Host : Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Chung-Ang University School of Economics, and BK21 Education & Research Team
Venue : Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Date : January 21-22, 2026
Day 1. Wednesday, January 21
Session 1
14:00 – 15:30
Chair : Kamhon Kan (Academia Sinica)
1-1. Ji-Woong Moon (Chung-Ang University)
Labor Market Dualism as an Equilibrium
(Slides)
1-2. Hitoshi Shigeoka (University of Tokyo)
Two Inefficiencies of Self-Selection: Evidence from Health Care
1-3. Bei Qin (Academia Sinica)
Exposure Without Persuasion: Ideology, Regulation, and Audience Choice in Chinese Television
(Slides)
Coffee Break
15:30 – 16: 00
Session 2
16:00- 17:30
Chair : Hoon Choi (Chung-Ang University)
2-1. Soo Jin Kim (Chung-Ang University)
Platform, Data Neutrality, and Market Competition
(Slides)
2-2. Yating Chuang (Academia Sinica)
Pay Attention! Promoting Energy-Saving Goals through Task-Based Incentives: A Field Experiment
(Slides)
2-3. Jihoon Lim (Chung-Ang University)
The Role of Energy Prices in Linking Inflation and Stock Markets in East Asia: Evidence from Dynamic Bayesian Networks
(Slides)
Conference Dinner
18:00 – 21:00
Day 2. Thursday, January 22
Session 3
10:30- 12:00
Chair : Ji-Woong Moon (Chung-Ang University)
3-1. Hoon Choi (Chung-Ang University)
Cash for Creativity? Unconditional Grants and Artists’ Labor Supply
(Slides)
3-2. Sung-Ju Wu (Academia Sinica)
Firm and Labor Adjustments to FDI Liberalization
(Slides)
3-3. Suqin Ge (Virginia Tech)
People from Historically Rice-Farming Cultures Perform Better on Exams
(Slides)
Lunch
12:00 – 13:30
Session 4
13:30- 15:00
Chair : Soo Jin Kim (Chung-Ang University)
4-1. Tzu-Ting Yang (Academia Sinica)
4-2. Han NG (Academia Sinica)
Breaking Bad Opioid Sorting
(Slides)
4-3. Euijin Yu (Chung-Ang University)
The Impact of Administrative Merger on Regional Balanced Development: Focusing on the Case of Merged Changwon City
(Slides)
Contact : Hoon choi, <hoonchoi@cau.ac.kr>