Fan-chin Kung

Curriculum Vitae

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Department of Economics and Finance

City University of Hong Kong

83 Tat Chee Avenue

Kowloon, Hong Kong

Phone: 852-27887407

Fax: 852-27888806

kungfc(at)cityu.edu.hk

personal.cityu.edu.hk/~kungfc

Education

·      Ph.D. 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

·      Microeconomic Theory, Public Goods Provision, Spatial Agglomeration.

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), Department 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

·      “Coalition Formation with Local Public Goods and Group-Size Effect,” International Journal of Game Theory, forthcoming.

·      “Private Benefits, Warm Glow and Reputation in the Free and Open Source Software Production Model” (with J. Conley), Journal of Public Economic Theory, special issue, T. Bergstrom ed., forthcoming.

·      “Bifurcations in Regional Migration Dynamics” (with M. Berliant), Regional Science and Urban Economics 39 (6), 714-720, 2009.

·       “Voluntary Contributions to Multiple Public Goods in a Production Economy with Widespread Externalities,” Journal of Mathematical Economics 44(12), 1364-1378, 2008.

·      “The Indeterminacy of Equilibrium City Formation under Monopolistic Competition and Increasing Returns,” (with M. Berliant) Journal of Economic Theory 131(1), 101-133, 2006.

·      “An Algorithm for Stable and Equitable Coalition Structures with Public Goods,” Journal of Public Economic Theory 8(3), 345-355 (lead article), 2006.

Working Papers

·      “A Spatial Network Approach to Urban Configurations” (with P. Wang), November 2008, under review.

·      “Can Information Asymmetry Cause Agglomeration?” (with M. Berliant), January 2009, under review.

·      “The Formation of Collective Decision-Making Units: Stability and a Solution,” June 2002.

Work in Progress

·      Coalition Formation with Asymmetric Information (with M. Wooders).

·      Leadership in Voluntary Contributions to Public Projects (with J. Conley).

·      Competitive Equilibrium with General Externalities.

·      Endogenous Formation of Public Good Jurisdictions.

·      Providing Public Goods with Congestion” (with B-G. Ju).

·      Providing Public Goods under Risk.

·      Risk Preferences, Deductible Choice and Flood Insurance Coverage (with C. Landry and M. Jahan-Parvar).

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 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: New York (Nov 2008), 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); Tam-Kang U (2005S), Cheng-Chi U (2004F), Central U (2004S), Taipei U (2003F), National Taiwan U (2002S, 2001S).

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, Papers in Regional Science, 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).

·      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

·      Microeconomics, Public Economics, Game Theory, Urban Economics, Political Economy, Mathematical Economics.

Supervising

·      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

·      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, ECU: PhD Course Development Committee – Micro Theory (2008-2009).

·      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.