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Sacramento State Faculty

Dr. Ta-Chen Wang, Professor of Economics

Contact Information

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Ta-Chen Wang

Professor of Economics

Office Location: Tahoe 3019
Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00-4:30; Thursdays 1:30-3:00; or by appointment
Email: wangt@csus.edu
Phone: +1 (916) 278-7112
Mailing Address: Sacramento State 6000 J Street Sacramento, CA 95819

Courses That I Teach

  • ECON 1A Introduction to Macroeconomic Analysis
  • ECON 145 Economics Research Methods

Publications

"Entry, Competition, and Terms of Credit in Early American Banking" Research in Economic History 32 (2016), 367-390

Publishing Pays: Economists’ Salaries Reflect Productivity" with Suzanne O'Keefe, Social Science Journal 50:1 (Mar 2013) 45-54.

"Financial Market and Industry Structure:A Comparison of Banking and Textile Industry between Boston and Philadelphia in Early Nineteenth Century" in Economic Evolution and Revolution in Historical Time, edited by Paul Rhode, Joshua Rosenbloom, and David Wieman, Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA, 2011

"Paying Back to Borrow More: Reputation and Bank Credit Access in Early America"Explorations in Economic History 45:4 (October 2008) 477-488.

"Banks, Credit Markets, and Early American Development- A Case Study of Entry and Competition" Journal of Economic History 68:2 (June 2008) 438-461.

Honors and Awards

2005-2006 B.F. Haley and E.S. Shaw Fellowship for Economics2004

Graduate Research Opportunity Grant, Stanford University

2004 Olin Summer Fellowship, School of Law, Stanford University

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Economics, Stanford University

(Spring 2004, Winter 2004, Spring 2001)

2000 Economic Department Graduate Student Fellowship, Stanford University

1996-1998 Teaching Assistant Fellowship, National Taiwan University

1992-1995 Dean’s List, National Taiwan University

Research Interests

My main research interest is on banking in early 19th century United States. Recently, I became interested in the labor market, especially productivity and compensation for academics.

Professional Associations

American Economic Association

Economic History Association

Cliometrics Society

Conference Presentations

American Economic Association meeting, 2011, Denver, CO

Western Economic Association International meeting, 2010, Portland, OR

Western Economic Association meeting, 2009, Vancouver, BC

Economic History Seminar, University of California, Davis, 2008 Davis, CA Conference in Honor of Gavin Wright, Stanford University, 2008, Stanford, CA

Business History Conference, 2008, Sacramento, CA

Social Science History Association meeting, 2007, Chicago, IL

Education

  • Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University
  • M.A. in Economics, National Taiwan University
  • B.B.A in Finance, National Taiwan University

  • 2017- present. Professor, California State University, Sacramento
  • 2012-2017 Associate Professor, California State University, Sacramento
  • 2006-2012 Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento
  • 1999-2000 Teaching Assistant/Staff, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University
  • 1998-1999 Assistant Research Fellow, Chung-hwa Institution for Economic Research

Served as referee for: The Social Science Journal and Journal of Economic History