Porchiung Chou
(P. Ben)
Senior University Lecturer of Economics, MT School of Management
4036 Central Avenue Building (CAB)
About Me
Dr. Chou has been teaching economics at NJIT since 2003, starting from CSLA. Now he is a Senior University Lecturer in the Martin Tuchman School of Management.
Education
Ph.D. ; George Washington University ; Environmental And Natural Resource Economics, Game Theory And Mathematical Economics ; 2003

M.A. ; Johns Hopkins University ; ; 1996

M.A. ; Yale University ; ; 1994

M.S. ; Yale University ; ; 1993

B.A. ; National Taiwan University ; ; 1988

2025 Fall Courses
ECON 265 - MICROECONOMICS

ECON 266 - MACROECONOMICS

Teaching Interests
Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Applied Game Theory, Managerial Economics
Past Courses
ECON 201: ECONOMICS

ECON 201: ECONOMICS

ECON 201: ECONOMICS - HONORS

ECON 265: MICROECONOMICS

ECON 265: MICROECONOMICS

ECON 266: MACROECONOMICS

ECON 266: MACROECONOMICS

ECON 610: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS

SS 201: ECONOMICS

Research Interests
Applications of game theory to different fields in economics and business, including the formation of international environmental agreements, knowledge sharing network, risk-sharing financial network, auditing, standardization of information technology, and so on.
Journal Article
Porchiung B. Chou, Cesar Bandera. 2020. "An Oligopoly Game with Network Effects for Compatible and Incompatible Standards: As Applied to Short and Multimedia ." International Journal of Business and Economics , vol. 19 , no. 1 , pp. 27-46.

Porchiung B. Chou, Michael A. Ehrlich, Ronald Sverdlove. 2019. "Efficiency, stability, and government regulation of risk-sharing financial networks." Managerial Finance , vol. 45 , no. 6 , pp. 760-780.

Porchiung B. Chou, Cesar Bandera, Ellen J. Thomas. 2017. "A Behavioural Game Theory Perspective on the Collaboration between Innovative and Entrepreneurial Firms." International Journal of Work Innovation , vol. 2 , no. 1 .

Porchiung Ben Chou, Ellen Thomas. 2015. "A Game Theory Perspective of Asymmetric Alliances for New Product Development." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management , vol. 19 , no. 1/2 , pp. 99-116 .

Porchiung Ben Chou, Susan C. Christoffersen, Elizabeth Granitz. 2014. "A Game Theoretical Model for U.S.-China Cooperation on Clean Technology Innovation and GHG Emission Reduction." Journal of Emerging Markets, V. 19, No. 1, pp. 41-64. , vol. 19 , no. 1 , pp. 41-64.

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Conference Proceeding
"A Game Theoretical Model for Compatible and Incompatible Standards: As Applied to Short and Multimedia Message Services"
Northeast Business & Economics Association, November, 2015.

Chapter
William V Rapp, Zhipeng Yan, Mark Somers, Danielle Viola , Rajiv Mehta, Wei Xu, Michael A. Ehrlich, Porchiung B. Chou. "Boil, Bubble Toil And Trouble." Kindle Direct Publishing , 2013.

Other
"Financial Bubbles"
Presentation Board Ridgefield Foundation, May, 2010.