Wen-Hsien Lewis Liu's Website

WEN-HSIEN (LEWIS) LIU 中文
Associate Professor of Economics

Department of Economics and
Institute of International Economics
National Chung Cheng University
Min-Hsiung, Chiayi 62102
Taiwan
Office: R335, College of Management
Phone: +886-5-2720411 ext. 34124
Fax: +886-5-2720816
Email: WHL@CCU.EDU.TW

EDUCATIONS:

Ph.D., Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A., August 2002
M.A., Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A., May 2001
M.B.A., Finance, University of Missouri-Columbia, U.S.A., May 1998
B.A., Economics, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, June 1993

EXPERIENCES:

Associate Professor, since August 2006, Department of Economics, National Chung Cheng University
Visiting Scholar, June 2006-September 2006, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Assistant Professor, August 2002-July 2006, Department of Economics, National Chung Cheng University
Graduate Instructor, Summer 2001 & Summer 2002, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Chief Teaching Assistant, August 2000-December 2001, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Teaching Assistant, August 1998-May 2000 and January 2002-May 2002, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
Research Assistant, August 1997-May 1998, Department of Management, University of Missouri-Columbia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Economic Association (AEA)
Western Economic Association International (WEAI)
Taiwan Economic Association (TEA)
Econometric Society (ES)

HONORS & AWARDS:

NSC Research Project Grant, National Science Council, 2005, 2006, 2007
IEK Research Project Grant, Industrial Economics & Knowledge Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), 2007
NSC Visiting Scholar Fellowship, National Science Council, 2006
SSRC Junior Scholar Consulting Project Grant, Social Science Research Center, National Science Council, 2005
Harry Gunnison Brown Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001

CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS:

Semiconductor Industry Cycle
Patent Rights Protection and Trade
FDI and Knowledge Diffusion

PUBLICATIONS & PAPERS:

A. Journal Articles:

Liu, Wen-Hsien, 2007, “Forecasting the Semiconductor Industry Cycles by Bootstrap Prediction Intervals,” Applied Economics, 39, 1731-1742. (SSCI, EconLit)

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Yih-Luan Chyi, 2006, “A Markov Regime-Switching Model for the Semiconductor Industry Cycles,” Economic Modelling, 23, 569-578. (SSCI, EconLit)

Liu, Wen-Hsien, 2005, “Determinants of the Semiconductor Industry Cycles,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 27, 853-866. (SSCI, EconLit)

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Ya-Chi Lin, 2005, “Foreign Patent Rights and High-Tech Exports: Evidence from Taiwan,” Applied Economics, 37, 1543-1555. (SSCI, EconLit)

B. Papers Currently Under Review

Lin, Hung-Bin and Wen-Hsien Liu, “On the Effectiveness of Announcement Effect under Uncompensated Devaluation.”

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Yih-Luan Chyi, “Can Higher FDI Potential Attract More Knowledge Inflow?”

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Hui-Fang Lian, “Domestic Imitative Threats and High-Tech Imports.”

Chyi, Yih-Luan, Yee-Man Lai and Wen-Hsien Liu, “Knowledge Spillovers and Firm Performances in the High-Tech Industries.”

Liu, Wen-Hsien, Ching-Fan Chung and Kuang-Liang Chang, “Inventory Change, Capacity Utilization and the Semiconductor Industry Cycle.”

C. Working Papers in Progress

"Demand for Ground Transportation Fuel: A Comprehensive Study of Ten Asian Countries." (with Jane Lin)

"Patent Licensing and Ownership Structure." (wit Jong-Rong Chen and Judy Hsu)

“Forecasting the Semiconductor Industry Cycles: A Markov Regime-Switching Approach.” (with Yih-Luan Chyi)

“Trade, FDI, IPRs Protection and Potential Knowledge Inflow: A Cross-Country Panel Investigation.” (with Yih-Luan Chyi)

“Forecasting the Semiconductor Industry Cycles by Bayesian Model Averaging.” (with Shawn Ni)

"Models for Monitoring Value Chain Changes." (with Yih-Luan Chyi and Eric Lin)

D. Conference Presntations:

Chyi, Yih-Luan, Yee-Man Lai and Wen-Hsien Liu, 2007, “Knowledge Spillover and Firm Performance in the High-Tech Industries.” 2007 Far Eastern Meeting of Econometric Society, Organized by Academia Sinica and Econometric Society, Taipei, Taiwan, July 11-13, 2007.

Liu, Wen-Hsien, Ching-Fan Chung and Kuang-Liang Chang, 2007, “Inventory Change, Capacity Utilization and the Industry Cycle: Evidence from the Semiconductor Industry.” The 8th Annual Conference of Taiwan's Economic Empirics, organized by TEA, Tainan, Taiwan, May 5, 2007; 2007 Far Eastern Meeting of Econometric Society, Organized by Academia Sinica and Econometric Society, Taipei, Taiwan, July 11-13, 2007.

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Hui-Fang Lian, 2007, “Domestic Imitative Threat and High-Tech Imports: Evidence from Taiwan,” 2007 WEAI Pacific Rim Conference, organized by WEAI and Peking University, Beijing, China, January 12-14, 2007; 2006 TEA/CEANA Joint Annual Conference, organized by TEA and Chinese Economic Association in North America (CEANA), Taipei, Taiwan, December 17, 2006.

Liu, Wen-Hsien, 2006, “Forecasting the Semiconductor Industry Cycles by Bootstrap Prediction Intervals,” The 7th Annual Conference of Taiwan's Economic Empirics, organized by TEA, Chiayi, Taiwan, May 27, 2006.

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Yih-Luan Chyi, 2005, “Inward FDI Potential and Knowledge Inflow: A Qualitative Panel Analysis,” The 80th WEAI Annual Conference, organized by WEAI, San Francisco, USA, July 4-8, 2005; The 6th Annual Conference of Taiwan's Economic Empirics, organized by TEA, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 14, 2005.

Liu, Wen-Hsien, 2005, “Determinants of the Semiconductor Industry Cycles,” 2005 WEAI/HKEA Pacific Rim Conference, organized by WEAI and Hong Kong Economic Association (HKEA), Hong Kong, China, January 14-16, 2005.

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Yih-Luan Chyi, 2004, “Knowledge Diffusion and FDI Potential: Cross-Country Evidence,” 2004 Taipei Conference on Macroeconomics and Development, organized by Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, December 16-17, 2004.

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Ya-Chi Lin, 2004, “Foreign Patent Rights and Trade: Evidence from Taiwan,” 2004 Taipei International Conference on Growth and Development in Global Perspectives, organized by Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, July 26-27, 2004.

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Yih-Luan Chyi, 2004, “Forecasting the Semiconductor Industry Cycles: A Markov Regime-Switching Approach,” The 79th WEAI Annual Conference, organized by WEAI, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 29-July 3, 2004.

Huang, Che-Sheng, Tai-Kung Ho and Wen-Hsien Liu, 2004, “Identifying the Dates of Currency Crises: A Markov Regime-Switching Approach," The 5th Annual Conference of Taiwan's Economic Empirics, organized by TEA, Taichung, Taiwan, June 13-14, 2004. (in Chinese)

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Ya-Chi Lin, 2004, “Foreign Patent Rights Protection and Exports: Evidence from Taiwan,” The 5th Annual Conference of Taiwan's Economic Empirics, organized by TEA, Taichung, Taiwan, June 13-14, 2004. (in Chinese)

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Yih-Luan Chyi, 2004, “FDI and Knowledge Diffusion,” 2004 International Symposium on Foreign Trade, FDI and Industrial Development, organized by Institute of International Economics, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan, March 27, 2004.

Liu, Wen-Hsien and Yih-Luan Chyi, 2003, “A Markov Regime-Switching Model for the Semiconductor Industry Cycle,” 2003 Open Economy and Macroeconometric Conference, organized by Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, October 23-14, 2003.

COURSES TAUGHT:

Principles of Economics (I) and (II) (Freshman)
Money and Banking (Sophomore)
International Trade Theory and Policy (I) (Junior)
Macroeconomic Theory (II) (Graduate)
Independent Study: Empirical International Trade (I) (Graduate)