Teck Yong Tan

Teck Yong Tan is an Assistant Professor at the Simon Business School, University of Rochester. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. His research focuses on applied economic theory, with expertise in industrial organization, digital economics, and organizational economics. Key research interests include contracts and organizations, information economics, pricing strategies, and applied game theory.

His work addresses topics such as adverse selection in markets, optimal transparency in monitoring systems, and task-dependent private information in assignment mechanisms. Recent publications explore price discrimination strategies and the role of data privacy in digital markets. Tan has contributed to theoretical frameworks for understanding principal-agent relationships, particularly in contexts involving subjective evaluations and opportunism.

His research has been published in top journals such as the American Economic Journal: Microeconomics and the Journal of Economic Theory. Current trends in his work emphasize the intersection of digital economics with classical economic theory, addressing modern challenges like data privacy and algorithmic pricing.

No scientific awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials. Tan’s teaching interests align with his research, covering pricing strategies, managerial economics, and organizational economics.