Education
- BS (First Class Honours), University of Alberta, 1998
- MA, University of British Columbia, 1999
- PhD, University of British Columbia, 2006
Biography
Ron Cheung (Ph.D., University of British Columbia, 2006) conducts research in public finance and urban economics. He is particularly interested in how the growing trend of homeowners’ associations has affected municipal budgets, local governance and property values. In other research, he has explored property tax limitations, local elections, land use regulation and housing markets. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science & Urban Economics and the National Tax Journal. He teaches classes in public economics and urban economics, a seminar on housing, as well as principles of economics and intermediate microeconomics.
Courses
Fall 2016
ECON 322 - Public Economics: TR 11:00-12:15pm
ECON 448 - Seminar: Economics of Housing and Real Estate: T 1:00-2:50pm
ECON 955-02 - Private Reading
Spring 2017
ECON 101-03 - Principles of Economics: TR 11:00-12:15pm
ECON 207 - Urban Economics: TR 3:00-4:15pm
ECON 995-02 - Private Reading
Notes
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Ron Cheung Gives Talk at Brock University
October 9, 2018Professor of Economics Ron Cheung gave a talk at Brock University in Canada about household debt and local public finances.
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Ron Cheung Collaborates
February 27, 2018Economics Professor and Chair Ron Cheung collaborated with economics honors student Daniel Wetherell ’16 on getting an honors paper published after graduation.
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Ron Cheung Interviewed about Homeowner Associations
February 9, 2018Ron Cheung, associate professor of economics, was interviewed in an article about homeowner associations for the Arizona Republic .
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Ron Cheung Interviewed
August 22, 2017Associate Professor of Economics Ron Cheung was intervied by City Lab, a publication of the Atlantic, about the history of homeowners associations in "When the City Sells Your Street."
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Ron Cheung Interviewed
June 6, 2016Associate Professor of Economics Ron Cheung was included in a panel of leading economics and public-policy experts for the WalletHub article “2016’s States with the Best & Worst Taxpayer ROI.”
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Ron Cheung Presents Paper
November 24, 2015Associate Professor of Economics Ron Cheung presented his paper “Household Debt and Local Public Finances” November 19 at the National Tax Association’s 108th Annual Conference on Taxation in Boston.
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Ron Cheung Publishes Paper
November 26, 2014Ron Cheung, associate professor of Economics, along with coauthor Rachel Meltzer, has published the paper "Why and Where Do Homeowners Associations Form?" in CityScape, the policy journal published by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. To download the paper, visit here.
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Ron Cheung Publishes Article
May 12, 2014Associate Professor of Economics Ron Cheung has published an article entitled "How Are Home Owners Associations Capitalized Into Property Values" in the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics. Co-authored with Rachel Meltzer, an associate professor of urban policy at The New School, it explores the affect of homeowners' associations on property values.
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Ron Cheung Publishes in Journal of Housing Economics
January 23, 2014A paper by Associate Professor of Economics Ron Cheung and two coauthors, “Do homeowners associations mitigate or aggravate negative spillovers from neighboring homeowner distress?”, was recently published in the Journal of Housing Economics.