Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Asst Prof Teo Gin Swee Ernie

Assistant Professor 
Division of Economics 
School of Humanities and Social Sciences 
College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences 



Email: GSTEO@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)65138179 
Office: HSS-04-81 
Education
  • PhD (Phil) University of New South Wales 2008
  • BComm (Hons) University of New South Wales 2004
Biography
Asst Prof. Ernie Teo joined NTU in 2008. He recieved his Bachelor degree (in Economic Management and Business Strategy) and PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. His research interests included Industrial Organisation, Applied Game Theory and Applied Microeconomic Theory.
Research Interests
INDUSTRIAL ORGANISATION:

Network Externalities:
In particular, Crowding Externalities, where an individual first experiences positive externalities, reaches a saturation point and negative (crowding) externalities sets in. (Think overcrowding in clubs.) Related topics: Herding behavior resulting in fads and trends. Also Networks and Spillovers.

Location Theory:
The optimal location of firms. How location equilibria can be affect by changes in consumer densities. How location can affect prices.

Research on Interactive Digital Media (IDM), Internet and Communication:
Pricing of Multiplayer Online Games: Examine the pricing strategies of Multiplayer online computer games. The industry is of interest as there are strong network externalities. Firms use pricing mechanisms such as two-part tariffs and sale of virtual items.
I am also in research topics where strong network externalities exists such as Facebook and IPhone Apps.

Capital Budgeting:
Applying the Colonel Blotto Game of resource allocation to that of capital budgeting in corporations with multiple markets. Advertising competition with a budget constraint in multiple markets.

Game Theory and Public Economics:
Integration of Nations: Exploring the integration (merging) decisions of nations in a game theoretical setting. Why some countries choose to integrate and some do not. Implications of integration such as labor mobility and industrial policy. Conglomeration of firms and spillovers. Industry Clusters.
Political Economy (Spatial Voting): How voting systems affect outcomes. Voting mechanisms and efficiency.
Research Grant
  • Start Up Grant (2008-)
Current Projects
  • Capital Budgeting in Multiple Markets -- A resource allocation game (Blotto Game) approach to the corporate world
Selected Publications
  • Arghya Ghosh, Kieron J. Meagher, Ernie G. S. Teo. (2011). Integration of Asymmetric Nations. Economic Record, 87(277), 221-234.
  • Ghosh, A., Meagher, K. and Teo, E. G. S. (2010, January ). Size of a Nation and the Incentive to Integrate. Paper presented at Far Eastern and South Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Singapore Management University.
  • Ernie G. S. Teo. (2009). Is the Environment a game? Game Theoretical Analysis of the Kyoto ProtocolSingapore and Asia, Impact of the Global Financial Tsunami and Other Economic Issues. (pp. 185-200)..
  • Teo, G. S., and Ek, C. (2009, August ). Virtual Items Pricing in Online Games. Paper presented at Singapore Economic Review Conference 2009, Singapore.
  • Meagher, Kieron J., Teo, Ernie G.S., and Wang, Wen. (2008). A Duopoly Location Toolkit: Consumer Densities Which Yield Unique Spatial Duopoly Equilibria. The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 8(1), Article 14.
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