Research Interests: Behavioural and Experimental Economics, Social Preferences, Adult Learning, Public Policy, Mechanism Design
Publications
Jiunwen Wang, Charmaine H.Y. Tan, and Walter Theseira. 2025. “Motivations and Barriers to Lifelong Learning in Singapore: Evidence From Focus Group Discussions”. Singapore Labour Journal, 4(1), 6-28.
Charmaine H.Y. Tan. 2021. "The Effect of Group Decision-Making on Social Preferences: An Experimental Study". Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 190, 134-153.
I.P.L. Png and Charmaine H.Y. Tan. 2021. “Cost of Cash : Evidence from Cashiers”. Service Science, 13(2), 53-108.
Charmaine H.Y. Tan. 2019. "Overbidding and Matching Rules in Second Price Auctions: An Experimental Study". Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 84, 101507.
Working Papers
Charmaine Tan. 2018. "The Optimal Auction with Asymmetric Spite".
Charmaine Tan. 2011. "Last-Minute Bidding and Auction Fever: Theories and Evidence from eBay".
Work in Progress
Charmaine Tan, Bobby Cheon, Pamela Goh. “Pro-sociality Fast and Slow: An Experimental Study Other-Regarding Behaviour in Crisis”
Roy Chen, Feng Xin, Lu Jingfeng, and Charmaine Tan. "Multi-Battle Team Contests: An Experimental Study"
Other Publications: Book Chapters and Articles
I.P.L. Png and Charmaine H.Y. Tan, “Privacy, Trust in Banks, and Use of Cash”, MAS Macroeconomic Review, April 2020, Vol XIX Issue 1, Special Feature C.
"The Making of Behavioral Economics: Review of "Misbehaving" by Richard Thaler", in Ethos, Civil Service College Singapore, Issue 17, June 2017.
"Overview of State-Market Relationship and Economic Policy", in Adaptive Governance for a Changing World, edited by Wu Wei Neng, Civil Service College Singapore, 2016.
"The Role of Competition in Singapore's Economics Growth and Public Policies" (with Ng Ming Jie), Civil Service College Singapore, 2016.
“Incentives, Norms, and Public Policy” (with Donald Low), in Behavioural Economics and Policy Design: Examples from Singapore, edited by Donald Low, World Scientific, 2011.