects of Urban Growth Boundary on Land Development." Invited Paper, Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, February 5-8, Orlando, Florida.
- Chen, Z., S.T. Yen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2006. "Shifting Health Inequality in China." Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 6-8, Boston, MA. (Joint AEA/CES session).
- Yen, S.T., B. Lin, and C. Davis. 2005. "Consumer Knowledge and Meat Consumption at Home and Away From Home." Joint Conference of the Chinese Economic Association in North America (CEANA) and the Taiwanese Economic Association (TEA), Taipei, Taiwan, December 11.
- Yen, S.T., Z. Chen, D.B. Eastwood, and M. Andrews. 2005. "Food Stamp Program Participation, Food Insecurity and Food Expenditure." Southern Economic Association Meeting, November 18-20, Washington, DC.
- Chen, Z., S.T. Yen, and D.B. Eastwood. 2005. "The Effects of Food Stamp Participation on Body Weight and Obesity." Principal Paper Session, "Nutrition, Food Policies, and Obesity." M.L. Loureiro and R.M. Nayga, organizers. AAEA Meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI.
- Chen, Z., D.B. Eastwood, and S.T. Yen. 2005. "Childhood Malnutrition in China: Change of Inequality in a Decade." AAEA Meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI.
- Lin, B., and S.T. Yen. 2005. "Consumer Knowledge, Food Label Use and Grain Consumption." AAEA Meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI.
- Chen, Z., D.B. Eastwood, and S.T. Yen. 2005. "A Decade’s Story of Childhood Malnutrition Inequality in China: Where You Live Does Matter." Chinese Economists Society (CES) Conference entitled "Sustainable Economic Growth in China: Investing in Human Capital and Environment", Chongqing, China, June 24-26.
- Chen, Z., D.B. Eastwood, and S.T. Yen. 2005. "Does Smoking Have a Casual Effect on Weight Reduction?" The 51st Annual ACCI Conference, April 6?, Columbus, Ohio.
- Yen, S.T., D.B. Eastwood, and B. Lin. 2004. "Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Insecurity." Organized session, "Food Stamps and Family Well-being." Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting, November 21-23, New Orleans, LA.
- Lin, B., and S.T. Yen. 2004. "Factors affecting the consumption of whole and refined grain: The evidence from USDA CSFII survey data." Workshop entitled "Understanding Demand Shifts for Grain-Based Foods." Minneapolis, September 28. USDA-ERS and Farm Foundation, sponsors; The Food Industry Center, University of Minnesota, host.
- Yen, S.T., and B. Lin. 2004. "A Sample-Selection Approach to Censored Demand Systems." AAEA Meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO.
- Lin, B., S.T. Yen, and J.M. Harris. 2004. "Demand for Vegetables: An Analysis of Homescan Data." AAEA Meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO.
- Lin, J. C-T., S.T. Yen, and K.L. Jensen. 2004. "Determinants of Consumer Awareness of Foodborne Pathogens." AAEA Meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO.
- Davis, C., B. Lin, and S.T. Yen. 2004. "Consumption of Pork Products: Now and to the Year 2020." AAEA Meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO.
- Su, S., S.T. Yen, and C. Fang. 2003. "Modeling Food Demand in Urban China." Fifth Biennial Conference of the Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association (ACFEA), July 2-4, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Yen, S.T., K.L. Jensen, and J. C.-T. Lin. 2003. "Socioeconomic Determinants of Consumer Food Safety Awareness and Perceptions: The Case of Pesticide and Antibiotic Residues in Food." International Agricultural Economics Association's 25th International Conference, August 16-22, Durban, South Africa.
- Lin, C.J., J. Lee, and S.T. Yen. 2003. "Does dietary behavior affect search for nutrition information on food labels? Preliminary findings from a sample of American adults." (Poster) International Agricultural Economics Association's 25th International Conference, August 16-22, Durban, South Africa.
- Yen, S.T. 2003. "Estimating Demand for Cigarette and Alcohol with Zero Observations: A Censored System." AAEA Meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Quebec.
- Yen, S.T. 2003. "Food Stamp, WIC and Nutritional Well Being of Small Children." AAEA Food Safety and Nutrition Track Symposium, "Tough Choices for Low-Income Food Consumers: Nutrition, Consumption Insurance, and Multiple Program Participation." AAEA Meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Quebec. (Ranney, Christine and Parke Wilde, organizers)
- Yen, S.T. and B. Lin. 2002. "Demand for Fruits and Vegetables: An Analysis of Homescan Data." Workshop on Use of Scanner Data in Policy Analysis, USDA-ERS and the Farm Foundation (organizers), June 9, Washington, DC.
- Yen, S.T., M.E. Eiswerth, and W.D. Shaw. 2002. "Adverse Health Effects from Air Pollution: Revisiting the Data." 54th International Atlantic Economic Conference, International Atlantic Economic Association, October 10-13, Washington, D.C.
- Yen, S.T., and B. W. Gould. 2002. "Food Demand in Mexico: A Quasi-Maximum Likelihood Demand System Approach." AAEA Meeting, August 28-31, Long Beach, CA.
- Huang, C.L., and S.T. Yen. 2002. "Estimation of a Demand System with Limited Dependent Variables." AAEA Meeting, August 28-31, Long Beach, CA.
- Yen, S.T. 2002. "The Effects of Food Stamp and WIC Programs on Nutrient Intakes of Children." North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, June 20-24, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA.
- Yen, S.T. 2001. "The Effects of Government Programs on Food and Nutrient Intakes of Children." Food Assistance And Nutrition Research Small Grants Programs Conference, USDA Economic Research Service, October 11-12, Washington, DC.
- Kan, K., and S.T. Yen. 2000. "Maximum Simulated Likelihood Estimation of Censored Demand Systems." Third Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) Conference, October, Jaipur, India.
- Yen, S.T., and B. Lin. 2000. "Beverage Consumption among U.S. Children and Adolescents." Regional Research Project S-278 Annual Meeting, October 24-25, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Yen, S.T., and K. Kan. 2000. "Household Demand for Fats and Oils: Two-Step Estimation of a Censored Demand System." AAEA Meeting, July 30-August 2, Tempa, Florida.
- Kan, K., and S.T. Yen. 2000. "A Sample-Selection Model with Endogenous Health Knowledge: Egg Consumption in the U.S." The XXIV International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 13-18, Berlin, Germany.
- Harris, T.R., S.T. Yen, and S.C. Deller. 2000. "Estimation of Minimum Demand Thresholds in the Presence of Excess Zero Observations." AAEA Meeting, July 30-August 2, Tempa, Florida.
- Yen, S.T., T.R. Harris and S.C. Deller. 1999. "Application of Count Data Procedures in the Estimation of Minimum Demand Thresholds with the Existence of Excess Zero Observations". 46th North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association, International, November 11-14, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- Yen, S.T. 1999. "Demand for Cigarettes and Alcohol: Two-Step Estimation of a Censored System." AAEA Annual Meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN.
- Yen, S.T. 1997. "Two-Step Estimation for System of Equations with Limited Dependent Variables: Cigarette and Alcohol Consumption by Individuals." AAEA Meeting, July 27-30, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Adamowicz, W.L., P. Boxall, and S.T. Yen. 1997. "Individual Donations for Environmental Conservation." Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society Meetings, July 27-30, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Yen, S.T. 1997. "Cigarette Consumption by U.S. Men." Western Agricultural Economics Association Meetings, July 13-16, Reno, NV.
- Huang, C.L., and S.T. Yen. 1996. "A Microeconometric Analysis of U.S. Household Demand for Finfish." The 2nd Asian Society of Agricultural Economists Conference, August 6-9, Bali, Indonesia.
- Yen, S.T., and H.H. Jensen. 1996. "Gaussian versus Count-Data Double-Hurdle Models: Cigarette Consumption by Women in the U.S." AAEA Meeting, July 28-31, San Antonio.
- Yen, T.T. and A.M. Jones. 1995. "An Inverse Hyperbolic Sine Double-Hurdle Model with Dependent Errors."
Econometric Society World Congress, Tokyo, August 22-29.
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- Yen, S.T., and C.L. Huang. 1995. "A Generalized Double-Hurdle Model for U.S. Finfish Consumption." AAEA Meeting, August 6-9, Indianapolis, IN.
- Yen, S.T., S. Liu, and D.W. Kolpin. 1995. "Analysis of Nitrate in Near-Surface Aquifers in the Midcontinental United States." AAEA Meeting, August 6-9, Indianapolis, IN.
- Jensen, H.H., and S.T. Yen. 1995. "Wife's Employment and Food Expenditures Away From Home." The 41st Annual Conference of the American Council on Consumer Interests, March 15-18, Washington, DC.
- Yen, S.T., and C.L. Huang. 1995. "Participation and Consumption in Seafood Demand." Southern Agricultural Economic Association Annual Meeting, January 29-February 1, New Orleans, LA.
- Pecquet, G.M., R.M. Coats, and S.T. Yen. 1994. "Special Versus General Elections and Composition of the Voters: Evidence From Louisiana School Tax Referenda." Atlantic Economic Society's Annual Conference, October 6-9, Montreal, Canada.
- Yen, S.T., and A.M. Jones. 1994. "Individual Cigarette Consumption and Addiction: A Flexible Limited Dependent Variable Approach." The Third European Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, September 28-30, SESO, University of Antwerp (UFSIA).
- Yen, S.T. 1994. "An Inverse Hyperbolic Sine Double-Hurdle Model." The 4th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Econometrics Group, September 23-24, Iowa City, IA.
- Yen, S.T. 1994. "A Generalized Double-Hurdle Model of Cheese Consumption." AAEA Meeting, August 7-10, San Diego, CA.
- Yen, S.T., and A.M. Jones. 1994. "A Microeconometric Model of Cigarette Consumption." Royal Economic Society Conference, March 28-31, University of Exeter, England, UK.
- Yen, S.T., L.E. Dellenbarger, and A.R. Schupp. 1994. "Shrimp Consumption Patterns of South Louisiana Residents." Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, February, Nashville, TN.
- Yen, S.T. 1993. "Conscientious Abstention and Economic Nonconsumption: The Case of Alcohol." AAEA Meeting, August 1-4, Orlando, Florida.
- Yen, S.T.1992. "Nonnormality and Heteroscedasticity in a Two-Stage Limited Dependent Variable Model." AAEA Meeting, August 9-12, Baltimore, MD.
- Yen, S.T., W.S. Chern, and H. Lee. 1991. "Effects of Income Sources on Household Food Expenditures." AAEA Meeting, Kansas State University, August 4-7, Manhattan, Kansas.
- Yen, S.T. 1992. "Purchase Infrequency and Zero Consumption: Alcohol Demand in the U.S." The 67th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, July 9-13, San Francisco, CA.
- Yen, S.T., T. Dalton, and R.M. Coats. 1991. "Candidate Competition, Information Costs, and Market Homogeneity: Exploring the Search Good/Experience Good Dichotomy." The 66th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International's Annual Meeting, June 29-July 3, Seattle, WA.
- Yen, S.T., and W.S. Chern. 1991. "U.S. Demand for Fats and Oils by End Uses." The 66th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International's Annual Meeting, June 29-July 3, Seattle, WA.
- Yen, S.T., M. Coats, and T. Dalton. 1991. "Brand-Name Investment and District Homogeneity." Public Choice Society Meeting, March 15-17, New Orleans, LA.
- Yen, S.T., and W.S. Chern. 1990. "Vector Autocorrelation in Demand Systems." Southern Economic Association Meeting, November 18-20, New Orleans, LA.
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- Jensen, H.H. and S.T. Yen, "Factors that Affect Food Choices of Food Stamp Recipients." Interim Progress Report, USDA, Food and Consumer Service (FNS Grant #59-3198-2-046), July 1996.
- Yen, S.T. and H.H. Jensen, "Determinants of Household Expenditures on Alcohol." Working Paper 95-WP 144, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, December 1995.
- Jensen, H.H. and S.T. Yen, "U.S. Food Expenditures Away From Home by Type of Meal." Working Paper 95-WP 143, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, December 1995.
- Yen, S.T., P. Boxall and W.L. Adamowicz, "An Econometric Analysis of Donations for Environmental Conservation." Staff Paper 95-04, Department of Rural Economy, University of Alberta, October 1995.
- Yen, S.T. and H.H. Jensen, "Modeling Consumption With Limited Dependent Variables: Applications to Pork and Cheese." Dietary Assessment Research Series Report 3, Staff Report 95-SR 76, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, September 1995.
- Jones, A.M. and S.T. Yen, "A Box-Cox Double-Hurdle Model." Discussion Paper No. W94/6, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, 1994; and Economics Discussion Paper No. 94/5, University of York, 1994.
- Yen, S.T. and T.L. Roe, "Demand System Estimation with Limited Dependent Variables." University of Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, Working Paper 88/65, 1988.
- Yen, S.T. and T.L. Roe, "Determinants of Rural and Urban Household Demand: An Analysis of Dominican Household Consumption." Economic Development Center Bulletin No. 86-3, Department of Economics and Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, July 1986.
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- Yen, S.T., Regression Analysis with Excel: A Beginner's Guide,
Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing, L.L.C., 1996.
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- Yen, S.T., "Alcohol Consumption by US Individuals." Department of Economics, Iowa State University, June 1994.
- Yen, S.T. and H.H. Jensen, "A Generalized Double-Hurdle Model with Dependent Errors." Department of Economics, Iowa State University, March 1994.
- Yen, S.T., L.E. Dellenbarger and A.R. Schupp, "Shrimp Consumption Patterns of South Louisiana Residents." Department of Economics, Nicholls State University, December 1993.
- Yen, S.T. and S. Su, "Models of U.S. Demand for Butter: Market Participation versus Infrequency-of-Purchase Models." Department of Economics, Nicholls State University, July 1993.
- Yen, S.T., "Modeling Trip-level Choices As Ordinal Responses: Resident Sheep Hunting in the Canadian Rockies." Department of Economics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, April 1989.
- Yen, S.T., "Stagewise Estimation of Complete Demand Systems with Limited Dependent Variables: An Analysis of Dominican Household Consumption." Ph.D. thesis, University of Minnesota, 1987.
- Yen, S.T. and T.L. Roe, "The Social Profitability of Tunisian New Wheat Varieties under Rain-fed Conditions." Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1984.
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