Dr. Terence Yeo is a Teaching Associate in the School of Economics at the University of Queensland, within the Faculty of Business, Economics and Law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore, a Master of International Economics and Finance from the University of Queensland, a Master of Commerce majoring in Applied Finance from the University of Queensland, and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Queensland. Prior to his academic career, Yeo worked in the banking industry for several years, serving in roles such as retail banker where he sold insurance and investment products, relationship manager, and personal banker. His decision to pursue further studies in economics was prompted by the 2007 global financial market events, including the significant drop in the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 27 February 2007 and the ensuing international market falls.

Yeo's scholarly contributions center on electoral competition models, party polarization, primaries, and strategic voting. His key publications include the journal article 'Policy polarization, primaries, and strategic voters' (2024) published in Mathematical Social Sciences (volume 127, pages 19-35), co-authored with Diego Carrasco, Shino Takayama, and Yuki Tamura; 'Nash equilibrium and party polarization in an electoral model with mixed motivations' (2019) in Journal of Public Economic Theory (volume 21, issue 2, pages 219-240), co-authored with Shino Takayama and Yuki Tamura; and working papers such as 'Primaries, Strategic Voters and Heterogeneous Valences' (2020, School of Economics Discussion Paper Series 631), 'Primaries, Strategic Voters and Heterogenous Valences' (2019, Discussion Paper 605), and 'Nash Equilibrium and Party Polarization in an Electoral Competition Model' (2016, Discussion Paper 575), all co-authored with Shino Takayama and Yuki Tamura. His PhD thesis examined the global impact of trade wars using the Eaton and Kortum (2002) trade model, analyzing tariffs such as those between the US and China and their implications for countries like Australia. As an educator, Yeo teaches undergraduate and postgraduate economics courses, including Principles of Economics (ECON1011) and Introductory Microeconomics (ECON1020), as well as Economics for Business, covering topics like demand and supply, housing affordability, rental market challenges, inflation causes, and government interventions. He co-authored the article 'It takes a village: using a trading game to teach economics' (2023) in THE Campus with Suzanne Bonner and K. K. Tang. Dr. Yeo is available for supervision.

Professional Email: t.yeo@uq.edu.au