Chengsi Wang

Chengsi Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University. Holding an active research profile with recent publications through 2025 and ongoing projects extending to 2026, Wang maintains significant scholarly activity in industrial organization and platform economics. Affiliated with Impact Labs, Wang's research connects economic theory with practical policy applications.

Research interests focus on platform economics and competition policy, particularly examining digital market regulation, data privacy implications, and strategic platform behaviors. Wang investigates how price parity clauses, customer data sharing, and market accessibility limitations affect competition and consumer welfare. Additional expertise spans search theory applications in rental markets and advertising, plus behavioral aspects of insurance markets and public goods provision. The research demonstrates strong methodological diversity across theoretical modeling, empirical analysis, and experimental approaches.

Publication trends reveal increasing focus on digital platform regulation since 2020, with 7 of 13 recent articles addressing platform competition, data governance, and antitrust policy. Earlier work established foundations in search theory (2012-2018), while maintaining consistent contributions to industrial organization. The 2024-2025 output shows particular emphasis on welfare implications of platform design choices and regulatory interventions in digital markets.

Wang serves as Chief Investigator on the active ARC-funded project Big data: implications for competition, privacy and regulation (2021-2026), collaborating with Choe and Chen. This project examines critical intersections between data-driven markets and regulatory frameworks. While specific student supervision isn't documented in the source material, the research output suggests engagement with PhD candidates through co-authored publications and project involvement.

As part of Impact Labs at Monash University, Wang contributes to research addressing UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to economic growth, industry innovation, and reduced inequalities. The collaborative network spans multiple countries with significant connections to researchers in Japan, China, and Europe as evidenced by international co-authorships.