Yun-Peng Chu


NAME: Yun-Peng Chu

SEX: Male

DATE OF BIRTH: August 17, 1953

PLACE OF BIRTH: Taipei, Taiwan

CITIZENSHIP: Taiwan, ROC
ADDRESS: Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy (ISSP),
Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-2789-8131; Fax: 886-2-2788-8431.

EDUCATION:

  1. University of Maryland, Ph.D. in Economics, August 1979 to October 1982.
  2. National Taiwan University, M.A. and B.A. in Economics, September 1971 to June 1977.
CURRENT POSITIONS:
  1. Research Fellow, Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, since January 1996.
  2. Professor (Joint Appointment), Graduate Institute of Industrial Economics, National Central University, since February 1999.
  3. Adjunct Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, since August 1994.
  4. Chairman of Annual Conference Committee, Taiwan Economic Association, since 1997.
PREVIOUS POSITIONS:
  1. Director, Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, August 1996- July 1999.
  2. Commissioner, Fair Trade Commission, Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan, February 1992 - January 1996.
  3. Editor, Taiwan Economic Review, September 1993 - August 1994.
  4. Standing Member of Council, Taiwan Economic Association, 1998.
  5. Member of Council, Taiwan Economic Association, 1997.
  6. Standing Member of Council, Chinese Economic Association, 1997-1998.
  7. Member of Council, Chinese Economic Association, 1989-1992.
  8. Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Stanford University, September 1989 - June 1990.
  9. Associate Research Fellow, ISSP, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, November 1982 - July 1987.
PUBLICATIONS:

Articles (refereed journal articles and reviewed papers in edited books)

  1. Ching-Yuan Lin and Yun-Peng Chu, forthcoming, "Changes in Earnings Inequality in Taiwan: 1976-1996," Journal of Asia Pacific Economy, London: Routledge.
  2. John C. H. Fei and Yun-Peng Chu, forthcoming, "Liberalization Promotes Development: Evidence from Taiwan," in Erik Thorbecke and Henry Wan (eds.), Government and Market: The Relevance of Taiwan's Experience for Development Theory and Policy, Boston: Kluwer Co.
  3. Chau-Nan Chen and Yun-Peng Chu, 1999, "Growth and Changes in Inequality in Labor-Absorbing Economies," in Ranis, Hu and Chu (eds.), The Political Economy of Comparative Development into the 21st Century, London: Edward Elgar.
  4. Rong-I Wu and Yun-Peng Chu, 1998, "Trade and Competition Policy," in Wu and Chu (eds.), Business, Markets and Government in the Asia Pacific, London: Routledge.
  5. Kung-Chung Liu, Jun-Ji Shih and Yun-Peng Chu, 1998, "A Critical Review of Anti-Dumping and its Relation to Fair Trade Law," Proc. Natl. Sci. Counc., ROC, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp.37-57 (in Chinese).
  6. Ji Chou, Yun-Peng Chu and Shiu-Tung Wang, 1997, "Effects of Trade Liberalization on Taiwan: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis," Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp.169-186.
  7. Yun-Peng Chu, 1996, "The Effects of Off-farm Employment on Inequality: Theories and an Empirical Application to the Taiwan Case," Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp.221-256.
  8. Yun-Peng Chu, 1995, "Towards the Establishment of an Order of Competition for the International Economy: With References to the Draft International Antitrust Code, the Parallel Imports Problem, and the Experience of Taiwan, ROC," in Wang, Chih-Kang, Chia-Jui Cheng and Lawrence S. Liu, International Harmonization of Competition Laws, Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp.453-471.
  9. Yun-Peng Chu, 1994, "Taiwan's External Imbalance and Structural Adjustment: A General Equilibrium Analysis," Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 8, pp.85-114.
  10. Yun-Peng Chu, 1993, "Competition and Cooperation: A Discussion of the Exemption Provisions from the Viewpoint of the Collective Supply and Use of Price Information," Quarterly Journal of Fair Trade, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp.1-29 (in Chinese).
  11. Wen-Ya Chang, Yun-Peng Chu and Ching-Chong Lai, 1991, "The Assignment of Instruments to Targets in a Small Open Economy: Further Clarification," Taiwan Economic Review, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp.359-370.
  12. Yun-Peng Chu and Ching-Chong Lai, 1991, "Exchange Rates Variability under Mixed Dual Exchange Rates," Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Economiche e Commerciale (International Review of Economics and Business), Vol. 38, pp.683-698.
  13. Yun-Peng Chu, 1990, "A Decompositional Analysis of Taiwan's Income Distribution in 1980 and 1986," Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp.145-167 (in Chinese).
  14. Yun-Peng Chu and Ruey-Ling Chu, 1990, "The Subsidence of Preference Reversals in Simplified and Market-Like Experimental Settings: A Note," American Economic Review, Vol. 80, pp.902-911.
  15. Ching-Chong Lai, Wen-Ya Chang and Yun-Peng Chu, 1990, "Interest Rates, Exchange Rates, and Aggregate Supply: A Comment," Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp.501-510.
  16. Ching-Chong Lai, Wen-Ya Chang and Yun-Peng Chu, 1990, "Composition of Government Spending and the Assignments of Instruments to Targets in a Small, Open Economy: A Comment," Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp.815-821.
  17. Chung-Cheng Lin and Yun-Peng Chu, 1989, "Interest Rates Interactions between Dual Financial Markets," Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.107-115.
  18. Ching-Chong Lai, Wen-Ya Chang, and Yun-Peng Chu, 1989, "Dynamic Adjustment under Pegged Exchange Basket in Dual Foreign Exchange Markets," Taiwan Economic Review, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp.505-530.
  19. Ching-Chong Lai, Yun-Peng Chu and Wen-Ya Chang, 1989, "Exchange Rate Dynamics under Dual Exchange Rates: The Case of Neutral Intervention Policy," The Manchester School, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp.235-247.
  20. Yun-Peng Chu, 1989, "An Analysis of the Changes in Taiwan's Income Distribution between 1980 and 1986," in Yi, Chin-Chun, and Ruey-Ling Chu (eds.), Analysis of Taiwan's Social Phenomenon, Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, pp.437-456 (in Chinese).
  21. Ching-Chong Lai, Wen-Ya Chang and Yun-Peng Chu, 1988, "Effects of Changes in Monetary Policy under Managed Dual Exchange Rates," Journal of International Economic Integration, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.40-56.
  22. Yun-Peng Chu, 1988, "Taiwan's Trade Surplus, U.S. Responses, and Adjustment Policy," in Chang, K.-Y. (ed.), ROC-US Relations under the Taiwan Relations Act: Practice and Prospects, Taipei: The Institute of International Relations, National Cheng-Chi University, pp.80-96.
  23. Yun-Peng Chu and Chung-Cheng Lin, 1987, "The Decomposition of Income Distribution: A Comparison between the Gini and the Variance/Covariance Index," National Taiwan University: Economic Essays, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp.535-548.
  24. Yun-Peng Chu, 1987, "A Decompositional Analysis of Taiwan's Poverty," Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica: Monograph Series, No.71 (in Chinese).
  25. Ching-Chong Lai and Yun-Peng Chu, 1986, "A Simple Transnational Model of Large Open Economy: A Comment," National Taiwan University: Economic Essays, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp.113-122.
  26. Yun-Peng Chu, 1986, "Changes in Income Distribution Over Time in a One-Sector Neoclassical Setting," Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp.359-370.
  27. Ching-Chong Lai and Yun-Peng Chu, 1986, "Exchange Rates Dynamics under Dual Floating Exchange Rate Regimes," Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp.502-508.
  28. Yun-Peng Chu et al., 1986, "Exchange Rate Intervention and Capital Mobility Control: Comparisons and Simultaneous Optimization," Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp.119-134.
  29. Ching-Chong Lai and Yun-Peng Chu, 1986, "Adjustment Dynamics under Dual Exchange Rates," Journal of International Economics and Economic Integration, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.183-193.
  30. Chung-Cheng Lin and Yun-Peng Chu, 1985, "Further Evidence on Cohort Size Effects on Earnings: The Case of Taiwan," Journal of Economic Development, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp.101-121.
Conference Papers and Invited Speech
  1. Yun-Peng Chu, 1999, "The Financial Crisis: Taiwan and Asia," Taipei, Program for Southeast Asian Area Studies, Academia Sinica: Workshop on Nature and Social Impact of Asian Financial Crisis.
  2. Yun-Peng Chu, 1999, "The Advent of and Responses to the Asian Financial Crisis: The Experience of Taiwan and the Philippines," Taipei, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research and Center for Research and Communication: 1999 Taiwan-Philippines Forum: Development of Human and Natural Resources toward Taiwan and Philippines Economic Partnership.
  3. Yun-Peng Chu, 1999, "An Inquiry into Taiwan's Liberalization Policies since the 1980," Taipei, Chung-hwa Institution for Economic Research: Conference on the Experience of Economic Development in Taiwan since the 1980s (in Chinese).
  4. Yun-Peng Chu and Thomas T. Lee, 1998, "From Bubbles to New Rounds of Asian Monetary Cooperation: With Reference to the Taiwanese Experience," Taipei, INPR and French Center for Research on Contemporary China: International Conference on Development of Contemporary Taiwan.
  5. Yun-Peng Chu, 1998, "Taiwan and Asia: Towards the Establishment of an Asian Monetary Stabilization Mechanism," Tokyo, Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development and the Japan International Cooperation Agency: Seminar on Trends and Issues in East Asia.
  6. Yun-Peng Chu, Tain-Jy Chen and Been-Lon Chen, 1998, "Rethinking the East Asian Paradigm: On Optimal Government Intervention," Singapore, National University of Singapore: Seminar on Rethinking the East Asian Paradigm, sponsored by Sasakawa Foundation, Japan.
  7. Yun-Peng Chu, 1997, "Deregulation in Selected Countries," Taipei, Fair Trade Commission, Executive Yuan: Conference on Fair Trade Law (in Chinese).
  8. Yun-Peng Chu, 1997, "Employment Expansion and Equitable Growth: Taiwan's Postwar Experience," Taipei, Chung-Hwa Institution for Economic Research: The 22th Liu Ta-Chung Memorial Lecture.
  9. Yun-Peng Chu, 1997, "Trade and Competition Policy under the WTO Framework," Taipei, Board of Foreign Trade: Seminar on International Trade Policies after the WTO Singapore Ministerial Conference.
  10. Yun-Peng Chu, 1997, "Analysis of the 1994 Taipei City Mayor Election," Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica: Conference on Political Economy (in Chinese).
  11. Yun-Peng Chu, 1996, "Impact of Electronic Technology on Industries and Social Organizations," Institute of Sociology: Conference on Information Technology and Social Transformation (in Chinese).
  12. Yun-Peng Chu, 1996, "Nature of Taiwan's Low-Inequality Growth and Its Possible Application to the Other Economies," Bangkok: East Asian Economic Association Meeting.
  13. Yun-Peng Chu, 1995, "Effects of Trade Liberalization on Resource Allocation and Income Distribution: A General Equilibrium Analysis," Taipei, Chinese Economic Association (in Chinese).
  14. Yun-Peng Chu, 1995, "The International Cooperation on Competition Policy: From Taiwan's Perspective," Taipei, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research and Fair Trade Commission: Symposium on Competition Policy in a Global Economy.
  15. Yun-Peng Chu and Chung-Cheng Lin, 1995, "Income Distribution and Democratization," Taiwan Research Foundation: Conference on Establishment and Reinforcement of Taiwan's Democracy.
  16. Po-Chih Chen and Yun-Peng Chu, 1994, "The Present State and Prospect of the Taiwan Economy: Structural Adjustment and Its Implication for Changes in the Pattern of International Division of Labor," Taipei: 1994 Conference of the East Asian Economic Association.
  17. Fang-Hsia Hsu and Yun-Peng Chu, 1994, "The Effect of Tariff Deduction under Dichotomous Market Structure: A General Equilibrium Analysis for the Case of Taiwan," Tam-kang University, Taipei: Conference on Industrial Economics (in Chinese).
  18. Yun-Peng Chu, 1994, "People's Livelihood and Industrial Development," New Taiwan Development Foundation, Taipei: The Development of New Taiwan Conference (in Chinese).
  19. Yun-Peng Chu and Chi-Yuan Tsai, 1994, "Income Distribution and Economic Development: The Case of Taiwan and Its Relevance to the Other Economies," Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica and the Department of Economics, University of Alabama: Conference on Growth, Equity and the Distribution of Income, held in Honolulu.
  20. Rong-I Wu and Yun-Peng Chu, 1994, "International Cooperation on Competition Policy: Issues, Existing Models and Prospects for the Future," The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Conference on Pacific Basin Business, Economics and Finance.
  21. Yun-Peng Chu, 1993, "Taiwan's Investment Abroad and Its Implication for Regional Economic Interdependence," Yonsei University, Korea: Conference on Economic Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific.
  22. Yun-Peng Chu and Huey-Ching Yeh, 1993, "International Aspects of the Enforcement of Competition Laws: Parallel Imports and Related Problems from an Economic Point of View," Seinan Gakuin University, Japan: Conference of Pacific Region and International Law.
  23. Yun-Peng Chu and Rong-I Wu, 1992, "The Effect of Distribution Channels on Prices," Chung-Hwa Institution for Economic Research and Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Taipei: Conference on Prices (in Chinese).
  24. Yun-Peng Chu, 1992, "Income Distribution and Economic Development: The Concept of Economic Health, Its Application to the Case of Taiwan and Its Relevance to Other Economies," Chung-Hwa Institution for Economic Research, Taipei: Conference on Economic Restructuring and Growth.
  25. Yun-Peng Chu, 1992, "Income Distribution and Social Equity," Seoul, Korea: KDI-CIER Joint Seminar.
  26. Yun-Peng Chu, 1991, "Household Size and Income Distribution: A Decompositional Analysis of Taiwan's Situation in 1980 and 1989," Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Economic Association Annual Conference (in Chinese).
  27. Fang-Hsia Hsu, Nai-Fong Kuo and Yun-Peng Chu, 1991, "Foreign Exchange Shortage, Devaluation and Import Restrictions: A CGE Model for Taiwan's Economy in 1966," Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Economic Association Annual Conference (in Chinese).
  28. Yun-Peng Chu, 1991, "Intellectuals and Taiwan's Economic Development," Taipei, Taiwan: International Conference on World Peace, International Cultural Foundation.
  29. Yun-Peng Chu, 1990, "A Model of Taiwan's Income Distribution," Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Economic Association Annual Conference (in Chinese).
  30. Yun-Peng Chu, 1988, "Towards a Theoretical Explanation of Taiwan's Economic Development with Decreasing Inequality," Chung-Hwa Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan: Conference on Successful Economic Development Strategies of the Pacific Rim Nations.
  31. Yun-Peng Chu, 1988, "Taiwan's Trade Surplus, U.S. Responses, and Adjustment Policy," Institute of International Relations, National Cheng-Chi University: Symposium on ROC-US Relations under the Taiwan Relations Act.
  32. Yun-Peng Chu, 1987, "ROC and PRC: Natures of Their Economies and Implication for Their Relationship in the Future," Soong Sil University, Korea: Conference on Divided Nations: Reality and Vision.
  33. Wen-Pao Chang, Yi-Chung Chiu and Yun-Peng Chu, 1987, "Simulations of Macroeconomic Policies and External Disturbances: Results from the CEPD Model," National Central University, Taiwan: Conference of Econometric Models of NICs and Developing Economies.
  34. Yun-Peng Chu and Chung-Cheng Lin, 1986, "Financial Reforms in Taiwan and Korea," Reno: Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association.
  35. Ming-Ruey Kao and Yun-Peng Chu, 1984, "A Study of the Controllability of Taiwan's Money Supply," Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica: Conference on the Financial Development in Taiwan (in Chinese).
  36. Yun-Peng Chu and Tien-Wang Tsaur, 1984, "Growth, Stability and Income Distribution in Taiwan," San Diego: Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association.
  37. Yun-Peng Chu, 1983, "Income Distribution and Economic Development of a Small Open Economy," Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica: The Third Conference on Social Indicators (in Chinese).
Books and Reports
  1. Hsiao, Michael, Peng-Chi Chiang, Lucia Liu and Yun-Peng Chu, 1993, Taiwan 2000 (Revised and Updated), Taipei: Commonwealth (in Chinese).
  2. Yun-Peng Chu and Pin-Tsun Chang, 1993, "Dynastic Cycles: A Note on Alternative Explanations," Seminar Paper for Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy.
  3. Yun-Peng Chu, 1991, "Economic Structural Adjustment and Intersectoral Resource Allocation: Comparative Statics of 1989 Taiwan Computable General Equilibrium Model," Taipei, Taiwan: Department of Overall Planning, Council for Economic Development and Planning (in Chinese).
  4. Yun-Peng Chu, 1991, "Dualistic Growth and Changes in Inequality in a Neoclassical Setting," Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy, Academia Sinica, Working Paper No. 92-1.
  5. Yun-Peng Chu (co-editor), 1989, Taiwan 2000: Balancing Economic Development and Environmental Protection, Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica.
  6. Yun-Peng Chu, 1988, "Five-Sector Computable General Equilibrium Model for Taiwan," Taipei, Taiwan: Department of Overall Planning, Council for Economic Development and Planning (in Chinese).
  7. Yun-Peng Chu, 1987, "Three-Sector Computable General Equilibrium Model for Taiwan," Taipei, Taiwan: Department of Overall Planning, Council for Economic Development and Planning (in Chinese)
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