Shih Tang Hwu

Shih Tang Hwu

Associate Professor, Economics Department, College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences

Courses

 Taught at Cal Poly Pomona (2018-2024)

EC 2201   Microeconomic Principles

EC 2202   Microeconomic Principles

EC 3332/3322A  Economic Statistics

EC 4444  Econometrics

EC 4445  Economic Forecasting

EC 5502  Quantitative Preparation

EC 5552 Econometrics I

EC 5553 Econometrics II

EC 6660 Public Finance

 

Academic Positions

Graduate Coordinator Economics Cal State Polytechnic U., Pomona 2024-present
Associate Professor Economics Cal State Polytechnic U., Pomona 2022-present
Assistant Professor Economics Cal State Polytechnic U., Pomona 2018-2022

Education

Degree Institution Year Field
Ph.D. University of Washington 2018 Economics
M.A. University of Washington 2014 Economics
M.A. National Tsing Hua University 2010 Economics
B.B.A. National Taipei University 2008 Statistics

Publications

"Noncompliance with the Estate Tax in Taiwan," (in Chinese), with Shih-Ying Wu, Taiwan Economics Review, 40, 389-420, 2012.

 

 "Estimating Trend Inflation Based on Unobserved Components Models: Is It Correlated with the Inflation Gap?" with Chang-Jin Kim, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 51, 2305-2319, 2019.

 

"An N-State Endogenous Markov-Switching Model with Applications in Macroeconomics and Finance," with Chang-Jin Kim and Jeremy Piger, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 25, 1937-1965, 2021 (Lead Article).

 

"Estimation and Efficiency Evaluation of Stochastic Frontier Models with Interval Dependent Variables," with Tsu-Tan Fu and Wen-Jen Tsay, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 56, 33-44, 2021.

 

Markov-Switching Models with Unknown Error Distributions: Identification and Inference within the Bayesian Framework," with Chang-Jin Kim, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, 28, 177-199, 2024.

Conference Presentation

Conference Year
96th Annual Conference, WEAI 2021
2019 North American Meeting of the Econometric Society 2019
26th Symposium of the SNDE 2018
Taiwan Economics Research 2017
3rd Seattle-Vancouver Econometrics Conference 2016
24th Symposium of the SNDE 2016
MTI Brownbag, University of Washington 2016
Applied Economics Conference, University of Washington 2015
87th Annual Conference, WEAI 2013

Awards/Grants

Teacher-Scholar Award Cal State Polytechnic U., Pomona 2023
Teacher-Scholar Award Cal State Polytechnic U., Pomona 2021
Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award Cal State Polytechnic U., Pomona 2020
Grover and Creta Ensley Fellowship in Economic Policy University of Washington 2016