Working Papers

1. Behavioral Optimization of US Air Travel Taxes (formerly titled "Salient or Not? The U.S. Air Travel Taxes") (Submitted)

JEL Classification: H20, H22, L93

2. Quality Provision of Airline Mergers: The Case of Alaska-Virgin America Merger (with Junpyo Park)

JEL Classification: L13, L15, L93, R4

3. Labor Obstacles to Business Operations in Transition Economies (with Junpyo Park) R&R Requested

JEL Classification: J08, K20

4. Is Citizen Participation Associated with Municipal Governments’ Fiscal Conditions? (with Wei-Jie Liao, Xiaowei Song, and Craig S. Maher)

JEL Classification: H10, H70

Publications

1. Chuang, S. Aviation Taxation and Tax Incidence. (2021). Applied Economics, 53(4), 454-468

   • Online Appendix: Online Appendix_incidence_online.pdf

   • https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00036846.2020.1808179

2. Liao, W., Kuo, N., and Chuang, S. Taiwan's Budgetary Responses to COVID-19: The Use of Special Budgets. (2021). Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting & Financial Management, 33(1), 24-32.

   • https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JPBAFM-07-2020-0128/full/html

3. Chuang, S. Cost Pass-through in the Airline Industry: Price Responses and Asymmetries. (2020). Economics Bulletin, 40(1), 639-652.

   • http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2020/Volume40/EB-20-V40-I1-P55.pdf

4. Liao, W., and Chuang, S. Examining the Patterns and Causes of Local Budget Changes: Incrementalism or Punctuated Equilibrium Theory (in Mandarin). (2020). Journal of Public Administration (Taiwan), 59, 1-29. (Lead article)

   • Paper available here: 59-1 廖唯傑、莊仕憲--檢驗地方政府預算增減之樣態與成因：漸進預算理論或斷續均衡理論？.pdf

   • English abstract available on Pages 28-29.

Work-in Progress

1. Spillover Impact of Metropolitan Airports on Micropolitan Economy (with Eric C. Thompson)

2. E-filing, Tax Compliance, and Tax Revenue

3. Advertising, Quality, and Pricing: An Instrumental Variable Approach

4. Is It Really Cheaper? Pricing Misconceptions and Purchasing Behavior

5. Understanding the Causes of Budget Punctuations at Different Levels of Government: A Panel Data Analysis (with Wei-Jie Liao)

Other Publication (Non-peer-reviewed)

1. Chuang, S. The Passenger Facility Charge: What Is It? And Do We Need It? (2020). Regulation, 42(4), 34-38.

2. Chuang, S. Congress Sadly Eyes a Tax on U.S. Air Travel (2020, March 09). Available at: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/03/09/congress_eyes_a_tax_us_air_travel_486097.html