Talk:Steven N. S. Cheung

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[edit] Non-notable?

How is this person notable? As either an unpublished professor or an alleged common criminal, he would not seem to be a proper encyclopedia subject. No other page currently links to this article. Is there some other reason he should be here? --Blainster 12:30, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

I find "notable" a matter of opinion, so I generally won't fuss over a page even when I can't think of any good reason for its existence. I've done a little editing on this page to try to add what content I could scare up on the internet. I couldn't find much. I came across the article in a listing of economists. All in all, I wouldn't fight deletion at this time. Coleca 02:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

As a Hongkonger, I know something about the contributions of N.S. Cheung. According to the text on Chinese wikipedia, Cheung is well-known for his theories about transaction cost, property rights and China's economy, etc. Your doubts may be due to the fact that he is seldom mentioned in English websites, perhaps partly due to allegations against him and that he hasn't contributed much elsewhere except in Hong Kong (and mainland China). He did contribute much in amending Hong Kong's A-level Economics examinations, and has attracted an audience who appreciate his theories, among some mainland students. If I have time later, I would expand this article by translating the Chinese version of it.(Or make a request)--User:Fitzwilliam 15:26, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Added the bizarre case of his selling fake antiques from his store in Seattle. Which is ironic since some of his work apparently has been on the subject of the economics of transactions where one party has much more information about the product than the other. (For example search for "asymmetric information" in this article.)JPalonus 22:43, 18 January 2007 (UTC)