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

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

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

4. Keynote Speaker Robin Boadway of Queen’s University presents “Pigouvian Taxation in a Ramsey World”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

5. Hong Hwang (left) and Eden Yu (right), Editors of APJAE, pose with Keynote Speaker Robin Boadway. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

6. Pierre Pestieau of University of Liège presents his paper, titled “Estate Taxation with Both Accidental and Planned Bequests”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

7. C.C. Yang of Academia Sinica and National Chengchi University presents his paper, titled “Tax Competition, Income Redistribution, and Public Good Provision”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

8. John “Jay” Wilson of Michigan State University presents his paper, titled “Tax Evasion and the Optimal Tax Treatment of Foreign-Source Income”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

9. Yong Wang of City University of Hong Kong presents his paper, titled “Capital Income Taxation Revisited: The Role of Credit Market Frictions”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

10. Daniel Berkowitz of University of Pittsburgh presents his paper, titled “Law, Trade and the Asian Miracle”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

11. 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”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

12. 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”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Wen-Jung Liang of Tamkang University presents his paper, titled “Symbiotic Production and Optimal Export Policy”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

18. Jinlan Ni of University of Nebraska at Omaha presents her paper, titled “The impact of Minimum Wages on Employment: Evidence from China”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

19. Daniel Lee of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology presents his paper, titled “Income, Nutrition and Intrahousehold Food Allocation in Rural China”. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

20. Souvenir presentation 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare

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22. 2008 APJAE Symposium on Public Policies and Social Welfare Group photo

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