Haotian Cheng

haotiancheng@swu.edu.cn

Oklahoma State University, Agricultural Economics

Behavioral Economics, Agricultural Economics, Forestry Economics

• Associate Professor at Southwest University 2025- 
• Adjunct Researcher, China Academy of Agricultural and Rural Development 2022-
• Junior Researcher, National Institute of Forestry and Grassland Economics and Trade, Beijing Forestry University2025-
• Visiting Associate Researcher, Department of Food Resource Economics, Pusan National University, South Korea 2025-
• Standing Committee Member of the Young Scholars Committee, Chinese Society of Agricultural Technology Economics 2025- 
• Member of the Committee on Collective Forest Management Research, China Society of Forestry Economics2025-
• Visiting Associate Researcher, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 2024-2025
• Visiting Associate Researcher, School of Natural Resources and Environment(World Ranking: 49th, (2025 U.S. News))，University of Arizona 2024-2025
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Science Foundation Project, School of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences ， University of Arizona2021-2024

• Journal of Choice Modelling (1time) 
• Review of Development Economics (2time) 
• Environment, Development and Sustainability (1time) 
• Journal of Rural Studies (2time) 
• Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association（3time） 
• Energy Economics (1time） 
• Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (3time）
• Agribusiness (2time) 
• Acta Psychologica (2time) 
• Journal of Sustainable Forestry (1time) 
• Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (4time) 
• Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice (1time) 
• Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (1time） 
• Trees, Forests, & People (1time） 
• Journal of Chongqing Three Gorges University （1time）

1. Cheng, H., Soto, J. R., Susaeta, A., Russell, A., & Joshi, O. (2025). Landowners’ willingness to accept for sustainable forest management in the Cross-Timbers region, USA. Forest Policy and Economics, 178, 103574. (SSCI)
2. Cheng, H., Baldwin, E., Ponce, A., Lien, A., Henry, A. D., Gornish, E., & Soto, J. R. (2025). Wildfire evacuations prompt increased support for wildfire mitigation policies in Pima County, Arizona. Society & Natural Resources, 1–19. (SSCI)
3. Cheng, H., Escobedo, F. J., Thomas, A. S., De Los Reyes, J. F., Ng’ombe, J. N., & Soto, J. R. (2025). Understanding how urban communities make trade-offs between forest management and ecosystem service objectives. Forest Policy and Economics, 172, 103445. (SSCI)
4. Lin, Z., Fang, Y., Wang, J., Sun, N., Shen, Y., Cheng, H., Liu, W., Xie, Q., Miao, W., & Jin, P. (2025). YcsE-mediated dephosphorylation of ComP regulates surfactin and iturin synthesis in Bacillus velezensis HN-1. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 315, 144509. （SCI）
5. Cheng, H., Ng’ombe, J. N., Choi, Y., Kalinda, T. H., & Zheng, S. (2025). Understanding the drivers of smallholder dairy cooperative participation in developing countries: Evidence from rural Zambia. Agricultural Systems, 224, 104261. (SCI)
6. Feuz, R., Feuz, D., Lidgard, A., Crump, Z., Thornton, K., Martini, S., Cheng, H., Stafford, C., & Matarneh, S. (2025) Sensory, Consumer Preference, and Willingness to Pay Analyses Comparing Predominantly Angus and Santa Gertrudis-Influenced Beef, Agribusiness. (SSCI)
7. Mu, Y., Yu, Z., Cheng, H., & Yang, H. (2025). Are there spatial spillover effects of carbon emission trading policy on forest carbon sink growth in China? Forests, 16(3), 386. (SCI)
8. Cheng, H., Escobedo, F. J., Thomas, A. S., De Los Reyes, J. F., & Soto, J. R. (2024). Comparing individual and collective valuation of ecosystem service tradeoffs: A case study from montane forests in southern California, USA. Ecosystem Services, 69, 101648. (SSCI)
9. Cheng, H., Ng’ombe, J. N., & Lambert, D. M. (2024). A Bayesian generalized rank ordered logit model. Journal of Choice Modelling, 50, 100475. (SSCI)
10. Feuz, R., Feuz, D., Lidgard, A., Crump, Z., Thornton, K., Martini, S., Cheng, H., Stafford, C., & Matarneh, S. (2024). Cattle Are What They Eat: A Consumer Analysis of Beef Produced from Barley Fodder-Fed Cattle Compared with a Conventional Mixed Ration. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 56(1), 86–100. 
11. Cheng, H., Zhou, X., Sun, J., Ng’ombe, J. N., Mzyece, A., Feng, W., Guo, S., & Liu, B. (2024). Assessing the efficacy of agricultural cold chain facility expansion in China. Journal of Stored Products Research, 105, 102244. (SCI)
12. Feng, X., Swann, A. L. S., Breshears, D. D., Baldwin, E., Cheng, H., Derbridge, J. J., Fei, C., Lien, A. M., López-Hoffman, L., McCarl, B., McLaughlin, D. M., & Soto, J. R. (2023). Distance decay and directional diffusion of ecoclimate teleconnections driven by regional-scale tree die-off. Environmental Research Letters, 18(11), 114013. . (SCI)
13. Cheng, H., Zhang, T., Lambert, D. M., & Feuz, R. (2023). An empirical comparison of conjoint and best-worst scaling case III methods. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 106, 102049. (SSCI)
14. Cheng, H., Feuz, R., & Lambert, D. M. (2023). A comparison of best-worst scaling marginal and rank methods. Applied Economics Letters, 31(15), 1379–1382. (SSCI)
15. Cheng, H., Lambert, D. M., DeLong, K. L., & Jensen, K. L. (2021). Inattention, availability bias, and attribute premium estimation for a biobased product. Agricultural Economics, 53(2), 274–288. (SSCI)