Young Ho Chang

Associate Professor Chang Young Ho

Head, Business & Management Minor

School of Business

Tel: +65 6248 0159

Email: eWhjaGFuZ0BzdXNzLmVkdS5zZw==

Educational Qualifications

  • 1999
    Ph.D. in Economics – University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.
  • 1988
    MA in Economics (Economic Planning) with honor of summa cum laude, Yonsei University, South Korea
  • 1983
    BS in Agriculture (Landscape Architecture), Seoul National University, South Korea

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2017 - Present
    School of Business, Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
  • 2008 - 2017
    Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 2008 - 2011
    Energy Studies Institute (Joint Appointment), National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • 2008 - 2010
    S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Joint Appointment), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 2007 - 2007
    S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 1999 - 2007
    Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  • 1993 - 1995
    Environmental Governance in Asia, the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.
  • 1985 - 1989
    American Express International Inc., South Korea
  • 1983 - 1985
    Han Yang Corp., South Korea

Books:

  • Yoshino, Naoyuki, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Youngho Chang and Thai-Ha Le (eds.), Energy Insecurity in Asia: Challenges, Solutions, and Renewable Energy, Asian Development Bank Institute, 2020.
  • Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, Naoyuki Yoshino, Youngho Chang and Aladdin Rillo (eds.), Energy Security in Asia: Diversification, Integration and Policy Implications, World Scientific, 2019.
  • Merrill, Michelle Y., Patricia Burkhardt-Holm and Chew Hung Chang, Md Saidul Islam, and Youngho Chang (eds.), Education and Sustainability: Paradigms, Policies and Practices in Asia, Routledge, 2017.
  • Kimura, Shigeru, Youngho Chang and Yanfei Li (eds.), Financing Renewable Energy Development in East Asia Summit Countries: A Primer of Effective Policy Instruments, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia, September 2015.
  • Caballero-Anthony, Mely, Youngho Chang and Nur Azha Putra (eds.), Energy and Non-Traditional Security (NTS) in Asia, Springer, 2012.
  • Caballero-Anthony, Mely, Youngho Chang and Nur Azha Putra (eds.), Rethinking Energy Security in Asia: A Non-Traditional View of Human Security, Springer, 2012.
  • Thomson, Elspeth, Youngho Chang and Jae-Seung Lee (eds.), Energy Conservation in East Asia: Towards Greater Energy Security, World Scientific, Singapore, 2010.

Internationally Referred Journal Papers:

  • Yong, Soo Keong and Youngho Chang, “Emissions Tax and Executive Compensation: A Public-Private Joint Mechanism to Promote Environmental and Energy Management," Singapore Economic Review, Volume 68, No. 2, pp. 355 – 375 (2023).
  • Le, Thai-Ha, Youngho Chang and Donghyun Park, “Oil price fluctuations and energy commodity prices: An analysis of asymmetric effects,” Singapore Economic Review, Volume 67, No. 6, pp. 1811 – 1833 (2022).
  • Chang, Youngho and Han Phoumin, “Curtailed electricity and hydrogen in Association of Southeast Asian Nations and East Asia Summit: Perspectives from an economic and environmental analysis,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47 (58): 24548 – 24557 (2022).
  • Amin, Sakib Bin, Youngho Chang, Farhan Khan and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, “Energy security and sustainable energy policy in Bangladesh: From the lens of 4As framework,” Energy Policy, Volume 161, Article 112719 (2022).
  • Chang, Youngho, Dang Thi Quynh Trang, Tsiat Siong Tan and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, “Competition and cooperation in the natural gas market: A game-theoretic demand-base analysis,” Asia Europe Journal, 19(S1): 21 – 49 (2021).
  • Le, Thai-Ha, Youngho Chang and Donghyun Park, “Governance, environmental vulnerability, and PM2.5 concentrations: International evidence,” Energy Journal, 42(6): 147 – 169 (2021).
  • Chang, Youngho, Qiang Ji and Dayong Zhang, “Green finance and energy policy: Obstacles, opportunities, and options,” Energy Policy, Volume 157, Article 112497 (2021).
  • Chang, Youngho and H. Phoumin, “Harnessing wind energy potential in ASEAN: Modelling and policy implications,” Sustainability 13(8): 4279 (2021).
  • Zhang, Dongyang, Muhammad Mohsin, Abdul Khaliq Rasheed, Youngho Chang and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, “Public Spending and Green Economic Growth in BRI Region: Mediating Role of Green Finance,” Energy Policy, Volume 153, Article 112256 (2021).
  • Sato, Masayuki, Ippei Aoshima and Youngho Chang, “Connectedness to Nature and the Conservation of Urban Ecosystem: Perspectives from the Valuation of Urban Forests,” Forest Policy and Economics, Volume 125, Article 102396 (2021).
  • Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, Ehsan Rasoulinezhad, Naoyuki Yoshino, Youngho Chang, Farzad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Peter Morgan, “The energy-pollution-health nexus: A panel data analysis of low- and middle-income Asian countries,” Singapore Economic Review, 66(2): 435 – 455 (2021).
  • Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, Youngho Chang, Naoyuki Yoshino and Peter Morgan, “Energy insecurity, renewable energy and economic growth,” Singapore Economic Review, 66(2): 313 – 322 (2021).
  • Chang, Y., Z. Fang and S. Hamori, “Human capital and energy: A driver or drag for economic growth,” Singapore Economic Review, 65(3): 683 – 714 (2020).
  • Wong, Tiffany T.Y., Y. Xu and Y. Chang, “Cross-boundary air pollution control under “One Country, Two Systems”: The perspective from Hong Kong-Guangdong collaboration,” Singapore Economic Review, 65(3): 601 – 625 (2020).
  • Malik, Sadia, Maha Qasim, Hasan Saeed, Youngho Chang and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, “Energy security in Pakistan: Perspectives and Policy Implications from a Quantitative Analysis,” Energy Policy, Volume 144, Article 111552 (2020).
  • Yin, Di and Youngho Chang, “Energy R&D investments and emissions abatement policy,” Energy Journal, 41(6): 133 – 156 (2020).
  • Chang, Youngho and Johnny Heng, “Mutual funds: Pathways to promoting sustainable green finance in Singapore,” Nomura Journal of Asian Capital Markets, 4(2): 35 – 39 (2020)
  • Cai, Xiao Jing, Zheng Fang, Youngho Chang, Shuairu Tian, Shigeyuki Hamori, “Co-movements in commodity markets and implications in diversification benefits,” Empirical Economics, 58: 393 – 425 (2020).
  • Le, Thai-Ha, Y. Chang and Donghyun Park, “Renewable and nonrenewable energy consumption, economic growth, and emissions: International evidence,” Energy Journal, 41(2): 45 – 64 (2020).
  • Fang, Z., Y. Chang and S. Hamori, “Energy and human capital: A driver or drag for economic growth,” Singapore Economic Review, 1750016 (2017).
  • Chang, Y., Z. Fang and S. Hamori, “Volatility and causality in strategic commodities: Characteristics, myth and evidence,” International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol. 9, No. 8: 162 - 178 (2017).
  • Daksiya, V., H.T. Su, Y. Chang and Edmond Y. M. Lo, “Incorporating socio-economic effects and uncertain rainfall in flood mitigation decision using MCDA,” Natural Hazards, May 2017, 87(1): 515 – 531 (2017).
  • Le, T.-H, Y. Chang and D. Park, “Energy demand convergence in APEC: An empirical analysis,” Energy Economics, 65: 32 – 41 (2017).
  • Chang, Y. and Z. Fang, “Efficient, equitable and sustainable energy policy in a small open economy: Concepts and assessments,” Energy Policy, 105: 493 – 501 (2017).
  • Le, T.-H. and Y. Chang, “Dynamics between Strategic Commodities and Financial Variables: Evidence from Japan,” Resources Policy, 50: 1 – 9 (2016).
  • Kimura, F., S. Kimura, Y. Chang and Y. Li, “Financing renewable energy in the developing countries of the East Asia Summit region: Introduction,” Energy Policy, 95: 421 – 426 (2016).
  • Chang, Y., Z. Fang and Y. Li, “Renewable energy policies in promoting financing and investment among the East Asian Summit countries: Quantitative assessment and policy implications,” Energy Policy, 95: 427 – 436 (2016).
  • Fang, Z. and Y. Chang, “Energy, human capital and economic growth in Asia Pacific countries: Evidence from a panel cointegration and causality analysis,” Energy Economics, 56, 177 – 184 (2016).
  • Le, T.-H. and Y. Chang and D. Park, “Trade openness and environmental quality: International evidence,” Energy Policy, 92: 45 – 65 (2016).
  • Tongsopit, S., N. Kittner, Y. Chang, A. Aksornkij and W. Wangjiraniran, “Energy security in ASEAN: A quantitative approach for sustainable energy policy,” Energy Policy, 90: 60 – 72 (2016).

Book Reviews:

  • Chang, Y., Natural Gas in Asia: The Challenges of Growth in China, India, Japan and Korea edited by Jonathan Stern (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2nd edition, 2008), Energy Journal, 32(1): 234 – 238 (2011).
  • Chang, Y., Crude Power: Politics and the Oil Market by Oystein Noreng (I.B. Tauris, London, 2002), Energy Policy, 32: 1036 – 1038 (2004).

Book Chapters:

  • Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, Naoyuki Yoshino, Ehsan Rasoulinezhad and Youngho Chang, “Transmission of Oil Price Fluctuations Through Trade Linkages,” in The Handbook of Energy Policy, edited by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Dayong Zhang, Springer, Singapore (2023), pp. 935 – 956.
  • Chang, Youngho and Han Phoumin, “Bilateral Electricity Trade between Singapore and Malaysia: Economic Efficiency and Welfare Implications,” in Electricity Market Reforms in ASEAN, China, India, and Japan, edited by Han Phoumin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Fukunari Kimura and Rabindra Nepal, World Scientific (2023), pp. 145 – 166.
  • Chang, Youngho and Christopher Toh Meng Sung, “Pandemic and Energy Transition: Perspectives on the New Normal in the Energy Sector in the ASEAN Region,” in COVID-19 New Normal, edited by Linda Law and Lee Yew Haur, World Scientific (2023), pp. 33 – 57.
  • Chang, Youngho and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, “Infrastructure Needs and Cooperation in CAREC Countries: Perspectives from a Pan-Asian Natural Gas Trade Model,” in Unlocking Private Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure in Asia, edited by Bhajan Grewal, Nella Hendriyetty, Iskandar Abdullaev, Chul Ju Kim, Naoyuki Yoshino and Eisa Khan Ayoob Ayoobi, Routledge and Asian Development Bank Institute (2023), pp. 64 – 71.
  • Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, Naoyuki Yoshino, Ehsan Rasoulinezhad and Youngho Chang, “Transmission of Oil Price Fluctuations Through Trade Linkages,” in the Handbook of Energy Policy, edited by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Dayong Zhang, Springer, Singapore (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9680-0_38-1.
  • Chang, Youngho and Han Phoumin, “Curtailed Electricity Surplus from Renewables for Hydrogen: Economic and Environmental Analysis,” in Hydrogen Sources from Renewables and Clean Energy: A Feasibility Study of Achieving Large-scale Demonstration, edited by Yanfei Li, Han Phoumin and Shigeru Kimura, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (2021), pp. 225 – 242.
  • Yin, Di and Youngho Chang, “R&D Investments in Energy Efficiency, Economic Impact, and Emissions Abatement,” in Energy Efficiency Financing and Market-Based Instruments, edited by Yang Liu, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Naoyuki Yoshino, Springer Nature and Asian Development Bank Institute (2021), pp. 77 – 101.
  • Chang, Youngho and Wai Mun Kock, “Credit Guarantee Scheme and Startup Businesses: Financial Pipelines and Successful Startups in Southeast Asia,” in Investment in Startups and Small Business Financing, edited by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino, Chul Ju Kim, Peter J. Morgan and Daehee Yoon, Asian Development Bank Institute and World Scientific (2021), pp. 265 – 302.
  • Chang, Youngho, “Integrated Regional Energy Markets: Principles and Prospects,” in Economic Integration in Asia and Europe: Lessons and Policies, edited by Sang Chul Park, Chul Ju Kim, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Pitchaya Sirivunnabood, Asian Development Bank Institute (2021), pp. 621 – 637.
  • Chang, Youngho and Han Phoumin, “Harnessing Wind Energy Potential in ASEAN: Principles, Perspectives and Policy Implications,” in Energy Sustainability and Climate Change in ASEAN, edited by Han Phoumin, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Fukunari Kimura and Jun Arima, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) and Springer (2021), pp. 261 – 276.
  • Chow, Dawn Yi Lin and Youngho Chang, “State-Owned Enterprises in Singapore: Performance and Policy Recommendations,” in Reforming State-Owned Enterprises in Asia: Challenges and Solutions, edited by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino, Chul Ju Kim and Kunmin Kim, Asian Development Bank Institute and Springer Nature (2021), pp. 275 – 295.
  • Yin, Di and Youngho Chang, “Applied General Equilibrium in Environmental Decision-Making,” in Sustainability and Environmental Decision Making, edited by Euston Quah and Renate Schubert, Springer Nature (2021), pp. 187 – 215.
  • Yoshino, Naoyuki, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Youngho Chang and Thai-Ha Le, “Introduction,” in Energy Insecurity in Asia: Challenges, Solutions, and Renewable Energy, edited by Naoyuki Yoshino, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Youngho Chang and Thai-Ha Le, Asian Development Bank Institute (2020), pp. 1 – 8.
  • Malik, Sandia, Maha Qasim, Hasan Saeed, Youngho Chang and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, “Energy Insecurity in Pakistan: A Quantitative Approach to Sustainable Energy Policy,” in Energy Insecurity in Asia: Challenges, Solutions, and Renewable Energy, edited by Naoyuki Yoshino, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Youngho Chang and Thai-Ha Le, Asian Development Bank Institute (2020), pp. 248 – 275.
  • Chang, Youngho, “Renewable Energy Integration, System Flexibility and Decarbonization: An Energy, Economic, Social and Environmental Nexus,” in Energy Sustainability and Development in ASEAN and East Asia, edited by Phoumin Han, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary and Fukunari Kimura, Routledge (2020), pp. 46 – 57.
  • Taghizadeh-Hesary, Farhad, Naoyuki Yoshino, Youngho Chang and Aladdin D. Rillo “Introduction,” in Energy Security in Asia: Diversification, Integration and Policy Implications, edited by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino, Youngho Chang and Aladdin D. Rillo, World Scientific (2019), pp. v – xiii.
  • Sarangi, Gopal K., Arabinda Mishra, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Youngho Chang and Juswanto Wawan, “India’s Electricity Sector: Diversification, Energy Security and Sustainability,” in Energy Security in Asia: Diversification, Integration and Policy Implications, edited by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Naoyuki Yoshino, Youngho Chang and Aladdin D. Rillo, World Scientific (2019), pp. 151 – 182.
  • Chang, Y. and Cedric Rimaud “Small and Medium-sized Enterprises’ Financing in Singapore,” in Unlocking SME Finance in Asia: Roles of Credit Rating and Credit Guarantee Scheme, edited by Naoyuki Yoshino and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, ADBI, OECD and Routledge (2019), pp. 316 – 336.
  • Chang, Y. “Green Finance in Singapore: Barriers and Solutions,” in Handbook of Green Finance: Energy Security and Sustainable Development, edited by Jeffrey Sachs, Woo Wing Thye, Naoyuki Yoshino and Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, ADBI and Springer (2019), pp. 659 – 674.
  • Chang, Y., Dang Di Trinh Trang and Michelle Y. Merrill “Economics approaches to sustainability: Methods and applications,” in Education and Sustainability: Paradigms, Policies and Practices in Asia, edited by Merrill, Michelle Y., Patricia Burkhardt-Holm, Chew Hung Chang, Md Saidul Islam and Youngho Chang, Routledge (2017), pp. 44 – 76.
  • Gozgor, G., Y. Chang and M. H. Bilgin “Crude oil price shocks and macroeconomic performances in the ASEAN economies,” in Financial Environment and Business Development 2017, Proceedings of the 16th Eurasia Business and economics Society Conference, edited by M.H. Bilgin, H. Danis, E. Demir and U. Can (2017), pp. 253 – 265.
  • Li, Y., Y. Chang, F. H. Chew and S. Sharma “Business Model and Market Design for ASEAN Electricity Market Integration: Principles, Practicalities, and Conditions for Success,” in Achieving an Integrated Electricity Market in Southeast Asia: Addressing the Economic, Technical, Institutional, and Geo-political Barriers, edited by Shigeru Kimura and Yanfei Li, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia, December (2016), pp. 59 – 108.
  • Chang, Y., W. X. Ang, J. Y. Chua and J. Lee “Energy market integration in ASEAN: Economics, technology and welfare implications,” in Prospects and Challenges of Connectivity and Trading in Power and Energy: A Regional and International Perspective, edited by Syed Munir Khasru, the Institute for Policy, Advocacy and Governance (IPAG), Dhaka, Bangladeshi (2016), pp. 110 – 117.
  • Chang, Y., “Energy and Environmental Policy,” in Singapore’s Economic Development: Retrospection and Reflections, edited by Linda Lim, World Scientific, Singapore (2016), pp. 299 – 319.
  • 2017 - Present
    Member, the Editorial Board of the Energy Journal
  • 2022 - Present
    Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management
  • 1999 - Present
    Member, International Association for Energy Economics
  • 1991 - Present
    Member, American Economic Association
  • Jul 2022 - Nov 2022
    Asian Development Bank
  • Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
    Energy Market Authority of Singapore
  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2016
    Asian Development Bank
  • Feb 2008 - Oct 2009
    The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore
  • May 2005 - Oct 2005
    The Inter-Agency Task Force on Kyoto Protocol, Singapore
  • Mar 2005 - Aug 2005
    The International Methanol Producers and Consumers Association
  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
    Temasek Capital Private Limited, Singapore
  • Energy Economics
  • Environmental and Resource Economics
  • Energy Security
  • Education and Sustainability
  • Guest Editor, “Energy Insecurity, Renewable Energy and Economic Growth,” Singapore Economic Review (February 2019 – March 2020).
  • Managing Guest Editor, “Green Finance and Energy Policy: Obstacles, Opportunities and Options,” Energy Policy (June 2020 – August 2021).
  • Managing Guest Editor, “Financing renewable energy in the developing countries of the East Asia Summit region,” Energy Policy, (February - August 2016).
  • Managing Guest Editor, “Volatility of Energy Prices and Economic Performances: Implications on Economic Growth and Energy Security,” Energy Policy (June 2018 – February 2019).
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