Wan-Wen Chu


Sun Yat-Sen Institute for Social Sciences and Philosophy (ISSP)

Academia Sinica

Nankang, Taipei,Taiwan, 11529

Tel: 886-2-2789-8127

Fax: 886-2-2785-4160

E-mail: wwchu@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Web Site:http://www.sinica.edu.tw/~wwchu/ENG.htm


EDUCATION

Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 1982.
M.A., Economics, Stanford University, 1978.
B.A., Economics, National Taiwan University, 1974.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Economic Development (Development of Newly Industrializing Countries), Industrial Policy, Industrial Organization.
EXPERIENCE
Deputy Director, ISSP, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 1999-2003.
Research Fellow, ISSP, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 1991-present.
Associate Research Fellow, ISSP, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 1988-91.

Visiting Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987-88.

Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, 1983-87
Instructor, University of Notre Dame, 1981-83

OTHERS
Ford Foundation International Economics Fellowship, 1979-80.
Editor, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, 1993-96
Editorial board member, Industry and Innovation, 1997-present
Editorial board member, Journal of World Business, 1996-98

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS:

Beyond Late Development: Taiwan's Upgrading Policies, forthcoming, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. (with Alice H. Amsden) Published in Chinese by Linking Press, Taipei, 2003.

*Globalization of Taiwan's Economy, 2003, Taipei: TRQSS series-11.

*Engine of Growth: Studies of Taiwan's Petrochemical and Bicycle Industry, 2002, Taipei: TRQSS series-10.

*Editor, Industrial Structure and the Fair Trade Law. ISSP Book Series 32. Taipei, 1994.

REFEREED PAPERS:

*"Business Groups in Taiwan's Post-Liberalization Economy", Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #47, September 2002, 33-79; with Chia-yu Hong.

*"Liberalization, Globalization and Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry", Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #44, December 2001, 13-47.

*The Effects of Taiwan's Industrial Policy: A Preliminary Evaluation, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #42, June 2001, 67-117.

*Globalization and the Development Strategy of Less Developed Countries. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #37, March 2000, 91-117.

*Industrial Policy and Ladder-Climbing: A Study of Taiwan's Plastic Material Industry. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #32, December 1998, 83-124; with Chiu-yen Huang.

Causes of Growth: A Study of Taiwan's Bicycle Industry, Cambridge Journal of Economics, January 1997, 21(1): 55-72.

*Demonstration Effects and Industrial Policy: The Birth of Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #27, September 1997, 97-138. (Translated into Japanese, Review of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University, August 2002, 7(1): 79-109.)

Growth and Industrial Organization: A Comparative Study of the Bicycle Industry in Taiwan and South Korea. Journal of Industry Study, June 1996, 3(1):35-52; with Jia-jing Li.

*The State and Taiwan's Economic Development: A Review of Party-State Capitalism. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #20, August 1995, 151-75.

Import-Substitution and Export-Led Growth: A Case Study of Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry, World Development, May 1994, 22(5): 781-794.

The General Trading Company as a Risk-Bearer for the Upstream Firms, Taiwan Economic Review, September 1990, 18(3): 281-295.

*The Effect of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Taiwan's Trade Structure, Taiwan Economic Review, March 1990, 18(1):65-98; with An-chi Tung.

Determinants of Marketing Channel Choice: Extent of Demand, Differential Costs and Entry Threats, Southern Economic Journal, October 1989, 56(2): 349-62.

The Impact of Voluntary Export Restraints on the Competitive Exporting Firm, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 1989, 1(2): 43-56.

*Market Mechanism and Economic Development. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, 1989, 2(3/4): 131-46.

The Effect of Learning on Market Structure, Southern Economic Journal, July 1988, 55(1): 196-201.

Export-Led Growth and Import Dependence: the Case of aiwan, 1969-1981, Journal of Development Economics, 1988, 28, 265-276.

 

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

*"Globalization and Economic Development", in Tian-Yu Cao (ed.), 2003, Modernization, Globalization and the Chinese Road. Pp. 315-55, Beijing: Social Sicences Documentation Publishing House.

"Getting the Structure "Right": Upscaling in a Prime Latecomer", in A.K. Dutt and J. Ros (eds.), 2003, Development Economics and Structuralist Macroeconomics: Essays in Honor of Lance Taylor. Pp. 263-81, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. (with Alice H. Amsden)

"石油化學產業の產業政策", in Liu Shinkei and Asamoto Teruo (eds.), 2003,『台湾の産業政策』, pp. 177-207, Tokyo: Keisoshobo. (in Japanese)

"Upscaling: Recasting Old Theories to Suit Late Industrializers", in Peter C.Y. Chow (ed.), 2002, Taiwan in the Global Economy: From an Agrarian Economy to an Exporter of High-Tech Products. Pp. 23-38, Westport, CT: Praeger. (with Alice H. Amsden)

"The Development Pattern of the Bicycle Industry in Taiwan", in L. Cheng and H. Kierzkowski (eds.), 2001, Global Production and Trade in East Asia. Pp. 295-304. Mass.: Kluwer Academic Press.

"Linkage and Uneven Growth: A Study of Taiwan's Man-Made Fiber Industry", in G. Ranis, S.C. Hu, and Y. P. Chu (eds.), 1999, The Economics and Political Economy of Development in Taiwan into the 21st Century, 109-30, London: Edward Elgar; with Ming-tsu Tsai.

*"Patterns of Development: A Study of Taiwan's Man-Made-Fiber Material Industry", in Tsao, Yang and Lai (eds.), 1999, Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Institutional Change, ISSP book series #46, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

*"Utilization of Water Resources and Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry", in Taiwan Research Fund (ed.), 1994, Environmental Protection and Industrial Policy, Taipei: Taiwan Research Fund, 39-53.

CONFERENCE PAPERS:

*"Reconsidering Privatization in Taiwan's Post Authoritarian Economy", Conference on Taiwan's Post-Authoritarian Society, October 4-5, 2003, Taipei, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies.

"Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry since Economic Liberalization", Conference on The Global Chemical Industry since the Petrochemical Revolution, October 19-21, 2000, Milan, Italy, Association for History and Study on Enterprise and Bocconi Univeristy.

"Taiwan's Industrial Upgrading Policy", Cross-strait Conference on Enterprise Reform and Economic Development, August 14-15, 2000, Harbin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Chung-hua Institute for Economic Research.

"The OEM Model of Development: Can the East Asian NIC Catch Up?", Conference on Nationalism: the East Asian Experience, May 25-27, 1999, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

"Industrial Growth and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: the Case of Taiwan", Conference on Transitional Societies in Comparison: East Central Europe versus Taiwan, May 27-29, 1999, Prague.

"Productivity Growth and Industrial Structure: the Case of Taiwan", Pacific Economic Outlook meetings, March 17-18, 1999, Osaka, Japan.

*"Market Mechanism and Social Justice", Conference on Social Equality and Justice. Taipei, November 1993.

"Sustainability of Monopoly: Learning-by-Doing of Marketing vs. Using the General Trading Company", Southern Economic Association meetings in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 24-6, 1985.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

"Industrialization and the State: The Changing Role of the Taiwan Government in the Economy, 1945-1998, A Book Review," The China Journal, July 2003, #50, 214-216.

*The Scale of the Enterprise, Dushu, #290, May 2003, 143-150, Beijing.

*China's Entry into the WTO: An Alternative View, Dushu, #276, March 2002, 36-44, Beijing.

*What Does Anti-Globalization Mean? A Comment on "Against Neoliberal Globalization, Why and How". Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #45, March 2002, 247-60.

*Prospects for Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry: Impact of Globalization and Industrial Policy, NSC project report, 2000.

*Alternative Interpretations of Taiwan's Economic Experiences, Commonwealth Book series #84, Commonwealth magazine Press, 1999.

Industrial Policy in Taiwan's Post-Liberalization Economy, mimeograph, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1999.

The “East Asian Miracle* and the Theoretical Analysis of Industrial Policy: A Review. Mimeograph, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1997.

The OEM Model: Taiwan's Economic Development in the Postwar Period. Mimeograph, Taipei, 1996.

*A Comment on "The Imperialist Eye". Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #18, March 1995, 257-63.

*et al. 1991. The Impact of the Megasteel Project on Taiwan's Steel Industry. Taipei, CIER.

*The Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Taiwan's Industrial Development. CEPD, Taipei, 1990, with An-chi Tung,.

"Voluntary Export Restraints and Production Efficiency", NDCRB research paper series 06-86, 1989.

"Japanese General Trading Company in Taiwan", working paper series 90-3. ISSP, Academia Sinica, 1989.

"Cournot's Work in a Historical Perspective, with Special Reference to His Monopoly Theory", working paper series 90-2. ISSP, Academia Sinica, 1989.

"How Open Is the U.S. Economy ? A Book Review," Southern Economic Journal, October 1987, 497-8.

(*refers to writings in Chinese.)


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