{"id":14241,"date":"2022-05-12T10:50:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T02:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inttrade.thu.edu.tw\/en\/?p=14241"},"modified":"2026-07-09T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T08:02:13","slug":"assistant-professor-ku-chu-tsao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inttrade.thu.edu.tw\/en\/cat-faculty-1\/assistant-professor-ku-chu-tsao\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Professor, Ku-Chu Tsao"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Education<\/strong>\uff1a<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Ph.D. in Economics, National Dong Hwa University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.A. in Economics, National Dong Hwa University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.A. in Economics, Feng Chia University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Academic:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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2022~    Assistant Professor, Department of International Business, Tunghai  University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019~2022  Lecturer, Hubei University of Economics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Academic Services:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Review activity for Journal of Economics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Review activity for Journal of Industry, Competition, and Trade<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research Interests<\/strong>\uff1a<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Organization, International Trade Theory, Strategic Trade Policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courses Taught<\/strong>\uff1a<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Industrial Organization, International Trade Theory and Policy, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honors and Awards<\/strong>\uff1a<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Teaching Excellence Award, Tunghai University (2025\u20132026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Award for Newly Recruited Faculty, Tunghai University (2023\u20132024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grant for the Recruitment of Distinctive Talents, Tunghai University (2021\u20132022)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Journal Papers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong>, 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Wang, Mei-Chih, Fangjhy Li, Ku-Chu Tsao<\/strong>*, 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).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Tsao, Ku-Chu, Jin-Li Hu<\/strong>, 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\u201388. (SSCI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong>, Arijit Mukherjee, Achintya Ray (2022, Jan). Competition and Innovation in Markets with Technology Leaders. Games, 13(1), 9. (ESCI).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong>, 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\u2013100. (SSCI).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Conference Papers<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Ku-Chu Tsao<\/strong>, 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong> (2025, Jul). Foreign ownership, supply chain, and social welfare. International Conference On Applied Economics 2025. Bratislava, Slovakia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong> (2025, May). Vertical two-tier foreign ownership, supply shift by a vertically integrated foreign firm, and anti-competition. 2025 International Conference. Taiwan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong> (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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong> (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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong> (2024, Jun) Foreign Ownership, Technology Transfer, and Anti-Competition. The 19th meeting of the Asia Pacific Trade. Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Tsao, Ku-Chu <\/strong>(2024, Jun). Unilateral Carbon Emission Tax and Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility. 2024 International Conference on Business, Economics and Management for Resiliency.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong> (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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong>, 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong> (2018, Dec). Competition and Innovation. 2018 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Economic Association, Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taipei, Taiwan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. Tsao, Ku-Chu <\/strong>(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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong>, Shih-Jye Wu, Yan-Shu Lin (2015, Jan). Bargaining Power and Subcontracting Trade Policy. Global Research Conference, Goa, India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong>, 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Tsao, Ku-Chu<\/strong>, 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.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Tsao, Ku-Chu,<\/strong> and Yan-Shu Lin (2012, Dec). Local Infrastructure Development, Investment Levels, and Tax Competition. 2012 Annual Conference of the Taiwan Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      NSTC Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      1. 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 \u2013 2027\/07\/31.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. Two-Tier Foreign Passive Partial Ownership Regulation, Foreign Supply Chains, and Antitrust, NSTC 113-2410-H-029-049-, Principal Investigator, 2024\/08\/01 \u2013 2025\/10\/30.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      3. 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 \u2013 2024\/03\/31.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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        NSTC Undergraduate Research Program<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        1. 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 \u2013 Feb 2027.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. 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 \u2013 Feb 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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