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Working papers

2026

  1. James Feigenbaum & Yi-Ju Hung & Marco Tabellini & Monia Tomasella, 2026, "Immigration Restrictions and Natives’ Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from the 1920s US Quota Acts," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin), number 26037, Jan.

2018

  1. Lai, Hung-pin & Kumbhakar, Subal C., 2018, "Estimation of Dynamic Stochastic Frontier Model using Likelihood-based Approaches," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 87830, Apr.

2012

  1. Hung-pin Lai & Wen-Jen Tsay, 2012, "Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Panel Sample Selection Model," IEAS Working Paper : academic research, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, number 12-A006, Aug, revised Oct 2012.

2007

  1. Sun, Chia-Hung & Hsu, Ming-Fei, 2007, "The Determinants of Price in Online Auctions: More Evidence from Quantile Regression," Economics Working Papers, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, number wp07-18.

2005

  1. Liu, Kang Ernest & Sun, Chia-Hung, 2005, "A Globally Flexible, Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System: An Application for Meat Demand in Taiwan," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association), number 19170, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.19170.

Journal articles

2025

  1. Wei-Chih Chen, 2025, "The impacts of policy restrictions on trade in services," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 57, issue 39, pages 6166-6181, August, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2024.2381835.

2023

  1. Wei-Chih Chen & Xiaohua Bao, 2023, "Technical barriers to trade and China’s exports: firm-level evidence," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 55, issue 17, pages 1919-1938, April, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2022.2100869.
  2. Hung-pin Lai & Subal C. Kumbhakar, 2023, "Indirect inference estimation of stochastic production frontier models with skew-normal noise," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 64, issue 6, pages 2771-2793, June, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-023-02412-y.

2022

  1. Hung-pin Lai & Kien C. Tran, 2022, "Persistent and transient inefficiency in a spatial autoregressive panel stochastic frontier model," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 58, issue 1, pages 1-13, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-022-00638-z.
  2. Lai Hung-pin & Subal C. Kumbhakar, 2022, "Panel Stochastic Frontier Model With Endogenous Inputs and Correlated Random Components," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 41, issue 1, pages 80-96, December, DOI: 10.1080/07350015.2021.2001341.

2021

  1. Lai, Hung-pin & Kumbhakar, Subal C., 2021, "A panel frontier system model with good and bad outputs and endogenous treatment decision," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 198, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109649.
  2. Kumbhakar, Subal C. & Lai, Hung-pin, 2021, "A multi-output multi-input stochastic frontier system with input- and output-specific inefficiency," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 201, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2021.109807.
  3. Hung-pin Lai, 2021, "Maximum simulated likelihood estimation of the seemingly unrelated stochastic frontier regressions," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 60, issue 6, pages 2943-2968, June, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-020-01962-9.

2020

  1. Hung-pin Lai & Cliff J. Huang & Tsu-Tan Fu, 2020, "Estimation of the production profile and metafrontier technology gap: a quantile approach," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 58, issue 6, pages 2709-2731, June, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-018-1589-2.
  2. Ruohao Zhang & Subal C. Kumbhakar & Hung-pin Lai, 2020, "Estimation of panel model with heteroskedasticity in both idiosyncratic and individual specific errors," Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 40, issue 4, pages 415-432, August, DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2020.1808372.
  3. Hung‐pin Lai & Subal C. Kumbhakar, 2020, "Estimation of a dynamic stochastic frontier model using likelihood‐based approaches," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 35, issue 2, pages 217-247, March, DOI: 10.1002/jae.2746.
  4. Meng-Chi Tang & Yi-Nong Wu, 2020, "Medical providers as double agents in a universal health care system: evidence from generic pharmaceutical adoption in Taiwan," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 59, issue 1, pages 169-203, July, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-019-01674-9.

2019

  1. Lai, Hung-pin & Kumbhakar, Subal C., 2019, "Technical and allocative efficiency in a panel stochastic production frontier system model," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 278, issue 1, pages 255-265, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2019.04.001.

2018

  1. Lai, Hung-pin & Kumbhakar, Subal C., 2018, "Endogeneity in panel data stochastic frontier model with determinants of persistent and transient inefficiency," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 162, issue C, pages 5-9, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.10.003.
  2. Lai, Hung-pin & Kumbhakar, Subal C., 2018, "Panel data stochastic frontier model with determinants of persistent and transient inefficiency," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, volume 271, issue 2, pages 746-755, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.04.043.
  3. Chen, Kong-Pin & Lai, Hung-pin & Yu, Ya-Ting, 2018, "The seller's listing strategy in online auctions: Evidence from eBay," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, volume 56, issue C, pages 107-144, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2017.11.003.
  4. Hung-pin Lai & Meng-Chi Tang, 2018, "Hospital efficiency under global budgeting: evidence from Taiwan," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 55, issue 3, pages 937-963, November, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-017-1317-3.
  5. Hung-Pin Lai & Wen-Jen Tsay, 2018, "Maximum simulated likelihood estimation of the panel sample selection model," Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 37, issue 7, pages 744-759, August, DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2016.1152657.
  6. Wen-Hsien Liu & Shu-Shih Weng, 2018, "On predicting the semiconductor industry cycle: a Bayesian model averaging approach," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 54, issue 2, pages 673-703, March, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1198-x.

2017

  1. Huang, Cliff J. & Lai, Hung-pin, 2017, "A note on the likelihood ratio test on the equality of group frontiers," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 155, issue C, pages 5-8, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.02.037.
  2. Cliff J. Huang & Tsu-Tan Fu & Hung-Pin Lai & Yung-Lieh Yang, 2017, "Semiparametric smooth coefficient quantile estimation of the production profile," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 52, issue 1, pages 373-392, February, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1072-x.
  3. Ji-Liang Shiu & Meng-Chi Tang, 2017, "A capable wife: couple’s joint decisions on labor supply and family chores," Empirical Economics, Springer, volume 53, issue 2, pages 827-851, September, DOI: 10.1007/s00181-016-1126-0.
  4. Tang, Meng-Chi, 2017, "Total factor productivity or labor productivity? Firm heterogeneity and location choice of multinationals," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, volume 49, issue C, pages 499-514, DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2017.03.016.

2016

  1. Tuan Anh Luong & Wei-Chih Chen, 2016, "Extensive and Intensive Margins of Exports and Labor Heterogeneity," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 20, issue 1, pages 201-213, February.
  2. Kumbhakar, Subal C. & Lai, Hung-pin, 2016, "Maximum likelihood estimation of the revenue function system with output-specific technical efficiency," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 138, issue C, pages 42-45, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2015.11.021.
  3. Wen-Hsien Liu & Hui-Fang Liang, 2016, "Will Domestic Imitative Threats Influence High-Tech Imports? Evidence from Taiwan," Journal of Economics and Management, College of Business, Feng Chia University, Taiwan, volume 12, issue 1, pages 37-60, February.
  4. Wen-Hsien Liu, 2016, "Intellectual Property Rights, FDI, R&D and Economic Growth: A Cross-country Empirical Analysis," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, volume 39, issue 7, pages 983-1004, July.
  5. Chiu, Yi-Bin & Sun, Chia-Hung D., 2016, "The role of savings rate in exchange rate and trade imbalance nexus: Cross-countries evidence," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 52, issue PB, pages 1017-1025, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2015.10.040.
  6. Ji-Liang Shiu & Meng-Chi Tang, 2016, "Household Preferences and Joint Decisions on Employer-Provided Health Insurance Access," Manchester School, University of Manchester, volume 84, issue 6, pages 723-748, December.

2015

  1. Hung-pin Lai, 2015, "Maximum likelihood estimation of the stochastic frontier model with endogenous switching or sample selection," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 43, issue 1, pages 105-117, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-014-0410-2.
  2. Liu, Wen-Hsien & Tsai, Pan-Long & Tsay, Ching-Lung, 2015, "Domestic impacts of outward FDI in Taiwan: Evidence from panel data of manufacturing firms," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, volume 39, issue C, pages 469-484, DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2015.07.011.
  3. Pan, Lee-Hsien & Lin, Chien-Ting & Lee, Shih-Cheng & Ho, Kung-Cheng, 2015, "Information ratings and capital structure," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, volume 31, issue C, pages 17-32, DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2015.01.011.
  4. Chung, Yu-Hsuan & Pan, Lee-Hsien & Huang, Shaio Yan & Chen, K.C., 2015, "Do firms change earnings management behavior after receiving financial forecast warnings?," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, volume 27, issue C, pages 1-17, DOI: 10.1016/j.gfj.2015.04.002.
  5. Meng-Chi Tang, 2015, "Contract Length, Expected Surplus, and Specific Investments," Journal of Sports Economics, , volume 16, issue 3, pages 295-311, April, DOI: 10.1177/1527002513486653.

2014

  1. Kong-Pin Chen & Hung-pin Lai & Ya-Ting Yu, 2014, "Do consumers discount parallel imports?," Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 21, issue 1, pages 58-77, March, DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2014.862906.
  2. Ji-Liang Shiu & Chia-Hung D. Sun, 2014, "The determinants of price in online auctions: more evidence from unbalanced panel data," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 41, issue 2, pages 382-392, February, DOI: 10.1080/02664763.2013.839639.

2013

  1. Xiaohua Bao & Wei-Chih Chen, 2013, "The Impacts of Technical Barriers to Trade on Different Components of International Trade," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, volume 17, issue 3, pages 447-460, August.
  2. Wei-Chih Chen, 2013, "The Extensive and Intensive Margins of Exports: The Role of Innovation," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, volume 36, issue 5, pages 607-635, May.
  3. Hung-pin Lai & Cliff Huang, 2013, "Maximum likelihood estimation of seemingly unrelated stochastic frontier regressions," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 40, issue 1, pages 1-14, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-012-0289-8.
  4. Hung-pin Lai, 2013, "Estimation of the threshold stochastic frontier model in the presence of an endogenous sample split variable," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 40, issue 2, pages 227-237, October, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-012-0319-6.
  5. Liu, Wen-Hsien & Chung, Ching-Fan & Chang, Kuang-Liang, 2013, "Inventory change, capacity utilization and the semiconductor industry cycle," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 31, issue C, pages 119-127, DOI: 10.1016/j.econmod.2012.11.027.
  6. Pan, Lee-Hsien & Lin, Chien-Ting & Yang, Pei-Chi, 2013, "Corporate governance, growth opportunities, and the choices of cross-listings: The case of Chinese ADRs," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, volume 24, issue C, pages 221-234, DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2013.07.002.
  7. Liu, Kang Ernest & Shiu, Ji-Liang & Sun, Chia-Hung, 2013, "How different are consumers in Internet auction markets? Evidence from Japan and Taiwan," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, volume 28, issue C, pages 1-12, DOI: 10.1016/j.japwor.2013.06.001.
  8. Tang Meng-Chi, 2013, "The Multitude of Alehouses: The Effects of Alcohol Outlet Density on Highway Safety," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, volume 13, issue 2, pages 1023-1050, August, DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2012-0051.
  9. Conlin, Michael & Orsini, Joe & Tang, Meng-Chi, 2013, "The effect of an agent’s expertise on National Football League contract structure," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 121, issue 2, pages 275-281, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.08.017.

2012

  1. Chen, Wei-Chih, 2012, "Innovation and duration of exports," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 115, issue 2, pages 305-308, DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.12.063.
  2. Cliff Huang & Hung-pin Lai, 2012, "Estimation of stochastic frontier models based on multimodel inference," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 38, issue 3, pages 273-284, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-011-0260-0.
  3. Chyi, Yih-Luan & Lai, Yee-Man & Liu, Wen-Hsien, 2012, "Knowledge spillovers and firm performance in the high-technology industrial cluster," Research Policy, Elsevier, volume 41, issue 3, pages 556-564, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2011.12.010.

2011

  1. Lee, Hsiu-Yun & Lai, Hung-Pin, 2011, "A structural threshold model of the exchange rate under optimal intervention," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, volume 30, issue 6, pages 931-946, October.

2010

  1. Hung-pin Lai & Cliff Huang, 2010, "Likelihood ratio tests for model selection of stochastic frontier models," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 34, issue 1, pages 3-13, August, DOI: 10.1007/s11123-009-0160-8.
  2. Lee, Chien-Chiang & Chiu, Yi-Bin & Sun, Chia-Hung, 2010, "The environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for water pollution: Do regions matter?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, volume 38, issue 1, pages 12-23, January.
  3. Chia-Hung Sun & Yi-Bin Chiu, 2010, "Taiwan's trade imbalance and exchange rate revisited," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 42, issue 7, pages 917-922, DOI: 10.1080/00036840701720937.
  4. Chiu, Yi-Bin & Lee, Chien-Chiang & Sun, Chia-Hung, 2010, "The U.S. trade imbalance and real exchange rate: An application of the heterogeneous panel cointegration method," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 3, pages 705-716, May.
  5. Chia-Hung Sun & Kang Liu, 2010, "Information asymmetry and small business in online auction market," Small Business Economics, Springer, volume 34, issue 4, pages 433-444, May, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9160-8.
  6. Chia‐Hung Sun, 2010, "The impact of auction characteristics on prices of agricultural products traded online: evidence from cherries," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, volume 41, issue 6, pages 587-594, November.

2009

  1. Yi‐Bin Chiu & Chia‐Hung Sun, 2009, "Economic interdependence and bilateral trade imbalance across the Taiwan Strait," Journal of Economic Studies, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, volume 36, issue 4, pages 411-432, September, DOI: 10.1108/01443580910983816.
  2. Chien-Chiang Lee & Yi-Bin Chiu & Chia-Hung Sun, 2009, "Does One Size Fit All? A Reexamination of the Environmental Kuznets Curve Using the Dynamic Panel Data Approach," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, volume 31, issue 4, pages 751-778, December.

2008

  1. Lai, Hung-pin, 2008, "Maximum likelihood estimation of singular systems of equations," Economics Letters, Elsevier, volume 99, issue 1, pages 51-54, April.
  2. Chia‐Hung Sun, 2008, "Asymmetric Information And Returns To Reputation In Online Auctions," Manchester School, University of Manchester, volume 76, issue 3, pages 336-348, June, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9957.2008.01063.x.
  3. Meng‐Chi Tang & Yih‐Luan Chyi, 2008, "Legal Environments, Venture Capital, And Total Factor Productivity Growth Of Taiwanese Industry," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, volume 26, issue 3, pages 468-481, July, DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2008.00105.x.

2007

  1. Wen-Hsien Liu, 2007, "Forecasting the semiconductor industry cycles by bootstrap prediction intervals," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 39, issue 13, pages 1731-1742, DOI: 10.1080/00036840600706995.
  2. Chia-Hung Sun, 2007, "Economic integration, efficiency change and technological progress," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 39, issue 5, pages 653-662, DOI: 10.1080/00036840500447690.

2006

  1. Liu, Wen-Hsien & Chyi, Yih-Luan, 2006, "A Markov regime-switching model for the semiconductor industry cycles," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, volume 23, issue 4, pages 569-578, July.
  2. Chia-Hung Sun, 2006, "Imperfect Competition, Economic Miracle, and Manufacturing Productivity Growth: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, volume 34, issue 3, pages 341-359, September, DOI: 10.1007/s11293-006-9020-3.

2005

  1. Wen-Hsien Liu & Ya-Chi Lin, 2005, "Foreign patent rights and high-tech exports: evidence from Taiwan," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 37, issue 13, pages 1543-1555, DOI: 10.1080/00036840500173155.
  2. Liu, Wen-Hsien, 2005, "Determinants of the semiconductor industry cycles," Journal of Policy Modeling, Elsevier, volume 27, issue 7, pages 853-866, October.
  3. Chia‐Hung Sun & Kaliappa P. Kalirajan, 2005, "Gauging The Sources Of Growth Of High‐Tech And Low‐Tech Industries: The Case Of Korean Manufacturing," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, volume 44, issue 2, pages 170-185, June, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8454.2005.00258.x.
  4. Chia-Hung Sun, 2005, "Productivity growth in East Asian manufacturing: a fading miracle or measurement problem?," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 17, issue 1, pages 1-19, DOI: 10.1002/jid.1128.

2004

  1. Sun, Chia-Hung, 2004, "Decomposing productivity growth in Taiwan's manufacturing, 1981-1999," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, volume 15, issue 4, pages 759-776, August.
  2. Chia-hung Sun, 2004, "Market Imperfection and Productivity Growth—Alternative Estimates for Taiwan," Journal of Productivity Analysis, Springer, volume 22, issue 1, pages 5-27, July, DOI: 10.1023/B:PROD.0000034689.54305.bc.

Chapters

2024

  1. Hung-pin Lai, 2024, "Indirect Inference of Stochastic Frontier Models," Advances in Econometrics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, "Essays in Honor of Subal Kumbhakar", DOI: 10.1108/S0731-905320240000046014.
  2. Hung-pin Lai & Subal C. Kumbhakar, 2024, "Indirect inference estimation of stochastic production frontier models with skew-normal noise," Advanced Studies in Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, Springer, in: Subal C. Kumbhakar & Robin C. Sickles & Hung-Jen Wang, "Advances in Applied Econometrics", DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-48385-1_13.

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