Profile

Current positions held

●1999/4-：Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
●1999/8-：Professor (adjunct), Department of Economics, National Taiwan University

Education

●University of California, Los Angeles, 1987/10-1991/12, (Ph.D. in Economics)
●National Taiwan University, 1983/9-1985/6, (M.A. in Economics)
●National Taiwan University, 1979/9-1983/6, (B.A. in Economics)

Past working experience

●2019-2025: National Pension Insurance Actuarial Review Committee Member, Ministry of Health and Welfare 
●2022-2023: Member of National Income Statistics Committee, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan

● 2019-2022: Asian Standing Committee Member, Econometric Society
●2020: External Evaluation Committee, College of Social Science, National ChengChi University
●2019 : Selection Committee of Distinguished Professor, College of Social Science, National ChengChi University
●2017 : Selection Committee of Distinguished Professor, College of Social Science, National ChengChi University
●2017: Review Committee of Scholarship Studying Abroad, Ministry of Education
●2016: Review Committee of Scholarship Studying Abroad, Ministry of Education
●2013-2015：Board member, H&Q Taiwan
●2013-2015：Board member, Dragon Investment Fund
●2013-2015：Board member, Asia Global Venture Capital II Co.
●2013: External Evaluation Committee, College of Social Science, National ChengChi University
●2010/06-2010/07：Visiting Professor, Research Institute of Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University
●2009: Evaluation Committee, Department of Economics, National Chung Cheng University
●2009: External Evaluation Committee, Department of Economics, National Chi Nan University
●2007/08-2008/08：Visiting Professor, Washington University in St Louis
●2007: Interview Committee of Erasmus Programme Scholarship, Ministry of Education
●2006-2008: Employee Benefit Fund Management Committee Member, Academia Sinica
●2004/08-2007/08：Deputy Director, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
●2003-2005: The Third Academia Sinica Traffic Management Committee Member, Academia Sinica
●2001/04-2002/03：Professor, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
●1993/01-1999/04：Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
●1992/08-1999/12：Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Economics, National Central University
●1993/06-1993/09：Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Duke University
●1985/10-1992/12：Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
●1988/10-1991/12：Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UCLA
●1994：Senior Examinations Reviewer, Examination Yuan of ROC                                                                                                                                                               

Fields

●Macroeconomics
●Economic Growth and Industrial Economics

Professional services

1. Editorship:
●Managing Editor, Academia Economic Papers, 2014-
●Associate Editor, Review of Social Sciences, 2011-
●Associate Editor, Pacific Economic Review, 2006-
●Associate Editor, Academia Economic Papers, 1999-2000, 2004-2014
●Associate Editor, Taipei Economic Inquiry, 1998-2010
●Editorial Board, Taiwan Economic Review, Special Issue on Macroeconomics, 2015

2. Referee:
●American Economic Journal: Public Policy
●Bulletin of Economic Research
●Canadian Journal of Economics
●Economic Letters
●Economic Theory
●Economica
●European Economic Review
●International Economic Review
●Japanese Economic Review
●Journal of Comparative Economics
●Journal of Economic Theory
●Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
●Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
●Journal of Economic Growth
●Journal of Development Economics
●Journal of Macroeconomics
●Journal of Mathematical Economics
●Journal of Money, Credit and Banking
●Journal of Public Economics
●Journal of Public Economic Theory
●Macroeconomic Dynamics
●Oxford Economic Papers
●Review of Economics and Statistics
●Review of International Economics
●Southern Economic Journal

3. Professional Association
●2012-2015：Executive Board member (4-year term), Taiwan Economic Association
●2007–2010：Executive Board member (4-year term), Taiwan Economic Association
●2005–2006：Standing Board member (2-year term), Taiwan Economic Association
●2005–2006：Secretary general, Taiwan Economic Association
●2004–2005：seminar coordinator, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.
●1997-1998, 2001-2002：Committee, Taiwan Research Literature Committee, Taiwan Economic Association

Association member

●American Economic Association
●Chinese Economic Association in North America
●Taiwan Economic Association
●Taiwan Econometrics Society
●Western Economic Association International

Organizer and Program Committee

●Association for Public Economic Theory, 2012/6(Taipei), 2013/7(Lisbon), 2014/7(Seattle), 2015/7(Luxembourg), 2016/7(Rio de Janeiro)
●Asian Econometric Society, 2006/6(Taipei), 2014/6(Taipei)
●Advanced Research Camp, Taiwan National Science Council 2000/4, 2006/7
●Economic Growth and Development Conference 1999/12(Taipei), 2004/7(Taipei)
●Economic Growth, Dynamics and International Trade 1998/8(Taipei)

Award / Honor / Fellowships

●2017：Outstanding Scholarship Awards (3-year awards), Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship
●2014：Academic Award for Publication in Social Sciences, Sun Yat Sen Academic and Cultural Foundation
●2014-2018：Investigator Award, Academia Sinica (5-year award.)
●2013-2015：Outstanding Research Prize, Taiwan National Science Council (3-year award)
●2010-2012：Outstanding Research Prize, Taiwan National Science Council (3-year award)
●2006, 2008, 2009, 2014：Best Ph. D. Thesis Advisor, Taiwan Economic Association
●2007-2008：Fulbright Scholarship
●2007：Outstanding Referee Awards 2007 for Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
●2005-：Listed in Who’s Who in the world
●2005：Keynote speaker, 47th Anniversary Annual Conference. American Association for Chinese Studies (Oct. 21-23), Vanderbilt University
●2004：Taiwan Industrial Economics Award, Taiwan Economics and Industry Association
●1999：Excellent Paper Award, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
●1998：Invited speech, South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Centre, April 7, Central Bank of Republic of China (Taiwan)
●1987-1990：Taiwan Ministry of Education Scholarship (education abroad)
●1986：Civilian Examination Pass Certificate
●1984-1985：Master Thesis Fellowship, Cathay Trust Foundation

Research project grants

●2021/8-2024/7：Taiwan MOST Grants on multi-year Research (3 year)                                                                                        ●2018/8-2021/7：Taiwan MOST Grants on multi-year Research (3 year)
●2015/8-2018/7：Taiwan MOST Grants on multi-year Research (3 year)
●2012/8-2015/7：Taiwan NSC Grants on multi-year Research (3 year)
●2009/8-2012/7：Taiwan NSC Grants on multi-year Research (3 years)
●2006/4-2010/3：Taiwan NSC Grants on Excellence Research (4 years)
●2005/7-2007/7：Taiwan NSC Grants on multi-year Research (2 years)
●1992/2-2005/7：Taiwan NSC Grants on one-year Research
●1998-2003：Academia Sinica Grants on multi-year Research (5 years)
●1996-1999：Grants on Rethinking Economic Development Paradigm, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan (4 years)