Dr Yijuan Chen

RSE

Research School of Economics

Position
Associate Professor
Email
yijuan.chen@anu.edu.au
Phone number
+61 2 612 54909
Office
Room 2009, HW Arndt Bld (25A)
Link
https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/yijuan-chen
Research areas

Health Economics; Industrial Organization; Applied Micro-economics

Biography

Dr. Yijuan Chen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Research School of Economics at the Australian National University. His research primarily focuses on applied microeconomics, with particular interest in the intersections of health economics and industrial organization. Dr. Chen has published extensively in leading research journals such as the Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, and the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy.

Dr. Chen collaborates with leading researchers both within Australia and internationally. Many of his projects aim to address policy challenges and offer practical insights, utilizing rigorous economic theory and empirical evaluation. His research projects have been recognized with prestigious funding, including grants from the Australian Research Council's Discovery Project and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. His research on disclosing hospital waiting times earned him the Early Career Research Prize from the Australian Health Economics Society in 2013.

Dr. Chen joined the ANU RSE in 2009 as a Lecturer after receiving his PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2015, and then to Associate Professor in 2021. At the ANU, Dr Chen has taught a diverse range of economics courses, from undergraduate introductory microeconomics to advanced postgraduate courses such as Applied Microeconometrics and Health Economics. 

 

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Research publications

Refereed Journal Articles: 

12. Postsearch uncertainty, product heterogeneity, and price divergence, with Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2024, Vol. 33(1), pp. 175-202. (https://doi.org/10.1111/jems.12561)   

11. Complementarity between online and offline channels for quality signaling, with Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, Journal of Economics, 2022, Vol. 135, pp. 49-74. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-021-00755-7)

10. Hospital report cards: Quality competition and patient selection, with Peter Sivey, Journal of Health Economics, 2021, Vol. 78, 102484 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102484)

9. Healthcare insurance policy when provider and patient may collude, with Yaping Wu, David Bardey and Sanxi Li, Health Economics, 2021, Vol.30 (3), pp. 525-543. (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4206)

8. Competition and quality in healthcare with Peter Sivey, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance , 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190625979.013.60) 

7. Optimal compensation rule under provider adverse selection and moral hazard, with Yaping Wu and Sanxi Li, Health Economics, 2018, Vol. 27 (3), pp. 509-524. (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3590)

6. Quality differentiation and firms' choices between online and physical markets, with Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2017, Vol. 52, pp. 96-132. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.01.003)

5. A theory of waiting time reporting and quality signalling, with Juergen Meinecke and Peter Sivey, Health Economics, 2016, Vol. 25(11), pp. 1355-1371. (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.3222)

4. Can online markets attract high quality products?, with Pu Chen, Xiangting Hu and Sanxi Li, Economic Modelling, 2015, Vol. 51, pp.65-71. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2015.07.010)

3. Do health care report cards cause providers to select patients and raise quality of care?, with Juergen Meinecke, Health Economics, 2012, Vol. 21(s1), pp.33-55.  (https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2775)

2. Innovation frequency of durable complementary goods, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2012, Vol. 48(6), pp.407-421.  (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2012.08.004)

1. Why are health care report cards so bad (good)?, Journal of Health Economics, 2011, Vol.30(3), pp.575-590.  (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.01.002)

Research grants and awards

  • 2024-2027, Chief Investigator, Project: "Counter-COVID public policies and the impacts on Australian children", Australian Research Council Discovery Project 24, Application ID: DP240101102

  • 2024-2027, Chief Investigator, Project: "Research on hospital competition via healthcare quality differentiation under the reform of hospital payment mode: from the perspective of industrial organization and incentive theory", National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 72373071

  • 2018-2021, Chief Investigator, Project: “A study of e-commerce: the perspective of game theory and information economics”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 71773131

  • 2018-2020, Chief Investigator, Project: “Research on the Incentive Mechanism on Medical Insurance Payment System and Physician Remuneration System under the Hierarchical Diagnosis and Treatment System”, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 71703075

  • 2013, Early Career Research Prize, the Australian Health Economics Society

Teaching

Current Teaching:

Applied Micro-econometrics (EMET3006/4301/8001)

Health Economics (Econ3004/6039)


Previous Teaching:

Industrial Organization

Managerial Economics

Microeconomics 1

Optimization for Economics and Financial Economics

Mathematical Economics A

Mathematical Economics B