◆◇學術研討會◆◇ Taipei International Conference on Efficiency and Productivity Growth 時間：六月廿日至廿一日（星期五、六） 主辦單位：本院經濟研究所、國立台灣大學經濟系 會議地點：經濟研究所Ｂ棟一樓會議廳 Thursday June 19, 1997 15：00∼18：30 Registration(Activity Center, Academia Sinica) 18：30∼21：00 Reception(Activity Center, Academia Sinica) Friday June 20, 1997 08：30∼09：00 Welcome and Opening Remarks 09：00∼10：30 Keynote Addresses Chair：Tzong-Shian Yu Dale W. Jorgenson：Investment and Growth. C. A. Knox Lovell：An Alternative Tale of Two Cities. 11：00∼12：30 Session A1：Productivity Growth：Asian-Pacific Experience Chair：Chi Schive James H. Gapinski：Economic Growth in the Asian-Pacific Region. Sebastien Dessus：Total Factor Productivity and Outward Orientation in Taiwan： What is the Nature of the Relationship? V.V. Bhanoji Rao, David T. Owyong：Sources of Growth in the Singapore Economy and Its Manufacturing and Service Sectors. Sangdal Shim：Strategical Issues on Structural Reform：Lessons from Korea's Labor Market Reform. Discussant：M. Ishaq Nadiri Session B1：Efficiency in Banking in Taiwan Chair：Cliff J. Huang Show-Ling Jang, Chun-Hsin Chou：Efficiency in the Taiwan Banking Industry. Bih-Shiow Chen：A Study on the Efficiency of Domestic Banks in Taiwan. Jonchi Shyu：Deregulation and Bank Operating Efficiency--An Empirical Study of Taiwan's Banks. Tai-Hsin Huang：A Parametric Estimation of Bank Efficiencies Using a Flexible Profit Function with Panel Data. Discussant：C.A. Knox Lovell 14：00∼15：30 Session A2：Public Policy and Productivity Growth Chair：Dale W. Jorgenson John R. Norsworthy：TFP Measurement for Price Cap Regulation of Local Exchange Carriers and the Rate of Return on Capital. Chi-Chu Chou：Fertility, Schooling and Economic Growth. Wim P.M. Vijverberg：Non-Farm Enterprises in Vietnam. Nimai M. Mehta：Services and Unbalanced Growth ：Unproductive Labor Revisited in the Philippines. Discussant：Spiro E. Stefanou Session B2：Stochastic Frontier Modeling Chair：Rolf Fare George E. Battese, Sumiter S. Broca： Functional Forms of Stochastic Frontier Production Functions and Models for Technical Inefficiency Effects：A Comparative Study for Wheat Farmers in Pakistan. Cilff J. Huang, Tsu-tan Fu：An Average Derivative Estimation of Stochastic Frontiers. Julie Millington, George Docwra：An Economic Analysis of the Performance of Bulk Port Terminals in Queensland. Rafael Alvarez Cuesta：A Production Model with Firm-Specific Temporal Variation in Technical Efficiency. Discussant：Robin C. Sickles 16：00∼17：30 Session A3：Total Factor Productivity Across Countries Chair：Cyrus Chin-Yi Chu Kai-Sun Kwong, Lawrence J. Lau, Tzong-Biau Lin ：The Impact of Relocation on the Total Factor Productivity of Hong Kong Manufacturing. Rugayah Mohamed：Total Factor Productivity and Market Structure of Selected Manufacturing Firms in Malaysia. Clifford D. Clark, Jung-Chao Liu：The Social Productivity of Town and Village Enterprises. Discussant：J.R. Norsworthy Session B3：Efficiency in Manufacturing Chair：Finn R. Forsund Yong Cao：Output Fluctuations and Improvement of Technical Efficiency in the Singapore Manufacturing Industries. Jinghai Zheng, Xiaoxuan Liu, Arne Bigsten： Technical Efficiency and the Speed of Employment Adjustment：The Case of Chinese Cement Enterprises (1986-1990). Nosratollah Nafar：Efficiency of Public and Private Textile Enterprises in Iran. Mats Graner：Foreign Ownership, Factor Proportions and Technical Efficiency： The Case of the Chilean Chemical Sector. Discussant：Jonathan E. Leightner Saturday June 21, 1997 9：00∼10：30 Session A4：Sources of Growth Comparisons Chair：Jung Chao Liu Kevin J. Fox, W. Erwin Diewert：Technological Bias and Price Elasticity Estimates for 18 OECD Countries, 1960-1992. M. Ishaq Nadiri, Wanpyo Son：Sources of Growth in East Asian Economies. Ji Chou：Total Factor Productivity, Economic Growth, and Trade Activities－A Regression Analysis with Cross Country Data. Yanrui Wu：Productivity Growth, Catch-Up and Convergence in China's Reforming Economy. Discussant：James H. Gapinski Session B4：Efficiency in Hospital Industry and Pollution Management Chair：Paul K. C. Liu Tetsuji Yamada, Tadashi Yamada, Chang Gun Kim, Haruko Noguchi：Efficiency of Hospitals in Japan：A Stochastic Frontier Approach. Chung-Huang Huang, Tsu-tan Fu：Efficiency Measurement of Public Waste Water Treatment Plants in Taiwan. Joan Lo：Hospital Productivity in Taiwan－A Malmquist Index Approach. Discussant：George E. Battese 11：00∼12：30 Session A5：Productivity in Manufacturing in Taiwan Chair：Yun-Peng Chu Chi-Yuan Liang：Productivity Growth in Taiwan's Manufacturing Industry,1961-93. S.H. Hsu：Measurement of TFP Growth and Bias in Technological Changes in Taiwan's Banking Industry with and Emphasis on Agricultural `Bank Failures' Problem. Wen-Fu Lee：Productivity, Efficiency and Technical Change：The Case of Taiwan's Essential Goods Industries. Chi-Yuan Lin：Production Technology and Productivity of the Construction Sector in Taiwan. Discussant：Lee G. Branstetter Session B5：Data Envelopment Analysis Chair：C.A. Knox Lovell Kuo-Ping Chang：The Relative Efficiency of Public versus Private Municipal Bus Firms：A Revisit. Tim Coelli：A Multi-Stage Methodology for the Solution of Orientated DEA Models. Finn R. Forsund：The Malmquist Productivity Index, TFP and Scale. Dexiang Wang, Dehui Xu：A Note on Formulating Price Support System of Cereal Production with Efficiency Criteria. Discussant：Rolf Fare 14：00∼15：30 Session A6：Technology and Productivity Growth Chair：Masahiro Kuroda Lee G. Branstetter：Are Knowledge Spillovers International or Intranational in Scope? Microeconometric Evidence from the U.S. and Japan. Been-Lon Chen, Jing-Yi Chen, Mei Hsu： Technology Adoption and Technical Efficiency in a Developing Economy：Foreign Investment Led versus Export Performance Promoted. Jong-Rong Chen：Technological Source and Technological Capability. Pinar Celikkol, Spiro E. Stefanou：Measuring the Impact of Price-Induced Innovation on Technological Progress： Application to the U.S. Food Processing and Distribution Sector. Discussant：Wim P.M. Vijverberg Session B6：Efficiency Across Countries Chair：George E. Battese Seung C. Ahn, David H. Good, Robin C. Sickles ：A Dynamic Frontier Approach to Assessing the Relative Efficiency of Asian and North American Airline Firms. Khem R. Sharma, Ping Sun Leung, Halina M. Zaleski：Technical, Allocative, and Economic Efficiencies in Swine Production in Hawaii：A Comparison of Parametric and Nonparametric Approaches. Jonathan E. Leightner, C. A. Knox Lovell：The Impact of Financial Liberalization on the Performance of Thai Banks. John L. Whiteman：The Efficiency of Developed and Developing Country Electricity Supply Industries：International Comparisons. Discussant：Christopher Cornwell 16：00∼17：30 Session A7：Capital and Productivity Growth Chair：Clifford D. Clark Koji Nomura, Masahiro Kuroda：Role of Infra-Structure on Economic Growth. Ronald Britto, Yuan-Ching Chang, Jung-Chao Liu ：A Re-examination of Efficiency Losses from Resource Misallocation. Maw Lin Lee, Shu-Chin Lin, Ben-Chieh Liu： Replacement Investment, Personal Saving and Productivity Growth. Chu-Ping C. Vijverberg, Wim P.M. Vijverberg： Diagnosing the Productivity Effect of Public Capital in the Private Sector. Discussant：Kevin J. Fox Session B7：Theory and Modeling Issues Chair：Robin C. Sickles Scott E. Atkinson, Christopher Cornwell： Measuring Productivity Change Using A Malmquist Index： Stochastic Distance Function Estimation vs. DEA. Ching-Cheng Chang：The Nonparametric Risk-adjusted Efficiency Measurement： An Application of Taiwan's Credit Departments of Farmers' Associations. Rolf Fare, Shawna Grosskopf, William Weber： The Effect of Risk-Based Capital Requirements on Profit Efficiency in Banking. Discussant：Tim Coelli