DENISE EBY KONAN - UHERO - University of Hawaii

DENISE EBY KONAN
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822
Voice: 808.956.6310 konan@hawaii.edu
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) Department of Economics. Professor, 2002 to present;
Associate Professor, 1997 to 2002; Assistant Professor, 1993 to 1997
American Business School, Paris, France. Visiting Professor, Spring 2010
EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
UHM, Interim Chancellor, 2005 to 2007
Chief executive officer. Responsible for leadership, management, budget and administration.
UHM hosts 20,500 students; is classified by the Carnegie foundation as a research extensive
university (very high activity); and includes schools of ocean and earth sciences, medicine, law,
business, engineering, education, and division IA athletics.
UHM Department of Economics, Chair, 2010 to present; 2004 to 2005
The Department of Economics delivers baccalaureate, master, and doctoral degrees and
scholarly research with the support of 18 faculty members and an administrative staff.
Director, Center for Sustainable Coastal Tourism, 2008 to present
Founding director of UH Sea Grant Center that provides scholarship and outreach on tourism.
UHM Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, 2001 to 2004
Deputy to the Vice Chancellor. Responsible for strategic planning, assessment, academic
program review, articulation, and other academic affairs. Member of the Chancellor’s Mānoa
Management Executive, Mānoa Leadership Team and Mānoa Budget Advisory Committee.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Economic Research Organization (UHERO), College of Social Sciences. Project Director
Energy and Greenhouse Gas Solutions, 2007 to present; Research Fellow, 2002 to present
Resident Director, Study Abroad, Paris France, 2010
Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibility (SENCER), National Center
for Science and Civic Engagement and National Science Foundation, Leadership Fellow 2010
Global Environmental Sciences, School of Ocean and Earth Sciences and Technology.
Affiliated Professor, 2000 to present
East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, Visiting Fellow, 1993
World Bank, Washington D.C., Consultant, intermittent from 1994 to present
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
M.A., Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
B.A., Economics, Goshen College, Indiana

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AWARDS AND HONORS
SENCER Leadership Fellow, Elected by the National Fellowship Board, Science Education for
New Civic Engagement and Responsibility, December 2009 to July 2010
Commencement Speaker, American Business School, Paris France, June 2010
Keynote Speaker, Economic Summit on Early Childhood Investment, Honolulu, HI, October 2009
Alumna Spotlight, University of Colorado, Department of Economics Fall 2009
Keynote Speaker, Dynamics, Economic Growth and International Trade XIII, Manila Philippines,
November 2008
Distinguished Speaker on Accession to the World Trade Organization, Ministerial Management
Team, Saudi Industrial Development Fund, Ministry of Finance, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, June 2008
Distinguished Speaker, School of Economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark, May 2008
Invited Speaker, Blue Planet Summit, Positive Energy Future, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, April 2008
Plenary Speaker, New Vision for Asia – Europe Economic Cooperation, Inha University, Incheon,
Korea, October 2007
Commencement Speaker, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, May 2007
Honorable Recognition for Dedicated Service, The Senate of the State of Hawai‘i, June 19, 2007
Resolution of Appreciation for Service as the Student’s Chancellor, Association of Students at the
University of Hawai‘i, May 2007
Annual Mahalo Award, Kulia I Ka Nu`u Pa`ina, University Laboratory School, 2007
Pacific Century Fellow, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 1998-1999
Social Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 1997-1998
Dean's Small Grant Award, University of Colorado, 1993
Campbell Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of Colorado, 1992
Graduate School Fellowship, University of Colorado, 1988-1992
Zinke History of Thought Fellowship, University of Colorado, 1991
Honoree, Student Employee of the Year Celebration, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, 2007
Honorary Guest of President Enkhbayar, 800 th Anniversary of the Founding of the Mongolian
Nation, Ulan Bataar, Mongolia, August 2006
Representative of Hawai‘i, University and College President’s Summit on International Education,
Secretaries Rice and Spellings, Department of State, Washington, DC, January 2006
Keynote Speaker, High Level Conference on Arab Economic Integration, International Monetary
Fund and Arab Monetary Fund, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, February 2005
November 2004
Keynote Speaker, Arab Economic Integration: Between Hope and Reality, Egyptian Center for
Economic Studies Conference, Cairo, Egypt, October 2001

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EDITORIALSHIPS
Editorial Board, Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, Routledge Press.
Editorial Board, Pacific Focus, Wiley Blackwell Press.
BOARD AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS
President, Hawai‘i Economic Association, 2009; Board of Directors, 2004-2005, 2007-2008;
Member from 1996
Chair of Accreditation, California State University at Sacramento, Western Accreditation of
Schools and Colleges, Educational Effectiveness 2009; Preparatory Review, 2007;
Budget and Finance Committee, The Pacific Club, Honolulu, HI, 2008-2009
Board of Directors, Organization for Women Leaders, 2009, 2003; Vice President 2004
Executive Council, Women Leaders in Higher Education, Hawai‘i Chapter, 2005-2009; President
from 2005-2007; Member from 2002
EcoMod Scientific Committee, 2004, 2008
Chair of the Board, Western Athletic Conference (WAC), 2006-2007; Executive Council 2005-
2007.
Network State Coordinator, Organization of Women in Higher Education, American Council on
Education, 2005-2007.
Appointee, Tax Policy Advisory Committee, Office of the Mayor, City and County of Honolulu,
Hawai‘i, 2005-2007
Board of Directors, Hawai‘i Council for Economics Education, 2004-2005
Council, Committee on Weights, Department of Education, State of Hawai‘i, 2004-2005
President, Parent and Teacher Hui, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Children’s Center, 1999-2001,
2004-2005
Committee Member, Western Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Committee for
Assessment, Waialae Elementary School, 2005
Fellow, Mānoa Forum, University of Hawai‘i, 2001
INDEX LISTINGS
Wikipedia
Madison Who’s Who of Executives and Professionals, VIP Member
Marquis Who’s Who in American Education
Family Tree of Trade Economists, University of Michigan

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Refereed Articles
Jian Zhang and Denise Eby Konan, “The Sleeping Giant Awakes: Projecting Global Implications
of China’s Energy Consumption,” Review of International Economics, forthcoming.
Denise Eby Konan and Hing Ling Chan, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Hawai‘i: Household and
Visitor Expenditure Analysis,” Energy Economics, 32, 2010, 210-219.
Denise Eby Konan and Jian Zhang, “China’s Quest for Energy Resources on Global Markets,”
Pacific Focus, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2008.
Denise Eby Konan and Ari Van Assche, “Regulation, Market Structure, and Services Trade
Liberalization,” Economic Modelling, Vol. 24, No. 6, November 2007, 895-923.
Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus, “Quantifying the Impact of Services Liberalization in a
Developing Country,” World Bank Policy Research Paper no 3193, Journal of Development
Economics, Vol. 81, No. 1, October 2006, 142-162.
Denise Eby Konan and Karl E. Kim, “Beyond Border Barriers, Services Liberalization in Tunisia
and Egypt,” World Economy, Vol. 27, No. 9, September 2004.
Denise Eby Konan and Karl E. Kim, “Transportation and Tourism in Hawai‘i: A Computable
General Equilibrium Model,” Transportation Research Record 1839, 2003, 142-149.
Denise Eby Konan and Sumner La Croix, “Intellectual Property Rights in China: American
Pressure and Chinese Resistance,” World Economy, Vol. 25, No. 6, 2002.
Denise Eby Konan, “Book Review: Trade Policy Developments in the Middle East and North
Africa,” Journal of Economic Literature, 2001.
Denise Eby Konan and J. Heinrich, “Prospects for FDI in the AFTA,” ASEAN Economic Bulletin,
2001.
Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus, “Joint Trade Liberalization and Tax Reform in a Small
Open Economy: The Case of Egypt,” Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2000.
Denise Eby Konan, “The Vertical Multinational Enterprise and International Trade,” Review of
International Economics, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2000.
Denise Eby Konan and J. Heinrich, “Foreign Direct Investment and Host-Country Trading Blocs,”
Journal of Economic Integration, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2000.
Sumner La Croix and Denise Eby Konan, “Globalizing Intellectual Property Rights: Asian
Resistance and U.S. Pressure,” Education About Asia, Vol. 5, No. 1 Spring 2000.
Denise Eby Konan, “Strategic Taxation of the Multinational Enterprise: A New Argument for
Double Taxation,” Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 63, No. 2, 1997.
Keith E. Maskus and Denise Eby Konan, “Egyptian Trade Liberalization,” Review of Development
Economics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1997.
Denise Eby Konan, “Transfer Pricing and the Strategic Taxation of Globally-Joint Inputs,” Review
of International Economics, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1996.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Refereed Articles (continued)
Denise Eby Konan, “The Need for Common Investment Measures within ASEAN,” ASEAN
Economic Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 3, 1996.
Denise Eby Konan, S.J. La Croix, J.R. Roumasset, and J. Heinrich, “Intellectual Property Rights in
the Asian-Pacific Region: Problems, Patterns, and Policy,” Asian-Pacific Economic Literature,
Vol. 9, No. 2, December 1995.
Keith E. Maskus and Denise Eby Konan, “Developing New Rules and Disciplines on Trade-
Related Investment Measures,” The World Economy, Vol. 13, No. 4, 1990.
Book Chapters
Sumner LaCroix and Denise Eby Konan, “Has the Marriage Between Intellectual Property Rights
and Developing Countries Worked?” in Peter Petri and Sumner La Croix, eds. Adjustment to
Globalization in the Asia-Pacific Region, New York: Routledge, 2007.
Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus, “Quantifying the Impact of Services Liberalization on
Tunisia,” Trade in Services at 25: Theory, Policy and Evidence, in B. Hoekman, editor, London:
Edward Elgar, 2006.
Bernard Hoekman and Denise Eby Konan, “Economic Implications of an Egypt – US FTA,” in R.
Lawrence and A. Galal, Anchoring Reform with a US-Egypt Free Trade Agreement, Washington:
Institute for International Economics Press, 2005.
Denise Eby Konan and Karl E. Kim, “Beyond Border Barriers, Services Liberalization in Tunisia
and Egypt,” in David Greenaway, editor, The World Economy: Global Trade Policy 2004,
Blackwell Publishing, 2005.
Denise Eby Konan and Bernard Hoekman, “Trade Liberalization among Arab Countries,” in Arab
Economic Integration, Arab Monetary Fund, 2005, (in Arabic).
Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus, “Bilateral Trade Patterns and Welfare: An Egypt-EU
Preferential Trade Agreement,” in S. Katayama, editor, New Development of International Trade:
Theoretical and Empirical Investigation, Kobe: REIB Kobe University Press, 2004.
Denise Eby Konan and Karl E. Kim, “Modeling the Environmental Impacts of the Transportation
Sector in Hawai‘i,” in Irwin CL, Garrett P, McDermott KP, editors, Proceedings of the 2003
International Conference on Ecology and Transportation,. Center for Transportation and the
Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 2003.
Denise Eby Konan, “Alternative Paths to Prosperity: Trade Liberalization in Egypt and Tunisia.”
in Bernard Hoekman, editor, Arab Economic Integration: Between Hope and Reality, Brookings
Institute, 2003.
Denise Eby Konan, “Appendix: Trade Models used for Simulation,” In Bernard Hoekman and
Patrick Messerlin, Harnessing Trade for Development and Growth in the Middle East, New York:
Council of Foreign Relations, 2002.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Book Chapters (continued)
Bernard Hoekman and Denise Eby Konan, “Deep Integration, Nondiscrimination and Euro-
Mediterranean Free Trade,” in J. von Hagen and M. Widgren, editors, Regionalism in Europe:
Geometries and Strategies After 2000, Boston/Dordrecht/London: Kluwer Academic Publisher,
2001.
Bernard Hoekman, Denise Eby Konan, and Keith E. Maskus, “Overlapping Free Trade
Agreements and the Middle East and North Africa: Economic Incentives and Effects on Egypt,” in
Julia Devlin, Sebastien Dessus, and Raed Safadi, editors, Towards Arab and Euro-Mediterranean
Regional Integration Paris: OECD, 2001.
Bernard Hoekman and Denise Eby Konan, “Rents, Red Tape and Regionalism: Economic Effects
of Deeper Integration,” in B. Hoekman and J. Zarrouk, editors, Catching Up with the Competition:
Trade Policy Challenges and Options for the Middle East and North Africa, Ann Arbor:
University of Michigan Press, 2000.
Magnus Blomström, Denise Eby Konan, and Robert Lipsey, “Foreign Direct Investment in the
Restructuring of the Japanese Economy,” in M. Blomström, B. Gangnes, and S. Lacroix, editors,
Japan's New Economy: Continuity and Change in the Twenty-First Century, Oxford University
Press, 2000.
Bernard Hoekman, Denise Eby Konan, and Keith E. Maskus, “An Egypt-U.S. Free Trade
Agreement: Economic Incentives and Effects,” in Ahmed Galal and Robert Lawrence, editors,
Building Bridges: An Egypt-US Free Trade Agreement, Washington D.C.: Brookings Institution
Press, 1998.
Denise Eby Konan, “International Economics,” The Business, Economics, Marketing &
Advertising Guide: The New York Times College Program, 1998.
Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus, “A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of
Egyptian Trade Liberalization Scenarios,” in: Regional Partners, Global Markets: Limits and
Possibilities of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreements, Ahmad Galal and Bernard Hoekman, editors,
London, Center for Economic Policy Research in Europe (CEPR) and Brookings Institute, 1997.
“An Economic and Political Analysis of the United State-China Dispute Over Intellectual Property
Rights,” with Sumner La Croix, in Zhang Yunling, editor: Transitional Relations on China, Japan,
and the United States (in Chinese), 1997.
Keith E. Maskus and Denise Eby Konan, “Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights: Issues and
Exploratory Results,” in Analytical and Negotiating Issues in the Uruguay Round, Robert M. Stern
and Alan V. Deardorff, editors, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1994.
Denise Eby Konan and Chia Siow Yue, “Direct Foreign Investment Policy in ASEAN and the
United States: Developing New Investment Codes,” in: Building Blocks of U.S.-ASEAN Economic
Cooperation: An Evolutionary Approach, Pearl Imada Iboshi, Michael G. Plummer and Seiji
Finch Naya, eds, Honolulu, East-West Center, 1994.
Keith E. Maskus and Denise Eby Konan, “Developing New Rules and Disciplines on Trade-
Related Investment Measures,” in The Multilateral Trading System: Analysis and Options for
Change, Robert. M. Stern, ed., Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. Reprinted from
The World Economy.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Working Papers
Denise Eby Konan and J. Heinrich, “Regional Integration and the (Re)distribution of Foreign
Direct Investment between Asymmetric Host Countries,” Canadian Journal of Economics, revise
and resubmit.
Denise Eby Konan, “Limits to Growth: Tourism and Regional Labor Migration,” Economic
Modelling, revise and resubmit.
Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus, “The Relation between Partner Trade Shares and
Domestic Wealth in a Preferential Trade Agreement with Nationally Differentiated Products,”
Review of Development Economics, revise and resubmit.
Sumner La Croix and Denise Eby Konan, “Intellectual Property Rights in China: The Changing
Political Economy of Chinese-American Interests,” East West Center Working Papers, No. 39
January 2002: 19-20, at http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/ECONwp039.pdf
“A Unified Treatment of Horizontal Direct Investment, Vertical Direct Investment, and the Pattern
of Trade in Goods and Services,” with James R. Markusen, Anthony J. Venables, and Kevin H.
Zhang, National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper Series, No. 5696, August 1996.
“A Computable General-Equilibrium Analysis of Scenarios for Trade Liberalization Using the
Egypt CGE-TL Model,” with Keith E. Maskus, World Bank Mimeo, 1996.
University Gifts, Grants, and Contracts
Interim Chancellor during University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Centennial Capital Campaign, which
generated over $200 million including $25 million gift by Jay Shidler to the College of Business
UHF Award, $50,056. Hawaiian Electric Company. To support activities of the UHERO Energy
and Greenhouse Gas Solutions project, 2009
UHF Award, $25,000. Omidyar Fund and the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. To support
activities of the UHERO Energy and Greenhouse Gas Solutions project, 2009
Principle Investigator, $25,000, Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute. To prepare an analysis of
financial incentives and barriers for the Hawai‘i Bioenergy Master Plan of the State of Hawai‘i,
Department of Business Economic Development and Tourism.
Principle Investigator, $75,000. Michael Saalfeld. To compile historic energy and emissions
factors and develop greenhouse gas inventory for Hawai‘i, 2008
Principle Investigator, $200,000. Hawaiian Electric Company. To support Hawai‘i Legislative
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Task Force, 2007
UHF Award, $25,000. Hawaiian Electric Company. To support Mānoa Climate Change
Commission, 2007
Principle Investigator, $28,237. Hawai‘i Electric Light Company. Analyze economic impacts of
alternative power plant models for Big Island IRP, 2006

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
University Gifts, Grants, and Contracts
Co-Principle Investigator, $86,602. Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute. Develop computable
general equilibrium model of Hawai‘i County power and economy, 2006
Principle Investigator, $22,717. Nathan Associates and US. AID. Analyze economic impacts of a
U.S. Egypt free trade agreement, 2006
Principle Investigator, $98,686. Hawai‘i Electric Company, Analyze alternative power plant
models for the Integrated Research Plan, 2005
Investigator, $5,000. Board of Water Supply, Water rebates in Hawai‘i: A computable general
equilibrium analysis, 1998.
Principal Investigator, $3,000. Community of Scholars Grant, College of Social Science, Tax
Reform in Hawai‘i: A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis, 1998
Principal Investigator, $5,000. Dean's Small Grant, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado,
global plant location in a vertically-distorted industry: US-Mexican automobile production, 1992
Cooperative Research Grant, $5,000. University of Colorado at Boulder, Technology, intellectual
property and strategic foreign direct investment, 1991
Research Consultancies
World Bank and Ministry of Finance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The economic impact of
Saudi Arabia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, Riyadh, 2007-2008
International Monetary Fund and Arab Monetary Fund, Arab Economic Integration, High Level
Conference on Arab Economic Integration, , Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2005
RM Towill Corporation, Sustainable tourism in Hawai‘i: economic and environmental modeling
project, 2002-2005
World Bank, Estimation of the impact of trade reform in Tunisia, 2003
Egyptian Center for Economic Studies. Arab economic integration: a computable general
equilibrium analysis of regional trade policy options, 2001
Council on Foreign Relations, Middle East Trade Policy Options, 2001
World Bank, Agriculture and the new trade agenda in the new millennium: economic analyses of
issues and options for developing countries, 2001
The Services Group and Tunisia Ministry of International Trade and Investment of Tunisia,
Economic impact of implementing the General Agreement on Trade in Services Liberalization of
the World Trade Organization, 1999
Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, Hawai‘i State Government,
Modeling public policy in Hawai‘i: An introduction to CGE analysis, 1998

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Grants and Consultancies (continued)
World Bank and Ministry of Economy, Egypt, Economic impacts of an Egypt – EU Partnership
Agreement, 1995 - 1996
Private Investment and Trade Opportunities (PITO) Project, Direct foreign investment policy in
ASEAN and the United States, 1994
Presentations and Participation at Economics Meetings and Universities
International Energy Workshop, 21-23 June 2010, Stockholm, Sweden.
Annual EWC/KDI 2009 Conference, Climate Change and Green Growth: Korea’s National
Growth Strategy, 23-24 July 2009, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
International Conference on Policy Modeling, EcoMod 2009, 24-26 June 2009, Ottawa, Canada.
Twelfth Annual Conference, Global Trade Analysis Project, 10-12 June 2009, Santiago, Chile.
The Washington Symposium, Science Education for New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities,
National Science Foundation, 30-31 March 2009, Washington, DC.
Keynote Speaker, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade XIII Conference, Santo
Tomas University, 18-19 November 2008, Manila, Philippines.
Asia Pacific Trade Seminar Annual Conference, 14-15 July 2008, Sydney, Australia.
Western Economics Association Annual Conference, 29 June to 3 July 2008, Waikiki, Hawai‘i.
PACON 2008: Energy and Climate Change, 1-5 June 2008, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Institute of Economics Seminar, 23 May 2008, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series, 21 May 2008, School of Economics and Management,
University of Aarhus, Denmark.
Western Regional Sciences Association, 17-20 February 2008, Waikoloa, Hawai‘i.
Sixth Annual Inha – Le Havre International Conference, New Vision for Enhancing Asia-Europe
Economic Cooperation, 10-12 October 2007, Inha University, Incheon, Korea.
EcoMod Energy and Environmental Modeling Conference, 13-14 September 2007, Moscow,
Russia.
European Trade Study Group Seventh Annual Conference, 8-10 September 2005, University
College Dublin, Ireland.
Eighth Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project, 9-11
June 2005, Lübeck, Germany.
Middle East and North African Economies, EcoMod and Middle East Economic Association, 2-4
June 2005, Brussels, Belgium.
Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting, 7-9 January 2005, Philadelphia, PA.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Presentations and Participation at Economics Meetings and Universities (continued)
European Trade Study Group 6 th Annual Conference, 9-12 September 2004, Nottingham, UK.
International Conference on Policy Modeling, EcoMod, June 30 – July 2, 2004, Paris, France.
Invited Lecturer, Christel DeHaan Tourism and Travel Research Institute, Nottingham University
Business School, Nottingham, United Kingdom, September 2004
Recent Advances in International Trade, Intellectual Property Protection and International Trade,
24-25 May, 2004, City University, Hong Kong.
International Conference on Policy Modeling, EcoMod, 3-5 July 2003, Istanbul, Turkey.
The Economics of Conflicts and Cooperation in the MENA Region, Second European Conference
of the Middle East Economic Association, 2-5 June 2003, Versailles, France.
Transportation Research Board 82 nd Annual Meeting, National Research Council, 12-16 January
2003, Washington DC.
Middle East Economic Association Annual Meeting, Allied Social Sciences Association, 2-4
January 2003, Washington, DC.
Invited Lecturer, 2nd International Workshop on Integrated Climate Models, Trieste, Italy,
International Conference on Policy Modeling, EcoMod, 4-6 July 2002, Brussels, Belguim.
Western Economics Association Conference, July 2001, San Francisco, California.
International Trade and Finance Association, ASSA Meetings, January 2001, New Orleans.
Western Economics Association Conference, July 2000, Vancouver.
Japan in the Twenty-First Century, January 1999, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Regionalism in Europe, CEPR and Bonn University, November 1998, Bonn, Germany.
East Asian Economic Association Conference, September 1998, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Western Economics Association Conference, July 1998, Lake Tahoe.
Japan's Economy in the 21 st Century Conference, June 1998, Stockholm School of Economic.
Midwest International Economics Meetings, May 1998, Michigan State University.
Korea’s Transition to a High Productivity Economy, Korean Development Institute and University
of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies, February 1998, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
American Social Science Association Conference, North American Economic and Finance
Association, January 1998, Chicago, Illinois.
Western Economics Association, July 1997, Seattle, Washington.
Midwest International Economics Meetings, May 1997, Northwestern University.
American Social Science Association Conference, January 1997, New Orleans.
International Trade and Finance Session, 71st Annual Western Economic Association International
Conference, June 1996, San Francisco.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Presentations and Participation at Economics Meetings and Universities (continued)
Ministry of State and International Cooperation, July 1995, Cairo, Egypt.
International Trade Division, The World Bank, July 1995, Washington D.C.
Making APEC Work, The East-West Center, June 1995, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Uruguay Round and the Developing Economies, The World Bank, Jan. 1995, Washington DC.
Festschrift Conference, Quite Pioneering: Robert M. Stern and His International Economic
Legacy, November 1994, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Pennsylvania State University, October 1994, State College, PA.
Midwest International Economics Meetings, October, 1994, State College, PA.
Midwest International Economics Meetings, May 1994, Ann Arbor, MI.
Midwest International Economics Meetings, May 1993, Lexington, KY.
Miami University, March 1993, Oxford, Ohio.
Concordia University, February 1993, Montreal, Quebec.
University of Delaware, February 1993.
University of North Carolina, February 1993.
Annual Conference of the Western Social Science Association, April 1992, Denver.
Analytical and Negotiating Issues in the Uruguay Round, Oct. 1991, University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.
PARTICIPATION AT HIGHER EDUCATION MEETINGS
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, 9-11 November 2008,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Global Universities 8 (GU8) Consortium of Presidents Council, 26-29 June 2007, Le Havre
University, France.
President’s Climate Commitment Summit, 12-13 June 2007, Washington DC.
Chair, Western Athletic Conference, Annual Board Meeting, 7-9 June 2007, Half Moon Bay,
California.
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Annual Meeting, 17-19 April 2007, San Jose,
California.
American Council on Education, 9-13 February 2007, Washington DC.
Fiesta Bowl, Western Athletics Conference, January 1-3 2007, Phoenix, Arizona.
International Association of University Presidents Symposium, 8-9 December 2006, Chaing Mai.
National Association of State Land Grant Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, 12-14
November 2006, Houston.

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PARTICIPATION AT HIGHER EDUCATION MEETINGS (continued)
Transforming the Culture: Undergraduate Education and the Research University, The
Reinvention Center, Washington, DC, 9-10 November 2006.
Mānoa Forum XIII, 6-8 October 2006, Waikīkī, Hawai‘i.
Campus of the Future, NACUBO, SCUP, APPA convention, July 7-11, 2006, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
American Council on Education, Organization of Women in Higher Education National Forum,
May 31-June 2, 2006, Washington, DC.
Western Athletics Conference (WAC) Board of Directors Meeting, 3-7 June 2006, California.
WASC Annual Conference, 12-14 April 2006, Irvine, California.
Asia Pacific Conference on International Education, 29 March to 1 April 2006, Korea University,
Seoul, Korea.
International Education Conference, 13-14 March 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Western Athletics Conference (WAC) Board Meeting, 8 January 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana.
NCAA Convention, 6-8 January 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana.
WASC Institutional Presentation Workshop, 3-5 January 2006, Oakland, California.
National Association of State Land Grant Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, 13-15
November 2005, Washington DC.
Mānoa Forum XII, 7-9 October 2005, Turtle Bay, Hawai‘i.
General Education and Statewide Articulation, American Association of Colleges and Universities,
21-22 May 2003, Washington DC.
“General Education Assessment,” Northwest Academic Forum Annual Meeting, 26-29 April 2003,
Laramie, Wyoming.
“College Town Planning,” Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Annual
Meeting, 8-11 April 2003, Irvine, California.
Western Athletic Conference Academic Affairs Meeting, 8-9 November 2003, San Diego.
“Jumpstarting Assessment at a Research Extensive University,” Assessment: A Shared
Commitment, American Association of Higher Education Conference, 19-23 June 2002, Boston.
“Building Institutional Capacity Through Dialogue: Mānoa’s Strategic Planning Process,” Western
Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Annual Meeting, 9-12 April 2002, San Diego.
“Measuring Educational Effectiveness Across Disciplines: The Mānoa Experience,” Western
Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Annual Meeting, 9-12 April 2002, San Diego.
Handbook 2001, WASC Workshop, 11 March 2002, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.
Transfer and Articulation, WASC and ACCJC Workshop, 12 March 2002, Honolulu, Hawai‘i.

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TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Courses Taught
Economics of Climate Change (undergraduate non-majors ethics focus)
International Trade and Welfare Economics (doctoral field)
Microeconomic Theory I (doctoral core)
Intermediate Economics: Price Theory (undergraduate core)
International Economic Relations (undergraduate non-majors)
International Trade (undergraduate)
The World Trading System (undergraduate)
Principles of Macroeconomics (undergraduate)
Principles of Microeconomics (undergraduate)
Conversational English (undergraduate, Sichuan Normal University, PRC)
Dissertation Committee Supervision
Makena Coffman, “Computable General Equilibrium Modeling in Hawaii: Visitor Spending and
Oil Price Shocks,” August 2007. Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional
Planning, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Ari Van Assche, “Three Essays on the Transformation of Global IT Production,” August 2004.
Position: Assistant Professor, HEC Montreal, Canada
Jian Zhang, “Trade Related Investment Measures and Developing Countries,” May 2003.
Position: Researcher, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Trieste, Italy
Hing Ling Chan, “Multinational Firms, Skill Investment, and Government Policy,” May 2002.
Postion: OmniTrack Group, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Heinrich, Jeffrey, “Strategic International R&D,” December 1998. Position: Associate Professor
and Chair, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Tabatchnaia-Tamirisa, Natalia, “Technology Policy in the Global Economy,” April 1997.
Position: Senior Research Economist, International Monetary Fund
Icay, M. Cecilia, “International Joint Ventures: Theory and Policy,” March 1997. Position:
Economist, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Toronto
Toh, Kyung-Hwan, “Rent-Seeking in Korea: A CGE Approach,” July 1996. Position: Deputy
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SERVICE ACTIVITIES
University of Hawai‘i
Department Personnel Committee, Department of Economics, 2008-2010
Chair, External Relations, Department of Economics, 2008-2010
Department Personnel Committee, Social Science Research Institute, 2009
Department Personnel Committee, School of Travel Industry Management, 2008, 2009
Manoa Climate Change Commission, 2007 to present
Council of Chancellors, University of Hawai‘i system, 2005 to 2007
President’s Council, University of Hawai‘i system, 2005-2007
Western Association of Schools and Colleges Advisory Committee, 2004-2005
Senate Executive Committee, Mānoa Faculty Senate, 2005
Search Committee for the Director of University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Children’s Center, 2004
Mānoa Budget Advisory Committee, 2004-2005
Council on Articulation, 2001-2004
Council of Chief Academic Officers 2002-2004
Council on Academic Affairs, 2001-2002
Chair, Council on Program Review, 2001-2004
Ex Officio, Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2001-2002
University of Hawai‘i Patent and Copyright Committee, 1998-2001
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Economic Association
Global Trade Analysis Project
EcoMod Network
International Economics and Finance Association
Western Economics Association, International
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
United States Association for Energy Economics
International Association for Energy Economics
Middle East Economic Association
Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology
Women Leaders in Higher Education
Organization of Women Leaders
Pacific Century Fellows
Pacific Club
Hawai‘i Economic Association
Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST