Current Positions:
Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University
Education:
Ph.D. (Economics), National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2004
B.A. (Sociology), National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1998
Research Interests:
Econometrics, Empirical Macroeconomics, Big Data Analysis
Teaching:
Money and Banking (Undergraduate), Econometrics I (Master's), Econometrics II (Ph.D)
Academic Positions:
Distinguished Professor, National Chengchi University, 2020-present
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 2021-2022
Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, 2013-present
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, 2010-2013
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, 2005-2010
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
Professional Positions:
Independent Director, Fubon Life Insurance Co., Ltd., 2026-present
Director, Office of Institutional Research, National Chengchi University, 2024-2026
Member, National Income Statistics Committee, Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, Executive Yuan, 2024-present
Fulbright scholar, U.S. Department of State, 2021-present
Commissioner, Financial Stability Committee of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2020-2025
Commissioner, Consulting Committee for Government Open Data of Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics, 2025-2026
Supervisor, Taiwan Fulbright Alumni Association, 2024-2026
Executive Director, National Chengchi University Development Foundation, 2018-2021
Department Chair, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University, 2017-2020
Commissioner, Consulting Committee for Government Open Data of the Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan), 2017-2019
Director, Center for Prediction Market, National Chengchi University, 2006-2008, 2016-2019
Academic Services:
Guest Co-Editor, Academia Economic Papers, Special issue on Macroeconomics, 2024-2026
Associate Editor, Taiwan Economic Review, 2022-present
Taiwan Econometric Society, President (2025-present), Vice President (2022-2025), Board Member (2019-present), Supervisor (2016-2019)
Taiwan Economic Association, Executive Board Member (2026-2028), Board Member (2020-2021), Supervisor (2018-2019; 2024-2025)
Editorial Board Member, Review of Social Sciences, 2013-2018
Honors and Grants:
Fulbright Senior Research Grant, U.S. Department of State, 2020, 2021
National Science and Technology Council Research Award for Faculty at Universities and Colleges, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Honorable Mention, The 8th Best Securities and Futures Paper Award, 2012
Outstanding Research Award, National Chengchi University, 2011, 2024, 2025
National Science and Technology Council Research Grants, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014-2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2018, 2018–2020, 2020–2022, 2022–2024, 2024–2026, 2026-2028
Government Scholarships for Studying Overseas Research Award, Ministry of Education, 2004-2006
Best Ph.D. Dissertation Award (First Recipient), Taiwan Economic Association, 2004