CEANA
NEWSLETTERCHINESE ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION IN NORTH AMERICA
Box 78, Wichita State University
Wichita, KS 67260-0078, USA Tel: (316)978-3220
Fax: (316)978-3308 E-mail: cheng@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Web site: www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/faculty/cdkao/
November 1998
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What’s Inside This Issue:
--Announcements --Position Announcement
--A note from President Hsiao --Call for Papers
--CEANA Officer Candidates --Financial Reports
--Members’ Activities --Membership Application form
and
1999 CEANA Program Brochure, Election Ballot and Dinner Reservation form
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****Announcements****
1. Membership Meeting:
Time: 5:45-6:30 p.m. January 4
Place: Sheraton Hotel/Madison Suite 5
2. Banquet:
Time: 7:15-9:00 p.m. January 4
Place: Hunan 5th Avenue (323 5th Avenue, 212-686-3366)
The dinner reception will be held at Hunan 5th Avenue Restaurant right after the membership meeting on January 4. Reservation is required. Dinner is $30 per person. Please send your reservation form as attached and a check, payable to CEANA, to Professor Jen-Chi Cheng at Wichita State University.
January 3, 1999
8:00 am Trade and Growth (Sheraton/Madison Suite 5)
10:15 am Economic Development (Sheraton/Madison Suite 5)
12:45 pm General Session 1 - Applied Theory I (Warwick/Sussex)
2:45 pm General Session 2 - Asian Economy and Health (Warwick/Sussex)
4:45 pm General Session 3 - Empirical Economics (Sheraton/Madison Suite 5)
January 4, 1999
10:30 am Joint Session CEANA-AEA (Sheraton)
4:45 pm General Session 4 - Applied Theory II (Sheraton/Madison Suite 5)
5:45 pm Membership Meeting (Sheraton/Madison Suite 5)
7:15 pm Annual Dinner Banquet (Hunan 5th Avenue)
January 5, 1999
10:15 am Asian Economic Development (Sheraton/Riverside Suite)
****A note from Dr. Cheng Hsiao, President
****In closing the term as the president of the CEANA I would like to express my sincere thanks and gratitude to the officers of CEANA, in particular, the vice president, Professor Chihwa Kao and the treasurer/secretary, Professor Jenchi Cheng, for their dedicated service. The success of an association depends on the participation of all members. However, one of the strengths of the CEANA is that the Association has such dedicated officers who have substantially enriched our professional activities. Thank you all for your support to the Association and wish for you all a prosperous new year. I hope to see you all in our annual dinner scheduled on January 4, 1999.
****Officer Candidates****
President-elect: Dr. Kar-yiu Wong
Dr. Wong served two terms as Vice President of the Chinese Economic Association in North America in 1994-95, and was the organizer of several sessions for the CEANA at the Western Economic Association in 1993.
Dr. Wong received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 1983 and is now a Full Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Washington.
Dr. Wong has made significant contributions to the field of international economics through his publications in the following journals: American Economic Review, European Economic Review, Economic Theory, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Review of International Economics, Japanese Economic Review, Journal of Economic Integration, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Defense Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, and Economics and Politics.
Dr. Wong also has had articles published in books such as: Increasing Returns and Economic Analysis (MacMillan, 1998), Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade (University of Michigan Press, 1997), Integrating the World Economy: Japanese Foreign Direct Investment, 1972-1990 (Stanford: Hoover Institute Press, 1996), The Gains from Trade and the Gains from Aid (Routledge, 1995), Migration: A Challenge for Europe (Tubingen: J. C. B. Mohr, 1994), Trade, Welfare, and Economic Policies: Essays in Honor of Murray C. Kemp (University of Michigan Press, 1993), The New Palgrave Dictionary of Money and Finance, Vol. 2 (MacMillan, 1992), International Trade and Global Development: Essays in Honour of Jagdish Bhagwati (Routledge, 1991), Sharing World Leadership? A New Era for America & Japan (American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1989), Japanese Investment in the United States: Should We Be Concerned? (Society for Japanese Studies, 1989), Empirical Methods for International Trade (MIT Press, 1988), Hong Kong – Dilemma of Growth (Australian National University and University of Hong Kong, 1980).
In 1995, Dr. Wong published his highly acclaimed book, International Trade in Goods and Factor Mobility (MIT Press, 1995), which was reprinted in 1997. The book is being translated into Japanese. Dr. Wong co-edited a book, Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade, published by the University of Michigan Press in 1997, and edited a manuscript on the Asian crisis this year.
In recent years, Dr. Wong has been a co-organizer of many international conferences such as: "Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade, IV" to be held in Tilburg in July 1999; "The Asian Crisis: The Economics Front" to be held in Seattle in December 1998; "Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade, III" in Taiwan, August 1998; "International Trade, Factor Mobility and Asia" in Hong Kong, July 1998; "Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade, II" in Hong Kong, July 1997; "Economic Growth in Open Economies" in Hong Kong, December 1996; and "Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade" in Helsingor, Denmark, August 1996.
Dr. Wong is currently a guest editor of the Review of International Economics and the Review of Development Economics, and has been appointed as an editor of the Review of International Economics and an associate editor of the Pacific Economic Review.
Dr. Wong is married and has one child.
Vice-President: Dr. K.C. (Kwok-Chiu) Fung
Dr. K. C. Fung is a Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program in the Department of Economics at University of California-Santa Cruz. He is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984.
Dr. Fung has published extensively in various journals such as International Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, European Economic Review, Oxford Economic Papers, etc .
Dr. Fung’s professional experience includes Senior Staff Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, Bush and Clinton White House; Consultant, the World Bank; Associate Director, Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research, University of Hong Kong; Invited Lecturer, Nankai University, PRC; Visiting Scholar, University of Tokyo, Japan; Visiting Researcher, Tilburg University, Netherlands; Visiting Scholar, Chung-hua Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan; Member, Editorial Council, Review of International Economics; Member, PECC, Trade Policy Committee, Hong Kong; U.S. Delegate to OECD, etc.
Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Jen-Chi Cheng
Jen-Chi Cheng is a Chair and Associate Professor of Economics at Wichita State University. He received his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1989. His research interest is in open macroeconomics and he has published in various journals.
****Members’ Recent Activities****
Dr. Lawrence J. Lau
Director, the Taiwan Fund, Inc.
Commissioner, Asian Art Museum (San Francisco)
Director, Center for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University.
Dr. C. James Hueng
"The Demand for money in an Open Economy: Some Evidence for Canada," North America Journal of Economics and Finance. Q (1), 15 -31
Dr. Shu - Ching Yang
China's Foreign Trade Reform, April 1998, Guizhou People's Publishing Co. (in Chines) 7+ 135 pages.
"Strategies for China's state enterprise reform," The China Press, May 12, 1998 (in China)
"Asian Financial Crises and the Chinese Economy," Hong Kong Economic Journal, March 21,1998 (in Chinese)
"China's prosperity and concerns," Modern China Studies, No.1,1998 ( Princeton) (in Chinese)
"China's Exchange Rate Problem," Hong Kong Economic Journal, Dec.10, 1997 (in Chinese)
TV Interviews in " China Forum" of VOA on China's economic problems and prospects. Radio Interviews with Radio Free Asia.
Dr. Ping Wang
"On the Existence of Balanced Growth Equilibrium," (w/ T. Palivos and J. Zhang), IER (1997).
"Are Alcoholics in Bad Jobs?" (w/ D. Kenkel), NBER Series, University of Chicago Press (1998).
"Financial Development and Growth," Economic Review, Fed - Atlanta (1997).
Editorial Board, Journal of Macroeconomics.
Job change: departing for Vanderbilt on Jan.1, 1999.
Dr. Yu Hsing
"The Determinants of Interest Rates in Taiwan: An Application of the Augmented ISLM Model," Journal of Economics, 1998, 24 (1), 107 - 114.
"Public Policy and Regional Migration," Journal of Economic Research, 1998, 3, 41 - 50
"On the Substitution Effect of the Minimum Wage Increase: New Evidence," Applied Economics Letters, accept for publication.
Dr. Ben-Chieh Liu
"Product Quality, Gasoline Prices, and Japanese Shares in the U.S. Automobile Market" with Lee, M.L. and C.I. Lin , International Journal of Business (California: Vol.2, NO.2, Oct. 1997, pp.61 - 80.)
" State-and Context - Dependent Quality and Competitiveness in the U.S. Automobile Market," with C. Lin, M.L. Lee and J.S. Chiou, Industry of Free China J. (Vol. 87, No. 12, Dec. 1997, pp. 79 - 106.)
"Education, Income, Immigration, Employment and Chinese Americans Quality of Life," Industry of Free China J. (Vol. 88, No.3, March 1998, pp. 15 - 70; in Chinese)
"Globalization, Immigration and Higher Education: Quality of Life System Dynamics" with M.L. Lee, Industry of Free China J. (Vol.88, No. 7, July 1998)
" Quality of Life Based Versus Regulated Fertility Decisions, "with M.L. Lee and P.Wang, Industry of Free China J. (Vol. 88, No. 9, September 1998.
Dr. Hsiang-ling Han
"Consumption, Income, and Cointegration," International Review of Economics and Finance, 6(2):107-117, 1997.
"Optimal Exchange Rate Policy," Global Finance Yearbook, 1998.
Dr. Mei-Chu W. Hsiao
"Miracle or Myth of Asia NICs’ Growth: The Irony of Numbers," with Frank Hsiao, in Research in Asian Economic Studies, Vol. 8, ed. By Dutta and Hooley, JAI Press, 1998.
"The Historical Traditions of Taiwanese Small-and Medium Enterprises, "with Frank Hsiao, forthcoming in Taiwan’s Commercial Traditions, ed. By Fu-san Huang, Taipei, Taiwan: Academia Sinica, 1998.
"Colonial Linkages in Early Postwar Taiwanese Economic Development," with Frank Hsiao, in Harvard Studies on Taiwan, Vol. II, ed. By William C. Kirby, John Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, 1998
*****POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT*****
The Central Bank of China, Taiwan
The Central Bank of China, located in Taipei, Taiwan, has vacancies for Economists. Applications to fill one to two full-time Economist positions are invited from candidates that fulfill the following criteria:
(1) A Ph.D. degree in Economics from a prestigious U.S., Canadian, or European university (obtained by July 1999 at the latest).
(2) Specialization in the fields of money and banking or macroeconomics and a high degree of familiarity with applied econometrics.
(3) Excellent research record and ability to conduct research independently.
All candidates should be R.O.C. citizens and should not hold dual nationality. All male candidates should have fulfilled their military service requirements.
Interested applicants who meet the above requirements are invited to apply before March 31, 1999 (based on the date of the postmark), by submitting the following documents:
(a) A photocopy of the candidates National I.D. card or R.O.C. passport
(b) Bi-lingual English & Chinese Curriculum Vitae (one copy).
(c) Ph.D. degree certificate or a course advisor’s letter showing that such a certificate can be obtained before July 1999.
(d) Course transcripts (one copy).
(e) A copy of the Ph.D. dissertation or any publications or papers representative of the candidate’s research work.
(f) Three letters of reference (at least one referee should reside in Taiwan).
Only those candidates who submit the necessary documents will be informed as to whether they have been shortlisted. All candidates should obtain their Ph.D. certificate by July 31, 1999 at the latest, otherwise the application will no longer be considered. An annual salary of around NT$1 million excluding bonuses will be paid to the right candidates.
Application materials should be sent by registered mail to P.O. Box 5-351, Taipei 100, Taiwan, R.O.C.
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
G Financial Economics
AF Any Field
Several regular faculty positions are available at the Department of Economics in conjunction with a qualitatively and empirically oriented M.A. program in international economics. Send vita, transcript and three reference letters.
Contact: Prof. David C. Cheng, Institute of International Economics, National Dong Hwa University, Shoufeng, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC.
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
H0 Public Finance
The Graduate Institute of Political Economy invites applications for a full-time position, beginning August 1, 1999, at the assistant professor level or above in the field of Public Finance. Junior candidates should have a Ph.D. in Economics by May 1999 as well as evidence of research promise. Candidates for senior positions should have a Ph.D. and an excellent research and teaching records. Mandarin required. Send letter of interest, curriculum vita, official transcripts, Ph.D. diploma, samples of recent research, and 3 reference letters before May 15, 1999.
CONTACT: Pao-min Chang, Professor and Director, Graduate Institute of Political Economy, National Cheng Kung University, 1 Ta Hsueh Road, Tainan 70101, Taiwan, Republic of China (Fax: 886-6-276-6498; e-mail: em250@mail.ncku.edu.tw).
Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica,Taipei, Taiwan
A0 General
F0 International Economics
G0 Financial Economics
J0 Labor Economics
L0 Industrial Organization (Empirical)
Q2 Environmental Economics
N0 Economic History
The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan ROC is seeking to fill several research economist positions beginning August 1999. We will consider all qualified candidates in all areas and at all ranks. Junior candidates should have a Ph.D. by July 1999 as well as evidence of research promise. Candidates for senior positions should have a Ph.D. and an excellent research record. Candidates who speak Chinese are preferred.
The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, is the highest academic institution in Taiwan. It offers excellent research facilities and support, including paid leaves of absence for research and study abroad. Its research staff enjoys complete freedom when conducting research but does not have teaching obligations.
The deadline for application is March 31, 1999. Applications received before the deadline will be decided sequentially. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae, a transcript (junior applicants only), recent publications or unpublished manuscripts (Ph.D. dissertation or a job-market paper is essential for junior applicants), and three recommendation letters to Dr. Sheng-Cheng Hu, Director, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
We will have representatives attending the January 1999 ASSA meetings in New York.
****CALL FOR PAPERS****
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¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨Chinese Economic Association in North America (CEANA) is organizing several sessions at the conferences of the International Atlantic Economic Society, Western Economic Association, Southern Economic Association, and Allied Social Science Associations. Members and nonmembers are invited to submit papers for presentation and/or serve as discussants and chairs in these sessions. In presentation, please observe the following conditions:
3. Please send three copies of an abstract or a paper to the organizer no later than the deadline noted below:
(1) International Atlantic Economic Society (IAES) Conference
Date and Place: October 7-10, 1999, Montreal, Canada
Organizer: Professor Jen-Chi Cheng, Department of Economics, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0078. Phone: (316)978-3220, fax: (316)978-3308, email: cheng@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Sessions: Two sessions. First session is on Asian economies and second session is on macro-related issues.
Deadline for submission: March 1, 1999.
(2) Western Economic Association Conference
Date and Place: July 6-10, 1999, San Diego, CA
Organizer: Professor Yea-mow Chen, School of Business, San Francisco State University, 1600 Hollowway Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132, U.S.A. Phone: 415-338-2106, fax: 415-338-1806, email: ymchen@sfsu.edu.
Sessions: Several sessions. Fields are open. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.
Deadline for submission: January 20, 1999.
(3) Southern Economic Association Conference
Date and Place: November 21-23, 1999. New Orleans, LA
Organizer: Professor Jen-Chi Cheng, Department of Economics, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0078. Phone: (316)978-3220, fax: (316)978-3308, email: cheng@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Sessions: Two joint sessions with SEA. Fields are open. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.
Deadline for submission: February 15, 1999.
(4) Allied Social Science Association Meetings
Date and Place: January 6-9, 2000. Boston, MA
Organizer: Professor K.C. Fung, Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A. Phone: (408) 459-3273, fax: (408) 459-5900. Email: kcfung@cats.ucsc.edu
Sessions: Several sessions and fields are open. Both theoretical and empirical papers are welcome.
Deadline for submission: May 1, 1999.
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¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨The 1999 Taipei International Conference on Efficiency and Productivity Growth, Taipei, Taiwan
July 30 – 31, 1999
The 1999 Taipei International Conference on Efficiency and Productivity Growth will be held on Friday and Saturday, July 30-31, 1999, in Taipei, Taiwan. This is the second international conference on efficiency and productivity growth in the Asia-Pacific region organized and sponsored by the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica (IEAS).
The conference will consist of both invited and contributed paper sessions on efficiency and productivity growth. The Conference Organizing Committee prefers contributed papers addressing efficiency and productivity growth in the Asian-Pacific region, but other theoretical and empirical contributions are also welcome. Authors of papers presented at the conference are encouraged to submit to the conference volume to be edited by IEAS and published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. The volume from the 1997 conference, Economic Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Asia Pacific Region, edited by Tsu-tan Fu, Cliff J. Huang, and C. A. Knox Lovell, is to be released in November 1998 by Edward Elgar Publishing.
Those wishing to contribute a paper are invited to submit a one-page abstract as soon as possible but not later than January 15, 1999, to the conference coordinator, Dr. Tsu-tan Fu. The conference program will consist of 50 to 60 presentations selected from the submitted abstracts. Completed manuscripts for those accepted are due by May 20, 1999. Limited financial support may be available for paper contributors. Those applying for financial aid must submit their completed manuscripts by April 20, 1999.
Lodging will be at the Academia Sinica Guest Hotel located on the campus of the Academia Sinica. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided to all participants. A reception will be held on the evening of July 30 at the Guest Hotel.
Address All Correspondence to: Conference Organizing Committee:
Dr. Tsu-tan Fu Dr. Sheng-cheng Hu (Director, IEAS)
The Institute of Economics Dr. Tsu-tan Fu (Coordinator, IEA)
Academia Sinica, Nankang Prof. Cliff J. Huang (Coordinator, Vanderbilt)
Taipei, Taiwan Prof. C. A. Knox Lovell (Coordinator, Georgia)
Phone: 886-2-2782-2971 Ext 623
Fax: 886-2-2785-3946
E-mail: tfu@ieas.econ.sinica.edu.tw
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¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨International Conference on the Asian Crisis. Kar-yiu Wong of University of Washington, Richard Ho of City University of Hong Kong, and Chong K. Yip of Chinese University of Hong Kong are organizing a conference on the Asian crisis. It will be held on the campus of University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A. on December 29-30, 1998. People interested in attending the conference or discussing a paper please contact Kar-yiu Wong at <karyiu@u.washington.edu> or visit his web site http://weber.u.washington.edu/~karyiu/
A manuscript on the Asian crisis is available online and can be downloaded. It contains country reports, chronology, and reference lists of economics papers on Asian growth and the Asian crisis. Please visit http://weber.u.washington.edu/~karyiu/
International Conference on "Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade," co-organized by Bjarne S. Jensen of Copenhagen Business School, Theo van de Klundert of Tilburg University, and Kar-yiu Wong of University of Washington. It will be held in Tilburg, July 9-10, 1999. People interested in presenting a paper on dynamics/growth and trade please send by December 15, 1998 a draft (or 200+ word abstract) of the paper to Bjarne S. Jensen, Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School, Nansensgade 19.5, DK-1366, Copenhagen K, Denmark, or by e-mail <bsj.eco@cbs.dk>.
****OBITUARY****
Dr. Chang Han-ju has passed away on October 29 at age 85. He was a Professor at National Taiwan University and taught History of Economic Thoughts.
**** FINANCIAL REPORT ****
As of September 9, 1998 $9,838.83
Revenues:
Membership dues + 200.00
(10 regular members)
Expenditures:
Student Assistant -- Newsletter and Directory - 50.00
Postage - 22.50
Illinois State CEANA registration - 5.00
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As of November 23, 1998 $9,961.33
As of August 31, 1998 $1,817.82
Revenues: + 0.00
Expenditures:
Monthly service charge ($5 per month) - 15.00
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As of November 23, 1998 $1,802.82
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