Benjamin TANG
Senior Economic Analyst
Phone: 6516-6743
Email: esithb@nus.edu.sg
Research Interests
Energy demand modeling, especially in electricity and natural gas markets
Short Biography
Benjamin Tang graduated with an Honours (1st Class) Bachelor in Arts and Social Sciences (Economics) from the National University of Singapore. He was on the Vice Chancellor’s List and had won the Silver Medal for 2nd place in the faculty Year 3 examinations.
Benjamin joined ESI in May 2008 as an energy economist. His current research interests include modelling energy demand in Singapore and analyzing the relationship between oil prices and macro-economic indicators.
Prior to this, he was employed at Credit Suisse Singapore in a middle office role, supporting the Japan fixed income traders in a risk management and financial controlling capacity, and was managing the smaller and deployed extension of the team. He had earlier served internships at Shell Chemicals and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Commentaries
Benjamin TANG, "Influence Behaviour to cut Energy Use", 26 March 2010
CHANG Youngho, Benjamin TANG, “Taxing Questions on the Carbon Challenge”, 3 December 2009
Benjamin TANG, "Direction of Oil Prices? Check Economic Mood", 29 September 2009
Geoffrey PAKIAM, Benjamin TANG, “The Rise and Rise of Oil Prices”, 22 June 2009
Benjamin TANG, “Despite Tariff Formula, still Best to Conserve”, 1 June 09
Benjamin TANG, Geoffrey PAKIAM, ZHENG Cheng, “The Unintended Consequences of Weaning China off Coal”, 8 May 09
Benjamin Tang, Geoffrey Pakiam, “A Conversation with Professor Daniel Esty: The Road to Copenhagen”, 19 March 2009
Others (ESI Bulletin)
CHANG Youngho, Benjamin TANG, HUM Wei Mei, “Energy and Economy Modelling”, 31 March 2009
Conference Papers
Youngho Chang and Benjamin Tang, “Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and Electricity Market in Singapore” presented at the 28th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference on Unveiling the Future of Energy Frontiers, 3-5 December 2008, United States, New Orleans, LA, working paper.
Youngho Chang and Benjamin Tang, “Electricity Demand and the Rebound from Generation Efficiency Gains” presented at the 2nd Asian Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics, 5-7 November 2008, Australia, Perth, working paper.
Recent Presentations
“Climate Change and Energy Efficiency”, 2nd North East Regional Workshop on Climate Change organised by North East Regional Office of the National Environment Agency, 13 September 2009.
“Wither a Gas Cartel?” at “Energy Security Conference” organized by ESI, 22 May 2009.
CHANG Youngho, Benjamin TANG, “Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal and Electricity Market in Singapore”, 28th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference on Unveiling the Future of Energy Frontiers, New Orleans, LA, USA, 3-5 December 2008.
CHANG Youngho, Benjamin TANG, “Electricity Demand and the Rebound from Generation Efficiency Gains”, 2nd Asian Conference of the International Association for Energy Economics, Perth, Australia, 5-7 November 2008.