Chi-ming Hou

American economist

The native form of this personal name is Hou Chi-ming. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Chi-ming Hou

侯繼明

Born| (1924-12-03)3 December 1924

Zhili (now Hebei), Republic of China

Died| 22 August 1991(1991-08-22) (aged 66)
Nationality| American
Alma mater| Fu Jen Catholic University
University of Oregon
Columbia University
Scientific career
Fields| Economics
Institutions| Colgate University
Brookings Institution
Harvard University
Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research
Chi-ming Hou

Traditional Chinese| 侯繼明
Simplified Chinese| 侯继明
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Hóu Jìmíng
Wade–Giles| Hou2 Chi4-ming2

Chi-ming Hou (Chinese: 侯繼明, 3 December 1924 - 22 August 1991) was an American economist.

## Biography

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Hou was born on December 3, 1924, in Zhili (now Hebei), Republic of China. He obtained a bachelor's degree in law from Fu Jen Catholic University in 1945, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Oregon in 1949, a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1954.[citation needed]

Since 1956, he has successively served a faculty, Charles A. Dana Professor, Head of Economics Department, Director of Division Social Superior at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York. He is also a research professor at Brookings Institution (1965–1966) and a Research fellow in Chinese economics studies at Harvard University (1959–1962).[citation needed]

He was a Fulbright Lecturer in Taiwan in 1970–1971. Since 1981 he became a Visiting Senior Research Fellow of Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research.

## Contributions and recognition

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Hou's representative work is Foreign Investment Economic Development in China 1840-1937,[1] he has been listed as a noteworthy Economics educator by Marquis Who's Who.[citation needed] In addition, he worked with Sho-Chieh Tsiang and Tzong-Shian Yu to study Taiwan's industrial upgrading,[2] and has also cooperated with Lin Chuan and others to study the feasibility of establishing public and railway transportation funds in Taiwan.[3]

* Member, American Economics Association (AEA).
* Member, Association for Asian Studies (AAS).

## See also

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* Sho-Chieh Tsiang
* Lin Chuan

## External links

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* Chi-Ming Hou | American Enterprise Institute - AEI
* Foreign Investment and Economic Development in China, 1840-1937 — Chi-ming Hou | Harvard University Press
* Chi-Ming Hou at Find a Grave

## References

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1. ^ R. Keith Schoppa, The Columbia Guide to Modern Chinese History. p.242.
2. ^ 蔣碩傑、于宗先、侯繼明等共同計劃主持(1988)，「利用外資引進技術以促進我國產業技術升級，經濟部投資業務處」，台北，中華經濟研究院。
3. ^ 建立公、鐵路運輸基金之可行性研究 | 財團法人中華經濟研究院

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