Program

Program

 

The 2015 Taiwan Economics Research

 

Venue: Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
Organizers: Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
  The Center for East Asian Studies, University of Chicago
  Ministry of Science and Technology


 

Wednesday August 12

08:30 – 08:50 Registration
08:50 – 09:00 Opening Remarks
  Kamhon Kan (Academia Sinica)
Ruey S. Tsay (The University of Chicago)
09:00 – 10:00
 		 Session 1A
Session Chair: Chang-Tai Hsieh (The University of Chicago)
 

Wen-Tai Hsu (Singapore Management University)
Yi Lu (National University of Singapore)
Guiying Laura Wu (Nanyang Technological University)
Pro-Competitive Effects in Action? A Decomposition of Gains from Trade
in China during 1998-2005

Chung-Tang Cheng (National Tsing Hua University)
Minho Kim (Korea Development Institute)
Wen-Chieh Lee (National Chengchi University)
Shu-Shiuan Lu (National Tsing Hua University)
Shinn-Shyr Wang (National Chengchi University)
A Tale of Two “Missing”s: Missing Small-Medium Size Firms in Korea and
Large Size Firms in Taiwan?
 10:00 – 10:10  Coffee Break
 10:10 – 11:10
 		 Session 1B
Session Chair: Ruey S. Tsay (The University of Chicago)
  Le-Yu Chen (Academia Sinica)
Jen-Che Liao (Academia Sinica)
Estimation and Inference of Nonparametric Sample Selection Models with Heteroskedasticity

Chu-An Liu (Academia Sinica)
Jing Tao (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Model Selection and Model Averaging in Nonparametric Instrumental Variables Models
10:00 – 10:10  Coffee Break
 10:10 – 11:10
 		 Session 1B 
Session Chair: Ruey S. Tsay (The University of Chicago)
  Le-Yu Chen (Academia Sinica)
Jen-Che Liao (Academia Sinica)
Estimation and Inference of Nonparametric Sample Selection Models with
Heteroskedasticity

Chu-An Liu (Academia Sinica)
Jing Tao (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Model Selection and Model Averaging in Nonparametric Instrumental Variables
Models
11:10 – 11:20  Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:20
 		 Session 1C
Session Chair: Kamhon Kan (Academia Sinica)
  Chih-Sheng Hsieh (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Hans van Kippersluis (Erasmus University Rotterdam and Tinbergen Institute)
Smoking Initiation: Peers and Personality
 

Po-Hsuan Hsu (The University of Hong Kong)
Sterling Huang (Singapore Management University)
Massimo Massa (INSEAD)
Hong Zhang (INSEAD and Tsing Hua University)
The New Lyrics of the Old Folks: The Role of Family Ownership in Corporate
Innovation
12:20 – 12:30  Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:00   Program Chairs’ Summary and Discussion
13:00 – 15:00  Group Photo & Lunch 
15:00 – 16:30 Discussion Session 
16:30 – 17:00



 		 Invited Panel 1
Session Chair: Chang-Tai Hsieh (The University of Chicago) 

Chu-Chia Lin (Mainland Affairs Council)
Cross-Strait Economic Issues, Policies, and Applications
17:00 – 17:10  Coffee Break 
17:10 – 18:25 
 		 Session 1D
Session Chair: Jin-Chuan Duan (National University of Singapore) 
 

Chien-Yu Huang (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics)
Juin-Jen Chang (Academia Sinica)
Lei Ji (OFCE Sciences-Po and SKEMA Business School)
Cash-in-Advance Constraints in a Schumpeterian Growth Model with an Endogenous
Market Structure

Chia-Ying Chang (Victoria University of Wellington)
Interbank Repo, Reverse, and Regulations: Roles on the Run

Angus C. Chu (University of Liverpool)
Guido Cozzi (University of St. Gallen)
Yuichi Furukawa (Chukyo University)
Inflation, Unemployment and Economic Growth in a Schumpeterian Economy
18:25 –  Dinner
   

 Thursday, August 13

09:00 – 10:00
 		 Session 2A
Session Chair: Ping Wang (Washington University in St. Louis)
  Edward Kung (University of California, Los Angeles)
Mortgage Market Institutions and Housing Market Outcomes: A Dynamic General
Equilibrium Approach

Hsuan-Chih Lin (Academia Sinica)
Optimal Disability Insurance and Unemployment Insurance with Cyclical Fluctuations
10:00 – 10:10  Coffee Break 
10:10 – 11:10 
 		 Session 2B
Session Chair: Jin-Chuan Duan (National University of Singapore) 
  Kevin Tseng (University of Kansas)
Knowledge Network and the Cross-Section of Expected Returns

Utpal Bhattacharya ( Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Wei-Yu Kuo (National Chengchi University)
Tse-Chun Lin (The University of Hong Kong)
Jing Zhao (The University of Hong Kong)
Do Superstitious Traders Lose Money?
11:10 – 11:20  Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:20 
 		 Session 2C
Session Chair: Ming-Jen Lin (National Taiwan University) 
 

Hsueh-Hsiang Li (Colorado State University)
Alexandra Bernasek (Colorado State University)
Tort Reforms and Gender Distributions of Physicians

Pao-Li Chang (Singapore Management University)
Complementarity in Institutional Quality in Bilateral FDI Flows
12:20 – 12:30  Coffee Break 
12:30 – 13:00  Program Chairs’ Summary and Discussion 
13:00 – 15:00  Lunch 
15:00 – 16:00  Discussion Session 

16:00 – 17:00

 Invited Panel 2
Session Chair: Ruey S. Tsay (The University of Chicago) 
  C. Y. Cyrus Chu (Academia Sinica)
The Financial Information Agency Data: Codebook and Guidebook 
17:00 – 17:10 Coffee Break 
17:10 – 18:25  Session 2D
Session Chair: Shin-Kun Peng (Academia Sinica) 
 

Been-Lon Chen (Academia Sinica)
Chih-Fang Lai (Academia Sinica)
Optimal Capital Income Taxes in a Model with Progressive Tax Schedules

Hideo Konishi (Boston College)
Chen-Yu Pan (Wuhan University)
Pork Barrel Politics and Gerrymandering

Wen-Chung Guo (National Taipei University)
Fu-Chuan Lai (Academia Sinica)
Chia-Ming Yu (National Tsing Hua University)
Where to Locate in Main Global Markets?

Tina Kao (The Australian National University)
Flavio Menezes (The University of Queensland)
John Quiggin (The University of Queensland)
Dealership Equilibria in Oligolopy

Jang-Ting Guo (University of California, Riverside)
Yutaro Izumi (Northwestern University)
Yi-Chan Tsai (National Taiwan University)
Resource Misallocation and Aggregate Productivity under Progressive Taxation
18:25 – Dinner 
   

 Friday, August 14

09:00 – 10:00
 		 Session 3A
Session Chair: Been-Lon Chen (Academia Sinica)
  Hsuan-Li Su (National Taiwan University)
Financial Frictions, Capital Misallocation, and Input-Output Linkages

Shu-Shiuan Lu (National Tsing Hua University)
Wedges for Wedges: Evaluating Integrations from the Perspective of a Neoclassical Model
10:00 – 10:10 Coffee Break
10:10 – 11:10
 		 Session 3B
Session Chair: Yi-Ting Chen (Academia Sinica)
  Pierluigi Balduzzi (Boston College)
I-Hsuan Ethan Chiang (University of North Carolina at Charlotte)
Real Exchange Rates and Currency Risk Premia

Hongwei Chuang (Tohoku University)
Financial Conformity and Deviance
11:10 – 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 – 12:20
 		 Session 3C
Session Chair: Hsien-Ming Lien (National Chengchi University)
  Yu-Wei Hsieh (University of Southern California)
Matthew Shum (California Institute of Technology)
Sha Yang (University of Southern California)
To Score or not to Score? Estimates of a Sponsored Search Auction Model

Andrew Sweeting (University of Maryland)
Chung-Ying Lee (National Taiwan University)
Dynamic Price Competition: An Application to Online Markets for Perishable Goods
12:20 – 12:30 Coffee Break
12:30 – 13:00 Program Chairs’ Summary and Discussion
13:00 – 15:00 Lunch
15:00 – 16:00 Discussion Session
16:00 – 17:00
 		 Invited Panel 3
Session Chair: Ping Wang (Washington University in St. Louis)
  Jung-Der Wang (National Cheng Kung University)
Incidence Rates, Life Expectancies, and Cost-Effectiveness of Patients under Prolonged
Mechanical Ventilation in Taiwan
17:00 – 17:10 Coffee Break
17:10 – 18:25
 		 Session 3D
Session Chair: Wen-Jen Tsay (Academia Sinica)
  Hao-Chung Li (National Chengchi University)
Pei-Chen Weng (National Chengchi University)
Trade, Product Quality, and the Labor Market

Chun-Fang Chiang (National Taiwan University)
Bei Qin (The University of Hong Kong)
The Value of Political Connections in China: Before and After the Anti-Corruption Policy

Yun-Chien Chang (Academia Sinica)
Kong-Pin Chen (Academia Sinica)
Chang-Ching Lin (National Cheng Kung University)
Anchoring Effect in Real Litigation: An Empirical Study

Meng-Chi Tang (National Chung Cheng University)
Jie-Ying Wei (National Chung Cheng University)
Pharmaceutical Demand Estimation with Physician Agency in a Universal Health Care
System

Shu-Hua Chen (National Taipei University)
Jang-Ting Guo (University of California, Riverside)
Progressive Taxation as an Automatic Destabilizer under Endogenous Growth
18:25 – Closing Remarks & Dinner

 

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