BIOGRAPHY

Research Focus:

Industrial Organization, Regulation Economics, Platform Economics

Education: Ph.D. in Economics , University of Calgary）

RESEARCH

Publications:

Tan Hongru & Julian Wright, 2018. “A Price Theory of Multi-sided Platforms: Comment,” American Economic Review, vol. 108(9), pages 2758-2760, September.

Tan Hongru, 2020. “The Regulation of Merchant Fees in Credit Card Markets,” Journal of Regulatory Economivol. 57, pages 258–276

Tan, Hongru & Zhongqi Deng, 2020. “The No‐surcharge Rule and Surcharging Behaviours in Credit Card Markets.” Australian Economic Papers 59, no. 4 : 358-375.

Deng, Zhongqi, Shunfeng Song & Hongru Tan, 2020. “A New Analytical Framework for Urban Size and Policies.” Applied Economics Letters: 1-10.

Tan Hongru & Julian Wright, 2021. “Pricing Distortions in Multi-sided Platforms.” International Journal of Industrial Organization, 79:102732

Tan Hongru & Xuezheng Chen, 2023. “The No Surcharge Rule and Its Welfare Implication”, International Review of Economics & Finance.

TEACHING

Industrial Organization, Microeconomics