Wan-wen Chu  

Research Center for Humanities and Social Science (RCHSS)

Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei,

Taiwan, 11529

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E-Mail:  wwchu@gate.sinica.edu.tw

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Position

Education

Research Interests

Experience

Others

Publications

Books

Refereed Journal Articles

Chapters In Books

Conference Papers

Other Publications

Working Papers (PDF files)


CURRICULUM VITAE

POSITION

Research Fellow, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.

Chairperson, Program for Economic Development and Trade in East Asia, RCHSS, Academia Sinica.

Adjunct Professor, National Taiwan University.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University, 1982.

M.A., Economics, Stanford University, 1978.

B.A., Economics, National Taiwan University, 1974.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Economic Development (Development of Newly Industrializing Countries),

Industrial Policy, Industrial Organization.

EXPERIENCE

Visiting Distinguished Professor, Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, Spring 2019.
Adjunct Research Fellow, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 2018-.
Research Fellow, RCHSS, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 2004-2018.
Deputy Director, ISSP, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 1999-2003.
Research Fellow, ISSP, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 1991-2004.
Associate Research Fellow, ISSP, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 1988-91.
Visiting Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987-88.
Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame, 1983-87
Instructor, University of Notre Dame, 1981-83

OTHERS

Editorial board member, Industry and Innovation, 1997-present.

Editorial board member, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2003-present.

Editorial board member, Journal of World Business, 1996-98.

Editor, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, 1993-95.

Ford Foundation International Economics Fellowship, 1978-80.


PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Top


Agrarian Land Reform and Industrialization: Reexamining the Cause and effect of Privatizing Four SOEs in Postwar Taiwan, 2022, New Taipei City: Linking Press.

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The Development Model of China's Industries: Exploring the Role of Industrial Policy, 2020, Taipei: TRQSS series-21.


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 Taiwan's Unsuccessful Transformation: Democratization and Economic Development

, 2020, Taipei: Linking Press.

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The Origins of Taiwan's Postwar Economic Growth: the Why and How of Late Development

, 2017/1, Academia Sinica Book Series, Taipei: Linking Press.


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Alice H. Amsden passed away on March 15, 2012. A day-long Symposium hosted in MIT.  , Commemoration Video

Beyond Late Development: Taiwan's Upgrading Policies,

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press,  2003/5,  (with Alice H. Amsden).
Complex-character Chinese version published by Linking Press, Taipei, 2003 (translated by Kay Chu). Simplified-character Chinese version published by Peking University Press, Beijing, 2016.

Awarded the best academic book in 2016 by the Sun Yun-Suan Foundation.

A study of how latecomers catch up in high-tech industries and modern services, based on an in-depth analysis of Taiwan's premier enterprises and government policies. 

A Persian version of this book has been published in Tehran, Iran, in 2009.

 

 

Beyond Late Development: Taiwan's Upgrading Policies,

(with Alice H. Amsden), Chinese-language edition, translated by Kay Chu, Taipei: Linking Press, September 2003.

A study of how latecomers catch up in high-tech industries and modern services, based on an in-depth analysis of Taiwan's premier enterprises and government policies.

 

*Taiwan in the Global Economy,

2003, Taipei: TRQSS series-11. 

Explaining Taiwan's postwar economic development has been the focus of the author's studies. This is the second of two collected volumes of the author's works on this subject in the last two decades. It attempts to generalize lessons from Taiwan's experiences and discusses globalization, industrial policies and economic development.

 

*Engine of Growth: Studies of Taiwan's Petrochemical and Bicycle Industry,

2002, Taipei: TRQSS series-10.

This is the first of the two volumes. It contains mainly micro-level studies of Taiwan's industries, particularly petrochemicals and bicycles. It addresses issues like the role of the state, industrial policies and foreign demand.

 

*Alternative Interpretations of Taiwan's Economic Experiences,

Commonwealth Book series #84, Commonwealth magazine Press, 1999.

This book collects the column essays the author wrote for the popular press, mainly The Commonwealth Magazine. The essays provide perspectives on Taiwan癒礎s current economic issues different from the prevalent free market doctrines.

  * (Editor),  Industrial Structure and the Fair Trade Law., ISSP Book Series 32. Taipei, 1994.


REFEREED PAPERS                                                                                                                                                       Top

*How to Study Chinese Industry: A Comprehensive Review of Various Theoretical Resources, The Journal of Humanities, 2018/12, 1-8.

*The Determining Factors of the Differences between the Large and Medium Chinese Steel Enterprises, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, September 2018, 30(3): 435-483. (with Chia-ling Chang)

Industry policy with Chinese characteristics: a multi-layered model, China Economic Journal, October 2017, 10(3): 305-318.

Inductive Method and Development Perspective: Alice Amsden on Taiwan and beyond, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, March 2017, 10: 15-34; doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsw041.

*Local Protectionism and Market Mechanism: the Case of the Chinese Steel Industry, 2015, Economic Essays, 43(3): 481-533, December.

Latecomer Upgrading in Taiwan, 2015, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 20(3): 369-384, August. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13547860.2015.1054165.

*Taiwan'䏭 Postwar Land Reform Reconsidered: Introduction, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #98, March 2015, 1-9.

*Land Reform in Postwar Taiwan: Causes and Effects, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #98, March 2015, 11-67.

*A Middle-of-the Road Land Reform: How Taiwan Implemented Land-to-the Tillers Program, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #98, March 2015, 69-145.(with Yen-Hao Liao)

*How to Account for the Recent Rapid Growth of the Chinese Steel Industry, World Economic Papers, #4, August 2014, 1-19.

Entrepreneurship and bureaucratic control: the case of the Chinese automotive industry, China Economic Journal, 4:1, 65-80, published online Oct. 7, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17538963.2011.608507.

*Democratization and Economic Development: the Unsuccessful Transformation of Taiwan'䏭 Developmental State, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #84, September 2011, 243-288.

How the Chinese Government Promoted a Global Automobile Industry,  Industrial and Corporate Change, 20(5): 1235-1276, published online on 2011/4/6; doi: 10.1093/icc/dtr010.  

Market Socialism, Chinese Style-Bringing Development back into Economic Theory, China Economic Journal, published online on 2011/4/26: doi:10.1080/17538963.2010.562044.

*The First Generation of Industrial Entrepreneurs in Postwar Taiwan, Taiwan Historical Research, 17(2):39-84, June 2010.

*A Multi-layered Industrial Policy Framework: A Reply to Professor Bai Rangrang's Comments, China Economic Quarterly. 9(2): 761-770.

Can Taiwan's Second Movers Upgrade via Branding?  Research Policy, 38 (2009), pp. 1054-1065.

*The China Factor in Taiwan's Economic Economic Development, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #74, June 2009.

*The Chinese Model of Industrial Policy under Catch-up Consensus: the Case of the Automobile Industry, 2009/1, China Economic Quarterly. 8(2): 501-532.

*The Early Development of Taiwan's Cotton Textile Industry, New History, 19(1), March 2008, 167-227.

* Inquiries into the Causes of Taiwan's Postwar Economic Development, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #65, March 2007, 1-33.

* Re-examination of Privatization in Post-authoritarian Times, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #53, March 2004, 33-79.

* Business Groups in Taiwan's Post-Liberalization Economy, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #47, September 2002, 33-79; with Chia-yu Hung.

* Liberalization, Globalization and Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #44, December 2001, 13-47.

*The Effects of Taiwan's Industrial Policy: A Preliminary Evaluation, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #42, June 2001, 67-117.

*Globalization and the Development Strategy of Less Developed Countries. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #37, March 2000, 91-117.

*Industrial Policy and Ladder-Climbing: A Study of Taiwan's Plastic Material Industry. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #32, December 1998, 83-124; with Chiu-yen Huang.

Causes of Growth: A Study of Taiwan's Bicycle Industry, Cambridge Journal of Economics, January 1997, 21(1): 55-72.

*Demonstration Effects and Industrial Policy: The Birth of Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #27, September 1997, 97-138. (Updated and translated into Japanese, Review of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University, August 2002, 7(1): 79-109.)

Growth and Industrial Organization: A Comparative Study of the Bicycle Industry in Taiwan and South Korea. Journal of Industry Study, June 1996, 3(1):35-52; with Jia-jing Li.

*The State and Taiwan's Economic Development: A Review of Party-State Capitalism. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies. #20, August 1995, 151-75.

Import-Substitution and Export-Led Growth: A Case Study of Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry, World Development, May 1994, 22(5): 781-794.

The General Trading Company as a Risk-Bearer for the Upstream Firms,  Taiwan Economic Review, September 1990, 18(3): 281-295.

*The Effect of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Taiwan's Trade Structure, Taiwan Economic Review, March 1990, 18(1):65-98; with An-chi Tung.

Determinants of Marketing Channel Choice: Extent of Demand, Differential Costs and Entry Threats, Southern Economic Journal, October 1989, 56(2): 349-62.

The Impact of Voluntary Export Restraints on the Competitive Exporting Firm, Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 1989, 1(2): 43-56.

*Market Mechanism and Economic Development. Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, 1989, 2(3/4): 131-46.

The Effect of Learning on Market Structure, Southern Economic Journal, July 1988, 55(1): 196-201.

Export-Led Growth and Import Dependence: the Case of aiwan, 1969-1981, Journal of Development Economics, 1988, 28, 265-276.


CHAPTERS IN BOOKS                                                                                                                                                                   Top

How Indigenous Industrialization Began in Postwar Taiwan, in Gee San and Patarapong Intarakumnerd (eds.), 2021, Industrial Development of Taiwan: Past Achievement and Future Challenges beyond 2020, Routledge, 16-33.

How Taiwan Managed to Grow: Structural Transformation and Industrial Policy, in Justin Yifu Lin and Celestin Monga (eds.), 2019, Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 571-590.

Catch-up and Learning in Taiwan: The Role of Industrial Policy, in Kenichi Ohno and Arkebe Oqubay (eds.), 2019, How Nations Learn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 107-124.

Challenges for the Maturing Taiwan Economy, in Larry Diamond and Gi-Wook Shin (eds.), 2014, New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 216-249.

Modifying Economic Theory from a Development Perspective: Alice Amsden on Taiwan, forthcoming, in  MIT DUSP (ed.), Memory of Alice Amsden, MIT Press.

The Postwar Taiwan Economy,in Anis Chowdhury and I. Islam (eds.), 2007, Handbook on the Northeast and Southeast Asian Economies, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Getting the Structure Right: Upscaling in a Prime Latecomer, in A.K. Dutt and J. Ros (eds.), 2003, Development Economics and Structuralist Macroeconomics: Essays in Honor of Lance Taylor. Pp. 263-81, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. (with Alice H. Amsden)

石油化學產業の產業政策, in Liu Shinkei and Asamoto Teruo (eds.), 2003,『台湾の産業政策』, pp. 177-207, Tokyo: Keisoshobo. (in Japanese)

Upscaling: Recasting Old Theories to Suit Late Industrializers, in Peter C.Y. Chow (ed.), 2002, Taiwan in the Global Economy: From an Agrarian Economy to an Exporter of High-Tech Products. Pp. 23-38, Westport, CT: Praeger. (with Alice H. Amsden)

The Development Pattern of the Bicycle Industry in Taiwan, in L. Cheng and H. Kierzkowski (eds.), 2001, Global Production and Trade in East Asia. Pp. 295-304, Mass.: Kluwer Academic Press.

Linkage and Uneven Growth: A Study of Taiwan's Man-Made Fiber Industry, in G. Ranis, S.C. Hu, and Y. P. Chu (eds.), 1999, The Economics and Political Economy of Development in Taiwan into the 21st Century, 109-30, London: Edward Elgar (with Ming-chu Tsai).

*Patterns of Development: A Study of Taiwan癒礎s Man-Made-Fiber Material Industry, in Tsao, Yang and Lai (eds.), 1999, Economic Growth, Income Distribution and Institutional Change, ISSP book series #46, Pp.109-147, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

*Utilization of Water Resources and Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry, in Taiwan Research Fund (ed.), 1994, Environmental Protection and Industrial Policy,  Taipei: Taiwan Research Fund, 39-53.


CONFERENCE PAPERS                                                                                                                                                                Top

Market Socialism, Chinese Style: Bringing Development back into Economic Theory, the 6th Beijing Forum, Financial Crisis: Challenges and Responses Panel, 2009/11/6~8, Peking University, Beijing.
 
The China Factor in Taiwan's Economic Miracle, Conference on Current Intellectual Predicament, 2008/9/27-28, Shihsin University Taishe International Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

Why did China's Automobile Industry Grow So Fast?, Conference on China's model of economic development II, 2008/5/29-30, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
 
China's Industrial Policy: A Case Study of the Automobile Industry, Conference on China's model of economic development I, 2007/6/28-9, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
 
Knowledge Production in a Latecomer: Reproducing Economics in Taiwan, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Conference, 2005/7/22-4, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Association, KNUA, Seoul, Korea.

Latecomer Upgrading in Taiwan, International Conference on Technological Innovation and Development: Lessons from Taiwan, 2004/6/3-4, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

National Innovation Systems of Developed Asian Economies: Lessons for Others, Seminar on Innovation Systems in Asian Economies, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand,  2003/9/3-6, Bangkok, Thailand.

 Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry since Economic Liberalization, Conference on The Global Chemical Industry since the Petrochemical Revolution, October 19-21, 2000, Milan, Italy, Association for History and Study on Enterprise and Bocconi Univeristy.

Taiwan's Industrial Upgrading Policy, Cross-strait Conference on Enterprise Reform and Economic Development, August 14-15, 2000, Harbin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Chung-hua Institute for Economic Research.

The OEM Model of Development: Can the East Asian NIC Catch Up?, Conference on Nationalism: the East Asian Experience, May 25-27, 1999, Academia Sinica, Taipei.

Industrial Growth and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: the Case of Taiwan, Conference on Transitional Societies in Comparison: East Central Europe versus Taiwan, May 27-29, 1999, Prague.

Productivity Growth and Industrial Structure: the Case of Taiwan, Pacific Economic Outlook meetings, March 17-18, 1999, Osaka, Japan.

*Market Mechanism and Social Justice, Conference on Social Equality and Justice. Taipei, November 1993.

Sustainability of Monopoly: Learning-by-Doing of Marketing vs. Using the General Trading Company, Southern Economic Association meetings in Dallas, Texas, Nov. 24-6, 1985.


OTHER PUBLICATIONS                                                                                                                                                                 Top

*Reflection on Industrialization and Economic Development, Beijing Cultural Review, 2021/8, 96-106.

*Reflection on Learning Western Knowledge in Developing Country, Beijing Cultural Review, 2018/10, 45-57.

*A Multi-level Model: Industrial Policy with Special Chinese Characters, Beijing Cultural Review, 2018/4, 76-89.

*Reply: How to explain Taiwan's Postwar Economic Development, 2017, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #107, 227-232.

*How to Evaluate'Progress' in Our Local Social Science Community, March 2016, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #102, 195-202.

*On the Discourse of the Sunflower Student Movement: Anti-Globalization and Anti-China, March 2015, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #98, 349-361.

Book review of The Origins of the Developmental State in Taiwan: Science Policy and the Quest for Modernization, by J. Megan Greene, Harvard University Press, 2008, China Information, vol. 23 no. 3, November 2009, 511-513.

Knowledge Production in a Latecomer: Reproducing Economics in Taiwan, Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, June 2009, 10(2): 275-281.

*Taiwan's Postwar Economic Development and Democracy Movement, Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #65, March 2007, 183-89.

*How to Evaluate the Effect of Foreign Direct Investment, Dushu(Reading), #314, May 2005, 13-22, Beijing.

*Competition, Monopoly and Economic Development, Dushu, #295, October 2003, 133-141, Beijing.

Industrialization and the State: The Changing Role of the Taiwan Government in the Economy, 1945-1998, A Book Review, The China Journal, July 2003, #50, 214-216.

*The Scale of the Enterprise, Dushu, #290, May 2003, 143-150, Beijing.

*China's Entry into the WTO: An Alternative View, Dushu, #276, March 2002, 36-44, Beijing.

*What Does Anti-Globalization Mean? A Comment on "Against Neoliberal Globalization, Why and How". Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #45, March 2002, 247-60.

*Alternative Interpretations of Taiwan's Economic Experiences, Commonwealth Book series #84, Commonwealth Magazine Press, 1999.

Industrial Policy in Taiwan's Post-Liberalization Economy, mimeograph, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1999.

The "East Asian Miracle" and the Theoretical Analysis of Industrial Policy: A Review. Mimeograph, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1997.

*A Comment on "The Imperialist Eye". Taiwan: A Radical Quarterly in Social Studies, #18, March 1995, 257-63.

*et al. 1991. The Impact of the Megasteel Project on Taiwan's Steel Industry. Taipei, CIER.

*The Impact of Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Taiwan's Industrial Development. CEPD, Taipei, 1990, with An-chi Tung,.

Voluntary Export Restraints and Production Efficiency, NDCRB research paper series 06-86, 1989.

Japanese General Trading Company in Taiwan, working paper series 90-3. ISSP, Academia Sinica, 1989.

Cournot's Work in a Historical Perspective, with Special Reference to His Monopoly Theory, working paper series 90-2. ISSP, Academia Sinica, 1989.

How Open Is the U.S. Economy ? A Book Review, Southern Economic Journal, October 1987, 497-8.


WORKING PAPERS                                                                                                                                                                          Top

Globalization and Economic Development

"Reflections on academic evaluation and academic production: Taking economics as an example" (News), 2004-12-01, Taiwan News, Forum,

"Re-examination of Privatization in Post-authoritarian Times", 2003-12-03, Taiwan News, Forum.

Taiwan's Petrochemical Industry since Economic Liberalization, International conference on The Global Chemical Industry since the Petrochemical Revolution, 10/19-21, 2000, Association for History and Studies on Enterprise and the Economic History Institute of Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.

Industrial Growth and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: the Case of Taiwan, Conference on Transitional Societies in Comparison: East Central Europe versus Taiwan, May 27-29, 1999, Prague.

Productivity Growth and Industrial Structure: the Case of Taiwan, Pacific Economic Outlook meeting, March 17-18, 1999, Osaka, Japan.

The "East Asian Miracle" and the Theoretical Analysis of Industrial Policy: A Review. mimeograph, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 1997.


(*refers to writings in Chinese.)