Roland Cheo Kim San
6 Lorong Nangka
Singapore 425099
mail@rolandnews.com
blangah@live.cn
Associate Professor
Centre for Economic Research, Shandong University, China
Dates: 5/10- current
Education
PhD – Economics
Monash University – Clayton, Australia
Dates: 2003 – 2007
Title: Essays on Education Under Increasing Returns
Supervisor: Prof Ng Yew-Kwang
External Examiners: David Levy (George Mason University) and Steve Bradley (Univ of Lancaster)
Master of Social Science — Economics
National University of Singapore
Dates: 8/96 — 7/98
Overseas Student Exchange Programme
St Annes College — Oxford University, England
Dates: 12/90 — 5/91
Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) —
Economics & English Literature
University of Wisconsin — Whitewater, USA
Dates: 6/89 — 7/92
Scholarships/Awards
Australian International Postgraduate Research Scholarship,
and Monash Graduate Scholarship
3/03 – 3/06
Monash Postgraduate Publication Award
5/06 – 6/06
Work Experience
Tutor
Department of Economics
National University of Singapore
Dates: 7/97 — 6/99, 05/01 — 2/03
Taught 1st to 3rd year economics courses including introductory and intermediate microeconomics, environmental economics, business economics.
Co-ordinator of Development Programmes, ProjectGrace- Xishuang Banna, Yunnan, China
Dates: 6/99 – 2/01
Worked in an international non-governmental organization. Organised and conducted teacher training for secondary and primary school teachers in several counties and townships in cooperation with the various prefectures’ Education Bureau on topics such as Creative Teaching, Classroom Management, Communication, and English. Pioneered several community projects, such as a mobile library projects, primary and secondary school scholarship initiatives. Planned and executed several relief initiatives such as food distribution during droughts. Involved in HR Recruitment for staffing as well as mentoring and developing staff training materials
Lecturer
Department of Economics
Monash University, Caulfield
Dates 2/05-4/06
Taught managerial economics to students in the Masters of
Practising Accountants programme in Australia.
Visiting Fellow
Department of Economics
National University of Singapore
Dates: 7/06 – 12/09
Taught principles of economics and Singapore Economy as well as Environmental Economics. Consistently ranked about 4.3 out of a 5 pt scale for class sizes above 1000 students as well as for small classes of 100+ students
Associate Professor
Centre for Economic Research, Shandong University, China
Dates: 5/10- current
Taught graduate students in Experimental Economics and Environmental Economics. Started and headed the experimental and behavioral laboratory of the Centre and collaborated with other international centres in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and the US.
Grants, Consulting, Research, Editorial
Shandong University Faculty Grant (Grant No. 2010HW004) Project Title: Defaults , Attitudes Toward Risk Bearing, and Loss Aversion from Risk Neutral Players: How Asians, Africans, Chinese and Europeans are Different 10/10 - current
Conducted trials and tests in a joint research into Vickrey Auctions by the National University of Singapore and Simon Fraser University, Canada on a research grant funded by Environment Canada. 3/98-6/98
Cheo, Roland. An Evaluation of the Impact of Rubber Trees in China on the Rural Economy with Specific Focus on Xishuangbanna, Yunnan and Hainan Island. A Research submitted to GTZ-China Technical Assistance, Yunnan in 2001.
Consulted for Highpoint Community Services and Life Community Services, Singapore, on their tsunami relief project in Aceh. Inclusive of UV water filter project implementation, and rural micro-enterprise assistance programmes in 2005, 2006.
Visiting Postdoctorial Fellow
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, 6/07-8/07 Chendu, China. Taught Comparative Economic Systems
Consultant to KPMG – Advised the Singapore National Library Board on the economic valuation of their services
Publications
Books
Economics — Theory and Applications, Instructor’s Manual, 1998
McGraw-Hill Publishing Pte Ltd
In Shifting Sands. Examining the Loss of Business Confidence in Asia, 1999
McGraw Hill Publishing Pte Ltd
Synopsis: Details the causes and impact of the Asian Financial Crisis in Asia
Journal Papers
Wan Chang Da and Cheo, Roland. 2010. Determinants of Malaysian and Singaporean
Economics Undergraduates’ Academic Performance. International Review of Economic Education. Forthcoming.
Cheo, Roland K. 2009. Ranking and School Autonomy: Efficiency Effects of
New Initiatives on the Singapore Education System. Singapore Economic Review, 54(2): 197-215
Jaai, Parasnis; Cheo, Roland; Fausten, Dietrich. 2008. Do Australian Qualifications Help? The Effect of Host Country Qualification on Migrant Participation and Unemployment. Economic Record, 84(s1): s131-140
Cheo, Roland K. 2007. Using Shapley Values to Address Embedding Biases in Contingent Valuation Studies. Applied Economic Letters, 14(10): 765-68
Cheo, Roland K. 2006. Teaching Contingent Valuation and Promoting Civic-mindedness in the Process. International Review of Economics Education,5(2): 81-97
Quah, Euston and Cheo, Roland K.. 2005. Mothers, Maids and Tutors: An Empirical Evaluation of their Effect on Childrens’ Academic Grades in Singapore. Education Economics, 13(3):269-85
Cheo, Roland K. 2003. Making the Grade Through Class Effort Alone. Economic Papers.
Newspaper Articles
“Why Local Entrepreneurs Matter” Straits Times, Forum Page 28 April 2009
"Tuition — Friend or Foe?" Straits Times, Forum Page, 22 June 1999.
"A Printer’s One Fear" Singapore Printer, May 1996
Teaching Areas
Introductory and Intermediate microeconomics, Principles courses, Environmental economics, New Classical economics, business and managerial economics, Singapore economy, comparative economic systems, Experimental and Behavioral Economics
Research Areas
Education, Environmental, Developmental, Labour topics in Economics, cultural transmission in Economics, Microeconomics, Cost-Benefit Analyses, Inframarginal Economics under a general equilibrium framework. Health Economics. Development Economics. The Singapore Economy.
Others
Member of the Organizing Committee: Singapore Economic Review Conference 2007
Member of the European Economic Association – 06-current
Member of the Western Economic Association – 08-current
Volunteer Counselor, Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports
Board of Directors, Life! Community Development Pte Ltd.
