Academic Position

  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, 07/2008-present.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong, from 07/2009. 

Past Academic Positions 

  • Visiting Scholar, Ford Motor Company for Global Citizenship, Kellogg School of Management, 01/2008-06/2008.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy, University of Rochester, 09/2007-12/2007.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Concordia University, 06/2005-05/2008.

Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, University of Rochester, 2005.
  • M.A. Economics, University of Rochester, 2003.
  • B.S. Engineering, National Taiwan University, 1997.

Research Interests

       Political Economy, Applied Theory, Business and Politics.

Publications

  • "Policy Persistence in a Multi-party Parliamentary Democracy" (2008) with Daniel Diermeier. In Institutions and Economic Performance, Ed. Elhanan Helpman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. [LINK]

Research Papers

  • "A Dynamic Theory of a Parliamentary Democracy" (2008) with David P. Baron and Daniel Diermeier, revise and resubmit, Review of Economic Studies. [LINK]
  • "Endogenous Limits on Proposal Power" (2009) with Daniel Diermeier, invited resubmission, Econometrica. [LINK]
  • "Existence and Computation of Pure-strategy Equilibrium in Models of Legislative Bargaining with Reconsideration" (2009) with Daniel Diermeier. [LINK]
  • "Bargaining over the Budget" (2009) with Daniel Diermeier, under review, Social Choice and Welfare. [LINK]
  • "Dynamics of Government and Policy Choice" (2008). [LINK]
  • "Policy Dynamics and Inefficiency in a Parliamentary Democracy with Proportional Representation" (2007) with David P. Baron and Daniel Diermeier, Stanford Business School Research Paper No. 1960. [LINK]
  • "When Stock-based Pay Meets Stock Market" (2006), revise and resubmit, Journal of Corporate Finance. [LINK]

Work In Progress

  • "Post-Election Bargaining in Parliaments" with David P. Baron and Daniel Diermeier.
  • "Policy Dynamics in Transitions to Democracy" with Daniel Diermeier. [LINK]
  • "Proposal Protocols and Policy Dynamics in Stochastic Environments" with Alessandro Riboni.
  • "Policy Dynamics with Filibusters" with Fang-Yi Chiou.
  • "Asymmetric Information, Committee Voting and Majority Rules."
  • "Agenda Setting with Endogenous Power."

Teaching

  • Introduction to Positive Political Theory, Undergraduate, Northwestern University, Spring 2009.
  • Statistical Methods for Management Decisions, MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Winter 2009.
  • Political Economics, PhD and MA, Concordia University, 2006-2007.
  • Public Finance, PhD and MA, Concordia University, 2006.
  • Personnel Economics, Undergrad, Concordia University, 2006-2007.
  • Labor Market Economics, Undergrad, Concordia University, 2005-2006.
  • Intermediate Microeconomics, Undergrad, University of Rochester, 2002-2003.

Refereeing

  • American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, Social Choice and Welfare.

Conference Presentations

  • 2009: Midwest Political Science Association National Conference (Chicago), Public Choice Society Annnual Meeting (Las Vegas).
  • 2008: American Political Science Association Annual Meetings (Boston), Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting (MIT), North American Summer Meeting for the Econometrics Society (Carnegie Mellon University), Political Economy of Bargaining Conference* (Wilfrid LAurier University),  Princeton University Political Economy Conference*, Midwest Political Science Association National Conference (Chicago), Canadian Institute for Advanced Research's Institutions, Organizations and Growth Program Meeting* (Toronto).
  • 2007: NBER Political Economy Workshop, Society for Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting* (Prague), Canadian Economics Association Annual Meetings (Halifax), Canadian Public Economics Group Meeting (Halifax).
  • 2006: North American Summer Meeting of the Econometrics Society (University of Minnesota), Canadian Economic Theory Conference (University of Toronto).

Seminar Presentations

  • 2009: University of California, Berkeley (Political Science), Singapore Management University (Economics), City University of Hong Kong (Economics and Finance), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Economics).
  • 2008: Northwestern University (Theory Lunch), Academia Sinica (Economics), National Taiwan University (Economics).
  • 2007: Princeton University (Politics), University of Montreal (Economics), University of Toronto (Economics), University of Rochester (Wallis Institute).
  • 2006: Northwestern University (MEDS), University of Montreal (Economics), National Taiwan University (Economics).
  • 2005: University of Western Ontario (Economics), Queen's University (Economics), Concordia University (Economics), National Taiwan University (Economics).

Contact Information

  • E-mail: p-fong at kellogg.northwestern.edu
  • Phone: (312) 590 9248
  • Office: 582 Leverone Hall
  • Address: Department of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management, Donald P. Jacobs Center, 2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208, USA

              

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