Emeritus Prof Yew-Kwang Ng - Researcher Profile

Biography

Yew-Kwang works in the Faculty of Business & Economics at Monash University as a Professor.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Sydney

Year awarded: 2005

Publications

Books

Ng, Y., 2009, Increasing Returns and Economic Efficiency, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK.

Ng, Y., Ho, L.S. (eds), 2006, Happiness and public policy: Theory, case studies and implications, Palgrave Macmillan, NY USA.

Ng, Y., 2004, Welfare Economics: Towards a More Complete Analysis, Palgrave Macmillan, New York USA.

Ng, Y., 2003, Efficiency, Equality, and Public Policy With a Case for Higher Public Spending, Social Science Documentation Publishing House, Beijing China.

Ng, Y., 2002, Economy and Life, Sichuan People's Publishers, Chengdu Sichuan China.

Ng, Y., 2000, Efficiency, Equality and Public Policy: With a Case for Higher Public Spending, Macmillan Press, Basingstoke UK.

Ng, Y., 1999, Economics and Happiness, Mau Chuang Book Co., Taipei Taiwan.

Ng, Y., 1999, Welfare Economics, Mau Chang Book Co., Taipei Taiwan.

Arrow, K.J., Ng, Y., Yang, X., 1998, Increasing Returns and Economic Analysis, Macmillan, Hampshire.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 1998, Why do Governments Increase with Growth but Happiness Remains Unchanged?, Department of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Ng, Y., 1997, A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism and Interpersonal Comparability, Department of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Zhao, Y., Ng, Y., 1997, Output Collapse in Transitional Economies: A Possible Explanation Using a Two-Sector Mesoeconomic Model, Department of Economics, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

Ng, Y., 2010, Consumer surplus, in Famous Figures and Diagrams in Economics, eds Mark Blaug and Peter Lloyd, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 97-103.

Ng, Y., 2010, The Harberger triangle, in Famous Figures and Diagrams in Economics, eds Mark Blaug and Peter Lloyd, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 104-109.

Ng, Y., 2010, The taxation of external costs, in Famous Figures and Diagrams in Economics, eds Mark Blaug and Peter Lloyd, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham UK, pp. 121-127.

Ng, Y., 2008, Happiness should be the ultimate goal to everyone and all public policies, in Economists Chatting, eds Ming-Shan Jin and Xiao-Hong Zhan, Shandong People's Publishing House, Shandong China, pp. 4-14.

Ng, Y., Ho, L.S., 2006, Introduction: Happiness as the only ultimate objective of public policy, in Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies and Implications, eds Yew-Kwang Ng and Lok Sang Ho, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 1-16.

Ng, Y., 2006, Public policy implications of behavioral economics and happiness studies, in Happiness and Public Policy: Theory, Case Studies and Implications, eds Yew-Kwang Ng and Lok Sang Ho, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke UK, pp. 237-252.

Ng, Y., 2003, Inframarginal versus marginal analysis of networking decisions and e-commerce, in The Economics of E-Commerce and Networking Decisions - Applications and Extensions of Inframarginal Analysis, eds Y-K Ng, H Shi, G-Z Sun, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills UK, pp. 11-23.

Ng, Y., 2002, The Welfare economics of encouraging more births, in Economic Theory and International Trade: Essays in Honour of Murray C. Kemp, eds alan woodland, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, pp. 57-67.

Ng, Y., 2002, Whither China? Implications of cultural differences and some recent research, in Living Environment in the New Economic Conditions and Chinese Culture, eds JIN, Yong, Zhejiang University Press, China, pp. 80-85.

Ng, Y., Kemp, M.C., 2001, On the existence of social welfare functions, social orderings and social decision functions, in The economics of Politics, Vol II, eds Dennis C Mueller, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham UK, pp. 530-537.

Ng, Y., 2000, A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability, in Controversies in Macroeconomics: Growth, Trade and Policy, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 278-288.

Ng, Y., Ng, S., 2000, A Case for Higher Public Spending, in Efficiency, Equality and Public Policy: With a Case for Higher Public Spending, Macmillan, London UK, pp. 105-123.

Ng, Y., 2000, Economic Growth, Public Spending, Financial Crisis and Happiness, in Writings on Environmental Protection, Financial Crisis, Economic Growth, Nan Dai Enterprises Ltd, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, pp. 95-96.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 2000, The Importance of Reliability in Realizing Returns, in Advances in Financial Planning and Forecasting, Jai (Elsevier), New York NY USA, pp. 57-65.

Ng, Y., 1999, Efficiency, equality and happiness: on the ethical foundation of public policy, in The Current State of Economic Science Volume Two: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Spellbound Publications, Rohtak India, pp. 867-882.

Ng, Y., 1998, Non-Neutrality of Money under Non-Perfect Competition: Why do Economists Fail to See the Possibility?, in Increasing Returns and Economic Analysis, Macmillan Press, Hampshire England, pp. 232-252.

Wang, J., Ng, Y., 1998, Pursuit of Relative Conspicuous Consumption in Monopolistic Competition, in Increasing Returns and Economic Analysis, Macmillan Press, Hampshire England, pp. 367-382.

Ng, Y., 1997, New Prospect in the Economic Development of China: Some Reflections on Hong Kong's Handover and the 15th National People's Congress, in The Challenges to Post-Handover Hong Kong: Stability and Prosperity, Hong Kong Int'l Publishers in Politics & Economics, Hong Kong, pp. 84-88.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 1997, Recent Chinese Economic Performance and Prospect, in China's Economic Growth and Transition, Nova Science Publishers Inc, Commack NY, pp. 229-256.

Journal Articles

Wang, Z., Ng, Y., Smyth, R., 2011, A general method for creating Lorenz curves, Review Of Income And Wealth [P], vol 57, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 561-582.

Ng, Y., 2011, Consumption tradeoff vs. catastrophes avoidance: Implications of some recent results in happiness studies on the economics of climate change, Climatic Change [P], vol 105, issue 1-2, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht Netherlands, pp. 109-127.

Ng, Y., 2011, On the origin of our sub-universe: A proposition of axiomatic evolved cosmic consciousness, Journal of Cosmology [E], vol 13, Cosmology Science Publishers, USA, pp. 3754-3764.

Wang, Z., Smyth, R.L., Ng, Y., 2009, A new ordered family of Lorenz curves with an application to measuring income inequality and poverty in rural China, China Economic Review [P], vol 20, issue 2, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, The Netherlands, pp. 218-235.

Sun, G., Ng, Y., 2009, The age-dependent value of time: A life cycle analysis, Journal Of Economics [P], vol 97, issue 3, Springer Wien, Vienna Austria, pp. 233-250.

Ng, Y., 2009, Why is a financial crisis important? The significance of the relaxation of the assumption of perfect competition, International Journal of Business and Economics [P], vol 8, issue 2, Feng Chia University, College of Business, Taiwan Republic of China, pp. 91-114.

Ng, Y., 2008, Environmentally responsible Happy Nation Index: Towards an internationally acceptable national success indicator, Social Indicators Research, vol 85, issue 3, Springer Netherlands, Netherlands, pp. 425-446.

Deng, X., Ng, Y., 2008, Estimation of external costs of road transport: A case study of Beijing, Chongqing Daxue Xuebao (Shehui Kexue Ban), vol 14, issue 1, Chongqing Daxue, China, pp. 4-10.

Ng, Y., 2008, Happiness studies: Ways to improve comparability and some public policy implications, Economic Record, vol 84, issue 265, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia, Richmond Vic Australia, pp. 253-266.

Ng, Y., Zhang, D., 2007, Average-cost pricing, increasing returns, and optimal output: Comparing home and market production, Journal of Economics, vol 90, issue 2, Springer Wien, Austria, pp. 167-192.

Cheung, W., Ng, Y., 2007, Duality in an industry with fluctuating demand, Annals of Economics and Finance, vol 8, issue 2, Peking University Press, China, pp. 229-250.

Ng, Y., Sun, G., 2007, Economics of endogenous specialization: Introduction, Pacific Economic Review, vol 12, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 63-67.

Ng, Y., 2007, Eternal coase and external costs: A case for bilateral taxation and amenity rights, European Journal of Political Economy, vol 23, issue 3, Elsevier BV, North-Holland, Netherlands, pp. 641-659.

Li, G., Ng, Y., 2007, Indirect pricing theory of the firm: A general-equilibrium analysis involving production technology and management service, Pacific Economic Review, vol 12, issue 1, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 129-148.

Cheung, W., Ng, Y., 2007, Specialization and cooperation in research, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, vol 14, issue 1, City University of Hong Kong, Department of Economics & Finance, Hong Kong, pp. 27-42.

Ng, Y., Ng, S., 2007, Why should governments encourage improvements in infrastructure? Indirect network externality of transaction efficiency, Public Finance and Management, vol 7, issue 4, Southern Public Administration Education Foundation, Inc, USA, pp. 340-362.

Ng, Y., 2006, Do the economies of specialization justify the work ethics? A further examination of Buchanan's hypothesis, Annals of Economics and Finance, vol 7, issue 2, Peking University Press, China, pp. 385-403.

Ng, Y., Zhang, D., 2006, Increasing returns and the Smith dilemma, Singapore Economic Review [P], vol 50, issue 1 (Spec), World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 407-416.

Ng, Y., Sun, G., 2006, Introduction, Division of Labour & Transaction Costs, vol 1, issue 2, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 99-103.

Ng, Y., 2006, My acquaintance with Xiaokai, Division of Labour & Transaction Costs, vol 1, issue 2, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 211-212.

Ng, Y., 2006, On the use of the representative decision-maker methodology: A reply to Professor Kemp, Keio Economic Studies [P], vol 43, issue 2, Keio Gijuku Daigaku (Keio Economic Society), Japan, pp. 73-78.

Clarke, M., Ng, Y., 2006, Population dynamics and animal welfare: Issues raised by the culling of kangaroos in Puckapunyal, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 27, issue 2, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 407-422.

Ng, Y., 2006, Some policy implications of behavioral economics and happiness studies for Singapore: with special reference to casinos, The Singapore Economic Review, vol 51, issue 1, World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 1-18.

Ng, Y., 2006, Yang's modern classical economics of specialisation and its implications, Economic Papers, vol 25, issue 2, Economic Society of Australia, St. Ives NSW Australia, pp. 101-105.

Ng, Y., 2005, Division of labour and transaction costs: an introduction, Division of Labour and Transaction Costs, vol 1, issue 1, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd, Singapore, pp. 1-13.

Ng, Y., 2005, Fundamental problems of social choice and the paradox of inter-personally comparable cardinal utility, Journal of Peking University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), vol 42, issue 5, Beijing University Press, China, pp. 159-165.

Ng, Y., 2005, Intergenerational impartiality: replacing discounting by probability weighting, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, vol 18, issue 3, Springer-Verlag Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 237-257.

Ng, Y., 2005, Policy implications of behavioural economics: with special reference to the optimal level of public spending, Australian Economic Review, vol 38, issue 3, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia, pp. 298-306.

Ng, Y., 2004, Increasing returns and economic organisation: introduction, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organisation, vol 55, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 129-136.

Ng, Y., Wu, Y., 2004, Multiple equilibria and interfirm macro-externality: an analysis of sluggish real adjustment, Annals of Economics and Finance, vol 5, issue 1, Peking University Press, China, pp. 61-77.

Ng, Y., 2004, Optimal environmental charges/taxes: easy to estimate and surplus-yielding, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol 28, issue 4, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, pp. 395-408.

Deng, X., Ng, Y., 2004, Optimal taxation on mixed diamond goods: implications for private car ownership in China, Pacific Economic Review, vol 9, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Australia & Hong Kong, pp. 293-306.

Ng, Y., 2004, Sustainable development: a problem of environmental disruption now instead of intertemporal ethics, Sustainable Development, vol 12, issue 3, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, UK, pp. 150-160.

Li, G., Ng, Y., 2004, The emergence of multinational enterprises: a general-equillibrium analysis, Journal of International Business and Economics, vol II, issue 1, Academy of International Business and Economics, USA, pp. 45-60.

Ng, Y., 2003, Appropriate discounting of future utilities need not be the dictatorship of the present: a note on Chichilnisky, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 21, issue 1, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 113-116.

Ng, Y., Yeh, Y., 2003, Comparative statics without total differentiation of the first-order conditions, Economics Letters, vol 78, issue 2, Elsevier, Switzerland, pp. 161-166.

Ng, Y., Ng, S., 2003, Do the economies of specialization justify the work ethics? An examination of Buchanan's hypothesis, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol 50, issue 3, Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 339-353.

Ng, Y., Sun, G., 2003, Exclusion of self evaluations in peer ratings: an impossibility and some proposals, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 20, issue 3, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 443-456.

Ng, Y., 2003, From preference to happiness: towards a more complete welfare economics, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 20, issue 2, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Germany, pp. 307-350.

Ng, Y., Liu, P., 2003, Global environmental protection: solving the international public-goods problem by empowering the United Nations through cooperation with WTO, International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, vol 3, issue 4, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, Geneve Switzerland, pp. 409-417.

Ng, Y., 2003, Orthodox economics and economists: Strengths and weaknesses, The Singapore Economic Review, vol 48, issue 1, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd, Singapore, pp. 81-94.

Ng, Y., 2002, Economic policies in the light of happiness studies with reference to Singapore, Singapore Economic Review, vol 47, issue 2, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, pp. 1-14.

Ng, Y., 2002, The East-Asian happiness gap: speculating on causes and implications, Pacific Economic Review, vol 7, issue 1, Blackwell, Australia, pp. 51-63.

Ng, Y., Wang, J., 2001, Attitude choice, economic change, and welfare, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol 45, North-Holland, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 279-291.

Ng, Y., Ng, S., 2001, Does the enrichment of another country benefit India? Some empirical results, International Journal of Applied Economics and Econometrics, vol 9, issue 4, Transaction Periodicals Consortium, Rutgers, USA, pp. 479-492.

Ng, Y., 2001, Fairness and welfare: an introduction, Pacific Economic Review, vol 6, issue 2, Blackwell Publishers Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 169-177.

Ng, Y., 2001, Is public spending good for you?, World Economics, vol 2, issue 2, NTC Publications Ltd, Henley-on-Thames UK, pp. 1-17.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 2001, Welfare-reducing growth despite individual and government optimization, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 18, issue 3, Springer, Germany, pp. 497-506.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 2000, Enrichment of a Sector Benefits Others, Pacific Economic Review, vol 5 issue 3, Blackwell, UK, pp. 299-302.

Ng, Y., 2000, From Separability to Unweighted Sum: A Case for Utilitarianism, Theory and Decision, vol 49 issue 4, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 299-312.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 2000, Income disparities in the transition of China: Reducing negative effects by dispelling misconceptions, Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, vol 9, issue 1, Routledge, UK, pp. 55-68.

Yin, X., Ng, Y., 2000, Quantity precommitment and Bertrand competition yield Cournot outcomes, Australian Economic Papers, vol 39 issue 1, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 113-119.

Ng, Y., 2000, Several Problems Concerning the Publication of Papers in Economic Journals, Taiwan Economic Review, vol 28 issue 1, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, pp. 115-122.

Ng, Y., 2000, The Optimal Size of Public Spending and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation, National Tax Journal, vol 53 issue 2, National Tax Assocation, Washington DC, pp. 253-272.

Sun, G., Ng, Y., 2000, The measurement of structural differences between economies: An axiomatic characterization, Economic Theory, vol 16, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 313-321.

Ng, Y., 1999, Can Money Buy Happiness? Why Should Public Spending be Increased?, Taiwan Economic Review, vol 27, 3, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, pp. 269-284.

Ng, Y., 1999, Efficiency, Equality and Happiness: On the Ethical Foundation of Public Policy, Intgernational Journal of Development Planning Literature, vol 14, 1, Spellbound Publications, Rohtak India, pp. 1-15.

Cheng, W., Ng, Y., 1999, Intra-Firm Branch Competition for a Monopolist, Australian Economic Papers, vol 38, 3, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 238-249.

Ng, Y., Ng, S., 1999, Is the economic relationship between Taiwan and Mainland China mutually beneficial? A reply to Miss Chong, Economic Outlook, vol 61, China Economic Research Institute, Taipei Taiwan, p. 33.

Ng, Y., 1999, On Estimating the Effects of Events like the Asian Financial Crisis: A Mesoeconomic Approach, Taiwan Economic Review, vol 27, 4, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, pp. 393-412.

Sun, G., Ng, Y., 1999, The Effect of Number and Size of Interest Groups on Social Rent Dissipation, Public Choice, vol 101, Kluwer, Netherlands, pp. 251-265.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 1999, The Enrichment of a Sector Benefits Others: the Case of Trade for Specialization, International Journal of Development Planning Literature, vol 14, 3, Spellbound Publications, Rohtak India, pp. 403-410.

Ng, Y., Ng, S., 1999, The mutually beneficial economic relationship between Taiwan and Mainland China, Economic Outlook, vol 61, China Economic Research Institute, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 10-15.

Ng, Y., 1999, The paradox of interpersonal cardinal utility: a proposed solution to a central problem of public economic policy, Public Economics Review, vol 2, no 1, National Chengchi University, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 1-32.

Ng, Y., 1999, Theory and Practice: why should the five-day week be encouraged?, Economic Outlook, vol 65, China Economic Research Institute, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 100-102.

Ng, Y., 1999, Utility, Informed Preference or Happiness: Following Harsanyi's Argument to its Logical Conclusion, Social Choice and Welfare, vol 16, 2, Springer-Verlag, New York NY USA, pp. 197-216.

Ng, Y., 1999, Why do the World Bank and IMF Differ on East Asian Financial Crisis, Economic Research, vol issue 369, Economic Institute of the Chinese Social Sc. Acad, Beijing China, pp. 18-21.

Ng, Y., 1998, A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism and Interpersonal Comparability, Microeconomic Theory Abstracts, vol 3, 14, Social Science Research Network (www.SSRN.com), USA.

Ng, Y., 1998, Could economic growth increase happiness?, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 255, Hong Kong Economic Journal Publishing, Hong Kong, pp. 49-53.

Ng, Y., 1998, Economy in Poems and Some 'One-Word' Poems, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 259, Hong Kong Economic Journal Publishing, Hong Kong, pp. 62-64.

Ng, Y., 1998, Efficiency, Equality and Happiness: On the Ethical Foundation of Public Policy, Public Economics Abstracts, vol 3, 33, Social Science Research Network (www.SSRN.com), USA.

Ng, Y., 1998, In defence of welfarism, Contemporary, vol 135, Hop Chi Cultural Enterprise Ltd, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 60-65.

Ng, Y., 1998, Let People Mortgage their Property Usage to Start up New Businesses, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 261, Hong Kong Economic Journal Publishing, Hong Kong, pp. 14-16.

Ng, Y., 1998, Nobel Laureates' contributions, the parts left out, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 239, Hong Kong Economic Journal Publishing, Hong Kong, pp. 38-40.

Ng, Y., 1998, On state enterprise reforms with a brief remark on the financial storm in East Asia, Harvard China Review, vol 1, 1, Harvard China Forum & Cambridge China Institute, Cambridge USA, pp. 32-35.

Ng, Y., 1998, Quality-Adjusted Life Years (Qalys) versus Willingness to Pay in Matters of Life and Death, International Journal of Social Economics, vol 25, 6/7/8, MCB University Press, Bradford England, pp. 1178-1188.

Ng, Y., 1998, The Economics of Encouraging Returnees, Economic Outlook, vol may, Chinese Economic Research Institute, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 120-123.

Ng, Y., 1998, The Optimal Size of Public Spending and the Distortionary Cost of Taxation, Public Economics Abstracts, vol 3, 28, Social Science Research Network (www.SSRN.com), USA.

Ng, Y., 1998, The contributions of Amartya Sen and some Related Controversies, Contemporary, vol 135, Hop Chi Cultural Enterprise Ltd, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 52-59.

Ng, Y., 1998, The method of balancing in peer assessment, Global Views Monthly, vol july, Global Views Publishing, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 128-129.

Ng, Y., 1998, Utility, Preference, and Happiness: Following Harsanyi's Argument to its Logical Conclusion, Public Economics Abstracts, vol 3, 31, Social Science Research Network (www.SSRN.com), USA.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 1998, Why do Governments Increase with Growth but Happiness Remains Unchanged?, Public Economics Abstracts, vol 3, 28, Social Science Research Network (www.SSRN.com), USA.

Ng, Y., 1997, A Case for Happiness, Cardinalism, and Interpersonal Comparability, Economic Journal, vol 107, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 1848-1858.

Ng, Y., 1997, Avoid being misled by a method of sure winning in gambling, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 238, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, p. 119.

Ng, Y., 1997, How Much Should Government Revenue and Spending Be?, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 243, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pp. 6-8.

Ng, Y., 1997, On Speculation and Price Fluctuations, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 249, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pp. 3-5.

Yin, X., Ng, Y., 1997, Quantity Precommitment and Bertrand Competition Yield Cournot Outcomes: A Case with Product Differentiation, Australian Economic Papers, vol 36, Uni. of Adelaide & Flinders Uni. of S. Australia, Australia, pp. 14-22.

Ng, Y., Yang, X., 1997, Specialization, Information and Growth: A Sequential Economic Analysis, Review of Development Economics, vol 1, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 257-274.

Ng, Y., 1997, The Economics of Releasing Captured Animals, Hong Kong Economic Journal, vol 245, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, pp. 31-33.

Conference Proceedings

Ng, Y., Ng, S., 1999, The economic relationship between Taiwan and mainland China : A perspective from the principle of mutual advantage, East Asian Economic Development: Its Past and Future, Taipei, September, National Taiwan University, Taipei Taiwan, pp. 139-158.

Other

Ng, Y., Wang, J., 1999, Attitude, choice, economic change, and welfare, Electronic publication (www.SSRN.com), Economics Research Network USA.

Ng, Y., 1999, Controversies regarding Amartya Sen, Economic Highlights, Chengdu China.

Ng, Y., 1999, Current Chinese Economic Problems: demand side or supply side, Economic Highlights, Chengdu China.

Ng, Y., 1999, How should the government manage the economy?, Enterprise Weekly, Beijing China.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 1999, Income Disparities in the transition of China: Reducing negative effects by dispelling misconceptions, Electronic publication (www.SSRN.com), Economics Research Network USA.

Ng, Y., 1999, Life is more valuable for the old, Economic Highlights, Chengdu China.

Ng, Y., 1999, On estimating the effects of events like the Asian financial crisis, Electronic publication (www.SSRN.com), Economics Research Network USA.

Ng, Y., 1999, The presumption of innocence and double jeopardy: is it reasonable for the employer to fire convicts?, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Sun Bo Ltd, Hong Kong.

Ng, Y., 1999, Theory and Practice: why should the five-day week be encouraged?, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Sun Bo Ltd, Hong Kong.

Ng, Y., 1999, Yang and New Classical Economics, Economic Highlights, Chengdu China.

Ng, Y., Yang, X., 1998, Specialization, Information and Growth: A Sequential Equilibrium Analysis, Electronic Publication (www.SSRN.com), Economics Research Network USA.

Ng, Y., Sun, G., 1998, The Effect of Number and Size of Interest Groups on Social Rent Dissipation, Electronic Publication (www.SSRN.com), Economics Research Network USA.

Ng, S., Ng, Y., 1998, The Rate of Uncertainty is More Important than the Rate of Interest in Affecting Investment, Electronic Publication (www.SSRN.com), Economics Research Network USA.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The relation between savings and growth in OECD countries: evidence from long range data.

Supervisors:

Madsen, J (Main), Ng, Y (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Cheo, K.

Program of Study:

Public education and efficiency under increasing returns: essays. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main).

Student:

Chow, Y.

Program of Study:

Skill-based portfolio choice under agent-specific Keynesian uncertainty. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Shi, H (Associate).

Student:

Cui, H.

Program of Study:

Increasing returns, transaction efficiency, and welfare analysis. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Cheng, W (Associate).

Student:

Deng, X.

Program of Study:

OPTIMAL PRICING ON ROAD TRANSPORT AND PRIVATE CAR OWNERSHIP-WITH A CASE STUDY OF CHINA. (PHD) 2003.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Forsyth, P (Joint), Smyth, R (Joint).

Student:

Dharmaratna, G.

Program of Study:

Demand, supply and welfare aspects of pipe-borne water in Sri Lanka. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Harris, E (Associate), Parasnis, J (Associate).

Student:

Dunlop, W.

Program of Study:

DISCOUNTING HEALTH. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Ng, Y (Main), Richardson, J (Associate).

Student:

Dzhumashev, R.

Program of Study:

Essays on economic effects of corruption. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main).

Student:

Liu, P.

Program of Study:

International demonstration effect, division of labour and economic development. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Sun, G (Associate).

Student:

Pang, C.

Program of Study:

TRANSACTION SERVICES, TRADE PATTERNS, COMMISSION MIDDLEMEN AND MARKUP MIDDLEMEN: INFRAMARGINAL MODELS AND GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION OF LABOR. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Joint-Co), Shi, H (Joint).

Student:

Peng, X.

Program of Study:

POPULATION AGEING, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POPULATION POLICY OPTIONS IN CHINA: A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUALIBRIUM ANALYSIS.. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Dixon, P (Main), Mai, Y (Associate), Ng, Y (Associate).

Student:

Qian, J.

Program of Study:

Growth Accounting for the Chinese Provinces 1990-2000: Incorporating Human Capital Accumulation. (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Smyth, R (Main), Ng, Y (Associate), Maitra, P (Associate).

Student:

Qian, J.

Program of Study:

Parental education expenditure, the returns to education and regional disparities in education output with empirical applications to China. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Smyth, R (Main), Ng, Y (Associate), Mulino, D (Associate).

Student:

Shi, H.

Program of Study:

The efficiency of government promotion of the tourism industry - with special reference to Australia. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Smyth, R (Associate), Cheng, W (Associate).

Student:

Susamto, A.

Program of Study:

Essays on the economics of happiness. (Masters) 2008.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main), Mui, V (Associate).

Student:

Wang, Z.

Program of Study:

Chinese Household Savings: Institutional Effects and Urban Microfacts. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Valenzuela, M (Main), Ng, Y (Associate).

Student:

Woo, W.

Program of Study:

Relative position and pareto efficiency. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main).

Student:

Zhou, Y.

Program of Study:

Some long-run comparative-static effects under imperfect competition - a mesoeconomic approach.. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Ng, Y (Main).