Knowledge Complementarity: 2026 National Chengchi University - Korea University Graduate Student Conference in Economics（11/07）

Time: 09:00 AM - 17:30 PM, Saturday, November 7, 2026

Venue: Conference Room 4 of CSS, Room 270628 , 6F, General Building of Colleges, NCCU

Registration: https://reurl.cc/Z8kMO3

Program：

09:00–09:15 Opening Remarks

09:15–11:15 Session 1 – Macroeconomics & Trade
Ya-Chen Kao（Public Finance）：The Propagation of Fiscal Uncertainty Shocks: Rotemberg versus Calvo 
Yoojune Kim（Korea University）：When to Believe the Boy Who Cried Wolf: Alarm-Verified Large Bayesian Vector Auto-regressions 
Dieta Tucker（GIDS）：Maritime Connectivity and SIDS Sectoral Export 
Zoe Weaver-Lee（IMES）：The Economic Impact of US State Trade Offices in Taiwan 

11:15 - 12:45：Group Photo & Networking Lunch

12:45 - 14:45：Session 2 – Labor Economics
Sungwoo Ko（Korea University）：Mask Mandates and Pragmatic Language Development in Early Childhood 
Jun Choi（Korea University）：The Effect of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act on Wages and Employment: Evidence from Manufacturing Workers in Korea 
Junhyuk Shin（Korea University）：Who Bears the Cost of Labor Market Concentration? Employer Power and Adjustments Along Wage and Employment Margins 
You-Ying Hong（Economics)：The Crisis and Oppor-tunity of Middle-Skill Labor in the AI Era 

14:45 - 15:00：Refreshment Break

15:00 - 17:00：Session 3 – Tax & Microeconomic Theory
Wei-Cheng Qiu（Public Finance）：The Impact of Metro In-frastructure on Housing Tax Revenues: A Case Study of the Keelung-Greater Taipei-Taoyuan Metropolitan Area 
Nakjun Choi（Korea University）：Optimal Income Tax Schedules in South Korea 
Changhyun Park（Korea University）：Peer Evaluation under Het-erogeneous Perceptions 
Jisung Min（Korea University）：Group Identification under Frac-tional Opinions 

Language: This conference will be conducted in English

Organizers: College of Social Sciences, Department of Economics, Department of Public Finance, Graduate Institute of Development Studies, International Master’s Program of Applied Economics and Social Development, and University Social Responsibility project "Diversity, Inclusion, Co-benefiting Wenshan: Community Renaissance Project"

Co-organizer: Department of Economics, College of Political Science and Economics, Korea University

Sponsor: Office of Research and Development of NCCU, Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under 2026 Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education

Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 3 point, not a course lecture