2026 CAU International Conference on Advances in Economic Research

Chair: Chung-Han Yang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

• Chung-Han Yang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) “The Calvo Fairy Wears Hats: Trade and Inflation Dynamics”

• Yi-Chan Tsai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “Automation, Polarization, and Taxation”

• Yuchen Liu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “Foreign Exchange Intervention under Dominant Currency Paradigm: A New-Monetarist Approach”

Chair: Hoon Choi (Chung-Ang University, Korea)

• Hoon Choi (Chung-Ang University, Korea) “Cash for Creativity? Unconditional Grants and Artists’ Labor Supply”

• Kuan-Ming Chen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “Cats, Dogs, and Babies: Quasi-Experimental Evidence on Substitutes or Complements from Linked Administrative Records”

• Hyunjae Kang (Kyoto University, Japan) “College Slots and the Demand for Private Tutoring”

Chair: Tetsuya Hoshino (Kyoto University, Japan)

• Tetsuya Hoshino (Kyoto University, Japan) “Elections with Opinion Polls: Information Acquisition and Aggregation”

• Sungmin Park (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “What’s Your Strategy? Belief Formation in Games with Imperfect Feedback”

• Luosai Zhang (Shandong University, China) “Instantaneous Stability and the Dynamic Matchmaker Game”

• Ji-Woong Moon (Chung-Ang University, Korea) “Labor Market Dualism as an Equilibrium”

Chair: Yi-Chan Tsai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

• Mingyu Kim (Chung-Ang University, Korea) “The Starbucks Effect Revisited: Evidence on Local Floating Population from Seoul”

• Jhen-Tang Lin (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “Who Wants Low-quality Care? Evidence from Physician Exits”

• Yin-Yun Li (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “Cash or Commitment? Political Beliefs and Pension Decisions in Taiwan”

• Yotaro Ueno (Kyoto University, Japan) “A Model of Financial Inclusion with Goods Market Intermediaries”

Chair: Ji-Woong Moon (Chung-Ang University, Korea)

• Yota Isobe (Kyoto University, Japan) “Job Ladder with Career Requirements”

• Yu-Liang Hsiao (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “The Asymmetric Effects of Corporate Social Responsibility Engagement on Performance and Risk”

• Wei-Lin Tu (National Taiwan University, Taiwan) “Financial Frictions and Endogenous Corruption”