HOON Hian Teck
Full-time Faculty
Professor of Economics
School of Economics
SOE
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. (obtained with distinction), Columbia University, 1990
- M.Phil., Columbia University, 1989
- M.A., Columbia University, 1988
- B.Soc.Sci. (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1984
- B.Sc., National University of Singapore, 1983
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Macroeconomics
- International Economics
- Development and Growth
RESEARCH ADVISOR/CO-RESEARCH ADVISOR TO:
Research Areas and Areas of Expertise
HighlightsHoon Hian Teck is a leading economist renowned for his influential research on macroeconomics, international economics, and Singapore’s economic development, with a distinguished record of scholarship, policy engagement, and academic leadership.
Combines rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis with policy relevance, especially in macroeconomic stabilization, labour markets, and Singapore’s economic strategy; recognized for bridging academic research and public policy; significant influence on debates around economic inclusion, growth, and innovation; leadership in academic administration and editorial service.
Focused research areas include Non-monetary theory of long economic cycles; economic policy for mature economies; optimal social safety nets and taxation in growth contexts; public debt, growth, and employment dynamics; international economic order; links among share prices, exchange rates, and unemployment; effects of international talent flows; inflation targeting with endogenous unemployment; Singapore’s economic transformation and policy challenges.
Combines rigorous theoretical and empirical analysis with policy relevance, especially in macroeconomic stabilization, labour markets, and Singapore’s economic strategy; recognized for bridging academic research and public policy; significant influence on debates around economic inclusion, growth, and innovation; leadership in academic administration and editorial service.
Focused research areas include Non-monetary theory of long economic cycles; economic policy for mature economies; optimal social safety nets and taxation in growth contexts; public debt, growth, and employment dynamics; international economic order; links among share prices, exchange rates, and unemployment; effects of international talent flows; inflation targeting with endogenous unemployment; Singapore’s economic transformation and policy challenges.
Areas of Expertise
Macroeconomics
Past Awarded Grant
- SMU-sponsored research project conducted in collaboration with Edmund S. Phelps, Effects of a Delayed or Immediate Tax Cut on Employment and Asset Prices, 2002.
- SMU-sponsored research project conducted in collaboration with Edmund S. Phelps, A Two-Sector Analysis of the Effects of Productivity Growth in Information-Technology Industries on the Natural Rate of Unemployment, 2003.
- SMU-sponsored research project conducted in collaboration with Edmund S. Phelps, An Analysis of Overinvestment in the Ramsey One-Sector Model and the Uzawa-Two-Sector Model of Economic Activity, 2005.
- SMU-sponsored research project, Endogenous Comparative Advantage and Job Creation, 2008.
- Co-investigator in research project on Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Capitalist Systems (Principal Investigator: Edmund S. Phelps) funded by Kauffman Foundation, 2007.
Latest Publications
Showing up to 6 latest publications from the past 5 years.
- HT Hoon, E Phelps, G ZoegaFault Lines After COVID-19: Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities, C1-C1, 2025
- The Need for Growth [2023]HT Hoon, E Phelps, G ZoegaFault Lines after COVID-19: Global Economic Challenges and Opportunities …, 2023
- The Slowdown in the Data [2023]E Phelps, HT Hoon, G ZoegaThe Great Economic Slowdown: How Narrowed Technical Progress Brought Static …, 2023
- Economic Policies [2023]E Phelps, HT Hoon, G ZoegaThe Great Economic Slowdown: How Narrowed Technical Progress Brought Static …, 2023
- Growth to the Rescue [2023]E Phelps, HT Hoon, G ZoegaThe Great Economic Slowdown: How Narrowed Technical Progress Brought Static …, 2023
- E Phelps, HT Hoon, G ZoegaThe Great Economic Slowdown: How Narrowed Technical Progress Brought Static …, 2023
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QUALIFICATIONS:
- Ph.D. (obtained with distinction), Columbia University, 1990
- M.Phil., Columbia University, 1989
- M.A., Columbia University, 1988
- B.Soc.Sci. (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1984
- B.Sc., National University of Singapore, 1983
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Macroeconomics
- International Economics
- Development and Growth
