Course Information
Course title
Market and Economic Development of Taiwan (Ⅱ) 
Semester
104-2 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS  
Instructor
KELLY BARTON OLDS 
Curriculum Number
ECON5003 
Curriculum Identity Number
323EU0200 
Class
 
Credits
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Tuesday 6,7(13:20~15:10) 
Remarks
Restriction: juniors and beyond OR Restriction: MA students and beyond
The upper limit of the number of students: 68. 
Ceiba Web Server
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1042ECON5003_ 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

The class is taught in English and will examine Taiwan’s economic development from about 1860 to the present. During the first class, I will offer an overview of Taiwan’s economic growth since the late-19th century. The course will then be organized topically. We will start by examining Taiwan’s important crops (tea, sugar and rice) and how these affected Taiwan’s economic development from roughly 1860-1970. Then we will briefly look at the development of Taiwan’s natural resources. Finally we will consider Taiwan’s rise as a manufacturing power. We will start with a look at Taiwan’s first labor-intensive manufactured export, woven hats, which were produced and exported in the pre-war era, but then mainly focus on Taiwan’s post-war export boom and its modern growth. There will be seven groups projects based on the readings listed below and a short individual project based on analyzing Taiwan's post-war economic statistics.  

Course Objective
When you finish this course, you should have a much better idea how Taiwan rose from poverty to relative prosperity  
Course Requirement
No prerequisites. There will be a lot of statistics but no mathematical modeling. Students taking this course usually come from many different departments  
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
Designated reading
Taiwan’s Camphor Industry Readings

Davidson, JW (1992), “The Formosan Camphor Industry,” The Island of Formosa, Past and Present, Chapter 24, p.397-443.

Tavares, AC (2005), “The Japanese Colonial State and the Dissolution of the Late Imperial Frontier Economy in Taiwan, 1886-1909,” The Journal of Asian Studies 64(2): 361-385.


Taiwan's Sugar Industry Readings

Isett, CM (1995), “Sugar Manufacture and the Agrarian Economy of Nineteenth-Century Taiwan,” Modern China, 21(2): 233-259.

Davidson, JW (1992), “The Formosan Sugar Industry,” The Island of Formosa, Past and Present, , Chapter 25, p.444-458.


Post-War Taiwan Village Readings

Gallin, RS. (1984), “The Entry of Chinese Women into the Rural Labor Forces: A Case Study from Taiwan,” Signs 9(3): 383-398.

Gallen B and RS Gallin (1982) "Socioeconomic Life in Rural Taiwan: Twenty Years of Development and Change," Modern China 8(2): 205-246.


Taiwan’s Post-War Industry Readings

Diamond, N (1979), “Women and Industry in Taiwan,” Modern China 5(3): 317-340.

Stites, R (1982), “Small-Scale Industry in Yingge, Taiwan,” Modern China 8(2): 247-279.


Taiwan's Automobile Industry Policy Readings

Arnold W (1989), "Bureaucratic Politics, State Capacity, and Taiwan's Automobile Industrial Policy," Modern China 15(2): 178-214.

Noble GW (1987), "Contending Forces in Taiwan's Economic Policymaking: The Case of Hua Tung Heavy Trucks," Asian Survey 27(6): 683-704.


Taiwan vs. South Korean Readings

Sato, Y (1997), “Diverging Development Paths of the Electronics Industry in Korea and Taiwan,” The Developing Economies 35(4): 401-421.

Levy, B (1991), “Transactions costs, the Size of Firms and Industrial Policy, Lessons from a Comparative case Study of the Footwear Industry in Korea and Taiwan,” Journal of Development Economics, 34: 151-178.


Taiwan’s Electronics Industry Readings

Fuller, D, A Akinwande and C Sodini (2003), "Leading, Following or Cooked Goose? Innovation Successes and Failures in Taiwan's Electronics Industry," Industry and Innovation, 10(2): 179-196.

Yu, HH and WC Shih (2014), “Taiwan’s PC Industry, 1976-2010: The Evolution of Organizational Capabilities,” Business History Review, 88: 329-357.
 
References
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Grading
 
No.
Item
%
Explanations for the conditions
1. 
Midterm Quiz 
10% 
 
2. 
Final Exam 
35% 
 
3. 
Short Individual paper 
15% 
 
4. 
Group Work 
40% 
 
 
Progress
Week
Date
Topic
Week 1
2/23  Introduction & Background 
Week 2
3/01  The Tea Industry 
Week 3
3/08  The Sugar Industry 
Week 4
3/15  The Rice Industry (Camphor Industry project due) 
Week 5
3/22  Post-war Agriculture & Land Reform 
Week 6
3/29  The Mining Industry (Sugar Industry project due) 
Week 7
4/05  Holiday 
Week 8
4/12  The Hat Industry (Postwar Village project due) 
Week 9
4/19  Catch-Up or Review, Midterm Quiz 
Week 10
4/26  War & Post-War Problems (Postwar Industry project due) 
Week 11
5/03  Early Postwar Industry 
Week 12
5/10  Population & Infrastructure (Automobile Industry project due) 
Week 13
5/17  The Unexpected Export Industries 
Week 14
5/24  Heavy Industry (Taiwan & S. Korea project due) 
Week 15
5/31  The Electronics Industry 
Week 16
6/07  Finance & Foreign Direct Investment (Electronics project due) 
Week 17
6/14  Final Exam 
Week 18
6/21  Final Discussion