The 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare May 16-17, 2008 City University of Hong Kong

Opening remarks by Eden Yu of City University of Hong Kong, Editor of APJAE 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Opening remarks by Hong Hwang of National Taiwan University, Editor of APJAE 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Keynote Speaker Robin Boadway of Queen’s University presents “Pigouvian Taxation in a Ramsey World” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Hong Hwang (left) and Eden Yu (right), Editors of APJAE, pose with Keynote Speaker Robin Boadway APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Pierre Pestieau of University of Liège presents his paper, titled “Estate Taxation with Both Accidental and Planned Bequests” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

C.C. Yang of Academia Sinica and National Chengchi University presents his paper, titled “Tax Competition, Income Redistribution, and Public Good Provision” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

John “Jay” Wilson of Michigan State University presents his paper, titled “Tax Evasion and the Optimal Tax Treatment of Foreign-Source Income” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Yong Wang of City University of Hong Kong presents his paper, titled “Capital Income Taxation Revisited: The Role of Credit Market Frictions” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Daniel Berkowitz of University of Pittsburgh presents his paper, titled “Law, Trade and the Asian Miracle” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Masayoshi Hayashi of Hitotsubashi University presents his paper, titled “Gatekeeping or Horizontal Equity? The Fiscal Effects on Eligibility Assessments in the Japanese Long-term Care Insurance” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Shih-Ying Wu of National Tsing Hua University presents his paper, titled “Taxation, Liquidity Contraints and Entrepreneurial Investment – Evidence from Taiwan’s 1998 Tax Integration” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Conference dinner 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare (From left) Pierre Pestieau, Jay Wilson, Eden Yu and Robin Boadway (From left) Masayoshi Hayashi, Alan Woodland and Hironobu Nakagawa

Conference dinner 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare Chao-Cheng Mai (left) and Hiroshi Ohta (From left) Wen-Jung Liang, Hsiao Cheng, Hong Hwang and Chao-Cheng Mai

Conference dinner 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare (From left) Shih-Ying Wu, Charlotte Chen and Yong Wang (From left) Kwan Choi, Vinh Dang and Daniel Lee

Conference dinner 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare (From left) C.C. Yang, Ken Chan and Qu Baozhi (From left) Qu Baozhi, Daniel Berkowitz and Chia-Hui Lu

Wen-Jung Liang of Tamkang University presents his paper, titled “Symbiotic Production and Optimal Export Policy” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Jinlan Ni of University of Nebraska at Omaha presents her paper, titled “The impact of Minimum Wages on Employment: Evidence from China” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Daniel Lee of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology presents his paper, titled “Income, Nutrition and Intrahousehold Food Allocation in Rural China” APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Souvenir presentation 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

Souvenir presentation 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare Group photo

2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare