Recently, Dr. Kang Rong from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has accepted our offer of tenure-track Assistant Professorship at SOE. Dr. Rong is an outstanding young scholar whose research interests include microeconomic theory, game theory and public economics.
His basic information is as follows:
Homepage: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/krong2/www
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL USA
Ph.D. Economics (expected: May 2012)
Advisor: Professor Steven Williams
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
M.A., Economics, July 2004
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
B.A. Economics and B.S. Mathematics, July 2001
Research Interests
Microeconomic theory, game theory, public economics
Research
[1] "Proportional Rationality and the Provision a Public Good in a Large Economy" (under review), Job Market Paper.
Hans Brems Award 2011 (Best Graduate Student Paper), UIUC
[2] "An Axiomatic Approach to Arbitration Problem and Its Applications in Bargaining Games", revise and resubmit, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics.
Hans Brems Award 2009 (Best Graduate Student Paper), UIUC
[3] "Finite-Horizon Alternating-Offer Game with Arbitration" (under review).
[4] "Implementing the Kalai-Smorodinsky Solution" (under review).
[5] "Impact of Second-Order Uncertainty on the Efficiency of the Bilateral 0.5-Double Auction" (under review).
Teaching Experience
University of Illinois
Teaching Assistant Spring 2011
Principles of Microeconomics
South-Central University for Nationalities, China
Instructor, sole course responsibility 2004 - 2005
International Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics
