CEANA NEWSLETTER

CHINESE 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

September 1998

****Announcements***

  1. Thanks to our Vice President, Chihwa Kao, and his secretary, Ms. Anne C. Metzger-Wormuth, for setting up and maintaining the CEANA web site: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/maxpages/faculty/cdkao/CEANA.htm.

    2. A copy of the web page is attached for your reference. Please browse our site for CEANA news.

  2. When registering for the ASSA meetings, please mark #7 in the membership column and write CEANA. It will help us to gain more sessions in the ASSA meetings.
  3. If you would like to contribute to the CEANA Annual Social Event Fund, please make your check payable to CEANA and send it to Professor Jen-Chi Cheng at Wichita State University. Your gift to the organization is tax deductible.
  4. Professor Kar-yiu Wong has edited a manuscript on the Asian crisis with country reports, chronology, and reference lists. It's available online for download at http: weber.washington.edu/~karyiu/asia/manuscri.htm.

****1999 CEANA Programs at ASSA Meetings****

JOINT SESSION CEANA-AEA: Social Insurance in Transition

Chairperson: Kenneth Arrow from Stanford University

 Lawrence Lau from Stanford University and Alan Garber from Stanford University

"A Health Care Financing System for a Developing Economy"

Tehwei Hu from the University of California, Berkeley

"Lessons of Health Care Reforms in the U.S. for Taiwan"

Francis Lui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

"Old-Age Pension in Hong Kong and China"

Sheng-Cheng Hu, Academia Sinica

"Social Security in Transition in Asian Pacific Countries"

Discussants:

Mark McClellan, Stanford University

Joan Lo, Academia Sinica

Wen S. Chern, Ohio State University

Ping Wang, Pennsylvania State University

ASSA-CEANA Session: Trade and Growth (F1, O4)

CHAIRPERSON: Mei-chu W. Hsiao, University of Colorado at Denver

Been-Lon Chen from The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica

"Time-Series Wage Differential in Taiwan: The Effects of International Trade"

Jin-Tan Liu from the National Taiwan University;

"The Impact of Advanced Technology Adoption on Wage Structure: The Evidence of Taiwan Manufacturing Industries"

Co-authored with Meng-Wen Tsou from Tamkang University

Qi Li, University of Guelph

"Semiparametric Smooth Coefficient Stochastic Frontier Models"

Co-authored with Cliff J. Huang from Vanderbilt University and Tsu-Tan Fu from the Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica

Jong-Rong Chen, National Central University

"Non-neutral Stochastic Frontier Production Function for Panel Data: The Case of Foreign and Oversea Capital Firms of the Electronic Appliance Industry in Taiwan"

Co-authored with Ming-kuo Wu, National Central University

Discussants:

Mei-chu W. Hsiao, University of Colorado at Denver

Peter Chow, The City College of The City University of New York

Jong-Rong Chen, National Central University

Cliff J. Huang, Vanderbilt University

ASSA-CEANA Session: Economic Development (O1)

CHAIRPERSON: Suzanne McCoskey, United States Naval Academy

Sau-Him Paul Lau from The Australian National University

"Testing the Long Run Effect of Investment on Output"

Chi-Wa Yuen from University of Hong Kong

Economic Growth and Economic Equality: Some Evidence and a Suggested Interpretation

Co-Authored with Isaac Ehrlich from State University of New York at Buffalo and Jian-Guo Zhong from the PNC National Bank

Haizheng Li from Georgia Institute of Technology

Symmetrically Censored GMM Estimation of Labor Supply and Specification Tests

Suzanne McCoskey, United States Naval Academy

"How Does Your Output Grow? Tests on Pool ability in Panel Cointegration"

Co-authored with Chihwa Kao, Syracuse University

Discussants:

Been-Lon Chen, The Institute of Economics Academia Sinica

Wen-jen Hsieh, National Cheng Kung University

Qi Li, University of Guelph

Haizheng Li, Georgia Institute of Technology

ASSA-CEANA Session: Asian Economic Development (O53)

CHAIRPERSON: Yu-whuei Hu, National Taiwan University

Wen-jen Hsieh from National Cheng Kung University presenting

"An Analysis of Economic Structural Change: The Case of Taiwan"

Chu-Ping C. Vijverberg from Southern Methodist University presenting

"The Contribution of Public Infrastructure on Regional Productivity in China"

Co-authored with Frank Fu from Chung-Hua Institute for Economic Research

Carsten Holz from The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology presenting

"China's Monetary Counterrevolution from the Countryside"

Hiroyuki Imai, Lingnan College presenting

"Hong Kong's Inflation Under the U.S. Dollar Peg: the Balassa-Samuelson Effect or the Dutch Disease?"

Jon Cauley, University of Hawaii-Hilo presenting

"Stakeholder Incentives and Reform in China's State-owned Enterprises: A Common

Property Theory"

Co-authored with Todd Sandler, Iowa State University and Richard Cornes, Keele University

Discussants:

Frank Hsiao, University of Colorado at Boulder

Yu Hsing, Southeastern Louisiana University

Jen-Chi Cheng, Wichita State University

Wen-Jung Liang, Tamkang University

Taiji Watanabe, State University of New York at Oswego

CEANA General Session 1- Applied Theory

CHAIRPERSON: Sau-Him Paul Lau, The Australian National University

Hsin-Ping Chen from the National Chengchi University

"Commuting and Land Use Patterns"

Ho-Chyuan Chen from Tamkang University

"Optimal Environmental Policy in Oligopolistic Markets"

Wen-Jung Liang from Tamkang University

"North-South Trade, Voluntary Import Expansions, Unemployment, and the Environment"

Yu Hsing from Southeastern Louisiana University

"Impacts of the Minimum Wage Increase on General Wages"

Co-authored with Wen-jen Hsieh from the National Cheng Kung University

Discussants:

Suzanne McCoskey, United State Naval Academy

Wen-Jung Liang, Tamkang University

Sau-Him Paul Lau, The Australian National University

Chi-Wa Yuen, University of Hong Kong

CEANA General Session 2- Asian Economy and Health

CHAIRPERSON: Chee-Ruey Hsieh, The Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica

Frank Hsiao from the University of Colorado at Boulder and

Mei-chu W. Hsiao from the University of Colorado at Denver

"Catching Up but Falling Behind in the Long Run: The Case of Taiwan and Korea"

Chee-Ruey Hsieh from The Institute of Economics Academia Sinica

"Upstream Income Transfers in Taiwan"

Yu-whuei Hu from the National Taiwan University

"Smoking Behavior and Medical Utilization"

Tetsuji Yamada from Rutgers University

"Preventive Care and Health Improvement"

Coauthored with Tadashi Yamada from Tsukuba University in Japan and Haruko Noguchi from both Stanford University and National Bureau of Economic Research and Chang Gun Kim from Korea Telecom in Korea

Discussants:

Peter Chow, The City College of The City University of New York

Tetsuji Yamada, Rutgers University

Chee-Ruey Hsieh, The Institute of Economics Academia Sinica

Jin-Tan Liu, National Taiwan University

CEANA General Session 3- Asian Economy and the Stock Markets

CHAIRPERSON: Chao-Hs Huang, National Tsing Hua University

Peter Chow from The City College of The City University of New York

"What Have We Learned from the Asian Financial Crisis?"

Chao-Hsi Huang from the National Tsing Hua University

"Myopia, Liquidity Constraints, and Permanent Income Consumption: An Empirical Study Using Taiwan's Aggregate Data"

Kuo-Ping Chang from the National Tsing Hua University

"A Variance Ratio Test of the Random Walk Hypothesis for Taiwan's Stock Market"

Coauthored with Kuo-Shiuan Ting a graduate student from National Tsing Hua University

Taiji Watanabe from the State University of New York at Oswego

"Back to the Futures: A Generalized Futures Market Model"

Discussants:

Hiroyuki Imai, Lingnan College

Kuo-Ping Chang, National Tsing Hua University

Chao-Hsi Huang, National Tsing Hua University

Ho-Chyuan Chen, Tamkang University

****Members' Recent Activities****

Joseph S. Lee

The Path of Skill Acquisition for Employees in High-tech Industries: The Case of Taiwan.

*****POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT*****

1. 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.

2. National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

H0 Public Finance

The Graduate Institute of Political Economy invites applications for a full-time position, beginning February 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 October 1998 as well as evidence of research promise. Candidates for senior positions should have a Ph.D. and an excellent research and teaching record. Mandarin required. Send letter of interest, curriculum vita, official transcripts, Ph.D. diploma, samples of recent research, and 3 reference letters before October 31, 1998.

CONTACT: 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: em50250@email.ncku.edu.tw).

**** FINANCIAL REPORT ****

  1. Regular Account (Intrust Bank #2331748)

As of February 25 , 1998 $10,011.08

Revenues:

Membership dues + 740.00

(3 lifetime and 7 regular members)

Expenditures: (for February and June Newsletter)

Postage and print - 784.81

Envelopes - 72.46

Student assistant - 54.98

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As of September 9, 1998 $9,838.83*

* before adjusting for interest income and monthly account service fee. The interest income is paid around 20th of each month in an amount about $13. The account service charge is about $8 per month.

  1. Annual Social Event Fund (Intrust Bank #313831)

As of February 25, 1998 $1,852.82

Revenues: + 0.00

Expenditures:

Monthly service charge ($5 per month) - 35.00

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As of August 31, 1998 $1,817.82

 

 

 

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