Department

The Department of Industrial Economics was formed in 1992 from the old Department of Cooperative Economics. Our teaching target is to provide students with basic knowledge in the field of Industrial Economics and to prepare them both for further studies and future employment. We also encourage student’s enthusiasm and promote their ability in research. To sum up, our goal is to make this department to be Taiwan’s premier industrial economics research center.

The Graduate Institute of Industrial Economics was established in 1993. Its teaching objectives are to train students to have a professional knowledge of Industrial Economics and strong ability for further study and employment; furthermore, we stimulate the students’ enthusiasm and ability for advanced research.

Faculty

Professors

Hsu, Song-ken（許松根）, Mai, Chau-cheng（麥朝成）, Liang, Wen-jung（梁文榮）, Hu, Ming-wen（胡名雯）, Chuang Chuen-fa（莊春發）

Associate Professors

Chuang, Mong-han（莊孟翰）, Tsai, Ching-ting（蔡進丁）, Chen, Yi-heng（陳宜亨）, Hu, Teng-yuan（胡登淵）, Yang, Chih-hai（楊志海）

Assistant Professor

Chen, Ming-yuan（陳明園）, Hung, Ming-feng（洪鳴丰），Shaw, Ming-fu（蕭明福）,Chen, Jennjou（陳鎮洲）, Lin, Pei-chien（林佩蒨）

Teachers

Liang, Wen-jung（梁文榮）: Ph.D. in economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Mai, Chao-cheng（麥朝成）: Ph.D. in economics, Texas A&M University, USA

Shiau, F.S. （蕭峯雄）: Ph.D. in economics, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan

Hsu, Song-ken（許松根）: Ph.D. in economics, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Hu, Ming-wen（胡名雯）: Ph.D. in economics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Chuang, Chuen-fa（莊春發）:Master in economics, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

Chuang, Mong-han（莊孟翰）:Master in economics, Chinese Culture University, Taiwan

Tsai, Ching-ting（蔡進丁）:Master in European, Tamkang University, Taiwan

Chen, Yi-heng（陳宜亨）: Ph.D. in economics, North Carolina State University-Raleigh, USA

Hu, Teng-yuan（胡登淵）: Ph.D. in economics, University of Rochester（NY）, USA

Yang, Chih-hai（楊志海）: Ph.D. in economics, National Central University, Taiwan

Chen, Ming-yuan（陳明園）: Ph.D. in economics, University of California-Los Angeles, USA

Hung, Ming-feng（洪鳴丰）: Ph.D. in economics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Shaw, Ming-fu（蕭明福）: Ph.D. in economics, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

Lin, Pei-chien（林佩蒨）: Ph.D. in applied economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Course Descriptions

Undergraduate Courses

B0302 Economics (3/3) an elementary course to economics, including the introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics.

B0130 Microeconomics (3/3) an introduction to modern microeconomic theories, including consumer, firm, market competition, welfare theories.

B0373 Macroeconomics (3/3) a course on modern macroeconomic theories, including national income and output, consumption, investment, government finance, monetary policy, etc.

B0301 Economics Mathematics (2/2) an elementary introduction to mathematical tools used by economists.

B0253 Industrial Economics (2/2) This course studies how productive activities and demand for goods and services through some organizing mechanism, and how variations and imperfections in the organizing mechanism affect an economy’s wants.

B0263 Money and Banking (2/2) This course deals with the nature and functions of money and finance, commercial banking, central banking, monetary theory, and international monetary relations.

B0146 Public Finance (2/2) The first semester is devoted to the introduction of finance, public revenue, and introduction to taxation; the second semester deals with taxation particulars, public bonds, financial policy, and financial administration.

B0271 Financial Management (2/2) Topics include current assets management, capital budgeting, financing policy, and capital structure.

B0251 Industrial Policy (3/0) This course presents an economic analysis of Industrial Policy.

B0295 Economic Development (0/3) This course discusses the reasons of economic development, and the policies the help it.

B0481 Business Management (2/2) This course provides introduction to basic theory and practice of management. It can develop student’s capability of environmental recognition, adaptation, and creation.

B0475 Economics of Regulation (0/3) This course provides introduction to the theory of government activities, methods of policy analysis, and the theoretical analyses of the effects of various policies.

B0202 International Finance (3/0) This course discusses some basic issues in International Finance, such as the basic components in the balance of payments, various models of the determination of exchange rates and other economic variables.

B0061 Marketing (2/2) An analysis of marketing strategies and their effects.

Graduate Courses: Master's Program

B0531 Microeconomics (I) (3/0) an advanced introduction to consumer and firm theories.

B0532 Microeconomics (II) (0/3) an advanced introduction to market competition and welfare theories.

B0373 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3/0) an advanced introduction to New Classical and New Keyesian theories.

B0632 Theory of Price (I) (3/0) an advanced introduction to consumer and firm theories.

B0633 Theory of Price (II) (0/3) an advanced introduction to market competition and welfare theories.

B0720 Fiscal and Monetary Policy (3/0) an advanced course on fiscal and monetary policies and their effects.

S0677 Quantitative Analysis (I) (3/0) advance trainings on econometrics and the related software.

S0426 Quantitative Analysis (II) (0/3) advance trainings on econometric modeling and the related software.

B0534 Econometrics (I) (3/0) advance trainings on econometrics and the related software.

B0535 Econometrics (II) (0/3) advance trainings on econometrics and the related software.

B0253 Industrial Economics (3/0) an advance course on market structure and firm strategies.

B0475 Regulatory Economics (0/3) an advanced course on market failure and the associated regulatory measures, including antitrust regulations.

B0364 Industrial Organization (I) (3/0) an advanced course on firm organization, market structure and firm strategies.

B0365 Industrial Organization (II) (0/3) an advanced introduction on the newly developing fields in IO, including e-commerce, spatial competition, transaction cost, network externality, etc.

Graduate Courses: Ph.D. Program

B0981 Advanced Microeconomics (I) (3/0) This course provides basic trainings for a PhD student in economics to prepare for academic research. Game theory and its applications will be emphasized.

B0982 Advanced Microeconomics (II) (0/3) This course provides advanced trainings for a PhD student in economics to prepare for academic research. Students are required to read a category of papers and to hand in a qualified term paper.

B0983 Advanced Industrial Economics (I) (3/0) This course is the first part of the advanced IO course for Ph.D. and well prepared Master students. It is designed to furthering graduate students’ knowledge about recent topics and methods of the field of IO. The students enrolled are supposed to have already been familiar with basic IO concepts.

B0984 Advanced Industrial Economics (II) (0/3) This course intends to give students a full exposition of theoretical and empirical work on industrial organizations. Topics include market concentration, industry dynamic, R&D, international spillovers and intellectual property rights.

B0712 Advanced Econometrics (3/0) This course is intended for advanced graduate students (1^st year Ph.D. students) in economics. The design is to give a foundation for modern econometric theories, which can be applied in empirical analysis in microeconomics and macroeconomics.

B0985 Advanced Intermediate Macroeconomics (0/3) This course will introduce you to a number of areas of study in modern macroeconomics. We will start by briefly reviewing a subset of methods used for the solution of dynamic macroeconomic models. Then we will turn to dynamic models of the macroeconomy which focus on real variables. We’ll begin by taking a look at real business cycle models, the basic building block of modern neoclassical macroeconomics. Then we’ll look at various extensions of the basic model: sticky price and wage models, models of imperfect competition, and models with externalities. In the last part of the course, we’ll look at endogenous growth models with(out) money. In particular we’ll look both at business cycle and endogenous growth models with monetary shocks and at models of optimal monetary policy.

Job Markets and Possible Career Paths

(1) Pursue advance degrees in Taiwan or abroad.

(2) Take national civil service examinations and become public functionaries

(3) Work in banking industry

(4) Establish and run their own business

Other facts which make our Department a great place to study

We are the only industrial economics department with both undergraduate and graduate programs in Taiwan. Our faculty members are strong and have very excellent records in teaching and research. Based on a recent reports of Taiwan’s college rankings from the CommonWealth Magazine, our research performance is ranked on the top of all economics related departments at all private universities, and the ranking is even better than some of the economics department at national universities. Our core Curriculum brings students into contact with both economic theory and industrial and management studies. We expect our graduates not only have great training in theoretical economic analysis, but also have the ability to apply the theories to the real world. So far, our students have enjoyed excellent placements, and many of them also have pursued graduate study in economics and business related fields.