May 2013 CURRICULUM VITAE Name Address Telephone and Email Hsien-Ming Lien Department of Public Finance National Cheng-Chi University 64, Zhi-Nan Road, Sec. 2 Wenshan, Taipei 11623, Taiwan 886-2-9378870; hmlien@nccu.edu.tw University Education Dates Institution Degree Subject 2002 Boston University Ph. D. Economics Thesis title: Essays on Interactions between Health Care Providers and Clients 1994 National Taiwan University M. A. Economics Thesis title: The Living Arrangements of Elderly in Taiwan 1992 National Taiwan University B. S. Economics Employment Experience 2012.9 - Distinguished Professor, Department of Pubic Finance, National Cheng-Chi University 2011.2 - Professor, Department of Pubic Finance, National Cheng-Chi University 2007.2 - Associate Professor, Department of Pubic Finance, National Cheng-Chi University 2002.8 - Assistant Professor, Department of Pubic Finance, National Cheng-Chi University Research Grants 2012-14 National Science Council, Principle Investigator on Human Capital and the Prenatal Care: The Effect of SARS During Pregnancy, (Grant #: NSC 101-2410- H-004-020 -MY2) 2010-12 National Science Council, Principle Investigator on Market Competition, Treatment Choice, and Treatment Quality: Evidence from Dialysis Treatment, (Grant #: NSC 99-2410-H-004-052 -MY2) 2008-10 National Science Council, Principle Investigator on Income Inequality and Health Inequality: the Impact of Health Shocks on Household's Employment and Technology Adoption, (Grant #: NSC 97-2410-H-004-009 -MY2) 2006-08 National Science Council, Principle Investigator on Social Inequality and Health
Disparities: Causes, Consequences, and Policy Implications: the Impact of Health Shock on the Household s Medical Care Use, Saving and Consumption, (Grant #: NSC 95-2627-H-004-001 -MY2) 2005-06 National Science Council, Principle Investigator on The Impact of Hospital Competition on Treatment Cost and Quality of Care (Grant #: NSC94-2415-H- 004-013) 2004-05 National Science Council, Principle Investigator on Hospital Ownership, Quality and Cost of Care and Spillover Effect (Grant #: NSC93-2415-H -004-013) 2003-04 National Science Council, Principle Investigator on The Network Effect in Managed Care (Grant #: NSC92-2415-H-004-012) Awards 2012 Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs Evidence from the Reduction of the Futures Transaction Tax in Taiwan, The 8 th Best S&F Paper Award 2010 Outstanding Research Award, National Cheng-Chi University 2009 Outstanding Research Award, National Cheng-Chi University 2009 Hospital Ownership and Performance: Evidence from Stroke and Cardiac Treatment in Taiwan, Awarded for Gold Medal for Papers on Medical Management across Straits, Chuang Yi-Chou Foundation 2006 The Impact of Hospital Competition on Treatment Cost and Quality of Care: Evidence from Stroke Treatment in Taiwan Awarded for Research Medal (2 nd Place) in papers on Global Health Concerns, Domestic Responses and Reforms, Global Development Network 2006 Physician Induced Demand and Hemodialysis Treatment in Taiwan Awarded for Best Paper on Medical Management, Chang Chin-Wen Foundation 2005 Outstanding Research Award, National Cheng-Chi University 1997 Best Master Thesis in Economics, Taiwan Economic Association Publications Fleming, Elaine, Hsien-Ming Lien, Ching-To Albert Ma and Thomas McGuire (2003) "Managed Care, Networks and Trends in Hospital Care for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment in Massachusetts: 1994-1999," Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics 6:1, pp.3-12 (SSCI) Lien, Hsien-Ming, Ching-To Albert Ma and Thomas McGuire (2004) "Provider-Client Interactions and Quantity of Health Care Use," Journal of Health Economics (SSCI) 23:1261-1283 Wu, Wen-Chieh, Hsien-Ming Lien, and Chu-Chia Lin (2004) The Effect of Homeownership on the Health of Elderly: Evidence from Taiwan, City and Planning: 31-4 (TSSCI) (in Chinese) Sheu, Ji-Tian and Hsien-Ming Lien (2007) Physician Induced Demand and Hemodialysis Treatment in Taiwan, Taiwan Economic Review 35:4, pp 415-450 (TSSCI) (in Chinese)
Lien, Hsien-Ming (2008) Conducting Economic Analysis Using National Health Insurance Data, Taiwan Economic Review 36:1, pp115-143 (TSSCI) (in Chinese) Lien, Hsien-Ming, and Ji-Tian Sheu (2008) Simultaneous Price Adjustment of the Same Scale--- Concerned Actions or Conscious Parallel Conducts? Taiwan Economic Review 36:3, pp393-421 (TSSCI) (in Chinese) Lien, Hsien-Ming, Shin-Yi Chou, and Jin-Tan Liu (2008) Hospital Ownership and Performance: Evidence from Stroke and Cardiac Treatment in Taiwan, Journal of Health Economics 27, pp1208-1223 (SSCI) Lien, Hsien-Ming, Wen-Chieh Wu, and Chu-Chia Lin (2008) New Evidence on the Link between Housing Environment and Children s Educational Attainments, Journal of Urban Economics 64, pp 408-421 (SSCI) Han, Hsing-Wen and Hsien-Ming Lien (2008) Do Children Use More Health Care When Free: Evidence from Children Subsidy Program in Taipei, Taiwan Economic Review 36:4, pp589-623 (TSSCI) (in Chinese) Hockenberry, Jason, Hsien-Ming Lien, and Shin-Yi Chou (2008) The Impacts of Task Repetition and Temporal Breaks in Production on Human Capital and Productivity, Journal of Human Capital 2:3, pp. 303-335 Lien Hsien-Ming, Shin-Yi Chou, Ji-Tian Liu, and Jason Hockenberry (2009) Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Assessing the Impact of Hospital Competition on Cardiac Patients in Taiwan, Health Care Systems in Developing and Transition Countries: The Role of Research Evidence, Diana Pinto Masís, and Peter C. Smith Edward (eds.) GDN Series: Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK Shin-Yi Chou, Mary E. Deily, Hsien-Ming Lien and Jing Hua Zhang (2010) Global Budgets and Provider Incentives: Hospitals Drug Expenditures in Taiwan, Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research 22, pp.103-122 Lien, Hsien-Ming, Shin-Yi Chou, and Jin-Tan Liu (2010) The Role of Hospital Competition on Treatment Expenditure and Outcome: Evidence from Stroke and Cardiac Treatment in Taiwan, Economic Inquiry. 48:3, pp. 668-689 (SSCI) Lien, Hsien-Ming, Mingshan Lu, Ching-To Albert Ma, and Thomas McGuire (2010) Progress and Compliance in Alcohol Abuse Treatment, Journal of Health Economics 29:2, pp. 213-225. (SSCI) Han, Hsing-Wen and Hsien-Ming Lien (2010) Can Raising the Payment of Natural Delivery Lower the Cesarean Rate? Taiwan Journal of Public Health 29:3, pp218-227 (TSSCI) (in Chinese) Hockenberry, Jason, Hsien-Ming Lien, and Shin-Yi Chou (2010) Surgeon and Hospital Volume as Quality Indicators for CABG in Taiwan: Examining Hazard to Mortality and Accounting for Unobserved Heterogeneity, Health Service Research 45:5, pp.1168-1187 (SSCI, SCI) Hsien-Ming Lien (2011) How to Construct Social-Economic Variables from National Health Insurance Data, Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 23:3, pp.371-398 (TSSCI)
Sheu, Ji-Tian, Hsing-Wen Han, Hsien-Ming Lien, Kuang-Ta Lo (2011) How Did the Increase in NHI Copayments in 2005 Affect the Use of Health Care? Taiwan Journal of Public Health 30:4, pp.326-336 (TSSCI) Huang, Shih-Chang, Hsin-Yi Lin, Hsien-Ming Lien(2013) Killing the Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs Evidence from the Reduction of the Futures Transaction Tax in Taiwan, Taiwan Economic Review 41:1, pp1-37 (TSSCI) Muzhe Yang, Hsien-Ming Lien, Shin-Yi Chou (2013) Is There a Physician Peer Effect? Evidence from New Drug Prescriptions, Economic Inquiry forthcoming (SSCI) Working Papers Chou, Shin-Yi, James A. Dearden, Mary E. Deily and Hsienming Lien (2013) Provider Responses to a Global Budget System: The Case of Drug Expenditures in Taiwan Hospitals, Manuscripts Shinyin Hsueh, Shin-Yi Chou, and Hsien-Ming Lien, and Echu Liu (2013) The Effects of National Health Insurance on Elderly Living Arrangements, revised and resubmitted for Demography Seminars Provider Responses to a Global Budget System: The Case of Drug Expenditures in Taiwan Hospitals 2010. 7 Health Services Research, Summer Meeting, National Yang-Ming University Can Raising the Payment of Natural Delivery Lower the Cesarean Rate? A Difference-in- Difference Approach 2009.3 Department of Economics, National Cheng-Kung University. 2009.12 Annual Conference for Taiwan Society of Health Economics Do Children Visit Doctors More When Free: Evidence from Taiwan Children Subsidy Program 2008.10 Department of Agriculture Economics, National Taiwan University. Hospital Ownership and Performance: Evidence from Stroke and Cardiac Treatment in Taiwan, 2008. 4 Department of Economics, National Taiwan University. Do Children Use More Health Care When Free: Evidence from Children Subsidy Program in Taipei 2007. 9 Department of Economics, National Cheng-Kung University.
2007.11 NHRI, NTU, and NYMU Joint Health Seminar 2007.12 Department of Economics, National Taiwan University Simultaneous Price Adjustment of the Same Scale---Concerned Actions or Conscious Parallel Conducts 2006 Department of International Trade, National Cheng-Chi University. Department of Economics, National Taiwan University Department of Economics, National Tsing-Hwa University The Impact of Hospital Competition on Treatment Cost and Quality of Care: Evidence from Stroke Treatment in Taiwan 2006 Department of Economics, National Taiwan University NHRI, NTU, and NYMU Joint Health Seminar Conferences 2009.7 Conference on Health Care, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, U. S. 2008.7 Conference on Health Care, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, U. S. 2007.12 Joint Annual Conference for Taiwan Economic Association and Sino-Chinese Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan (presenter) 2007. 1 The Ninth Annual Global Development Conference, Beijing, China (presenter) 2007. 12 Joint Annual Conference for Taiwan Economic Association and Sino-Chinese Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan (presenter) 2006 Conference on Health Care, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, U. S. Conference on Theory and Practices of Global Budgeting System, Taipei, Taiwan (discussant) Conference on Developments and Applications of National Health Insurance Data, Taipei, Taiwan (presenter) Joint Annual Conference for Taiwan Economic Association and Sino-Chinese Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan (discussant) The Tenth Annual Conference on Economic Development, Taipei, Taiwan (discussant) 2005 Conference on Health Care, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, U. S. The Fifth World Congress, International Health Economics Association, Barcelona Spain (presenter)
International Conference on Pharmaceutical Innovation, Taipei, Taiwan (discussant) Joint Annual Conference for Taiwan Economic Association and Sino-Chinese Economic Association, Taipei, Taiwan (presenter) The Ninth Annual Conference on Economic Development, Taipei, Taiwan (presenter) 2004 Conference on Health Care, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, U. S. 2003 Conference on Health Care, National Bureau of Economic Research, Boston, U. S. The 9th Canadian Conference on Health Economics, Canadian Health Economics Study Group, Banff, Alberta (discussant) Referee for Professional Activities Academic Economic Paper, B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, Health Policy, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Management and Economic Strategy, Pacific Economic Review, Taiwan Economic Review