Education Qualifications

Ph.D., Queens University, Canada, 1978 M.Sc., University of British Columbia, 1972 B.A.Sc.Hons., University of Malaya, 1970

Academic and Professional Experience

Professor, National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, Jan 2003 - present Member, University Promotion & Tenure Committee, national University of Singapore, 2007 - 2009 Acting Dean, National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, 2004 - 2005 Chairman, Faculty Promotion & Tenure Committee, National University of Singapore, 2006 - 2007 Vice-Dean ( Research & Graduate Studies), National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, 2001 - 2002 Vice Dean ( Research & Academic Affairs), national University of Singapore, NUS Business School, 2002 - 2003 Visiting Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Japan, 1995 Spring Visiting Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Japan, 1992 Spring Head, Department of Business Policy, Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, 1988 - 1991 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University, Canada, 1991 Fall Jackson Memorial Fellow, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia, 1989 Spring Member (University Promotion & Tenure Committee), National University of Singapore, 2007 - 2009 Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, NUS Business School, 1986 - 2003 Associate Professor (tenured), University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics, Canada, 1983 - 1986 Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, Department of Economics,Canada, 1977 - 1983

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

The Ranking of Behavioral Modes of the Firm Facing Uncertain Demand, American Economic Review, Vol. 70, 217-224, 1980 Risk Pooling and Intermediate Trading Agents, Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 14, 261-275, 1981 Theory of the Firm: Uncertainty and Choice of Experiments, Journal of Economic Theory, 24, 328-361, 1981 Monopoly vs. Competition under Uncertainty, with Appelbaum, E., Canadian Journal of Economics, 15, 355-362, 1982 Long run Industry Equilibrium with Uncertainty, with Appelbaum, E., Economics Letters, 9, 139-145., 1982 Employment Insurance and Competitive Equilibrium Labour Contracts, Economica, 337-349, 1983 Contestable Market with Uncertainty, with Appelbaum E., Rand Journal of Economics, 16, 28-40, 1985 Problems of the Singapore Cement Industry, with Koh, F, Singapore Management Review, 8, 67-73, 1986 A Dynamic Model of Advertising and Market Shares, with N.P.Ong, Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 22, No.4, 819-833, 1989 Morality and Economics, International Journal of Social Economics, 16, 3-12, 1989 Monopoly and Ex-post Contestable Markets, with Appelbaum.E., Australian Economic Papers, 128-140, 1990 Economic Effects of Card Transactions in Singapore, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Vol. 7, No.1, 65-78, 1990 Market Uncertainty and Competitive Equilibrium Entry, with Appelbaum, E., European Economic Review, 35, No.1 39-48, 1991 Scrap Car Pricing and Welfare Implications, with K.G.Lim, Transportation Research, Vol. 25B, No.4, 203-213, 1991 (United Kingdom) Private Investment in Public Utilities, with L Low, in J. Tan and N. Akrasanee (eds) Asean-U.S. Economic Relations III, Institute of South East Asian Studies, 52-56, 1991 Moral Sentiments and Equilibrium Moral Codes, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 30 No. 9, pp 985-999, 2003 Public Good Contributions Between Communities, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 5, No.3, 541-48, 2003

Books/Monographs Authored

Copyright, Competition and Canadian Culture: The Impact of Alternative Copyright Act Provisions on the Book and Sound Recording Industries, with Blomqvist, A, Copyright Revision Studies, Research and International Affairs Branch. Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Government of Canada, 1981

Chapters In Books

Marital Sorting and Investment on Education, with N.Tomes, in E. Quah and D.Lee (eds.) Household Economics and The Asian Family, Times Academic Press, 1996

Book Review

Growth Through Competition, Competition Through Growth: Strategic Management and the Economy of Japan, by H. Odagiri, Clarendon Press, Oxford, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 7, 1993

Working Papers

Decline of Hegemony and Its Impact on International Public Goods

Membership And Professional Activities

American Economic Association Canadian Economic Association

Consultation and Executive Experience

Member of Market Surveillance and Compliance Panel of the Singapore's New Energy Market. For details, click here council member of Singapore Manufacturing Federation World Bank Ministry of Health Urban and Redevelopment Agency Singapore Cement Industry Association Singapore Contractors' Association Standard Chartered Bank Coopers and Lybrand American Express Ministry of Environment, Singapore Monetary Authority of Singapore Government Investment Corporation of Singapore Tenaga Berhad Consumer and Corporate Affairs, Government of Canada Member of Board of Advisors, Enterprise Promotion Centre

Research Interests

Economic Theory Public Economics Macro and International Economics

Courses

IMB6011  Macro & International Economics

Awards

Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1974 Queen's University Fellowship, 1972 Samuel McLaughlin Fellowship, 1973 UBC Scholarship, 1971

Biographic References

Listed in Mark Blaug (2nd edition) "Who's Who in Economics: A Biographic Dictionary of Major Economists, 1700-1986" (1987, MIT Press). Also listed in Mark Blaug (3rd edition) "Who's Who in Economics: A Biographic Dictionary of Major Economists, 1700-1986" (1999) Inclusion is based on the frequency of citation counts in the Social Science Citation Index.

Public Service (Government of Singapore)

Member of Advisory Committee of Enterprise Promotion Centre, a subsidiary of Economic Development Board of Singapore. The Enterprise Promotion Centre was conceived to provide supportive services to small and medium enterprises, 1990-present Member of the National Health Policy Review Committee of the Ministry of Health, chaired by the Minister of State for Health. The work was to evaluate the status of current health policy and to recommend changes, 1990-1991 Member of the Industrial Restructuring Sub-Committee of the EPC, 1989-1990 Member of the Manufacturing Sub-Committee of the EPC, 1989-1990 Member of National Economic Planning Committee (EPC) chaired by Minister of State of Ministry of Trade and Industry to chart the long term strategic plan for Singapore's development, 1989-1990