房育辉教授

Prof. Yuk Fai FONG

PhD, Economics, Boston University

Areas of Expertise:

Microeconomics, Game Theory, Business Strategy


Details:

Relevant Teaching Experience with Universities:

  1. HKUST Business School

Associate Dean, Bilingual EMBA Academic Director, & Professor of Economics; Previously Professor(2017 – 2019, 2023 - present), Associate Professor (2011 – 2017), Visiting Scholar (January-June 2011), Assistant Professor (2002 – 2003)

  1. Hong Kong University Business School

Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate), Professor of Management and Strategy; Professor of Economics; HKU Business School (2019 – 2023)

  1. Management and Strategy Department, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Assistant Professor, (2004 – 2011) Donald P. Jacobs Scholar (2003 –2004)

  1. HKUST: MBA Managerial Microeconomics, EMBA Managerial Economics, ExecEd Value Creation, MBA Orientation, MBA Homecoming, EMBA Opening Module, EMBA Homecoming Module
  2. HKU: MBA & EMBA Managerial Economic, MBA & EMBA Competitive Strategy, MBA Python for Managers, MGM Family Office Management
  3. Kellogg: MBA Strategy and Organization

 

 

Selected Research and Publications:

  1. “The Identification of Unobservable Independent and Spousal Leisure”, (with Junsen Zhang), Journal of Political Economy 109 (1), February 2001, 191-202.
  2. “When do Experts Cheat and Whom do They Target?”, RAND Journal of Economics, 36 (1), Spring 2005, 113-130.
  3. “Compensation for Quality Difference in a Search Model of Money” (with Balázs Szentes), International Economic Review, 46 (3), August 2005, 957-971.
  4. “On the Optimal Degree of Cooperation in the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma with Side Payments” (with Jay Surti), Games and Economic Behavior, September 2009, 67 (1), 277–291.
  5.  “Bidding in a Possibly Common-Value Auction”, (with Daniel F. Garrett), Note, Games and Economic Behavior, 70 (2), November 2010, 494-501.
  6. “Loyalty Rewards Facilitate Tacit Collusion”, (with Qihong Liu), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 20 (3), Fall 2011, 739–775.
  7. “Product Quality, Reputation, and Market Structure” (with Jim Dana), International Economic Review, November 2011, 52(4), 1059–1076.
  8. “Long-lived Consumers, Intertemporal Bundling and Collusion”, (with Jim Dana), Journal of Industrial Economics,  December 2011, 59(4), 609–629.
  9. “When Does Aftermarket Monopolization Soften Foremarket Competition” (with Jin Li and Ke Liu), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2016, 25(4), 852–879.
  10. “Information Revelation in Relational Contracts” (with Jin Li), Review of Economic Studies, 2017, 84, 277–299.
  11. “Relational Contracts, Limited Liability, and Employment Dynamics” (with Jin Li), Journal of Economic Theory, 2017, 169, 270-293.
  12. “Signaling by an Informed Service Provider” (with Frances Xu Lee), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2017, 26(4), 955-968.

 

Other Professional Activities:

  1. Nominator of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
  2. Commission Member & Non-government Advisor to the International Competition Network, Hong Kong Competition Commission
  3. Editor, The B.E. Journals of Theatrical Economics, (2012-2022) (Associate Editor, 2006-2012)
  4. Associate Editor, International Journal of Industrial Organization (2009-2021)

 

Consulting Experience:

Shell Oil Company, Platinum Guild International, Optimas Capital, Academic Affiliate of Compass LexEcon