Curriculum Vitae

Kong-Pin Chen

Permanent Address

Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences
Academia Sinica
Taipei 11529
TAIWAN
Telephone:886-2-2789-8160 
Fax: 886-2-2785-4160
email:kongpin@gate.sinica.edu.tw
http://idv.sinica.edu.tw/kongpin/
 

Personal Information

Birthdate: Oct. 19, 1960
Citizenship: Taiwan
 

Education

PhD. University of Rochester, January 1993
MA. University of Rochester, February 1992
BA. National Taiwan University, May 1985
 

Current Position

Research Fellow, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences 
Executive Director, Center for Institution and Behavior Studies
Academia Sinica
and
Professor
Department of Economics
National Taiwan University
 

Experience

 Assistant Research Fellow, Jan 1993 - Jul 1996; Associate Research Fellow, Jul 1996 - Sep 2002; Research Fellow, Sep 2002 - present, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica.

Professor, National Taiwan University, Jan. 2005 - present.

 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Aug 1998 - Feb 2000    
 Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Duke University Jan. -Aug., 2003.
 Visiting Scholar, EHESS, Paris, Jan.-Feb., 2005.
 Secretary, Asian Law and Economics Association, 2006-7.
 President, Asian Law and Economics Association, 2009-2010.
　

Other Professional Positions

Editor, Asian Journal of Law and Economics.

Editor, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy.

Editorial Board, Taipei Economic Inquiry.

Editorial Board, Pacfic Economic Review.

Editorial Board, Academia Economic Papers.

Teaching

 Topics in Game Theory, Spring 1993 (National Taiwan University)
 Graduate Microeconomics, Fall 1993 - Fall 2000, Fall 2002 - this year (National Taiwan University)
 Principle of Microeconomics, Fall 1998, Fall 1999 (HK University of Science and Technology)
 Intermediate Microeconomics, Fall 1998 (HK University of Science and Technology)
 Applied Game Theory, Spring 1999 (HK University of Science and Technology)
 Firms and Strategy, Spring, 2001 – this year (National Taiwan University)
 Social Choice Theory, Spring, 2003 (Duke University)
 

Research Fields

 Microeconomics, Theory of Elections, Labor Economics, Law and Economics

Publications

A. Journal Articles

1. In English

Chen, K.-P., K. C. Huang and C. C, Lin (2010), "An Empirical Investigation of Settlement and Litigation: The Case of Taiwanese Labor Disputes," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 7, 786-810.

Huang, K.-C., K.-P. Chen, and C.-C. Lin (2010), " Does the Type of Criminal Defense Affect Case Outcomes? A Natural Experiment in Taiwan," International Review of Law and Economics. 30, 

113-27.

Chen, K.-P. and J. S. Wang (2007), "Fee-Shifting Rules, Lawyer's Payment and Agency Cost in Litigation,"  Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 23, 519-46.

Chen, K.-P. and Chu, C. C.-Y. (2005), "Internal Control and External Manipulation: A Model of Corporate Income Tax Evasion," Rand Journal of Economics, 36, 151-64.

Chen K.-P. and E. Niou (2005), "Term-Limit Legislation as Response to Incumbency Advantage," The Journal of Politics 27, 390-406.

Chen, K.-P. (2005), "External Recruitment as an Incentive Device," Journal of Labor Economics, 23, 259-77.

Chen, K.-P.(2003), "Sabotage in Promotion Tournament," , Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 19, 119-40.

Chen K.-P.,Chiang, S.-H. and Leung, S.F.(2003), "Migration, Family, and Risk Diversification,"  Journal of Labor Economics ,21, 253-80 .

Chen, K.-P. and S.-Z. Yang (2002), "Strategic Voting in Open Primaries," Public Choice, 112, 1-30.

Fann, C.-P., Chen, K.-P., and K. Kan (1998),"The Design of Payment System for Physicians under Global Budget---An Experimental Study," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 34, 295-311.

Chen, K.-P., H.-K. Chien and C. C.-Y. Chu (1997), "Sequential vs. Unitary Trials with Asymmetric Information," Journal of Legal Studies, 26, 239-258.

Chen, K.-P. (1996), "Compensation Principle in Repeated Games," Games and Economic Behavior, 16, 1-21.

Chen, K.-P. (1995), "Renegotiation-Proof Equilibrium Under Imperfect Monitoring," Journal of Economic Theory, 65, 600-610.

　

2. In Chinese

Huang, K.C., C.-C. Lin and K.-P. Chen (2010), "An Empirical Study of Informal Labor Mediation in Taiwan: The Comparison between Governmental Mediation and Organizational Mediation,"

Academia Sinica Law Journal, 7, 209-67.

Chen, K.-P. and C.J. Hsieh (2010), "The Market for Digital Music: The Case of iPod and iTunes," Taiwan Economic Review, 38, 355-86.

Chen, K.-P. and T.-S. Tsai (2007), "Optimal Contracts for Ambitious Team Workers," Academia Economic Papers, 35, 291-313.

Wang, J.S., C.H. Huang and K.-P. Chen (2005), "Price and Quality Competition for Open Source Software," Taiwan Economic Review, 33, 115-47.

Chen, K.-P. and H.-W. Koo (1998), "Global vs. Local Auction," Taiwan Economic Review, 26,193-208.

Chen, K.-P. and Wang, J.-S. (1997), "Protection of the Bona Fides Third Party: An Application to Repeated Games," Taiwan Economic Review,25, 293-307.

Chen, K.-P. and C. C.-Y. Chu (1994), "Stock Price Manipulation in Taiwan", Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 6, 79-98.

　

B. Books

Chu, C. Y. and Chen, K. P. (2005), Microeconomics, Tong Hua Press. (Graduate microeconomics text, in Chinese.)

　

C. Chapters in Books

Chen, K.-P., Qin, C.-Z. and Qiu, L D. (2004), "The Value of Multilateral Trade Liberalization and the Need for Third-Party Sanction," in Political Economy in Global World, pp. 55-65, S. Katayama and H. Ursprung ed., Springer.

Chen, K.-P. (1994), "Renegotiation-Proof Collusion under Imperfect Monitoring", in Industrial Structure and Fair-Trade Law, ed. by Wan-Wen Chu, Academia Sinica, Taipei. .

　

Working Papers

Chen, J.-R., K.-P. Chen and C.-F. Chou (2007), "A Dynamic Model of Auctions with Buy-Out: Theory and Evidence," under review.

Chen, K.- P. and C.-F. Chou (2007), "Dynamic Buy-Price Auctions," under review.

Huang, C.-I., Chen, K.- P., J.-R. Chen and C.-F. Chou (2007), "Bidding Strategies in Internet Parallel Auctions," mimeo.

Chen, K.-P., T.-T.s Tsai and A. Leung (2009), "Judicial Torture as a Screening Device," mimeo.

Chen, K.-P., C.-F. Chou and T.-S Tsai (2009), "Judicial Torture as a War of Attrition," mimeo.

Chen, K.-P. (1994), "Information Processing in Random Matching Games," 1994 North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Quebec, Canada.

Conference Participation

International Conference in Game Theory, Stony Brook, NY. U.S.A., 1993, 1995.

1994 North America Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Quebec, Canada.

1996 Winter Meeting of Econometric Society, San Francisco, U.S.A.

2nd CES Conference for Young Economists, Munich, Germany.

1997 European Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Toulouse, France.

1997 North America Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Montreal, Canada.

1999 North America Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Madison, USA.

1999 Far Eastern Meeting of Econometric Society, Singapore.

2001 Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco.

2001 Society of Labor Economist Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy.

 2002 Annual Meeting of European Economic Association Venice, Italy

 2003 Annual Meeting of Public Economic Theory Society, Durham, USA

2004 North American Summer Meeting of Econometric Society, Providence, USA.

2004 European Meeting of Econometric Society, Madrid, Spain.

2005 Beijing Summer Workshop of Industrial Organization, Beijing, China.

2005 1st Conference of Asian Law and Economics Association, Seoul, South Korea.

2005 World Congress of Econometric Society, London, UK.

2005 Annual Meeting of European Economic Association, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2007 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, Taipei, Taiwan (organizer).

2007 Far Eastern Meeting of Econometric Society, Taipei, Taiwan.

2007 Japan-Taiwan Conference in Contract Theory and Applications, Taipei, Taiwan. (organizer).

2008 Far Eastern Meeting of Econometric Society, Singapore.

2008 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, Kyushu, Japan.

2008 2nd Japan-Taiwan Conference in Contract Theory and its Applications, Kyoto, Japan. (organizer)

2009 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, Seoul, Korea.

2009 Far Eastern and South-East Asia Meeting of Econometric Society, Tokyo, Japan.

2009 European Meeting of Econometric Society, Barcelona, Spain.

2009 3rd Japan-Taiwan Conference in Contract Theory and its Applications, Hsinchu, Taiwan.

2010 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association, Beijing, China.

2010 Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation International Conference, Shonan, Japan.

　

　

Seminar Presentation

 Duke University, New York University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Tokyo, Singapore Management University, Hitotsubashi University, Yonsei University.

Awards and Honors

 Superior Award in Research, National Science Council, Taiwan, 1994, 1995, 1996,  1997, 2000, 2001.

Academia Sinica Young Scholar Publication Award, 1996.

Outstanding Award in Research, National Science Council, Taiwan, 1998-99.

Wu Ta-Yu Memorial Prize, 2002.

Outstanding Researcher Project, National Science Council, Taiwan, 2008-11.

Ministry of Education Academic Award, 2009.

　

Referee

Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law Economics and Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Japanese Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Labour Economics, Economics of Governance, Journal of Health Economics, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economics and Business, Journal of Mathematical Economics, European Economic Review, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Southern Economic Journal, Review of Law and Economics, Issues and Studies, American Political Science Review, Bulletin of Economic Research, CESifo Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Theoretical Economics, Review of International Organizations, Economic Inquiry, Public Choice, Journal of Labor Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, International Review of Law and Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Southern Economic Journal, Economics Letters, Economica, Journal of Japanese and International Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.

Grants

 National Science Council Grants, 1993-4, 1994-5, 1995-6, 1996-7, 1997-8, 1998-9, 1999-2000, 2000-1, 2001-2, 2002-3, 2003-4, 2004-5, 2005-6, 2006-8.

 Academia Sinica Junior Research Grants, 1996-1998.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology RDG grants, 1998, 1999.

 Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Research Grants (Assessment of Primary Elections in Taiwan), 2004-6.

Current Research

A General Theory of Promotion.