Barry Kai Fai Ma

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University

M.S., Statistics, Stanford University

B.A., Economics, University of Toronto

Journal Articles

Ma, B. K., Buchholz, W., & Kleinberg, N. (2024). Pareto optimal provisions as outcomes of voluntary public good supply. Economics Letters, 243.

(2023). MRS functions and the Pareto interval in public good provision. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy,

(2023). Multivariate MRS Functions and Smooth Preferences. Economic Theory Bulletin,

Balagyozyan, A., Giannikos, C., & Ma, B. (2020). Power and thick tails: an ARCH process example with extreme value as test statistic. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 49(2). 556 - 564.

Kleinberg, N. L., Ma, B., & Weiss, J. (2012). On Strong Independence of Allocative Efficiency from Distribution in the Theory of Public Goods. Economics Letters, 116(3). 343-345.

(2012). On a Notion of Similarity with Endowments in Public Economics. The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, 12(1 (Topics)). Article 26.

(2009). A Variance Decomposition in the Evaluation of the Effects of Educational Policies in Economic Education. Applied Economics Letters, 16(3). 239-242.

(1995). Cost Shocks, Collusion and Differential Efficiency in Oligopoly: Some Testable Propositions. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 11(1). 9-19.

(1995). On the Invariance of a Mean Voter Theorem. Journal of Economic Theory, 66(1). 264-274.

(1994). The Short-Run Aggregate Profit Function and the Capacity Distribution. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 96(2). 201-218.

(1993). On Some Generalizations of a Mean Voter Theorem. Economics Letters, 42. 185-188.

(1989). Four Tests for the Random Walk Hypothesis: Power versus Robustness. Economics Letters, 29. 141-145.

(1988). Convergence in Inner Probability Measure and the Nonlinear Least Squares Estimator. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 213-225.

(1987). Choice of Technique in a Putty-Clay Model of Production. Journal of Economic Literature (Selected Abstracts), XXV(2). 1111-1112.

(1987). Certainty Equivalence in Expected Profit Maximization Imply Impossibility of Loss. Economics Letters, 25. 127-130.

(1986). Choice of Technique in a Putty-Clay Model of Production. Eastern Economic Journal, XII(3). 321-326.

Book Chapters

Chateau, J. P., & Ma, B. (2004). Conditional Expectation Methods for Option Valuation by Monte Carlo Simulations. In Veloutsou, C., & Papanikos, G. T. (Eds.), The Modern Business Function and Environment (pp. 123-141). ATINER.

(1992). Economic Growth of Agricultural Production in China by Regions: An Econometric Analysis. (pp. 65-75). New York. Political and Economic Reforms in Asia/ Institute of Asian Studies, St. John’s University Press.

(1991). Monte Carlo Methods. (pp. 1563-1568). Pasadena, California. Magill’s Survey of Social Science: Economics/ Salem Press.

Presentations

Ma, B. K., Buchholz, W., & Kleinberg, N. (2026, June 22). Comparing Nash and Pareto allocations in a public good economy - Determining the joint Pareto-Nash interval. Public economic theory conference (PET 2024). Lyon, France: The Association for Public Economic Theory.

Kleinberg, N., & Ma, B. K. (2026, December 22). MRS functions and the Pareto interval in public good provision. Brown Bag Seminar Series, the Graduate Center, CUNY. The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY

Balagyan, A., Giannikos, C., & Ma, B. (2007, April 30). Testing ARCH parameter with Extreme Value: an Exploratory Note. Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA: Eastern Finance Association.

Balagyan, A., Giannikos, C., & Ma, B. (2007, February 28). Testing ARCH parameter with Extreme Value: an Exploratory Note. Meeting. New York, NY: Eastern Economic Association.

Chateau, J. P., & Ma, B. (2004, June 30). Conditional Expectation Method for Option Valuation by Monte Carlo Simulations. 2nd International Conference on Business Economics Management and Marketing. Athens, Greece

Zadra, P., Ma, B., & Weiss, J. (2003, November 14). Using Multimedia to Reduce Dropout Rates and Improve Student Performance. Information Technology Conference. : CUNY.

Ma, B., & Wen, J. (1991, December 31). . Ninth Annual Asian Conference. St. John’s University: Economic Growth of Agricultural Production in China by Regions: An Econometric Analysis.

Lau, L. J., & Ma, B. (1983, December 31). An Econometric Model of China, Version IV. Project LINK. Japan: Tsukuba University.

Other Scholarly Works

Research Currently in Progess

Ma, B.(n.d.). On the Representation of Preferences in Voting Models with Linear-in-Parameters Utility and Finite Choice Set. In Progress.

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