Chi-ming Hou
Chi-ming Hou | |
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侯繼明 | |
| Born | 3 December 1924 |
| Died | 22 August 1991 (aged 66) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Fu Jen Catholic University University of Oregon Columbia University |
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| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | Colgate University Brookings Institution Harvard University Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research |
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| Traditional Chinese | 侯繼明 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 侯继明 | ||||||||
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Chi-ming Hou (Chinese: 侯繼明, 3 December 1924 – 22 August 1991) was an American economist.
Biography[edit]
Hou was born on December 3, 1924, in Zhili (now Hebei), Republic of China. He obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Fu Jen Catholic University in 1945, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1949, a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1954.[citation needed]
Since 1956, he has successively served a faculty, Charles A. Dana Professor, Head of Economics Department, Director of Division Social Superior at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He is also a research professor at Brookings Institution (1965-1966) and a Research fellow in Chinese economics studies at Harvard University (1959-1962).[citation needed]
He was a Fulbright Lecturer in Taiwan in 1970–1971. Since 1981 he became a Visiting Senior Research Fellow of Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research.
Contributions and recognition[edit]
Hou's representative work is Foreign Investment Economic Development in China 1840-1937,[1] he has been listed as a noteworthy Economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.[citation needed] In addition, he worked with Sho-Chieh Tsiang and Tzong-Shian Yu to study Taiwan's industrial upgrading,[2] and has also cooperated with Lin Chuan and others to study the feasibility of establishing public and railway transportation funds in Taiwan.[3]
- Member, American Economics Association (AEA).
- Member, Association for Asian Studies (AAS).
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Chi-Ming Hou | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
- Foreign Investment and Economic Development in China, 1840-1937 — Chi-ming Hou | Harvard University Press
- Chi-Ming Hou at Find a Grave
References[edit]
- ^ R. Keith Schoppa, The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. p.242.
- ^ 蔣碩傑、于宗先、侯繼明等共同計劃主持(1988)，「利用外資引進技術以促進我國產業技術升級，經濟部投資業務處」，台北，中華經濟研究院。
- ^ 建立公、鐵路運輸基金之可行性研究 | 財團法人中華經濟研究院
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