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Joanne Roberts
President and Professor of Social Sciences (Economics) at Yale-NUS College
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2022 – present
Preceded byTan Tai Yong
Pericles Lewis
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Waterloo
(B.A. (Honours) Economics)
Queen’s University
(M.A. Economics)
Queen’s University
(Ph.D. Economics)
ProfessionEconomist

Joanne Roberts is the third President[1] and Professor of Social Sciences (Economics)[2] at Yale-NUS College, the first liberal arts college in Singapore. She is also a professor at the National University of Singapore, Department of Economics.[3]

Roberts obtained her bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Waterloo in 1993. She earned both her Master's and PhD degrees in economics from Queen's University in 1995 and 1998, respectively.[4]

She is a Canadian citizen and held multiple leadership positions in the Economics profession in Canada prior to her move to Singapore.[5]

Academic career[edit]

Roberts started her academic career as an assistant professor at University of Toronto, Department of Economics in 1998 and was promoted to associate professor in 2004. She then joined University of Calgary as an associate professor in 2008, Canada Research Chair in the Economics of Organizations from 2009 to 2014, and became a full Professor in 2012.[6] She was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore in 2011 and 2015 where she taught modules such as Law and Economics and Intermediate Microeconomics.[7]

Her career at Yale-NUS begain in 2015 where she joined as a visiting professor. Roberts served as the Associate Dean of Faculty in 2017 and Executive Vice President (Academic Affairs) in 2018. She played a role in developing new student life policies and practices and in overseeing the recruitment, tenure and promotion of faculty of the college.

Upon Tan Tai Yong's completion of his full-five year presidential term at Yale-NUS in 2022,[5] Roberts was appointed as the college's third President and started her presidential term at Yale-NUS on 1 July 2022.[8]

Research[edit]

Roberts is a public economist who has a keen interest in how incentives affect behaviour in a broad number of situations. Her recent work has focused on legal institutions, tax evasion and charitable giving.[2]

She was affiliated with the Centre interuniversitaire sur le risque, les politiques economiques et l’emploi (CIRPEE) from 2002 to 2011, and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) from 2001 to 2009.

Roberts was the co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics from 2010 to 2014, and the Associate Editor of the Australian Economic Review in 2017.

Community service[edit]

Roberts was a board member of the Calgary Immigrant Women's Association (CIWA) from 2010 to 2011. CIWA is an organisation that is dedicated to engage and integrate immigrant and their families in the community.[9]

She is currently an Advisory Council member of NINEby9, an initiative launched in Singapore with the focus on driving gender equality within organisations.[10]

Since 2022, Roberts has been a volunteer at Willing Hearts, a charity that operates a soup kitchen that prepares, cooks and distributes daily meals in Singapore.

Awards and honours[edit]

In 2001, Roberts was named as one of the Polanyi Prize Winners by the Council of Ontario Universities.[11] The prizes are awarded annually to early-career researches who are either continuing postdoctoral work or have recently gained a faculty appointment and in honour of Ontario's Nobel Prize winner, John C. Polanyi.[12]

Her article on the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organisation (JLEO) titled "Rehabilitated or Not: An Informational Theory of Parole Decisions"[13] was the runner-up for the Oliver E. Williamson Prize for Best Article in 2011.[14]

Notable publications[15][edit]

  • “The Effect of Tax Price on Donations: Evidence from Canada” with Ross Hickey, Bradley Minaker, Abigail Payne and Justin Smith, National Tax Journal, in press.[16]
  • “Private Protection and Public Policing” with Ross Hickey, Steeve Mongrain and Tanguy van Ypersele, (2021) Journal of Public Economic Theory, 23:5–28.[17]
  • “Evasion of Fiscal and Labour Regulations: Firm Behaviour and Optimal Tax Policy” with Kate Cuff and Steeve Mongrain, (2020) Journal of Public Economic Theory, 22: 69–97.[18]
  • “Rehabilitated or Not: an Informational Theory of Parole Decisions” with Dan Bernhardt and Steeve Mongrain, (2012) Journal of Law, Economics, and Organisation, 28:186-210.[13] Runner-up for the Oliver E. Williamson prize for best article
  • “Optimal Policies and the Informal Sector” with Katherine Cuff, Nicolas Marceau and Steeve Mongrain, (2011) Journal of Public Economics, 95 (11–12): 1280–1291[19]
  • “Government Oversight of Public Universities: Are Centralized Performance Schemes Related to Increased Quantity or Quality?” with A. Abigail Payne, (2010) Review of Economics and Statistics, 92(1): 207–212.[20]
  • “Plea Bargaining with Budgetary Constraints” with Steeve Mongrain, (2009) International Review of Law and Economics, (29): 8-12[21]
  • “Unemployment Insurance and Experience Rating: Insurance versus Efficiency” with Steeve Mongrain, (2005) International Economic Review 46(4): 1303–1319.[22]
  • “Banks and Enterprise Privatization in China” with Loren Brandt and Hongbin Li, (2005) Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 21(2): 524–546.[23]
  • “Contracting Productivity Growth” with Patrick Francois, (2003) Review of Economic Studies, 70: 59–85.[24]
  • “Relationships, Commitment, and Labour Productivity Growth” with Patrick Francois, (2003) Journal of the European Economic Association, 1: 612–20.[25]
  • “Implementing the Efficient Allocation of Pollution” with John Duggan, (2002) American Economic Review, 92(4): 1070–1078.[26] Reprinted in Public Sector Economics: Critical Perspectives, edited by Richard Tresch, Routledge, 2009.
  • “Twin Engines of Growth: Skills and Technology as Equal Partners in Balanced Growth” with Huw Lloyd Ellis, (2002) The Journal of Economic Growth, 7(2): 87–115.[27]
  • “Needs-Based Health Care Funding: Implications for Resource Distribution in Ontario” with Kelly Bedard, John Dorland, and Allan Gregory, (2000) Canadian Journal of Economics, 33(4): 981–1008.[28]
  • “Riding Free on the Signals of Others” with Kim Alexander-Cook and Dan Bernhardt, (1998) Journal of Public Economics, 67(1): 25–43.[29]

Book chapters[edit]

  • “Banks and Enterprise Privatization in China” with Loren Brandt and Hongbin Li, in China's Macroeconomic Policy, edited by Linda Yueh, Routledge, 2015[23]
  • “Implementing the Efficient Allocation of Pollution” with John Duggan, in Public Sector Economics: Critical Perspectives, edited by Richard Tresch, Routledge, 2009.[30]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ang, Qing (2021-11-01). "Yale-NUS appoints Joanne Roberts as its 3rd president". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
  2. ^ a b "Joanne Roberts | Faculty". Yale-NUS College. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  3. ^ "ROBERTS Joanne – Department of Economics". Department of Economics – Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. ^ Devi, Retna (2021-07-01). "Professor Joanne Roberts begins her new role as Yale-NUS President". Yale-NUS College. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  5. ^ a b McCreven, Sheila (2021-11-01). "Joanne Roberts appointed third President of Yale-NUS College". world.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  6. ^ "Joanne Roberts | Our Leadership". Yale-NUS College. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  7. ^ Yeo, Valerie (2021-11-01). "Professor Joanne Roberts appointed third President of Yale-NUS College". Yale-NUS College. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  8. ^ Jeyaretnam, Miranda (2021-11-05). "Joanne Roberts to take over as Yale-NUS president". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  9. ^ "Annual Report (2010–2011)" (PDF). Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  10. ^ "NINEby9". NINEby9. Retrieved 2023-06-01.
  11. ^ "Cunningham announces Polanyi prizes 2001". Ontario Newsroom. 2001-10-18. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  12. ^ "John Charles Polanyi Prizes". Ontario's Universities. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  13. ^ a b Bernhardt, D.; Mongrain, S.; Roberts, J. (2010-09-15). "Rehabilitated or Not: An Informational Theory of Parole Decisions". Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 28 (2): 186–210. doi:10.1093/jleo/ewq008. ISSN 8756-6222.
  14. ^ "Williamson Prize". Oxford Academic. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  15. ^ "Joanne Roberts". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  16. ^ Hickey, Ross; Minaker, Bradley; Payne, A. Abigail; Roberts, Joanne; Smith, Justin (2023). "The effect of tax price on donations: evidence from Canada". SSRN Electronic Journal. doi:10.2139/ssrn.4326346. ISSN 1556-5068.
  17. ^ Hickey, Ross; Mongrain, Steeve; Roberts, Joanne; Ypersele, Tanguy (2020-09-14). "Private protection and public policing". Journal of Public Economic Theory. 23 (1): 5–28. doi:10.1111/jpet.12473. hdl:11343/286844. ISSN 1097-3923.
  18. ^ Cuff, Katherine; Mongrain, Steeve; Roberts, Joanne (2019-09-26). "The evasion of fiscal and labor regulations: Firm behavior and optimal tax policy". Journal of Public Economic Theory. 22 (1): 69–97. doi:10.1111/jpet.12394. ISSN 1097-3923. S2CID 204427765.
  19. ^ Cuff, Katherine; Marceau, Nicolas; Mongrain, Steeve; Roberts, Joanne (2011). "Optimal Policies with an Informal Sector". Journal of Public Economics. 95 (11–12): 1280–1291. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.10.010. ISSN 0047-2727.
  20. ^ Payne, A. Abigail; Roberts, Joanne (2010). "Government Oversight of Public Universities: Are Centralized Performance Schemes Related to Increased Quantity or Quality?". Review of Economics and Statistics. 92 (1): 207–212. doi:10.1162/rest.2009.10157. ISSN 0034-6535. S2CID 57562163.
  21. ^ Mongrain, Steeve; Roberts, Joanne (2009-03-01). "Plea bargaining with budgetary constraints". International Review of Law and Economics. 29 (1): 8–12. doi:10.1016/j.irle.2009.01.003. ISSN 0144-8188.
  22. ^ Mongrain, Steeve; Roberts, Joanne (2005-11-01). "Unemployment Insurance and Experience Rating: Insurance Versus Efficiency". International Economic Review. 46 (4): 1303–1319. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2354.2005.00368.x. ISSN 0020-6598.
  23. ^ a b Brandt, L. (2005-08-24). "Banks and Enterprise Privatization in China". Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 21 (2): 524–546. doi:10.1093/jleo/ewi022. ISSN 8756-6222.
  24. ^ Francois, Patrick; Roberts, Joanne (2003-01-01). "Contracting Productivity Growth". Review of Economic Studies. 70 (1): 59–85. doi:10.1111/1467-937x.00237. ISSN 0034-6527.
  25. ^ Francois, Patrick; Roberts, Joanne (2003-05-01). "Relationships, Commitment, and Labor Productivity Growth". Journal of the European Economic Association. 1 (2–3): 612–620. doi:10.1162/154247603322391242. ISSN 1542-4766.
  26. ^ Duggan, John; Roberts, Joanne (2002-08-01). "Implementing the Efficient Allocation of Pollution". American Economic Review. 92 (4): 1070–1078. doi:10.1257/00028280260344614. ISSN 0002-8282.
  27. ^ Lloyd-Ellis, Huw; Roberts, Joanne (2002). "Twin Engines of Growth: Skills and Technology as Equal Partners in Balanced Growth". Journal of Economic Growth. 7 (2): 87–115. doi:10.1023/a:1015633528122. ISSN 1381-4338. S2CID 153263352.
  28. ^ Bedard, Kelly; Dorland, John; Gregory, Allan W.; Roberts, Joanne (2000-11-01). "Needs-based health care funding: implications for resource distribution in Ontario". Canadian Journal of Economics. 33 (4): 981–1008. doi:10.1111/0008-4085.00050. ISSN 0008-4085.
  29. ^ Alexander-Cook, Kim; Bernhardt, Dan; Roberts, Joanne (1998-01-01). "Riding free on the signals of others". Journal of Public Economics. 67 (1): 25–43. doi:10.1016/s0047-2727(97)00060-1. hdl:10419/189247. ISSN 0047-2727.
  30. ^ Tresch, Richard W. (2023), "Behavioral Public Sector Economics", Public Finance, Elsevier, pp. 449–466, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-822864-7.00025-7, ISBN 9780128228647, retrieved 2023-06-14
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