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Chen Kang Associate Professor Division of Economics BS Xiamen; MS Ohio; PhD Maryland Email: AKACHEN@ntu.edu.sg Tel: 67905751 Fax: 67946303
HSS-04-76 School of Humanities and Social Sciences Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Avenue Singapore 639798
Before joining NTU, Dr. Chen worked at the World Bank’s Socialist Economies Reform Unit and subsequently taught at the National University of Singapore.  He was the Head of the Econometric Modelling Unit from 1996 to 2004 and Head of Economics Division from 1999 to 2005.  He has published widely on issues relating to macroeconomic modelling, economic reform and development, and the economic role of government in professional journals including Journal of Comparative Economics, Economic System Research, European Journal of Political Economy, China Economic Quarterly, International Journal of Public Administration, Economic Modelling, and Singapore Economic Review.  He is author of The Chinese Economy in Transition: Micro Changes and Macro Implications (Singapore University Press, 1995).  His current research interests include public choice, agent based models, central-local relations, public policy and private sector response.  Dr. Chen also served as a consultant to Asian Development Bank, Singapore Trade Development Board, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Singapore Tourism Board, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Housing & Development Board, Ministry of Manpower, Ministry of Finance, and several multinational corporations.
Research Interests The Singapore Economy The Chinese Economy Public Choice Applied Econometrics
Selected Publications Journal Papers "Enhancing Singapore's Competitiveness: Some Fundamental Rethinking," with Tan Khee Giap, Asian Economic Papers, Vol. 4, No. 3, 2006. "A Multiregional Model of China and Its Application," with  Qingyang Gu, Economic Modelling, Vol. 22, No.6, 2005. "Fiscal Centralization and the Form of Corruption in China," European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 20, No. 4, 2004. "Fiscal Recentralization and Behavioral Change of Local Governments: From the Helping Hand to the Grabbing Hand," with Arye Hillman and Qingyang Gu, China Economic Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 2002. "Administrative Decentralisation and Changing State-Society Relations in China," International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 21, No. 9, 1998. "The Evolving Role of Government in China's Transitional Economy," with John Wong, Journal of Far Eastern Business, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1995. "Lessons from China's Economic Reform," with Gary Jefferson and Inderjit Singh, Journal of Comparative Economics, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1992. "Modelling China's Economy in Transition," Economic Systems Research (Journal of International Input-Output Association), Vol. 3, No. 1, 1991. "The Form of Singapore's Aggregate Production Function and Its Policy Implications," Singapore Economic Review, Vol. XXXVI, No. 1, 1991. Books The Chinese Economy in Transition: Micro Changes and Macro Implications, Singapore University Press, 1995 Chapter in Books Chen Kang, Hillman Arye, Gu Qingyang, 2002, From the Helping Hand to the Grabbing Hand: Fiscal Federalism and Corruption in China, China's Economy into the New Century: Structural Issues and Problems, Singapore University Press and World Scientific, pp 193 - 215. Chen Kang, 1998, Accidental Freedom: Economic Development Experience in Post-Mao China, Handbook of Economic Development (Public Administration and Public Policy Series/69), Marcel Dekker, pp 611 - 630. Tan Khee Giap, Chen Kang, 1996, The Impact of Singapore's Macroeconomic Policies: A Simulation Study, Development Experience of Singapore, Allied Publishers, pp 34 - 54. Chen Kang, 1996, Decentralisation and Changing Central Local Relations in Transitional Economies, Economic Management And Transition Towards A Market Economy: An Asian Perspective, World Scientific, pp 152 - 168. Tan Khee Giap, Chen Kang, 1996, A Quarterly Macroeconometric Model of Singapore: A Rational Expectations Approach with Disequilibrium Money, Economic Policy Management in Singapore, Addison Wesley, pp 397 - 418. Chen Kang, 1996, Price Reform: Gradual and Radical Approaches, Economic Management And Transition Towards A Market Economy: An Asian Perspective, World Scientific, pp 169 - 196. Chen Kang, 1991, The Failure of Decentralisation in China: Interplay among Enterprises, Local Governments, and the Centre, Markets and Politicians: Politicized Economic Choice, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 209 - 229.