Fan-chin Kung
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Departmentof Economics and Finance CityUniversity of Hong Kong 83Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon,Hong Kong

Phone:852-27887407 Fax:852-27888806 kungfc(at)cityu.edu.hk personal.cityu.edu.hk/~kungfc

Education

• Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics, Washington University, 2002.
• M.A. and Ph.D. Candidate in Economics, University of Rochester, 1998 (on leave 1996-1998).
• B.A. in Economics, National Taiwan University, 1993.

Research Interests

• Primary: Economic Theory, Public Economics, Urban and Regional Economics.
• Secondary: Political Economy, Mathematical Economics.

Appointments

· Assistant Professor (August 2005 - Present, on leave Spring 2008, 2008 – 2009), Department of Economic and Finance, City University of Hong Kong.

· Assistant Research Fellow (July 2003 - July 2007, on leave 2005-2007), Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.

Temporary &Visiting

· Visiting Assistant Professor (August 2008 – May 2009), Dept. of Economics, East Carolina University.

· Visiting Assistant Professor (January 2008 – May 2008), Department of Economics, Washington University.

· Adjunct Assistant Professor (January 2003 - May 2003), Department of Economics, Saint Louis University.

· Visiting Scholar (July 2002 - June 2003), Department of Economics, Washington University.

Research Papers

Publications

• “The Indeterminacy of Equilibrium City Formation under Monopolistic Competition and Increasing Returns,” (with M. Berliant) Journal of Economic Theory 131, 101-133, 2006.
• “An Algorithm for Stable and Equitable Coalition Structures with Public Goods,” Journal of Public Economic Theory 8, 345-3 (lead article), 2006.
• “Voluntary Contributions to Multiple Public Goods in a Production Economy with Widespread Externalities,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, forthcoming, 2008.

Working Papers

• “Can Information Asymmetry Cause Agglomeration?” (with M. Berliant), March 2008, under review.
• “Coalition Formation with Group-Size Effect,” January 2008, under review.
• “Bifurcations in Regional Migration Dynamics” (with M. Berliant), June 2008, under review.
• “Voluntary Contributions to Multiple Public Projects” (with J. Conley), June 2008.
• “Knowledge Spillovers and the Formation of Spatial Networks” (with P. Wang), June 2008.
• “The Formation of Collective Decision-Making Units: Stability and a Solution,” June 2002.

Work in Progress

• “Coalition Formation with Asymmetric Information” (with M. Wooders).
• “Information Aggregation and Transmission in a Simple Network Game” (with P. Wang).
• “Leadership in Voluntary Contributions to Public Projects” (with J. Conley).
• “Multiple Tax Jurisdictions and Oligopoly.”
• “Impossibility and Indeterminacy in Spatial Equilibrium.”
• “General Externalities and Transversality Theorem.”
• “Assignment of Public Goods with Group-Size Effects” (with B-G. Ju).
• “Tariff Reform with Many Tradable Goods” (with C. Kowalczyk).

Professional Activities

Conference Presentations

• Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference on Current Trends in Economics: Kos, Greece (Jun 2007).
• Econometric Society North American Winter Meetings: Washington, D.C. (Jan 2003), New Orleans (Jan 2001).
• International Meetings of the Association for Public Economic Theory: Vanderbilt U (Jul 2007), Hanoi, Vietnam (Aug 2006), Peking U (Aug 2004).
• Midwest Economic Theory and International Economics Meetings: UIUC (May 2008), U of Minnesota (Apr 2007), U of Kansas (Oct 2005), Vanderbilt U (Apr 2005), Washington U (Nov 2004), U of Minnesota (Oct 2000).
• North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International: Savannah (Nov 2007), San Juan, Puerto Rico (Nov 2002), Charleston (Nov 2001).
• European Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory: Venice International U (Jun 2004), Bielefeld U (May 2003).
• Asian Workshop on General Equilibrium Theory: National U of Singapore (Aug 2007), Academia Sinica (Jul 2006), U of Tokyo (Jun 2005).
• Coalition Theory Network Workshops: U of Paris I (Jan 2005).
• Far Eastern Meetings of the Econometric Society: Academia Sinica (Jul 2007).
• Meetings of the Public Choice Society and Economic Science Association: Charleston (Mar 2000).
• Taipei Conference on Public Finance and Welfare, Academia Sinica (Dec 2000).

Seminars

• Vanderbilt U (2008S), East Carolina U (2008S), Korea U (2007S), National U of Singapore (2007S), U of Hong Kong (2007S, 2006S), Washington U (2005S), City U of Hong Kong (2005S), U of Kansas (2004F), SUNY at Buffalo (2003S); In Taiwan: Tam-Kang U (2005S), Cheng-Chi U (2004F), Central U (2004S), Taipei U (2003F).

Refereeing

· Econometrica, Economics Bulletin, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Regional Science, Journal of Urban Economics, Pacific Economic Review, Taiwan Economic Review, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, National Science Council of Taiwan Research Grants.

Memberships

· Econometric Society, Association for Public Economic Theory, Regional Science Association International, Hong Kong Economic Association.

Research Grants

· Research Granting Council of Hong Kong: GRF-9041425 (2008-2010), CERG-9041177 (2006-2008).

· Research Granting Council of Hong Kong: CERG-9041177 (2006-2008).
City U of Hong Kong Research Grants: SRG-7001914 (2006-2008), NSSG-7200062 (2006-2008).

· National Science Council of Taiwan Research Grants: 94-2415-H-001-030 (2005-2006), 93-2415-H-001-034 (2004-2005), 93-2415-H-001-008 (2003-2004).

Teaching Interests

· Public Economics, Microeconomics, Urban and Regional Economics, Political Economy, Mathematical Economics.

Supervising

· MA Defense Committee, National Cheng-Chi University (2004-2005).

· MBA Project (FB6700) supervisor, City U of Hong Kong (2006-2007, 2007-2008).

· M Phil Panel Member, City U of Hong Kong (2006-2008).

Undergraduate Project (EF4300) supervisor, City U of Hong Kong (Fall 2006).

· MA Defense Committee, National Cheng-Chi U (2004-2005).

Service

· Public Economics, Microeconomics, Urban and Regional Economics, Political Economy, Mathematical Economics.

· EMBA instructor (FB5802I), City U of Hong Kong: ICBC&INVESCO Senior Executive Training Program, Guangzhou (Winter 2007)

· Department representative, City U of Hong Kong: China International Education Exhibition Tour, Chongqing (Mar 2007).

· Committee member, Academia Sinica: Recruiting Committee (2004-2005), Computer Committee (2004-2005), Welfare Committee (2004-2005).

References

· Marcus Berliant,^a (314) 935-8486, berliant@artsci.wustl.edu

· John Conley,^b (615) 3222920, j.p.conley@vanderbilt.edu

· Chung-Ming Kuan, ^c (886)227822791 ext 600, ckuan@econ.sinica.edu.tw

· John Nachbar,^a (314) 935-5612, nachbar@artsci.wustl.edu

· Norman Schofield,^a (314) 935-4774, schofld@artsci.wustl.edu

· Ping Wang,^a (314) 935-5632, pingwang@artsci.wustl.edu

^a Dept. of Economics, Washington University, Campus Box 1208, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899.

^b Dept. of Economics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.

^c Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Road, Taipei, Taiwan 115.