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Prof. Yuk-fai Fong
Management and Strategy
Economics
Associate Dean (Taught Postgraduate)
Professor

Professor Yuk-fai Fong is a Professor of Management and Strategy, with joint appointment in Economics. Prior to HKU, he has taught at Kellogg School of Management and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Fong received his BSSc and MPhil in Economics from Chinese University of Hong Kong, and PhD in Economics from Boston University.

His research interests include Industrial Organisation, Competition Policy, Dynamic Games, and Applied Microeconomic Theory. He serves as an Editor for B.E. Journals of Theoretical Economics and Associate Editor for International Journal of Industrial Organisation. His research has appeared at leading international journals such as Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics Studies, RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, International Economics Review, Games and Economic Behaviour, Journal of Industrial Economics, and Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. He has consulted for companies such as Shell Oil Company and Platinum Guild International, and is an academic affiliate with Compass LexEcon. Professor Fong won the HKUST Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellent (MBA Required Courses) in 2017, and was a finalist for the award in 2013, 2014, and 2016.

Academic & Professional Qualification
PhD: Boston University
Master: Chinese University of Hong Kong (MPhil)
Bachelor: Chinese University of Hong Kong (BSSc)

Teaching
HKU (tentatively scheduled): EMBA Strategic Management, MBA Strategy and Organisation, MEcon Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy; Undergrad Strategic Management
HKUST: EMBA Orientation Program, EMBA Homecoming Module, EMBA Managerial Microeconomics, Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Talk, MBA Opening Module, MBA Homecoming, MBA Managerial Microeconomics, ExecEd Value Creation, PhD Microeconomics, PhD Industrial Organisation, MSc Topics in Industrial Organisation, MSc Antirust Economics and Competition Policy
Kellogg: MBA Strategy and Organisation

Research Interest

Industrial Organisation, Competition Policy, Dynamic Games, Applied Microeconomic Theory

Selected 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 Behaviour, September 2009, 67 (1), 277–291.

5. “Private Information of Nonpaternalistic Altruism: Exaggeration of Generosity and Reciprocal Behaviour”, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics (Advances), 9(1), 2009, Article 1. (One of two finalists, 2008 Arrow Prize for Junior Economists)

6. “Bidding in a Possibly Common-Value Auction”, (with Daniel F. Garrett), Note, Games and Economic Behaviour, 70 (2), November 2010, 494-501.

7. “Loyalty Rewards Facilitate Tacit Collusion”, (with Qihong Liu), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 20 (3), Fall 2011, 739–775.

8. “Product Quality, Reputation, and Market Structure”, (with Jim Dana), International Economic Review, November 2011, 52(4), 1059–1076.

9. “Long-lived Consumers, Intertemporal Bundling and Collusion”, (with Jim Dana), The Journal of Industrial Economics, December 2011, 59(4), 609–629.

10. “On the Role of Verifiability and Commitment in Credence Goods Markets”, (with Ting Liu and Donald J. Wright), International Journal of Industrial Organisation, November 2014, 37, 118-129.

11. “When Does Aftermarket Monopolization Soften Foremarket Competition”, (with Jin Li and Ke Liu), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Winter 2016, 25(4), 852–879.

12. “Information Revelation in Relational Contracts”, (with Jin Li), The Review of Economic Studies, January 2017, 84 (1), 277–299.

13. “Relational Contracts, Limited Liability, and Employment Dynamics”, (with Jin Li), Journal of Economic Theory, May 2017, 169, 270-293.

14. “Signaling by an Informed Service Provider”, (with Frances Xu Lee), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Winter 2017, 26 (4), 955-968.

15. “Liability and Reputation in Credence Goods Markets”, (with Ting Liu), Economics Letters, May 2018, 166, 35-39.

16. “Using Customer Service to Build Clients' Trust”, (with Xiaoxiao Hu, Ting Liu and Xiaoxuan Meng), The Journal of Industrial Economics, March 2020, 68 (1), 136-155.

17. “Negotiated Block Trade and Rebuilding of Trust”, (with Pak Hung Au and Jin Li), International Economic Review, May 2020, 61(2), 901-939.

Service to the University/Community

Editor, B.E. Journals of Theoretical Economics, 2012- (Associate Editor, 2006-2012)

Associate Editor, International Journal of Industrial Organisation, 2009-

Associate Editor, Taiwan Economic Review, 2012-2014

Director, Center for Experimental Business Research, HKUST, 2013-2018

Nominator, China Economic Prize, for National Economic Foundation, China, 2016, 2017, 2018

Co-chair, 12th Workshop on Industrial Organisation and Management Strategy, 2016

Chair, HKUST Workshop on Industrial Organisation, 2017, 2018

Executive Committee Member, Hong Kong Economic Association, 2017-

Advisory Committee Member, Curriculum Development Council and Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority Committee on Economics (Senior Secondary), 2013 –2017.

Advisory Committee Member, Diploma of Secondary Education Economics Subject Committee in 2013-2015.

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