2008 WEAI Program
Hawaii, June 29 to July 3
Session 1: Issues in Financial and Industrial Economics
Chair: Henry Wan, Jr., Cornell University
Sanae Tashiro, Rowan University
“Allocation of Time: Preparing Food or Prepared Food?”
Chu-Ping Lo, National Taiwan University
“Global Outsourcing or FDI: How Did Apple Launch its iPod?”
Henry Wan, Jr., Cornell University; An-Chi Tung, Academia Sinica
“Industry Activation: A Study of Its Micro-foundations”
Lii-tarn Chen, Academia Sinica
“The Predict Power of Economic Activity Using Yield Spread: Further
Evidence and A Rational Expectation Interpretation”
Discussants:
Lii-tarn Chen
Sanae Tashiro
Zhiyun (Frances) Xu
Chu-Ping Lo
Participants:
Sanae Tashiro
Department of Economics
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone: (856) 256-4062
Email: tashiro@rowan.edu
Chu-Ping Lo
Department of Agricultural Economics
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Email: cplo@ntu.edu.tw
Phone: (886) 2-3366-2653
Henry Wan, Jr.
Department of Economics
Cornell University, USA
Email: hyw1@cornell.edu
Lii-tarn Chen
Institute of Economics
Academia Sinica
128 Academia Rd., Sec. 2
Taipei, Taiwan 11529
Email: lchen@econ.sinica.edu.tw
Zhiyun (Frances) Xu
MEDS, Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
2001 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201
USA
Phone: (847) 345-2244
Email: francesxu312@gmail.com
Session 2: Topics in Growth Theory
Chair: Theodore Palivos, University of Macedonia
Been-Lon Chen, Academia Sinica and Washington University; Mei Hsu, National
Taipei University, Chia-Hui Lu, National Taipei University
“Wealth and Multiple Growth Regimes: The Role of Monetary Policy”
Shu-Hua Chen, Shih Chien University; Jang-Ting Guo, University of California
“On the Growth and Velocity Effects of Money”
Theodore Palivos, University of Macedonia; Chong-Kee Yip, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong
“Illegal Immigration in a Heterogeneous Society”
Chi-wa Yuen, University of Hong Kong
“When Farmers Met Shepherds: a Plausible Resolution to the Needham
Puzzle”
Discussants:
Shu-Hua Chen
Been-Lon Chen
Chi-wa Yuen
Chong-Kee Yip
Participants:
Been-Lon Chen
Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
and Department of Economics
Washington University
205 Eliot Hall, St Louis, MO 63130
USA
Phone: (314) 935-8907
Email: bchen@econ.sinica.edu.tw
Shu-Hua Chen
Department of International Trade
Shih Chien University
70 Ta Chih Street, Taipei 104
TAIWAN
Phone: (886)22538-1111, ext. 8904
E-mail: shchen@mail.usc.edu.tw
Fax: (314) 935-4156
Fax: (886)22533-6293
Chong-Kee Yip
Department of Economics
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Room 926, Esther Lee Building
Chung Chi Campus
Shatin, N.T.,
HONG KONG
Phone: (852)2609-8187
Email: chongkeeyip@cuhk.edu.hk
Fax: (852)2603-5805
Theodore Palivos
Department of Economics
University of Macedonia
Salonica, Greece
Email: tpalivos@uom.gr
Chi-wa Yuen
School of Economics and Finance
University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 2859-1051
Email: cwyuen@hku.hk
Fax: (852) 2548-1151
Session 3: Economic Issues Among the Chinese Economies
Chair: Tam Bang Vu, University of Hawaii-Hilo
Tam Bang Vu, University of Hawaii-Hilo
“Human Capital and Labor Productivity: A Two State Least Square
Estimation for China”
Junxi Zhang, University of Hong Kong, Yan Ding; University of Hong Kong; Yang
Yang, University of Hong Kong; Yunyong Yang, University of Hong Kong
“Measuring the Long- and Short-Run Effects of Monetary Policy on Real
Economic Activities in China”
Tsu-Tan Fu, Academia Sinica; Mei-Ying Huang, National Taipei University; YanWei Lu, National Taipei University
“The Economic Gains of the Merger Cases in Taiwan’s Financial Industry:
Scope Economy Measurement of the Financial Holding Companies”
Xiaowei Kong, Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
“China Monetary Policy and Hong Kong Stock Market: Co-integration with
Structural Break”
Discussants:
Junxi Zhang
Tsu-Tan Fu
Xiaowei Kong
Tam Bang Vu
Participants:
Tam Bang Vu
Department of Economics
College of Business and Economics
University of Hawaii-Hilo
Email: tamv@hawaii.edu
Zhang Junxi
School of Economics & Finance
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Email: jjzhang@econ.hku.hk
Yan Ding
School of Economics & Finance
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Phone: 852-97560466;
Email: dingjudy@hotmail.com,
Yang Yang
School of Economics & Finance
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Phone: 852-60959593
Email: yangyangisceo@163.com
Yunyong Yang
School of Economics & Finance
Pokfulam Road
Hong Kong
Phone: 852-66003877
Email: nowyung@gmail.com
Tsu-Tan Fu
Institute of Economics
Academia Sinica
128 Academia Rd., Sec. 2
Taipei, Taiwan 11529
Email: tfu@econ.sinica.edu.tw
Mei-Ying Huang
Department of Economics, National Taipei University
And Commissioner,
Fair Trade Commission, Executive Yuan,
12-14 F, No. 2-2 Jinan Rd., Sec. 1,
Taipei 100, Taiwan
mayin@ftc.gov.tw
Xiaowei Kong
Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research
55/F, Two International Finance Centre
8 Finance Street
Central, Hong Kong
Phone: (852) 6271 5856
Email: vxwkong@hkma.gov.hk
Session 4: Trade and Exchange Rates: Theory and Evidence
Chair: Chi-Chur Chao, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wen Shwo Fang, Feng Chia University; Stephen M. Miller, University of Nevada,
Las Vegas; Tsang Yao Chang, The Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology
“Dollar Invoicing and Exchange Risk Effects on Trade Flows: Evidence from
Japan and the US.”
Chiu-Chiung Huang, Feng Chia University; Shih-Wen Hu, Feng Chia University
“Exchange Rate Target Zones and the Stability of Commodity Price: The
Holmes-Smyth Effect.”
Chi-Chur Chao, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jean-Pierre Laffargue, University
of Paris I; Pasquale M. Sgro, Deakin University
“Foreign Aid, Wage Inequality and Welfare for a Small Open Economy with
Tourism.”
Jen-Chi Cheng, Wichita State University; Jon Christensson, Wichita State University;
Kuei-Chen Cheng, WuFeng Institute of Technology;
“Geographical Bilateral Exchange Rate Pass-Through in the United States”
Discussants:
Jen-Chi Cheng
Wen Shwo Fang
Shih-Wen Hu
Chiu-Chiung Huang
Participants:
Chi-Chur Chao
Department of Economics
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, Hong Kong
Email: ccchao@cuhk.edu.hk
Wen Shwo Fang
Department of Economics
Feng Chia University
Taichung, Taiwan
Email: wsfang@fcu.edu.tw
Shih-Wen Hu
Department of Economics
Feng Chia University
Taichung, Taiwan
Email: swhu@fcu.edu.tw
Chiu-Chiung Huang
Department of Economics
Feng Chia University
Taichung, Taiwan
Email: chuang@fcu.edu.tw
Jen-Chi Cheng
Department of Economics
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS 67260-0078
Email: jenchi.cheng@wichita.edu