Ph.D. University of Florida, 2002   

Dr. Eric Chiang started his career as an Economics major at UCLA.  He entered the graduate program in Economics at the University of Florida in 1997, and was awarded the Ph.D. in 2002.  His first university appointment was at New Mexico State University as a visiting assistant professor in the Dept of Economics and International Business.  Dr. Chiang came to FAU in 2003 as an assistant professor in the Dept of Economics.  In 2008, Dr. Chiang was promoted to Associate Professor, and in 2009, was awarded the title of Stewart Distinguished Professor.  Dr. Chiang teaches courses in Microeconomics, Game Theory, and International Trade.  In 2009, Dr. Chiang was selected by students as the Distinguished Teacher of the Year, the highest teaching honor at FAU.

RESEARCH INTERESTS (RePEc handle: pch469)

Economics of Telecommunications
Applied Microeconomics
Intellectual Property Rights 
International Technology Transfer 

TEACHING FIELDS 

Microeconomics 
International Economics 
Game Theory 
Managerial Economics

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: 

"Estimating the Willingness to Pay for Digital Music," Contemporary Economics Policy, Vol. 27, October 2009, pp. 512-522.

"Whose Call Is It?  Targeting Universal Service Programs to Low-Income Households' Telecommunications Preferences," Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 33, April 2009, pp. 129-145.

"Music Piracy Among Students on the University Campus: Do Males and Females React Differently?" Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 37, August 2008, pp. 1371-1380.

"Asymmetric Information, Bargaining, and Comparative Advantage in Trade Relationships: An Interactive Game," Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 74, October 2007, pp. 601-608.

"Addressing the Revenue Impact of Smoking Ordinances," Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 14, October 2007, pp. 871-875.

"Determinants of Music Copyright Violations on the University Campus," Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 31, September 2007, pp. 187-204.

"Trade, Patents, and International Technology Diffusion"; with Bin Xu, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Vol. 14, March 2005, pp. 115-135. 

"Determinants of Cross-Border Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement: The Role of Trade Sanctions"; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 71, 2004, pp. 424-440. 

"The Influence of Federal Lab R&D on Industrial Research"; with James D. Adams and Jeffrey L. Jensen, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 85, November 2003, pp. 1003-1020. 

"Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers"; with James D. Adams and Katara Starkey, Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 26, January 2001, pp. 73-86.