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Pao-Li CHANG

 

Assistant Professor of Economics

School of Economics

Singapore Management University

                                                                                   

Degrees

 

  • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Michigan, 2002
  • M.A. in Economics, University of Michigan, 1997
  • B.A. Business Administration, National Taiwan University, 1994

 

 

Positions Held

 

·         Assistant Professor of Economics, SMU, 2002 – present

 

 

Research Interests

 

·         Political Economy of Trade Policy

·         WTO and Dispute Settlement Mechanism

·         Applied Econometrics

·         Trade and Foreign Direct Investment  

·         Development and Institution 

·         Voting Power and International Organization

 

 

Research Grants / Awards

 

·         SMU Research Grant for the project, “Firm Productivity and FDI Propensity”, 2005/2006 

·         SMU Research Grant for the project, “Protection for Sale under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, 2004/2005

·         SMU Research Grant for the project, “The Politics of WTO Enforcement Mechanism”, 2003/2004

·         Lee Foundation Fellowship (Singapore), 2002/2003

·         Dissertation Fellowships from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (USA), 2001/2002

·         University of Michigan Rackham One-Term Dissertation Fellowship, 1999

·         University of Michigan Summer Research Fellowship, 1997

 

 

Publications

 

Books

 

1.        Essays on International Trade and Econometrics. PhD dissertation, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2002.

 

 

Chapters in Books

 

1.        “Trade, FDI, and Regional Competition: The Case of Singapore”, in The Economic Prospects of Singapore, Winston T.H. Koh and Robert S. Mariano (eds), Singapore: Addison Wesley, 2005.

 

2.        “The Evolution and Utilization of the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism”, in Trade Disputes and the Dispute Settlement Understanding of The WTO, James C. Hartigan (ed), Emerald, forthcoming.

 

 

Journal Articles

 

1.        “How accurate are confidence intervals for impulse responses in large VAR models?” Lutz Kilian and Pao-Li Chang, Economics Letters, 69 (3), December 2000, Pages 299-307. Article

 

2.        “Protection for sale under monopolistic competition”, Pao-Li Chang, Journal of International Economics, 66 (2), July 2005, Pages 509-526. Article 

 

3.        “L S Penrose's limit theorem: Tests by simulation”, Pao-Li Chang, Vincent C.H. Chua and Moshé Machover, Mathematical Social Sciences, 51 (1), January 2006, Pages 90-106. Article 

 

4.        “Avoiding Arbitrary Exclusion Restrictions Using Ratios of Reduced-Form Estimates”, Myoung-Jae Lee and Pao-Li Chang, Empirical Economics, 33, 2007, Pages 339–357. Article 

 

5.        “Estimation of Impulse Response Functions Using Long Autoregression”, Pao-Li Chang and Shinichi Sakata, Econometrics Journal, 10 (2), July 2007, Pages 453-469. Article

 

 

Working Papers

 

1          “Risk, Firm Heterogeneity, and Dynamics of FDI Entry”, with Chia-Hui Lu, City University of Hong Kong . Article

 

2         “The WTO Trade Effect”, with Myoung-Jae Lee, Korea University. Article

 

3         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, with Myoung-Jae Lee, Korea University. Article

 

4         “The Politics of WTO Enforcement Mechanism”. Article

 

5         “Education and Trade”, with Fali Huang, SMU. Article

 

 

Work in Progress

 

1         “Protection for Sale with Heterogeneous Interests within Industries”, with Gerald Willmann, University of Kiel. Draft

 

 

Visits to Academic Institutions

 

1         Department of Economics, University of Kiel, Germany (01/05/2005 – 14/05/2005)

 

2         Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (17/05/2005 – 16/08/2005)

 

3         Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (02/10/2006 – 13/10/2006)

 

4         Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan (13/10/2006 – 20/10/2006)

 

 

Seminar Presentations

 

1         “The Evolution and Utilization of the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism”, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore (06/11/2003)

 

2         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, Department of Economics, University of Kiel, Germany (02/05/2005)

 

3         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (09/08/2005)

 

4         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, University of Tsukuba, Japan (19/10/2006)

 

 

Symposium Presentations

 

1.        “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, Xiamen University International Trade Symposium, Xiamen, China (25/06/2005 – 26/06/2005), invited speaker

 

 

Conference Presentations

 

1         “The Evolution and Utilization of the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism”, International Trade and Finance Association 14th International Conference, San Antonio, Texas (19/05/2004 – 22/05/2004)

 

2         “The Politics of WTO Enforcement Mechanism”, Australasian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Melbourne, Australia (07/07/2004 – 09/07/2004)

 

3         “The Politics of WTO Enforcement Mechanism”, EEA-ESEM, Madrid, Spain (20/08/2004 – 24/08/2004)

 

4         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, Econometric Society 2005 World Congress, London, UK (18/08/2005 – 24/08/2005)

 

5         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, European Economic Association 2005 Annual Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (24/08/2005 – 27/08/2005)

 

6         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, The Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS) 2006, Kobe, Japan (15/07/2006 – 16/07/2006)

 

7         “Protection for Sale Under Monopolistic Competition: An Empirical Investigation”, Empirical Investigations in International Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan (08/02/2007 – 10/02/2007)

 

8         “The WTO Trade Effect”, The Asia Pacific Trade Seminars (APTS) 2007, Shanghai, China (07/07/2007 – 08/07/2007)

 

9         “The WTO Trade Effect”, Far Eastern Meeting of the Econometric Society 2007, Taipei, Taiwan (11/07/2007 – 13/07/2007)

 

10      “The WTO Trade Effect”, The European Trade Study Group (ETSG) 2007, Athens, Greek (13/09/2007 – 15/09/2007)

 

 

Referee for Journals

 

1.        ASEAN Economic Bulletin (12/2002)

2.        Singapore Economic Review (04/2004, 10/2004)

3.        Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies (05/2005)

4.        International Game Theory Review (08/2006)

5.        Pacific Economic Review (05/2007, 05/2007, 08/2007, 04/2008)

6.        Contemporary Economic Policy (09/2007)

 

 

Teaching Activities

 

Courses Taught

 

1.        International Economics A (SMU undergraduate introductory level):

01/2003, 3 sections, 88 students; 08/2004, 2 sections, 78 students;

01/2005, 2 sections, 41 students; 01/2006, 1 section, 39 students

 

2.        International Economics B (SMU undergraduate intermediate level):

01/2004, 1 section, 22 students; 01/2005, 1 section, 18 students;

01/2006, 2 sections, 44 students; 01/2007, 3 sections, 111 students

01/2008, 2 sections, 60 students; 08/2008, 4 sections, 80 students

 

 

Contact Information

 

Tel:                  +65 6828 0830

Fax:                +65 6828 0833

E-mail:           plchang@smu.edu.sg

Website:         http://www.mysmu.edu/faculty/plchang/

Address:        School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903

 

Latest update10/3/2008