Assistant Professor
Kenneth Chan Kok Fong
Ph.D. in Economics, University of California Santa Barbara
Research Interests:Behavioural & Experimental Economics (primary), Economic Theory, Labor Economics, Health Economics
0755-2603 3355
kenneth_chan@phbs.pku.edu.cn
Rm. 729, PHBS Building
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Biography

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, 2020 – 2024

M.A., Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, 2020 – 2021

B.Soc.Sci in Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2016 – 2020 


Employment

Research Fellow, National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, 2025 – 2026

Working Papers

An Axiomatic Model and Test of Belief Updating: Bayes, Grether (1980), and Preservation of MLRP 

Best Theory and Behavioral Economics paper at Asia Meeting of Econometric Society, 2026


How Much Can I Make? Insights on Belief Updating in the Labor Market (With Sebastian Brown)


Prior Updated: The Role of Prior Confidence in Updating (With Gary Charness, Chetan Dave and Lucas Reddinger) 

Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review


Experimental Evidence on the Behavioral (In)efficiency of Market Institutions (With Samuel Fahim)


Book Chapter

Chan, K. & Charness, G. (forthcoming) Experimental Design in Economics. In Grote, G. & Lalive, R., Interdisciplinary Foundations for Organizational Science and Application: A Dialogue between Psychology and Economics. Oxford University Press.


Teaching Experience

Instructor (designing and teaching the course), University of California Santa Barbara, Summer 2024

• Summer Research Academies (SRA) Track 11 

• Strategic Choices (Behavioral Economics class for high school students) 

• Difficulty: Undergraduate Honors Class