- TEL：(04)2359-0121#35312
- E-mail：tsaokc@thu.edu.tw
- Position：Assistant Professor, Department of International Business, Tunghai University
Education：
Ph.D. in Economics, National Dong Hwa University
M.A. in Economics, National Dong Hwa University
B.A. in Economics, Feng Chia University
Academic:
2022~ Assistant Professor, Department of International Business, Tunghai University
2019~2022 Lecturer, Hubei University of Economics.
Academic Services:
Review activity for Journal of Economics
Review activity for Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade
Research Interests：
Industrial Organization, International Trade Theory, Strategic Trade Policy
Courses Taught：
Industrial Organization, International Trade Theory and Policy, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economics
Honors and Awards：
Teaching Excellence Award, Tunghai University (2025–2026)
Research Award for Newly Recruited Faculty, Tunghai University (2023–2024)
Grant for the Recruitment of Distinctive Talents, Tunghai University (2021–2022)
Journal Papers
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Yan-Shu Lin, Yen-Ju Lin (2023, Oct) Centralized decision strategy in ownership investments and export policy. The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 33(7), 1397-1409.
- Wang, Mei-Chih, Fangjhy Li, Ku-Chu Tsao*, Chih-Ping Yu, Wen-Hui Chiang (2023, Jul). House Price, Stock Price, and Dependence in Indonesia and Malaysia: Evidence from Wavelet-based Quantile-on-Quantile Regressions. Empirical Economics Letter, 22 (7). (EconLit).
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Jin-Li Hu, Hong Hwang, Yan-Shu Lin (2023, Feb). More licensed technologies may make it worse: a welfare analysis of licensing vertically two-tier foreign technologies. Journal of Economics, 139,71–88. (SSCI).
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Arijit Mukherjee, Achintya Ray (2022, Jan). Competition and Innovation in Markets with Technology Leaders. Games, 13(1), 9. (ESCI).
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Shih-Jye Wu, Jin-Li Hu, Yan-Shu Lin (2019, Jan). Subcontracting bargaining power and the trade policy. Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 28(1), 82–100. (SSCI).
Conference Papers
- Ku-Chu Tsao, Yu-Xuan Tian, Ping-Yao Chou (2026, Jun). CBAT, Emission Taxes, and Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility 2026 Feng Chia Conference: The Fourth Symposium on Sustainable Economy and Green Finance Cooperation, Taichung, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2025, Jul). Foreign ownership, supply chain, and social welfare. International Conference On Applied Economics 2025. Bratislava, Slovakia.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2025, May). Vertical two-tier foreign ownership, supply shift by a vertically integrated foreign firm, and anti-competition. 2025 International Conference. Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2025, Jan). Foreign ownership, technology transfer, and anti-competition. International Trade and Academic Conference in Honor of Professor Hong Hwang on Their Retirement, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2024, Dec). Foreign ownership, technology transfer, and anti-competition. 2024 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Economic Association, College of Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2024, Jun) Foreign Ownership, Technology Transfer, and Anti-Competition. The 19th meeting of the Asia Pacific Trade. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2024, Jun). Unilateral Carbon Emission Tax and Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility. 2024 International Conference on Business, Economics and Management for Resiliency.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2023, Nov). The welfare analysis of anti-competitiveness in the presence of corporate social responsibility. 2023 International Conference on Business, Economics, and Management for Sustainability, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Yan-Shu Lin (2023, Oct). Does Innovation Act as A Catalyst for An Online Store? 2023 Inter-University Academic Conference, Department of Economics, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2018, Dec). Competition and Innovation. 2018 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Economic Association, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu (2016, Jul). An exploratory study of optimal trade policies, corporate control and foreign ownership regulation. Academy of World Business Marketing and Management Development Conference. Cracow, Poland.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Shih-Jye Wu, Yan-Shu Lin (2015, Jan). Bargaining Power and Subcontracting Trade Policy. Global Research Conference, Goa, India.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Yan-Shu Lin, and Hong Hwang (2016, Dec). “Market Structure and Process R&D. 2016 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Economic Association. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, Shih-Jye Wu, and Yan-Shu Lin (2014, Dec). Bargaining Power and OEM Trade Policy. 2014 Joint Annual Conference of the Taiwan Economic Association and the Taiwan Efficiency and Productivity Society. Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Tsao, Ku-Chu, and Yan-Shu Lin (2012, Dec). Local Infrastructure Development, Investment Levels, and Tax Competition. 2012 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan.
NSTC Projects
- Information Disclosure Strategies and Welfare Analysis of Asymmetric Competition in Two-Sided Markets: A Theoretical Study on Gray Markets and Hybrid Platforms, NSTC 115-2410-H-029-048-, Principal Investigator, 2026/08/01 – 2027/07/31.
- Two-Tier Foreign Passive Partial Ownership Regulation, Foreign Supply Chains, and Antitrust, NSTC 113-2410-H-029-049-, Principal Investigator, 2024/08/01 – 2025/10/30.
- Foreign Investment Regulatory Policies for Promoting Technology Transfer and Antitrust Under Different Market Structures, NSTC 112-2410-H-029-001-, Principal Investigator, 2023/04/01 – 2024/03/31.
NSTC Undergraduate Research Program
- Research Advisor, “Entry Modes and Welfare Analysis of Foreign Platforms in Two-Sided Markets,” NSTC Research Grant for Undergraduate Students (Student: Ying-Chi Lin), 115-2813-C-029-030-H, Jul 2026 – Feb 2027.
- Research Advisor, “Forward Cross-Ownership, Foreign Supply Chains, and Anti-Competitive Behavior,” NSTC Research Grant for Undergraduate Students (Student: Yu-Ting Li), 114-2813-C-029-038-H, Jul 2025 – Feb 2026.