C.V.
Yijuan Chen （陈益卷）
Email: yijuan.chen@anu.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 6125 4909
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/yijuanchen/
Academic Appointments:
Associate Professor, Research School of Economics, Australian National University, 2022-
Senior Lecturer, Research School of Economics, Australian National University, 2016 –2021
Lecturer, Research School of Economics, Australian National University, 2009 – 2015
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2009, Committee: Jan Eeckhout (Advisor), Mark Pauly, Andrew Postlewaite, Elena Krasnokutskaya
M.Sc. in Finance and Economics (with Distinction), University of Southampton, UK, 2002, Dissertation Supervisor: Juuso Valimaki
Bachelor of Economics, Xiamen University, China, 1999
Research Interest
Health Economics, Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics
Refereed Journal Publication:
12. Postsearch uncertainty, product heterogeneity, and price divergence, with Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2024, Vol. 33(1), pp. 175-202. (https://doi.org/10.1111/jems.12561)
11. Complementarity between online and offline channels for quality signaling, with Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, Journal of Economics, 2022, Vol. 135, pp. 49-74. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-021-00755-7)
10. Hospital report cards: Quality competition and patient selection, with Peter Sivey, Journal of Health Economics, 2021, Vol. 78, 102484 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102484)
9. Healthcare insurance policy when provider and patient may collude, with Yaping Wu, David Bardey and Sanxi Li, Health Economics, 2021, Vol.30 (3), pp. 525-543. (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4206)
8. Competition and quality in healthcare with Peter Sivey, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance , 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.60)
7. Optimal compensation rule under provider adverse selection and moral hazard, with Yaping Wu and Sanxi Li, Health Economics, 2018, Vol. 27 (3), pp. 509-524. (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3590)
6. Quality differentiation and firms' choices between online and physical markets, with Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, Vol. 52, pp. 96-132. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.01.003)
5. A theory of waiting time reporting and quality signalling, with Juergen Meinecke and Peter Sivey, Health Economics, 2016, Vol. 25(11), pp. 1355-1371. (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3222)
4. Can online markets attract high quality products?, with Pu Chen, Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, Economic Modelling, 2015, Vol. 51, pp.65-71. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.07.010)
3. Do health care report cards cause providers to select patients and raise quality of care?, with Juergen Meinecke, Health Economics, 2012, Vol. 21(s1), pp.33-55. (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2775)
2. Innovation frequency of durable complementary goods, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2012, Vol. 48(6), pp.407-421. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2012.08.004)
1. Why are health care report cards so bad (good)?, Journal of Health Economics, 2011, Vol.30(3), pp.575-590. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.01.002)
Research Grants:
2024-2027, Chief Investigator, Project: "Research on hospital competition via healthcare quality differentiation under the reform of hospital payment mode: from the perspective of industrial organization and incentive theory", National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 72373071
2024-2027, Chief Investigator, Project: "Counter-COVID public policies and the impacts on Australian children", Australian Research Council Discovery Project 24, Application ID: DP240101102
2018-2021, Chief Investigator, Project: “A study of e-commerce: the perspective of game theory and information economics”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 71773131
2018-2020, Chief Investigator, Project: “Research on the Incentive Mechanism on Medical Insurance Payment System and Physician Remuneration System under the Hierarchical Diagnosis and Treatment System”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 71703075
College Internal Research Grant, College of Business and Economics, Australian National University, 2018-2019, 2016-2017, 2015-2016, 2014-2015, 2013-2014, 2011-2012, 2010-2011
Teaching:
Applied Micro-econometrics, 2023-
Health Economics, 2017-
Optimization Techniques for Economics and Financial Economics, 2017-2022
Mathematics for Economics II, 2014-2016
Industrial Organization, 2013-2015
Managerial Economics, 2010-2013
Microeconomics 1, 2009-2012
Administrative Roles:
PhD Admission Committee, Research School of Economics, ANU, 2019-
Visitors Committee, Research School of Economics, ANU, 2017, 2018, 2022-
Organizer of the General Seminar series, Research School of Economics, ANU, 2014, 2015
Organizer of the Economic Theory seminar series, Research School of Economics, ANU, 2012, 2013, 2016
Awards and Scholarship:
Early Career Researcher Prize, Australian Health Economics Society, 2013
Judith Rodin Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2006-2007
University of Pennsylvania Fellowship, 2003-2009
Economics Research Studentship, University of Southampton, 2003
Development Trust Studentship, University of Southampton, 2002-2003
Referee Activity:
International Economic Review, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Health Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Review of Industrial Organization, Economic Record, China Economic Review, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Manchester School
Conference and Seminar Presentations:
10. "Post-search Uncertainty, Product Heterogeneity and Price Divergence"
University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, 2023
40th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, Canberra, 2023
9. "Hospital report cards: Quality competition and patient selection"
Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), 2021 (webminar)
RMIT University, Melbourne, 2018
8. "Consumer Search with Imperfect Quality Information"
Econometric Society Asian Meeting, Xiamen, 2019
The Workshop on Industrial Organization and Competition Policy, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, 2018
Peking University, Beijing, 2018
7. “Complementarity between online and offline businesses”
Econometric Society Asian Meeting, Hong Kong, 2017
Renmin University of China, Beijing, 2017
Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 2017
6. “Quality differentiation and firms’ choices between online and offline markets”
Monash University, Melbourne, 2016
La Trobe University, Melbourne, 2014
5. “A theory of waiting time reporting and quality signalling”
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, 2016
32nd Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, Canberra, 2014
Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, Sydney, 2013
9th World Congress of the Health Economic Association, Sydney, 2013
4. “Do health care report cards cause providers to select patients and improve quality?”
8th World Congress of the Health Economic Association, Toronto, 2011
16th World Congress of the International Economic Association, Beijing, 2011
University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2010
3. “Innovation frequency of durable complementary goods”
Eastern Economics Association Annual Conference, Boston, 2012
28th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, Melbourne, 2010
The Pacific Rim Innovation Conference, Melbourne, 2010
2. “Why are health care report cards so bad (good)?”,
1st Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Melbourne, 2010
36th Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Philadelphia, 2010
7th International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, 2009
Australian National University, Australian Centre of Economic Research on Health, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, 2009
1. “Word-of-mouth in movies with platform release: Theory and evidence”
American Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 2008
Non-academic Experience
Business Director, Xiamen Special Economic Zone Foreign Trade Group, China, Jul 1999- Sep2000