Keynote Speaker

Current Positions

Minister without Portfolio, Executive Yuan, 2012-.

NTU University Chair Professor and Distinguished Professor, Department of Finance, National Taiwan University, 2009-.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, San Diego, 1989.

Experiences

Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1989-1995, on leave 1994-1995.

Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1995-1996 (on leave).

Professor, National Taiwan University, 1994-1999.

Director, Social Science Research Center, National Science Council, 1999-2001.

Research Fellow, 1999-2004, Director, 2001-2007, Distinguished Research Fellow, 2004-2009, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica.

President of the Executive Council, Taiwan Economic Association, 2003.

Member of the Executive Council, Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2003.

Founder and President of the Executive Council, Taiwan Econometric Society, 2007-2013.

Director, Center for Research in Econometric Theory and Applications (CRETA), National Taiwan University, 2009- 2012.

Chairman, Board of Directors, Commerce Development Research Institute (CDRI), 2010-2012.

Honors and Awards:

Distinguished Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan, 1994-1996, 1996-1998.

Outstanding Research Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship, Taiwan, 1997-2002, 2002-2007.

Teaching Award, National Taiwan University, 1999.

Research Achievement Award, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 1999.

Academician of Academia Sinica, elected 2002.