Ruqu Wang

Department of Economics
Queen’s University

Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
Tel.: (613)533-2272, Fax: (613)533-6668
e-mail: wangr@queensu.ca
Personal Webpage: http://www.econ.queensu.ca/faculty/wangr

EXPERIENCE

2001-present
Professor
Economics Department, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

2004-2005
Visiting Professor
Economics Department, National University of Singapore, Singapore

2003-2004
Professor
Economics Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.

1996-2001
Associate Professor
Economics Department, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

1996-1997
Visiting Assistant Professor
MEDS, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

1990-1996
Assistant Professor
Economics Department, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

1985-1986
Teaching Assistant Department of Statistics and Operations Research Fudan University, Shanghai, China

 

EDUCATION

Degrees: MA; Ph.D
Economics Department, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Degree: BS
Mathematics Department, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

 

Ph.D DISSERTATION

January 1991
"Common-Value Auctions: Theory and Applications"
Advisors: Robert Rosenthal and Andrew Weiss, Boston University

 

BOARD OF EDITORS

2000--present
Annals of Economics and Finance

2006--present
The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis and Policy

2011--present
Frontiers of Economics in China

 

AWARDS

2002-2003
Department of Economics Award in Research Excellence, Queen’s University

 

RESEARCH FUNDING

April 2011--March 2014
"Auctions with Refund and Dynamic Contests,” funded by SSHRC of Canada

April 2011--March 2012
"A Theory of Refund in Auctions,” funded by the Senate Advisory Research Committee at Queen's University

April 2005--March 2008
“Dynamic Coalition Formation amongst Conflicts of Interest,” funded by SSHRC of Canada

April 2002--March 2005
“Sunk Costs Effect and Its Applications in Auctions,” funded by SSHRC of Canada

April 1999--March 2002
“Switching Costs in Finitely and Infinitely Repeated Games,” funded by SSHRC of Canada

April 1996--March 1999
"Contingent Procurement Auctions," funded by SSHRC of Canada

September 1996--August 1997
Visitor Research Funding, MEDS, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

May 1995--April 1996
"Multiple-Object Auctions with Asymmetric Bidders,” funded by the Advisory Research Committee at Queen's University

May 1992--April 1993
"Advertising and Price Wars in an Oligopolistic Industry with Adjustment Costs," funded by the Advisory Research Committee at Queen's University

April 1992--March 1996
"Dynamic Auction Theory and Its Applications to Stock Markets; An Informational Approach to Rational Addiction," funded by SSHRC of Canada

October 1990--September 1991
"Auctioning Mechanism and Its Applications in Financial Markets," funde by the Advisory Research Committee at Queen's University

Ruqu Wang
Professor
Education
B.Sc. (Fudan), M.A., Ph.D. (Boston)
Organization
Queen's University
Office
Dunning Hall 304
Phone Number
(613) 533-2272
Research Interests
Auctions
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
Behavioral Economics