Chiu Yu Ko obtained his B.B.A.(Insurance, Financial and Actuarial Analysis) and M.Phil.(Economics) from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2005 and 2007. He received his Ph.D.(Economics) from Boston College in 2012. Upon graduation, he has joined the Department of Economics in the National University of Singapore as an assistant professor.
His research focuses on game theory, industrial organization, and political economy. For game theory, he works on the bargaining, principal-agent, and resource allocation problems. For industrial organization, he specializes in innovation and platform competition. For political economy, he is interested in political system and political history.
His research has been published/accepted in peer-reviewed journals including Canadian Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economic and Management Strategy, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Theory and Decision.
He teaches Microeconomic Analysis III (undergraduate), Financial Market Microstructure (undergraduate), Applied Financial Economics (Master) and Industrial Organization (Ph. D). He has been the main advisor for two Ph.D. students and honor thesis advisor for more than a dozen undergraduate students.
He subscribes to the philosophy that effective learning requires an understanding of multiple facets in both depth and breadth. He also believes that giving students continuous feedback during the course is crucial as it means they learn from their mistakes, consolidate the knowledge they have acquired and gives them the motivation to explore further and deeper.
PhD in Economics, 2012
Boston College
MA in Economics, 2009
Boston College
MPhil in Economics, 2007
Chinese University of Hong Kong
BBA in Insurance, Financial and Actuarial Analysis, 2005
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Game Theory
Bargaining, principal-agent, resource allocation
Industrial Organization
Innovation, network
Political Economics
Political system, political history
Financial Economics
Asset pricing, textual analysis
Applied Financial Economics
Master (Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019)
Financial Market Microsturcture
Undergraduate (Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019)
Industrial Organization
Ph.D. (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016)
Microeconomics Analysis III
Undergraduate (Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2015)