{"id":155,"date":"2020-08-01T07:36:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/home-page\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T21:42:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:42:44","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\tLatest News\n\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/research\/research-features\/martin-mattsson-where-does-corruption-bite-hardest--these-public-services-suffer-the-biggest-slowdowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/nus.edu.sg\/research\/research-features\/martin-mattsson-where-does-corruption-bite-hardest--these-public-services-suffer-the-biggest-slowdowns\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">When does corruption cause red tape?<\/a><\/h3>Read about Martin Mattson&#8217;s latest article in the Journal of Public Economics\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/02\/28\/teaching-excellence-awards-for-undergraduate-teaching-assistants-ay2025-26-sem-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/02\/28\/teaching-excellence-awards-for-undergraduate-teaching-assistants-ay2025-26-sem-1\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Teaching Excellence Awards for Undergraduate Teaching Assistants AY2025\/26 Sem 1<\/a><\/h3><p>Seven undergraduates recognised for their good work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-evening-show\/budget-2026-what-s-on-singaporeans-wish-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-evening-show\/budget-2026-what-s-on-singaporeans-wish-list\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Budget 2026: What&#8217;s on Singaporeans&#8217; wish list?<\/a><\/h3><p>Chan Kok Hoe discusses the budget on MONEY FM 89.3<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-evening-show\/the-big-story-rich-in-income-poor-in-wealth-singapore-s-inequality-gap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/moneyfm-evening-show\/the-big-story-rich-in-income-poor-in-wealth-singapore-s-inequality-gap\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Rich in income, poor in wealth? Singapore&#8217;s inequality gap<\/a><\/h3><p>Ong Ee Cheng discusses wealth inequality on MONEY FM 89.3<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/02\/06\/two-adjunct-professors-join-our-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/02\/06\/two-adjunct-professors-join-our-department\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Two adjunct professors join our department<\/a><\/h3><p>Edward Robinson and Paul Chong will bring industry experience to the classroom.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/the-fox-international-fellowship-at-yale-university_yalefoxfellowship-yale-consumerbehaviors-ugcPost-7422675336624267264-X-fQ\/?utm_medium=ios_app&#038;rcm=ACoAABd-cyUBIv7zv14-cFl7tjVQgRIZlw86rbk&#038;utm_source=social_share_send&#038;utm_campaign=mail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/the-fox-international-fellowship-at-yale-university_yalefoxfellowship-yale-consumerbehaviors-ugcPost-7422675336624267264-X-fQ\/?utm_medium=ios_app&#038;rcm=ACoAABd-cyUBIv7zv14-cFl7tjVQgRIZlw86rbk&#038;utm_source=social_share_send&#038;utm_campaign=mail\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">PhD candidate, Zhang Yijun selected as Fox International Fellow at Yale University<\/a><\/h3><p>The fellowship is a graduate student exchange programme<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/01\/02\/li-ming-wins-zellner-award-from-the-journal-of-econometrics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/2026\/01\/02\/li-ming-wins-zellner-award-from-the-journal-of-econometrics\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">Li Ming wins Zellner Award from the Journal of Econometrics<\/a><\/h3>The award honours the best theory paper in 2025.\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/new-fellow-of-the-econometrics-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/new-fellow-of-the-econometrics-society\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">New fellow of the Econometric Society<\/a><\/h3><p>Chen Yi-Chun is the fifth from the department to be elected to the fellowship<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/faculty0\/\" title=\"Our Faculty\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\tOur Faculty\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/seminar-this-semester\/\" title=\"This week&#039;s  Seminars\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\tThis week&#8217;s <br \/> Seminars\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/undergraduate-introduction\/\" title=\"Undergraduate Studies\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\tUndergraduate Studies\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n<h2>\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/general-information\/\" title=\"Graduate Studies\"  target=\"_blank\"  rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\tGraduate Studies\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Latest News When does corruption cause red tape? 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