Kuan-Jen Chen

Associate Professor and Acting Director

Research Areas
Macroeconomics, Open-Economy Macroeconomics, Business Cycle Theory
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, National Taiwan University
E-mail
kjnchen at mail.nsysu.edu.tw
Phone
+886-7-5252000 ext. 5621
Office
R5024
Category Details
Experience
  • Associate Professor, Institute of Economics, National Sun Yat-sen University, 2021/02-present.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Fu-Jen Catholic University, 2020/08- 2021/01.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Fu-Jen Catholic University, 2015/08-2020/07.
  • Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellows, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, 2014/07-2015/07
Education
  • Ph.D. Economics, National Taiwan University, 2008-2014.
  • M.A. Economics, National Sun Yat-sen University, 2006-2008.
  • B.A. Economics, Fu-Jen Catholic University, 2002-2006.
Journal Articles
  1. Chen, Kuan-Jen, Ching-Chong Lai, and Ting-Wei Lai, 2020, “Macroeconomic Instability and Targeting Rules for Monetary Policy in an Endogenously Growing Small Open Economy,” Review of International Economics, forthcoming.
  2. Chen, Kuan-Jen, Ching-Chong Lai, and Ting-Wei Lai, 2019, “Business Cycle Fluctuations with the Division of Permanent and Temporary Employment,” Economic Inquiry, 57, 2082–2109.
  3. Chen, Kuan-Jen, Angus C. Chu, and Ching-Chong Lai, 2018, “Home Production and Small Open Economy Business Cycles,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 95, 110–135.
  4. Lai, Ching-Chong, Chi-Ting Chin, and Kuan-Jen Chen, 2017, “Oil Dependence, International Borrowings, and Economic Instability in a Small Open Economy,” Macroeconomic Dynamics, 21, 889–917.
  5. Hsieh, Hui-Ting, Ching-Chong Lai, and Kuan-Jen Chen, 2015, “A Macro-economic Model of Imperfect Competition with Patent Licensing,” B.E.Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 15, 1579–1618.
  6. Chen, Kuan-Jen and Ching-Chong Lai, 2015, “On-the-Job Learning and News-Driven Business Cycles,” Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 47, 261–294.
Working Papers
  1. Chen, Kuan-Jen, Ching-Chong Lai, and Ting-Wei Lai, 2020, “Employment Protection, Division of Temporary and Permanent Labor, and Procyclicality of Labor Productivity,” submitted to Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
  2. Chen, Kuan-Jen, Ching-Chong Lai, and Ting-Wei Lai, 2020, “Directed Technical Change, Technology Spillovers, and Asset Pricing.”
  3. Chen, Kuan-Jen and Ching-Chong Lai, 2020, “R&D Spending, Foreign Technology Shocks, and Small Open Economy Business Cycles.”
  4. Chen, Kuan-Jen and Ching-Chong Lai, 2020, “Macroeconomic Instability, Monetary Policy, and Asset Prices in an Endogenously Growing Economy.”
Research Grants
  • Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2019–2021, “R&D, Technology Transfer, and Female Labor Force Participation” (MOST108-2410-H-030-018-MY2).
  • Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2018–2019, “Temporary and Permanent Employment, Labor Productivity, and Business Cycles” (MOST 107-2410-H-030-006).
  • Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2017–2018, “Directed Technical Change, Business Cycles, and Asset Prices” (MOST 106-2410-H-030-006).
  • Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2016–2017, “Endogenous Market Structures, R&D, and Business Cycles” (MOST 105-2410-H-030-004).
  • Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2015–2016, “Monetary Policy, Asset Prices, and Macroeconomic Stability in an Endogenously Growing Economy” (MOST 104-2410-H-030-089).