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Curriculum Vitae

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Current Position

Frank L. Magee Distinguished Professor of Economics, Lehigh University

Education and Training

05/1999 Ph.D., Economics, Duke University.
Dissertation Title: Nursing Home Ownership, Quality of Care and Consumer Choice.
Advisor: Frank Sloan, Ph.D..
06/1994 B.A., Economics, National Taiwan University.

Research Interests

Experience

07/2010-Present Professor, Lehigh University
07/2006-Present Research Associate, NBER
07/2006-06/2010 Associate Professor with tenure, Lehigh University
09/2003-06/2006 Assistant Professor, Lehigh University
10/2000-06/2006 Faculty Research Fellow, NBER
09/1999-06/2003 Assistant Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology
07/1996-05/1999 Research Assistant, Center for Health Policy, Law and Management, Duke University
09/1995-06/1996 Research Assistant, Center for Health Policy, Research and Education, Duke University

Honors

2006-2009 Frank L. Magee Fellow, Lehigh University
2004-2005 Kane Faculty Fellow, Lehigh University
2002 University Excellence in Teaching Award, New Jersey Institute of Technology
1995-1999 Departmental Scholarship, Duke University
1991, 1993 Presidential Award, National Taiwan University

Proposals and Grants

  1. Principal Investigator. "The Structure of Hospital Market and Consumer Welfare in Taiwan." Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, August 2006 - July 2008.
  2. CO-PI. "Parents' Schooling and Child Well-Being in Taiwan." National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD), September 2003 - September 2006 (PI: Michael Grossman, NBER).
  3. Research Associate. "National Health Insurance and Child Health in Taiwan." National Science Foundation, August 2004 - Auguest 2007 (PI: Michael Grossman, NBER).
  4. Principal Investigator. "Pension Costs and Firmsˇ¦ Opportunistic Behaviors." New Jersey Institute of Technology, Separately Budgeted Research, July 2001 - June 2002.
  5. Principal Investigator. "Living Arrangements, Care Provision and Labor Supply." New Jersey Institute of Technology, Separately Budgeted Research, July 2000 - June 2001.
  6. Principal Investigator. "Transaction Costs and Hospitalsˇ¦ Vertical Integration." New Jersey Institute of Technology, Separately Budgeted Research, Sep. 1999 - June 2000.

Publications

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Teaching