David Ong

I am a professor of economics at Jinan University-Birmingham University Joint Institute. My research focuses on the experimental and behavioral economics of contests, with particular application to gender differences in competitiveness and marriage matching. I received my Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis in 2009.

ACADEMIC CAREER

• Professor of Economics, Jinan University-University of Birmingham, Jinan University (Guangzhou), Sept 2018-present
• Assistant professor of economics, Peking University HSBC Business School, 2009-July 2018
• Visiting scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sept 2015 – March 2016
• Visiting scholar, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Australia, 2014 March
• Visiting scholar, Ben Gurion University, Israel, March 2014
• Visiting scholar, Max Planck Institute, Jena, April 2013
• Visiting scholar, University of California, Rady School of Management, Jan-Feb 2013
• Visiting scholar, Hebrew University, Center for the Study of Rationality, June-July 2011
• Visiting scholar, Max Planck Institute, Munich, Jan-Feb 2011

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Economics, University of California, Davis (2009)
• Course Work, Field Paper: Suspicion of Unawareness, UW, Madison (2001-03)
• M.A. Economics (Terminal), New York University, New York (2001)
• B.A., Great Books Program, St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD (1993)

FIELDS OF INEREST

• Experimental and behavioral economics, gender differences in competitiveness, marital search and matching

TEACHING INTERESTS

• Experimental economics, behavioral economics, microeconomics, game theory, industrial organization, Chinese economy, labor economics, corporate finance, and econometrics.