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Workshop

No.	Date	Title	Speaker
76	16-09-2009	Estimating How Transport Infrastructure Saves Inventory: Firm-level Evidence from China	Zhigang LI School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
75	29-05-2009	Incomplete Information in an Incomplete Market: Examining the Mechanism	Ponpoje Porapakkarm Department of Economics, University of Virginia, U.S.
74	26-05-2009	Unraveling Housing Price Inflation	Manhong FENG Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, U.S.
73	14-05-2009	Indeterminacy and E-stability in Real Business Cycle Models with Factor-generated Externalities	Jianpo XUE Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
72	19-03-2009	Characterizations of Egalitarian Binary Relations as Transitive Closures - with a special reference to Lorenz dominance and to single-crossing conditions	Dominique Thon Bodø Graduate School of Business, Bodø University College, Norway
71	25-02-2009	The Current Financial and Economic Crisis	Sir James Mirlees & Guang-zhen SUN Department of Economics, University of Macau, Macao
70	09-12-2008	New Stochastic Dominance and Mean-Variance Theory and its Applications in Finance and Economics	Prof. Wing-Keung Wong Department of Economics Hong Kong Baptist, University, Hong Kong, China
69	28-11-2008	On the Strategy-switching Dynamics	Huang, Weihong Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
68	31-10-2008	An Empirical Study of Tourism Demand Forecast Combination	Song, H., S. F. Witt, and K. F. Wong School of Hotel & Tourism Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
67	23-01-2008	Multiple Round Rank-order Tournaments and Promotion	Guang-zhen SUN denior Logan Research Fellow, Monash University, Australia
66	20-01-2008	The Economics of Social Status	Wai-chiu WOO, Department of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
65	14-04-2008	An Empirical Study of Contest Success Functions: Evidence from the NBA	Jia HAO Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine, USA
64	26-03-2008	Variations in Transaction Costs and Monetary Policy	Frank HESPELER Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
63	16-01-2008	Macro Economic Modeling of a Small Open Economy: The Case of Singapore	Mun Heng TOH and Shandre M. THANGAVELU National University of Singapore, Singapore
62	15-01-2008	Economics Education: Returns on Education in Singapore	Mun Heng TOH and Shandre M. THANGAVELU National University of Singapore, Singapore
61	13-12-2007	Migrants as Second-class Workers in Urban China? A Decomposition Analysis	Sylvie DEMURGER Visiting Associate Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
60	25-10-2007	Policies to Limit Climate Change	James A. MIRRLEES Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Macau, Macao
59	17-10-2007	Explaining Trade Barriers Within China: Protectionism, Infrastructure, or Others	Zhigang LI Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
58	20-09-2007	Regional and Wage Inequality: a Trade Theoretic Approach	Bahrat HAZARI Visiting Professor, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
57	10-09-2007	The Economics of the Division of Labor during 500BC - 2000AD : A Review of Selected Literature	Guang-Zhen SUN Senior Logan Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia
56	28-03-2007	New3 Welfare Economics	Sardar ISLAM Professor of Welfare and Environmental Economics, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Australia
55	8-03-2007	Factor Intensity Measurement and the Leontief Paradox	Yun-Kwong KWOK Lecturer, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Deakin University, Australia
54	5-03-2007	Global Knowledge Capital and Endogenous Growth	Xiaopeng YIN Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Windsor, Canada
53	28-02-2007	Optimal Taxation and Nonlinear Income Tax	James A. MIRRLEES Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Macau, Macao
52	25-01-2007	Capital Income Taxation Revisited: the Role of Information Asymmetry in the Credit Market	Wai Hong HO Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Macau, Macao
51	18-10-2006	The World Currency Unit: A Useful Indexed Unit of Account	Lok Sang HO Professor of Economics, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
50	19-05-2006	Pass-Through Elasticity, Substitution and Market Share: The Case for Sheep Meat Exports	Minsoo LEE Associate Professor of Economics, American University of Sharjah, UAE
49	12-05-2006	China’s Economic Growth 1978-2025: What We Know Today About China’s Economic Growth Tomorrow	Carsten A. HOLZ Associate Professor of Social Science, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
48	17-04-2006	Convergence and TFP Growth in the Post-Reform Pearl River Delta	Christina K MAK Economics Programme, University of Macau
47	17-02-2006	First in Village or Second in Rome?	Wing SUEN Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
46	05-12-2005	Is Compulsory Voting More Democratic?	Guang-Zhen SUN Senior Logan Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Monash University, Australia
45	17-11-2005	Taxing High Incomes: Some New Results	James A. MIRRLEES Professor of Economics, University of Macau
44	13-10-2005	Linear Taxation Implied by Egalitarianism Consideration	Mingli ZHENG Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau
43	22-09-2005	More Thunder than Rain: Complements in China’s Post-Reform Growth	Kui-Wai LI Associate Professor, Department of Economics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
42	21-09-2005	Putting the Upcoming Macau 2005 East Asian Games into Perspective: A Macro-Economic Pre-Evaluation	1. Chun-Wah LIU 2. Raymond D. POTVIN Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau
41	20-06-2005	The Statistical Research of Aggregate Supply in Macao	Lai In UNG Macao Economic Service, Government of Macao SAR
40	08-06-2005	Applications of Polak and Keynesian Models on Macao’s Economy	Vicent HO Economist, Monetary Authority of Macao
39	19-05-2005	Do American Dragons Have Better Fate?	Ka-fu WONG Assistant Professor, School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
38	17-05-2005	Opening-up or Institutional Development? Evidence from China	Yu CHEN Visiting Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Institute of Economics and Business Strategy, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
37	13-05-2005	Cointegration with GARCH	Chor-yin SIN Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
36	29-04-2005	Ownership Reform, Corporate Governance and Banking Reform in China	Xiaohong WU Assistant Professor, School of Business, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
35	01-04-2005	Markets of Securitized Real Estate Investments in Asia and Europe - Empirical Data, Developments, and Advantages	Heinz Rehkugler Professor, Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Freiburg, Germany
34	01-04-2005	The Future Enlargement of the Euro Area	Harald Nitsch Professor, Faculty of Economics and Behavioral Sciences, University of Freiburg, Germany
33	21-03-2005	High Frequency Macroeconomic Forecasting Model for Hong Kong	Chi-shing CHAN Project Manager, Jimmy C.T. Wong & Associates Consultancy Firm, Hong Kong
32	04-03-2005	How do Interest Rate Movements Affect Interest Margin of Macao Banks?	Nicholas CHEANG Assistant Economist, Monetary Authority of Macao
31	15-02-2005	The Use of Conditional Cost Functions to Generate Estimable Mixed Demand Systems	Gary K. K. WONG Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Konkuk University, Korea
30	29-10-2004	A Tutorial on the Lagrange Approach to Solving the Ramsey Model	Patrick TOCHE Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau
29	10-06-2004	Estimation of Macau's Import Demand Functions	Vicent HO Economist, Monetary Authority of Macao
28	11-05-2004	The 1997 - 8 East Asian Currency Crisis, Financial Linkages and the Monetary Policy of Japan	Kenneth S. CHAN Visiting Professor, Department of Economics & Finance, The City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
27	30-04-2004	Hong Kong - Pearl River Delta Connection	1. Chyan TUAN 2. Linda F. Y. NG Professor, Department of Decision Science & Managerial Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
26	08-03-2004	The Practice of Central Banking in Macao	Sau San CHAN Director, Research and Statistics Department, Monetary Authority of Macao
25	23-02-2004	Refinements of Muirhead's Lemma and Income Inequality	Dominique THON Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau
24	09-02-2004	Some Issues of the Sustainable Development of China	Yuxin ZHENG Director, Institute of Quantitative and Technical Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
23	24-11-2003	Playing Blackjack with Mr. Nobel: Bet on Nobel Laureates in Economics and Beyond	Guang-Zhen SUN Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau
22	17-11-2003	Competitive Insurance Market in the Presence of Information Ambiguity	Mingli ZHENG Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau
21	06-10-2003	Growth and Saving with Habit Formation	Patrick TOCHE Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau
20	21-04-2003	Money Demand and the Substitutability of Monetary Assets in China: An Inverse Demand System Approach	Gary Ka Kei WONG Lecturer, School of Economics, Deakin University, Australia
19	07-04-2003	Why Don't Investors Have Large Positions in Stocks - A Robustness Perspectives	Chon Io LEI Associate, Cornerstorn Research, USA
18	01-04-2003	Is There a Growth-Unemployment Tradeoff?	Patrick TOCHE Dipartimento di Economia Politica, Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
17	26-03-2003	Changes in Income Inequality in China	Li Shi Institute of Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China
16	25-03-2003	Toward Intergenerational and Intragenerational Equity in Social Security Reform: An Application of Stochastic Forecasting	Pfau Wade Department of Economics, Princeton University , USA
15	20-03-2003	Environmental Protection, Rural Migration and Urban Unemployment	Hung Nguyen Manh Department of Economics, Universite Laval , Canada
13	26-02-2003	The Pattern of Economic Development and Industrial Structure in the Yangzi Delta Area	Yizhi WANG Acting Director, Department of Information Research, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China
12	13-12-2002	Exchange Rate Regimes and Marco-instabilities in the Twin Economies of Hong Kong and Singapore	Ma YUE Lingnan Univeristy, Hong Kong
11	21-05-2002	Revealed Comparative Advantages and Intra-Regional Trade of the World's Three Major Regions: 1980-1995	Leonard Kwok-Hon CHENG Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
10	22-09-2000	Economic Reform and Profitability of SOEs in China	Jun ZHANG Fudan University, China
9	25-05-2000	Analysis of Unemployment in Macau*	1. Honkeung WONG 2. Wanchong IEONG 3. Bolong LIU University of Macau, Macau
8	16-12-1999	Problems on the Current Macroeconomy in China	Fureng DONG Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, China
7	27-10-1998	Green GNP	Zaipu TAO Foguang University, Taiwan
6	27-11-1997	The Financial Turbulence in Hong Kong	Yizhi WANG Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China
5	06-11-1997	Macau: A Model of Mini-Economy	1. Wanchong IEONG 2. Chisen Ricardo SIU University of Macau, Macau
4	11-06-1997	The Linked Exchange System as a Stabilizing Mechanism in Hong Kong	Venus T. VIANA University of Macau, Macau
3	20-03-1997	Strategies for Macau Economic Development	Qiang LEI Zhongshan University, China
2	18-06-1996	China's Role in Macau's Economy	Venus T. VIANA University of Macau, Macau
1	13-06-1996	1. The Use of Capital and Labor in Township-Village Enterprises in China: An Application of CMEC Analysis 2. The Political Economy of China’s New Regional Development Policy in the 1990s: A Concern over Socio-Political Instability 3. Labor Market and Female Labor Supply in Macau	1. Fung KWAN 2. Pak Kuan LEE 3. Venus T. VIANA University of Macau, Macao

Distinguished Lecture Series

No.	Date	Title	Speaker
5	02-03-2007	Where is Chinese economic growth going?	James A. MIRRLEES University of Macau, Macao
4	02-03-2007	Will China Evolve from a 'Natural State' to an 'Open Access' Society?	Douglass NORTH Washington University, USA
3	18-03-2002	Lessons from the Asian Financial Crisis	Joseph E. STIGLITZ Columbia University, USA
2	17-11-1998	The State-owned Enterprise Reform: Problems and Prospect	Justin Y.F. LIN Peking University, China
1	16-11-1998	The Chinese Economy: Current Situation and Long-term Prospect	Justin Y.F. LIN Peking University, China

Social Science Roundtable

No.	Date	Title	Speaker
8	24-10-2001	Within or Without the State – Macau's Economic Restructuring and Labour Relations Under the Transition Period	Maria I.R.b.T.de SOUSA Universiteit Van Amsterdam
7	03-10-2001	Impact of the 2001 Macau Legislature Election	1. Bolong LIU 2. Neman Ming Kei LAM 3. Kwok Man LUI University of Macau, Macau
6	19-09-2002	Depression Among the Elderly People	Kee Lee CHOU University of Macau, Macau
5	29-03-2001	Some Remarks on the Surplus Agricultural Labour in China	Fung KWAN University of Macau, Macau
4	16-03-2001	Reforming the China's Banking System	Dianqing XU University of Western Ontario, Canada
3	12-12-2000	Computer Aided Telephone Survey in Public Opinion: A Case of Opinion Survey for the Chief Executive's Policy Address in Macau	Kwokman LUI University of Macau, Macau
2	28-11-2000	China's WTO Accession and Its Implications for Macau and Hong Kong	Newman M.K.LAM University of Macau, Macau
1	14-11-2000	Hukou System in Contemporary China	T.J. CHENG University of Macau, Macau

Research Projects

Academic Year 1998/1999

Manufacturing Production Function in Macau: A Panel Econometric Analysis (Fung KWAN, RG002/98-99W/KF/FSH)

Academic Year 2000/2001

Is the Economic Growth in Macau Sustainable: TFP Growth in Macau's Manufacturing and Service Industries? (Fung KWAN, Zhaoyong ZHANG, Guang-zhen SUN, RG056/00-01S/KF/FSH)

Academic Year 2001/2002

Monetary Integration in the East Asian Region (Zhaoyong ZHANG, RG034/01-02S/ZYZ/FSH)

Foreign Direct Investment, TFP and Economic Convergence in the Chinese Economy (Zhaoyong ZHANG, RG035/01-02S/ZYZ/FSH)

Structure of Transaction Costs and the Structure of the Division of Labor (Guang-zhen SUN, RG065/01-02S/SGZ/FSH)

Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance Over Time: An Evolutionary Theory (Guang-zhen SUN, RG066/01-02S/SGZ/FSH)

Academic Year 2003/2004

Non-Additive Measure with Applications to Individual and Social Decision (Mingli ZHENG, RG093/03-04S/ZML/FSH)

Public Administration and Public Policy in Macao (Chun Wah LIU, Newman LAM, Alex CHOI, RG078/03-04S/NMKL/FSH)

Academic Year 2004/2005

Macao’s Competitiveness in the Region: From the Basic Economic and Social Indicators (Wai Hong HO, Fung KWAN, UMB/004/0021/2005)

Non-Additive Measure with Applications to Individual and Social Decision (Mingli ZHENG, RG093/03-04S/ZML/FSH, RG098/04-05S/C127)

Academic Year 2005/2006

Modeling Egalitarianism Consideration in Economics (Mingli ZHENG, RG0040/05-06S/ZML/FSH, RG040/05-06S/07R/ZML/FSH)

Academic Year 2006/2007

A Macroeconometric Model for Macao (Sir James MIRRLEES, Chi-shing CHAN, Wai Hong HO, Fung KWAN, Chun -wah LIU, Mingli ZHENG, RG080/06-07S/MJ/FSH)

Are There Economic Spillovers Across The Pan Pearl River Delta? (Yu CHEN, RG017/06-07S/CY/FSH)

Publications

Working Paper Series

· "Lesson from the Financial Crisis in Asia" by Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics (ECMC/WP/001)

· " Equity in Dyads: The Notion of "More Equitable" by Dominique Thon, Assistant Professor, Economics Progamme, University of Macau and Stein W. Wallace, Molde University College, Norway (ECMC/WP/002)

· "Saving and Growth with Habit Formation: A Comment" by Patrick Toche, Assistant Professor, Economics Programme, University of Macau (ECMC/WP003)

· "Refinements of Muirhead’s Lemma and Income Inequality" by Dominique Thon, Assistant Professor, Economics Progamme, University of Macau and Ronny Aboudi, Department of Management Science, University of Miami, U.S.A. (ECMC/WP/004)

· "Sources of Economic Growth: a Regional Analysis of the Post-1978 Pearl River Delta" by Christina Mak, Graduate Student of Department of Economics, University of Macau (ECMC/WP/005)

"Minimum Standard of Living in the First Best Income Distribution" by Mingli Zheng, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Macau (ECMC/WP/006)