TATYANA DERYUGINA
Updated May 2015
CONTACT INFORMATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4029 Business Instructional Facility
515 East Gregory Drive, MC-520
Champaign, IL 61820
Phone: 925-349-8999
[email protected]
Web: deryugina.com
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2012 –
Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, Department of Economics
(courtesy appointment), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 –
Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research,
Environmental and Energy Economics Program
2011 – 2012 Lecturer of Finance, Department of Finance, University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
EDUCATION
2012
Ph.D., Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
2006
B.A., Applied Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley
(magna cum laude).
2006
B.S., Environmental Economics and Policy, University of California at Berkeley
(summa cum laude).
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Environmental Economics, Public Finance, Behavioral Economics
PUBLICATIONS
“When are appearances deceiving? The nature of the beauty premium” Journal of Economic
Behavior and Organization, forthcoming. (with Olga Shurchkov)
“Does Beauty Matter in Undergraduate Education?” Economic Inquiry, 53(2): 940-961 (April
2015). (with Olga Shurchkov)
“How do people update? The effects of local weather fluctuations on beliefs about global
warming,” Climatic Change, 118(2): 397-416 (May 2013).
WORKING PAPERS
“The Role of Transfer Payments in Mitigating Shocks: Evidence from the Impact of Hurricanes”
(revision requested from AEJ: Economic Policy)
“The Economic Impact of Hurricane Katrina on its Victims: Evidence from Individual Tax
Returns” (with Laura Kawano and Steven Levitt, NBER Working Paper w20713)
“Does the Environment Still Matter? Daily Temperature and Income in the United States.” (with
Solomon Hsiang, NBER Working Paper w20750, under review)
“Does the Samaritan's Dilemma Matter? Evidence from Crop Insurance” (with Barrett Kirwan,
under review)
“Do Recessions Affect Environmental Concern and Does it Matter for Real Outcomes?” (with
Xian Liu)
“Reducing the Cost of Ex-post Bailouts with Ex-ante Regulation: Evidence From Building Codes”
“Does Selection in Insurance Markets Always Favor Buyers?”
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FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
2012, 2014
2012
2009
2008-2009
2007
2006-2008
2006-2009
2006
2006
Campus Research Board Award (Grant), UIUC
List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent by Their Students, UIUC
Price Theory Scholar, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
MIT Energy Initiative Fellow
George and Obie Shultz Fund Grant
MIT Presidential Fellow
National Science Foundation Fellowship
Best Undergraduate Paper Finalist, IAEA
Departmental Citation (UC Berkeley Environmental Economics and Policy)
PRESENTATIONS
2015 NBER Insurance Working Group Meeting.
2014 NBER Summer Institute – EEE, ASSA, Midwest Economics Association, Agricultural and
Applied Economics Association, University of Illinois – Chicago, American Geophysical
Union.
2013 NBER Insurance Working Group Meeting, ASSA, University of Wisconsin – Madison,
Heartland Workshop.
2012 ASSA, NBER Insurance Markets and Catastrophe Risk Conference, CU Environmental and
Resource Economics Workshop.
2011 Theory, Science, and Statistics in the Use of Benefit-Cost Analysis, CU Environmental and
Resource Economics Workshop, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Tulane University, Resources for the Future,
Environmental Protection Agency, Wharton School, University of California Davis (ARE),
University of Wyoming.
REFEREE SERVICE
American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Journal of
Development Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of the
European Economics Association, Journal of Public Economics, Public Finance Review, Public
Choice, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Regional Science and
Urban Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics.
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