[For details, see: http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~josephw/experimental_17S.htm] This is an upper division and graduate level course on experimental economics, focusing on behavioral game theory. The purpose is to introduce experimental economics to students so they can start their own research in this field. You are expected to write individual research proposals and present them. Specific goals of this course include: 1. Introduction to experimental economics: After this class, students are expected to be able to name several experiments performed in each fields of economics, and describe how the results affirm (or differ from) economic theory and/or field data. 2. Experimental design: After this class, students are expected to understand how to design and run an experiment. Students will also write a research proposal that: a. Describes a proposed experiment (with sample instructions for subjects), b. Argues why should we care about this experiment and why the experiment is designed this way (compared to other possible designs), and, c. Relates your experiment to existing literature (if any) and describes expected results and/or methods to analyze the data (or simulation results). 3. Evaluate most current research: After this class, students are expected to develop the ability to read recent journal articles in experimental economics, and evaluate the quality of the papers. During class, students are expected to read assigned journal articles and book chapters and present one article and/or one chapter in class. College of Social Sciences Main Campus Intermediate Miroeconomics II and/or Game Theory. Joseph Tao-Yi Wang 50 Monday 7,8,9 ECON5112 (323EU8110) 3 *Registration eligibility: juniors and above, and graduate students.
(College of Social Sciences) Graduate Institute of Economics,
(College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

Public finance is the field of economics concerned with government expenditure and revenue. It examines both why and how governments should or should not intervene in markets. “How should the government tax people?”, “Who bears the burden of a tax?”, or “How can government spending alleviate poverty?” are exemplary questions public finance tries to answer in a rigorous way. The course provides students with a formal framework in which such questions can be addressed. Topics include: public goods and externalities, optimal taxation, tax incidence, health insurance, and social security. http://www.trembling-hand.com/courses/ The course enables students to understand and form opinions about questions of public finance in a systematic manner. At the end of the course, students will know the tools and models to analyze the role of the government in economics. College of Social Sciences Main Campus Students should have completed Microeconomics II before enrolling in this class. Hendrik Rommeswinkel 30 Tuesday 6,7,8 ECON5145 (323EU8310) 3 *Registration eligibility: juniors and above, and graduate students.
(College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics,
(College of Social Sciences) Graduate Institute of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

Advanced treatment of quantile regressions. Covers topics: 1. Quantile regression applications 2. Quantile regression theory (a helicopter tour and then details) 3. Endogeneity, IV estimation, and unconditional quantile regressions 4. Panel quantile regressions Studies advanced econometric methodologies used in a wide variety of applications in economics. Mastery of techniques taught in a class demonstrated through the completion of an econometrics paper. College of Social Sciences Main Campus The course grade will be based on problem sets (20%), a book chapter (Koenker 2005) presentation (35%), and a term paper presentation (45%, peer grading). Prereq: Econometric Theory I and Introduction to Quantitative Methods. Jau-Er Chen 12 Thursday 3,4,5 ECON7205 (323EM3750) 3 (College of Social Sciences) Graduate Institute of Economics
*Registration eligibility: graduate students. http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

In this course, we will take a formal look at various environments where a group of individuals (committee, society, congress, etc.) makes a decision through some institutional mechanism (consensus, elections, jury deliberations, legislative bargaining etc.). These environments often coincide with real-world political institutions which we will study with the tools of (non-cooperative) game theory and experimental economics. We will try to critically understand varied aspects of political institutions through the lens of formal models in political economy. This course is designed to provide a starting point for research in formal Political Theory and Political Economy. The course will also be of use to students who are interested in microeconomic theory and experimental economics. College of Social Sciences Main Campus Microeconomic theory at a graduate level. Game theory will also be used to study political problems. Sun-Tak Kim 30 Tuesday 7,8,9 ECON7204 (323EM5250) 3 *Registration eligibility: graduate students.

(College of Social Sciences) Graduate Institute of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

The class is taught in English and will examine Taiwan’s economic development from about 1860 to the present. During the first class, I will offer an overview of Taiwan’s economic growth since the late-19th century. The course will then be organized topically. We will start by examining Taiwan’s important crops (tea, sugar and rice) and how these affected Taiwan’s economic development from roughly 1860-1970. Then we will briefly look at the development of Taiwan’s natural resources. Finally we will consider Taiwan’s rise as a manufacturing power. We will start with a look at Taiwan’s first labor-intensive manufactured export, woven hats, which were produced and exported in the pre-war era, but then mainly focus on Taiwan’s post-war export boom and its modern growth. There will be seven groups projects based on the readings listed below and a short individual project based on analyzing Taiwan’s post-war economic statistics. When you finish this course, you should have a much better idea how Taiwan rose from poverty to relative prosperity College of Social Sciences Main Campus No prerequisites. There will be a lot of statistics but no mathematical modeling. Students taking this course usually come from many different departments Kelly Barton Olds 68 Tuesday 6,7 ECON5003 (323EU0200) 2 (College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics,
(College of Social Sciences) Graduate Institute of Economics
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above, and graduate students. http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

In Intermediate Micro Economics II, students have already encountered the basics of firm analysis from Principles of Economics II as well as more advanced consumer theory in Intermediate Micro Economics I. In this class we will try to extend our reach within a variety of topics focusing on firm behavior and industry level analysis. At the end of the first half of the course, students should have an understanding of (1) how firms minimize costs given production constraints, (2) how firms maximize profits given these costs, and (3) how firms interact with one another under an array of market structures. In the second half of the course, we will investigate economic models for how consumers and firms deal with uncertainty and intertemporal decision making. Extensions to standard models regarding externalities and public goods will also be discussed. Time permitting, I will also introduce the intersection of psychology and economics, sometimes called “Behavioral Economics”, and how micro economists go about applying the theories learned. College of Social Sciences Main Campus Intermediate Micro Economics 1 or equivalent. Calculus required as well. Patrick Dejarnette 83 Monday 6,7,8 ECON2002 (303E22020) 3 (College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

This course examines theories of international trade in goods and services and analyzes the consequences of trade policies. The course presents the principle of comparative advantage and its application to classical and modern trade theory. Focusing on the long-term effects of international economic integration, the course discusses the economic effects of trade, as well as trade barriers and trading blocks, on industrial competitiveness, the income distribution, growth and welfare. Part I of the class is dedicated to classic trade theory in a general equilibrium setting under perfect competition and explains trade among different countries. Part II of the class presents recent advances in trade theory under imperfect competition and with heterogeneous firms; it explains trade among similar countries and the formation of multinational enterprises. Part III applies the insights from both partial and general equilibrium models to policy issues related to international economic integration. College of Social Sciences Main Campus Byeonghwa Choi 80 Wednesday 6,7,8 ECON4001 (303E47300) 3 (College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

International Trade Policy February 2017 Instructor: Dr. Hong Hwang office: Room 705, College of Social Science Telephone number: 3366-8367 office Hours: Friday 2:10pm to 4:00pm This course is intended to provide students with basic analytical methods in trade and to help them keep abreast of current trade issues. It starts off by closely following textbook studies of trade theory, followed by a study of trade policies. After completing the relevant part of the textbook, I shall select some articles for discussions, especially those on trade and industrial organization. Textbook: Husted and Melvin, International Economics, 9th Edition, Pearson Education Limited, 2013. (This book is available at the Yeh Yeh Book Gallery, Tel: (02) 2368-4198 ext. 14.) Prerequisite: Microeconomics Grading scheme: There will be two tests. The dates of the tests will be announced in the class. The mid-term exam and the final exam make up 1/4 and 1/2 of the final grade respectively. The other 1/4 is graded based on class participation and assignments. The mean of the final grade for the class will fall somewhere between 78 and 84, depending on the general attendance and class participation. Course Outline: Week 1: Introduction Week 2, 3 & 4: Tariffs Weeks 5, 6 & 7: Nontariff Barriers and Arguments for Protection Weeks 8: The mid-term test Weeks 9 & 10: Commercial Policy: History and Practice Week 11 & 12: Preferential Trade Arrangements Weeks 13, 14 & 15: International Trade and Economic Growth Weeks 16, 17 and 18: Imperfect Competition and Strategic Trade Policy Week 19: The final test College of Social Sciences Main Campus Hong Hwang 60 Monday 3,4 ECON4002 (303E47400) 2 (College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

The subject of this course is to introduce East Asia as an integral whole and its political and economic foundation. For the aforementioned purpose, this course is divided into four parts. The first part is an introduction of the developmental state model, Japan and the Asian tigers pioneer in achieving successful industrialization in the second half of the 20th century. The second part discusses the late development of Southeast Asia, which benefit greatly from the pioneers of Northeast Asian developmental states. The third part discuss the reemergence of China and its influence on a number of “late” late developing nations in the continental Southeast Asia, especially Vietnam and Myanmar. The last part discusses trade and financial linkages among sovereign units in the region and how these units cooperate with each other on these two aspects. The third part proceeds in a round-table format, in which the students, on a group basis, debate about identity construction and the future of political and economic integration in East Asia. This course trains students to get acquainted with principle of political economy. Students are expected to develop knowledge about the development of East Asia and the dynamics of political economy in the course of East Asia’s development. It is aimed to build up macro perspective on the future of the region’s development and economic integration. College of Social Sciences Main Campus For undergraduate students: 1. Class attendance: 15% 2. Final examination: 50% 3. Group report (class presentation and term paper) 35% *For group report, students are required to form groups and on a group basis write a research paper (15 pages) on the development experiences of one of the four economies: Singapore, Hong Kong, North Korea, and Myanmar. In writing the report, each group should discuss the following questions. In the last two sessions, the groups present their report and seek support from the rest of the class. The historic events from which the groups can choose as report subject as well as the countries involved are as follows: For the group which choose either Singapore or Hong Kong: How do the two city economies develop? What are the differences between Singapore and Hong Kong in their development strategy? How do they cope with the rise of China? How to account for the difference in continuous development under the shadow of China’s rise? For the group which choose either North Korea or Myanmar: When do the two countries’ economic fortunes begin to whittle away in the second half of the 20th century? To what extent it is linked to the closing of their economy to the outside world? What are the domestic and international political contexts in which the two countries craft policies to open up their economy? How to account for the difference in their economic transition? Chen Dang Tso 25 Wednesday 6,7 PS5672 (322EU1900) 2 (College of Social Sciences) Graduate Institute of Political Science,
(College of Social Sciences) Department of Political Science,
Non-degree Program: Program For East Asian Studies
*Registration eligibility: juniors and above. http://politics.ntu.edu.tw/english/

This class is taught in English and can be taken separately or as a continuation of the first semester’s economic history course. This semester will cover the economic history of the 20th century emphasizing the Asian economies. During the first part of the semester an economy-by-economy overview of economic developments over the last hundred years will be presented. Then in the second part of the course, we will look at particular topics in economic history. Each three-hour session will consist of one-a two-hour lecture and one hour of group work. Group work will involve writing a short paper concerning an assigned reading. Most weeks, groups will be randomly assigned. By the end of the course, students should have a reasonable understanding of what has been going on in the Asian economies over the last hundred years. College of Social Sciences Main Campus There are no prerequisites. Expect a lot of graphs and statistics, but there will be no mathematical modeling. In past courses, students from a wide variety of departments have taken this course. Kelly Barton Olds 87 Monday 7,8,9 ECON3008 (303E20020) 3 (College of Social Sciences) Department of Economics http://www.econ.ntu.edu.tw/db/new2011/index.asp?l=english

This course is a complete review of advanced quantitative methods in fisheries stock assessment.

Course covers introduction, decision analysis to evaluate alternative management actions, Bayesian state-space

modelling, Meta-analysis, Integrated analysis, and Spatial modelling in stock assessment Assessment models of

biomassdynamics model, age-structured production model, and integrated stock assessment model (e.g., Stock

Synthesis, SS) will be included. Student will be familiar with methods in fish population dynamics

and stock assessment (e.g.., Bayesian posterior distribution, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, state-space modelling, etc.)

and proficient in parameter estimation (e.g., unfished biomass, spawning biomass, MSY), as well as the uncertainty,

of an exploited fish population, and evaluation of harvest restrictions for fisheries management problems by using

various computer programs and tools (e.g., AD Model Builder [ADMB], WinBUGS/JAGS, SS).

The course draws examples from real fisheries in the world and provides student broad experiences of

various fishery data and fish biology. The course is primarily for students of fisheries and marine ecology,

but should also appeal to those interested in conservation ecology and advanced ecological modelling.
The main objective of the course was to become proficient with background and tools to conduct advanced stock assessment modelling for fisheries. Student will develop professional skills of data analysis, quantitative fish population modelling, and theory and implication of fish harvest management. Student will carry out fisheries data analysis, modelling, and interpretation on a regular basis throughout the course. The course expects student will develop their own model and application. Course will provide basic programming training by following the examples using Excel, R, ADMB, WinBUGS/JAGS. College of Science Main Campus Ocean 7176 Ecological Modeling for Conservation of Fisheries Resources is recommended (not required) prior to this course Yi-Jay Chang 8 Wednesday 6,7,8 Ocean7178 (241EM3860) 3 http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en

I open several related courses. Please visit our lab website for more detailed info on how to choose my lectures based on your preference. http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~tksmiki/for_Students_%28zhong_wen%29.html The objective is to provide students with computer skills for dynamical modeling of populations and communities, which are governed by difference equation, ordinary differential equation, or partial differential equation. This is an introductory course intended for undergraduate and graduate students with knowledge of basic ecology. We will learn basic skills of computer programming (C language) with Linux. If necessary, we will also learn mathematical theories of numerical calculations. Every student needs to bring his/her own notebook PC/Mac with enough memory size (2GB in total is recommended) and empty part of hard disk. Ubuntu does not work in a sufficient speed in some of Netbook (e.g. old Eee PC). All applications that are necessary for this course will be provided. Each lecture will include: 1. Setting up your computer 2. Basic commands in Linux 3-9. Basic grammar and algorithms in C-language 10. How to use gnuplot (an application for graphics) 11. Numerical calculations for difference equations 12-13. Mathematical theories of numerical calculations of ordinary differential equations 14. Numerical calculations for population dynamics of a single species 15. Numerical calculations for population dynamics of multiple species 16. Numerical calculations for reaction-diffusion models To learn computer skills for dynamical modeling of populations and communities, which are governed by difference equation, ordinary differential equation, or partial differential equation. College of Science Main Campus Every student needs to bring his/her own notebook PC/Mac/Linux. Win PC/Mac OSX users will set up linux system in your computer in the first week. The recommended way is to use VM VirtualBox for win PC or Mac OSX and install linux OS via VM VirtualBox. If you would liked to use Mac OSX, then you need to install (1) gcc (C compiler), (2) gnuplot (for graphics), and (3) emacs (editor) by yourself. In the first week, we will learn how to set up computer for this course. Takeshi Miki 10 Thursday 3,4 Ocean5068 (241EU2080) 2 (College of Science) Graduate Institute of Oceanography, Marine Biology & Fisheries Division http://www.oc.ntu.edu.tw/?lang=en