Ching-Jen Sun

Ching-Jen Sun is a Professor and Discipline Group Chair in Economics at Deakin University's Faculty of Business and Law/Deakin Business School. He holds a PhD from Ohio State University and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education from Deakin. His research focuses on bargaining theory, game theory, and industrial organization, with contributions to Nash solution principles, market price dynamics, and incentive contracts. He has organized major conferences like the Australasian Economic Theory Workshop and the East Asia Game Theory Conference. Recent grants include assessing the Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Act's impacts on Indigenous landowners. Teaching interests include Game Theory, Economic Strategy, and Mathematics for Economists. He supervised Surjasama Lahiri's doctoral work on spatial competition.

• Education: PhD, Ohio State University; Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Deakin

Research Interests: Structural analysis of Nash equilibria, money as identity signals, and stable implementation mechanisms. His work bridges theoretical economics with practical applications in contests, monetary systems, and oligopolistic markets.

Publications span leading journals like Games and Economic Behavior, Social Choice and Welfare, and International Journal of Game Theory. Collaborations include studies on penalty shootout fairness and Tullock contest design.