Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
213-740-3520
guofutan@usc.edu
Professor Tan has taught courses at the undergraduate and graduate level at USC since 2003. His research areas include auction theory, microeconomic theory, industrial organization, antitrust/competition policy, and the Chinese economy, and his current projects involve collusion in auction markets, competition in international telephone markets, and compatibility and standardization. As a consultant, Professor Tan has provided advice to a number of public and private sector clients, such as the Delta Economics Group and World Bank, with respect to competition and regulatory matters in grocery retailing and IT industries. He has been a visiting professor at the Centre for Asian Pacific Studies and the Centre for Public Policy Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong and the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business in Beijing. Additionally, he has been an associate professor of economics at the University of British Columbia and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Professor Tan is currently the associate editor of International Journal of Industrial Organization, referees for numerous journals, and is a member of many organizations and committees.
Education:
Ph.D. (Economics), California Institute of Technology, 1990
M.Sc. (Economics), California Institute of Technology, 1987
Selected Publications:
Tan, G. & Yilankaya, O. (2005). Equilibria in second price auctions with participation costs. USC CLEO Research Paper No. C03-26; IEPR Working Paper No. 05.7. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=475602.
Tan, G. & Niou, E. (2005). External threat and collective action. Economic Inquiry, 43(3), 519-530.
Tan, G. & Pinkse, J. (2005). The affiliation effect in first-price auctions. Econometrica, 73(1), 263-277.
Tan, G. & Pinkse, J. (2005). The affiliation effect in first-price auctions: Supplementary material. Econometrica Supplementary Material. http://www.econometricsociety.org/ecta/supmat/3142extension.pdf.
Tan, G., Cheng, L., & Qiu, L. (2005). Foreign direct investment and international trade in a continuum Ricardian trade model. Journal of Development Economics, 77(2), 477-501.
Tan, G. & Chew, S. H. (2004). The market for sweepstakes. IEPR Working Paper No. 04.4. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=648121.
Tan, G. & Yuan, L. (2003). Strategic incentives of divestitures of competing conglomerates. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 21(5), 673-697.
Tan, G., Cheng, L., & Qiu, L. (2000). Foreign direct investment and international fragmentation of production. In S. Arndt & H. Kierzkowski (Eds.), Fragmentation: New Production Patterns in the World Economy. Oxford University Press.
Tan, G. & Lin, J. (1999). Accountability, viability, and soft budget constraint. American Economic Review, P&P 89(2), 426-431.
Tan, G., Hendricks, K., & Piccione, M. (1999). Equilibria in networks. Econometrica, 67(6), 1407-1434.
Tan, G., Hendricks, K., & Piccione, M. (1997). Entry and exit in hub-spoke networks. RAND Journal of Economics, 28(2), 291-303.
Tan, G. & Piccione, M. (1996). Cost-reducing investment, optimal procurement and implementation by auctions. International Economic Review, 37(3), 663-685.
Tan, G. & Piccione, M. (1996). A simple model of expert and non-expert bidding in first-price auctions. Journal of Economic Theory 70, 501-515.
Tan, G. (1996). Optimal procurement mechanisms for an informed buyer. Canadian Journal of Economics, 29(3), 699-716.
Tan, G., Hendricks, K., & Piccione, M. (1996). The economics of hubs: The case of monopoly. Review of Economic Studies, 62(Jan.), 83-99.
Tan, G. & Niou, E. (1994). An analysis of Dr. Sun Yat-Sen's self-assessment scheme for land taxation. Public Choice, 78, 103-114.
Tan, G., Hendricks, K., & Porter, R. (1993). Optimal selling strategies for oil and gas leases with an informed buyer. American Economic Review, P&P 83(2), 234-239.
Tan, G. (1992). Entry and R&D costs in procurement contracting. Journal of Economic Theory, 68(Oct.), 41-60.
Tan, G., Niou, E., & Ordeshook, P. (1992). Taiwanese investment in mainland China as a policy tool. Issues & Studies, 28(Aug.), 14-31.
Tan, G., Campbell, C., & Lee, J. (1992). Infanticide and family planning in late imperial China: The price and population history of rural Liaoning, 1774-1873. In L. M. Li and T. G.Rawski (Eds.), Chinese History in Economic Perspective (pp. 145-176). Berkeley: University of California Press.
Honors and Awards:
Fellow of the Chinese Economists Society, 1995-present
T.D. MacDonald Chair in Industrial Economics, Competition Bureau, Canada, 2000-01
Sloan Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 1988-89