COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Department of Industrial Economics
Degrees Offered: B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
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Chair: Liang, Wen-jung
The Department
The Department of Industrial Economics was derived from the previous Department of Cooperative Economics in 1992. Our teaching objective is to provide students with basic knowledge in the field of Industrial Economics and to prepare them both for further studies and future employment. We also encourage student's enthusiasm and promote their ability in research. To sum up, our goal is to make this department a research center of Taiwan's premier industrial economics.
The Graduate Institute of Industrial Economics was established in 1993. Its teaching objectives are to train students to have a professional knowledge of Industrial Economics and a strong ability for further study and employment. Furthermore, we stimulate the students' enthusiasm and ability for advanced research.
Faculty
Professors
Mai, Chao-cheng ; Shiau, Fung-shyung ; Hsu, Song-ken ; Liang, Wen-jung ; Hu, Ming-wen
Associate Professors
Chuang, Mong-han ; Tsai, Ching-ting ; Chen, Yi-heng ; Hu, Teng-yuan ; Chen, Ming-yuan ; Lin, Chun-hung
Assistant Professors
Hung, Ming-feng ; Lin Pei-chien ; Hung, Hsiao-wen ; Lee, Shun-fa
Degree Requirements
The Department of Industrial Economics offers one program at the undergraduate level (Bachelor of Business) and two programs at the graduate level (Master's and Ph.D.). The degree requirements for the programs are as follows:
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Requirements for a Bachelor in Industrial Economics:
Successful completion of 144 credits of courses, including 117 credits of required courses and 20 credits of elective industrial economics courses. - Requirements for a Master's in Industrial Economics:
Successful completion of 33 credits of courses, including 23 credits of required courses and 10 credits of elective courses offered in the department.
Students are also required to submit a written master's thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member, and pass an oral examination. - Requirements for a degree of Ph.D. in Industrial Economics:
Successful completion of 40 credits of courses, including 18 credits of required courses and 22 credits of elective courses offered in the department.
There is a publication requirement before graduation. Students have to refer to the department for the requirement. Students are also required to submit a written doctoral dissertation completed under the supervision of a faculty member, and pass an oral examination.
Course Descriptions
Undergraduate Courses
B0061 Marketing (2/2) This course presents an analysis of marketing strategies and their effects.
B0124 Econometrics (2/2) Trainings on econometrics and the related software.
B0146 Public Finance (2/2) The first semester is devoted to the introduction of finance, public revenue, and introduction to taxation; the second semester deals with taxation particulars, public bonds, financial policy, and financial administration.
B0202 International Finance (3/0) This course discusses some basic issues in International Finance, such as the basic components in the balance of payments, various models of the determination of exchange rates and other economic variables.
B0251 Industrial Policy (3/0) This course conducts an economic analysis of Industrial Policy.
B0253 Industrial Economics (2/2) This course studies how productive activities and demand for goods and services through some organizing mechanism, and how variations and imperfections in the organizing mechanism affect an economy's wants.
B0263 Money and Banking (2/2) This course deals with the nature and functions of money and finance, commercial banking, central banking, monetary theory, and international monetary relations.
B0301 Economics Mathematics (2/2) This is an elementary introduction to mathematical tools used by economists.
B0302 Economics (3/3) This is an elementary course in economics, including an introduction to microeconomics and macroeconomics.
B0130 Microeconomics (3/3) This is an introduction to modern microeconomic theories, including consumer, firm, market competition, welfare theories.
B0373 Macroeconomics (3/3) This is a course on modern macroeconomic theories, including national income and output, consumption, investment, government finance, monetary policy, etc.
B0453 Financial Management (2/2) Topics of this course include current assets management, capital budgeting, financing policy, and capital structure.
B0475 Economics of Regulation (0/3) This course provides an introduction of the theory of government activities, methods of policy analysis, and the theoretical analyses of the effects of various policies.
B0481 Business Management (2/2) This course provides an introduction of basic theory and practice of management. It can develop students' capability of environmental recognition, adaptation, and creation.
Master's Program
B0253 Industrial Economics (3/0) This is an advanced course in market structure and firm strategies.
B0364 Industrial Organization (I) (3/0) This is an advanced course in firm organization, market structure and firm strategies.
B0365 Industrial Organization (II) (0/3) This course presents an advanced introduction to the newly developed fields in IO, including e-commerce, spatial competition, transaction cost, network externality, etc.
B0373 Intermediate Macroeconomics (3/0) This course presents an advanced introduction to New Classical and New Keyesian theories.
B0475 Regulatory Economics (0/3) This is an advanced course in market failure and the associated regulatory measures, including antitrust regulations.
B0531 Microeconomics (I) (3/0) This course offers an advanced introduction to consumer and firm theories.
B0532 Microeconomics (II) (0/3) This course offers an advanced introduction to market competition and welfare theories.
B0534 Econometrics (I) (3/0) This course offers an advanced training in econometrics and the related software.
B0535 Econometrics (II) (0/3) This course offers an advanced training in econometrics and the related software.
B0632 Theory of Price (I) (3/0) This course offers an advanced introduction to consumer and firm theories.
B0633 Theory of Price (II) (0/3) This course offers an advanced introduction to market competition and welfare theories.
B0720 Fiscal and Monetary Policy (3/0) This course offers an advanced course in fiscal and monetary policies and their effects.
S0426 Quantitative Analysis (II) (0/3) This course offers an advanced training in econometric modeling and the related software.
S0677 Quantitative Analysis (I) (3/0) This course offers an advanced training in econometrics and the related software.
Ph.D. Program
B0712 Advanced Econometrics (3/0) This course is intended for 1st year Ph.D. students in economics. The design is to provide a foundation for modern econometric theories, which can be applied in empirical analysis in microeconomics and macroeconomics.
B0981 Advanced Microeconomics (I) (3/0) This course provides basic trainings for Ph.D. students in economics to prepare for academic research. Game theory and its applications will be emphasized.
B0982 Advanced Microeconomics (II) (0/3) This course provides an advanced training for Ph.D. students in economics to prepare for academic research. Students are required to read a category of papers and to hand in a qualified term paper.
B0983 Advanced Industrial Economics (I) (3/0) This course is the first part of the advanced IO course for Ph.D. and well prepared Master's students. It is designed to further graduate students' knowledge about recent topics and methods of the field of IO. The students enrolled are supposed to have already been familiar with basic IO concepts.
B0984 Advanced Industrial Economics (II) (0/3) This course intends to give students a full exposition of theoretical and empirical work in industrial organizations. Topics include market concentration, industry dynamic, R&D, international spillovers and intellectual property rights.
B0985 Advanced Intermediate Macroeconomics (0/3) This course introduces students to a number of areas of study in modern macroeconomics. We will start by briefly reviewing a subset of methods used for the solution of dynamic macroeconomic models. We will turn to dynamic models of the macroeconomy which focus on real variables. We'll begin by taking a look at real business cycle models, the basic building block of modern neoclassical macroeconomics. Then, we'll look at various extensions of the basic model: sticky price and wage models, models of imperfect competition, and models with externalities. In the last part of the course, we'll look at endogenous growth models with(out) money. In particular, we'll look at both business cycle and endogenous growth models with monetary shocks and models of optimal monetary policy.
