Professional Positions

• Dean, College of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University, August 2018 - July 2021.
• Professor, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University, August 2007 - present.
• Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, March 2006 - July 2007, October 2008 - present (joint appointment).
• Director, Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, January 2015 - January 2018
• Convener, Economics Section, Ministry of Science and Technology, August 2012 - July 2015
• Deputy Director, Research Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, National Science Council, January 2012 - December 2014.
• Department Chair, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University, August 2010 July - 2012.
• Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, State University of New York, Binghamton, USA, January 2006 – May 2006.

Honors & Awards

• National Science Council Excellent Research Award (3-year term), 2003, 2010.
• Lien Zhen-Dong Memorial Fellowship, National Taiwan University, 2009.
• Academia Sinica Research Award for Junior Research Investigators, 2003, Academia Sinica.
• Wu Ta-You Memorial Prize, 2003, National Science Council.
• National Science Council Research Award, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002.
• Rackham Dissertation Fellowship, September 1997, The University of Michigan.
• Honor Teaching Assistant, December 1994, April 1995 and December 1995, Department of Economics, The University of Michigan.
• Summer Research Fellowship, May 1993, Department of Economics, The University of Michigan.
• Book Coupon Award, June 1990 and January 1991, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University.

Professional Activities

• Associate Editor, Journal of Productivity Analysis (Springer), 2009 – present.
• Associate Editor, Empirical Economics (Springer), 2013 – present.
• Co-Editor, Taiwan Economics Forecast and Policy, 2016 – present.
• Associate Editor, Soochow Journal of Economics and Business, 2012 – 2017.
• Editor of October issue, Pacific Economic Review (Wiley-Blackwell), 2007 – 2013.
• Associate Editor, Taiwan Economic Review, 2008 – July 2012.
• Associate Editor, Academia Economic Papers, September 2006 – July 2011.
• Co-Editor, Academia Economic Papers, September 2006 – July 2010.
• President, Taiwan Economics Association, January 2020 – December 2021.
• President, Taiwan Efficiency and Productivity Society, January 2016 – December 2017.
• President, Taiwan Econometric Society, September 2012 – March 2015.
• Secretary General, Taiwan Economic Association, 2007.