Kenneth Chan

Kenneth Chan is a Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (NUS), affiliated with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the Center for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI). He completed his PhD in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2024 and will enter the academic job market for the 2025-26 cycle.

His educational background includes:

• PhD in Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara (2024)

As a Behavioral and Experimental Economist, Chan investigates belief updating mechanisms with applications in health and labor economics. His research examines systematic deviations from Bayesian updating, confidence effects in prior beliefs, and market institution efficiency. Bridge playing informs his experimental approach to human behavior, providing real-world behavioral data for laboratory studies.

His publications reveal a cohesive research trajectory focused on non-Bayesian learning patterns across diverse contexts—from wage expectation formation in labor markets to signal processing in controlled experiments. Methodologically, he combines survey data analysis with controlled laboratory experiments to isolate behavioral mechanisms.

At NUS, he contributes to the Center for Behavioural and Implementation Science Interventions (BISI), which develops evidence-based behavioral interventions for health system improvements.