DEREK TAI-WEI LIU Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Office: +86-21-35301127 School of Public Economics and Administration Fax: +86-21-65104294 777 Guoding Road Email: liu.taiwei@mail.shufe.edu.cn Shanghai, China 200433 Website: sites.google.com/site/derektaiweiliu ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2012-present Assistant Professor, School of Public Economics and Administration, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics 2011-12 Postdoctoral Fellow, U.S.-China Institute, 2011-12 Adjunct Professor, School of Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate University 2009-2011 Lecturer,, University of California, San Diego 2010-2011 Lecturer,, San Diego State University EDUCATION Degrees 2011 Ph.D. Political Science, Committee: Susan Shirk, Stephan Haggard, Barry Naughton, Megumi Naoi, and Langche Zeng 2005 M.P.P. Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago 2001 B.A., National Taiwan University Quantitative Training (Graduate level) Price Theory series (taught by Gary Becker, Kevin Murphy, Philip Reny, and Derek Neal), Department of Economics, University of Chicago Game Theory (taught by Roger Myerson), Department of Economics, University of Chicago Quantitative Training (Undergraduate level) Analysis in R n series (Department of Mathematics, University of Chicago) Statistical Theory and Method series (Department of Statistics, University of Chicago) WORK IN PROGRESS The Politics of Social Spending in China: The Role of Career Incentives, The Lame-Duck Status in Authoritarian Regimes: A Natural Experiment of Mandatory Retirement Age in China, The Two-Tiered Relations between China and North Korea: A Central-Local Conflict in China, with Stephan Haggard The Political Economy of Promotions in China: Evidence from the Provincial Level Liu: CV page 1
BOOK REVIEWS Andrew C. Mertha, China s Water Warriors: Citizen Action and Policy Change. Journal of East Asian Studies Peace Research 11, 1 (2011) FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS 2011-12 Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2011 UCSD Dean of Social Sciences Travel Grant 2010-11 UCSD Political Science Departmental Fellowship 2010 UCSD Dean of Social Sciences Travel Grant 2009-10 IU Foundation Global Leaders Scholarship 2009 UCSD International Center Friends of the International Center Scholarship 2008-09 National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Grant (Award #: SES-0819122) 2008-09 Visiting Researcher, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 2007-08 Social Science Research Council Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship 2007 UCSD Institute for International, Comparative, and Area Studies Travel Grant 2005-07 Taiwan Rotary International Club Chung-Hwa Rotary Educational Fund 2004 George Mason University Center for Public Choice Study Travel Grant INVITED TALKS China, the New Faces in China Studies Conference, Duke University, Durham, NC, April 27, 2012 The Politics of Social Spending in China: The Role of Career Ambitions, Conference of the Department of Political Economy, Peking University School of Government, Beijing, China, December 16-18, 2011 The Politics of Social Goods Provision in China Conference of Public Budgeting and Financial Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China, December 10-11, 2011 CONFERENCES Presentations The Politics of Promotion in China: Evidence from the Provincial Level, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, August 30-September 2, 2012 China, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, August 30-September 2, 2012 The Political Logic of Promotion in China: Evidence from the Provincial Level Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2012 Liu: CV page 2
The Two-Tiered Relations between China and North Korea: A Central-Local Conflict in China, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2012 The Political Logic of Promotion in China: Evidence from the Provincial Level Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, San Diego, CA, April 4-7, 2012 China, Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, San Diego, CA, April 4-7, 2012 The Two-Tiered Relations between China and North Korea: A Central-Local Conflict in China, co-authored with Stephan Haggard, Annual Meeting of the Southwest Political Science Association, San Diego, CA, April 4-7, 2012 Central Control vs. Decentralization in Authoritarian Systems: Public Goods Provision in China, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2011 The Lame Duck Status in Non-Democracies: The Mandatory Retirement Age and Politicians Policy Preferences in China, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, March 31-April 3, 2011 Central Control vs. Decentralization in Authoritarian Systems: Career Incentives and Public Goods Provision in China, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., September 2-5, 2010 The Political Logic of Local Social Spending in China, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 22-25, 2010 The Time-Horizon of Local Officials and the Provision of Social Goods: the Case of China, Conference of the Relations of China and the World, China Reform Forum, Beijing, China, March 6, 2009 The Political Logic of Social Goods Provision: Local Social Spending in China after 1994, Conference of Social Policy and Public Goods, China Reform Forum, Beijing, China, September 12, 2008 The Political Economy of the Financing of Social Policy in China, Conference of Social Welfare Provision, China Reform Forum, Beijing, China, August 2, 2007 Panels Chair and co-organizer, panel on Social Safety Nets in China and Other Countries, Conference of the China Reform Forum, Beijing China, December 7, 2008 Participant International Studies Association Annual Convention. San Diego, CA. March 22-25, 2006 Public Choice Outreach Conference. Fairfax, VA, June 3-6, 2004 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor Introduction to Game Theory (SPE 315), School of Politics and Economics, Claremont Graduate University, Spring 2012 Liu: CV page 3
Introduction to Game Theory (Poli 270),, University of California, San Diego, Summer 2010 and Summer 2011 Political Institutions of East Asian Countries (Poli 133D),, Unversity of California, San Diego, Summer 2011 Governments and Politics in East Asia (PS 362),, San Diego State University, Fall 2010 Politics of PRC (Poli 130B),,, Summer 2009 and Winter 2010 Teaching Assistant Ethics of War (Poli 28),, UCSD, 2011 World Poverty (Intl 102), International Studies Program, UCSD, 2011 Comparative Parties and Interest Groups (Poli 137a),, UCSD, 2010 Political Economy of Drugs (Poli 145a),, UCSD, 2006 and 2009 1 st Year Chinese (Intermediate Level), Chinese Studies Program, UCSD, 2007-2008 2 nd Year Chinese (Advanced Level), Chinese Studies Program, UCSD, 2007-2008 Holocaust (Poli 138d),, UCSD, 2006 Statistical Methods and Models II (Stat 235), Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, 2005 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2011 Research Assistant: China-DPRK Project Professor Stephan Haggard,, UCSD 2009 Research Assistant: Media in China Professor Susan Shirk,, UCSD 2008 Research Assistant: Database on East Asian Electoral System Professor Gary Cox,, UCSD 2006-07 Research Assistant: Political Economy of US-China-Japan Trade Professor Megumi Naoi,, UCSD PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2004 Summer Intern: 2004 US Congressional Elections Formosan Association for Public Affairs, Washington, DC 2001-03 Principal Trumpet (Military Service) Ministry of National Defense Symphony Orchestra, Taipei, Taiwan 2000 Legislative Assistant Intern: Campaign Strategy Legislator Shen, Fu-hsiung, Taipei, Taiwan FIELD RESEARCH Conferences and Interviews in China: July-August 2006; September-December 2011 Liu: CV page 4
Interviews and data collection in China: July-September 2007; July 2008-June 2009 LANGUAGES Mandarin Chinese (native); English (fluent); Hokkien Chinese (fluent); Cantonese Chinese (beginner); Japanese (beginner) SOFTWARE STATA and R (statistical programs); Excel, Word, and PowerPoint (Microsoft programs); Acrobat Writer and Photoshop (Adobe programs) REFERENCES Susan Shirk Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (858) 822-4349 sshirk@ucsd.edu Emerson Niou Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0204 (919) 660-4307 niou@duke.edu Daniel C. Lynch School of International Relations Los Angeles, CA 90089-0043 (213) 740-0773 dlynch@usc.edu Megumi Naoi (858) 534-0027 mnaoi@ucsd.edu Clayton Dube U.S.-China Institute Los Angeles, CA 90089-1262 (213) 821-4382 cdube@usc.edu Stephan Haggard School of International Relations and Pacific Studies La Jolla, CA 92093-0519 (858) 534-5781 shaggard@ucsd.edu Yuan Ting California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA 92834-9480 (657) 278-3270 yting@fullerton.edu Barry Naughton School of International Relations and Pacific Studies La Jolla, CA 92093-0519 (858) 534-2481 bnaughton@ucsd.edu Eric Heikkila Sol Price School of Public Policy Los Angeles, CA 90089-0626 (213) 821-1037 heikkila@usc.edu Langche Zeng (858) 822-0581 lazeng@ucsd.edu Liu: CV page 5