Associate Professor, Economics
Department Chair
![Lester-Kwong Lester-Kwong](https://brocku.ca/social-sciences/economics/wp-content/uploads/primary-site/sites/151/Lester-Kwong.jpg?x15524)
Office: Plaza 428
905-688-5550 x5137
lkwong@brocku.ca
Education
MA, PhD British Columbia BA, Lethbridge
Research Interests
Price Discrimination/Strategies Economics of Uncertainty and Information
Kwong, L. Forthcoming. Eco-Labels as a Signal of Quality. Journal of Wine Economics.
Cyr, D., R. Hanagriff, and L. Kwong. Forthcoming. What is Making Investment in the Texas Vineyard Industry Tick? A Real Options Analysis of Entry and Exit. Journal of Wine Economics.
Kwong, L., D. Cyr, J. Kushner, and T. Ogwang. Forthcoming. A Semiparametric Hedonic Pricing Model of Ontario Wines. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Kwong, L. Price Competition in Markets with Ethical Niches. Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists, Davis, California, U.S., June 26-28, 2010.
Kwong, L. 2009. On the Revelation of Provenance in Online Wine Auctions. Journal of Wine Economics, 4, 166-184.
Cyr, D., L. Kwong, I. Malone and A. Wendel. Economic Hysteresis in the California Vineyard Industry: A Real Options Analysis of Entry and Exit. Third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists, Reims, Champagne, France, June 18-21, 2009.
Kwong, L. and C.W. Cullen. On the Adoption of Green Technology as a Signal of Quality. Third Annual Meeting of the American Association of Wine Economists, Reims, Champagne, France, June 18-21, 2009.
Kwong, L. 2007. The Desirability of Expert Advice. Competition Bureau of Canada.
“Coupons and `Everyday Low Prices’: Price Competition with Multiple Instruments,” Canadian Journal of Economics, 36 (2003), 443-462.