LAWRENCE J. LAU
Dr. Lawrence J.
Lau is the Kwoh-Ting Li Professor of Economic Development,
Department of Economics, Stanford University.
He received his B.S. degree in Physics and Economics, with
Great Distinction, from Stanford University in 1964, and his
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1966 and 1969 respectively. He served
as a Co-Director of the Asia/Pacific Research Center, and the
Director of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
(SIEPR), Stanford University. He is also a Senior Fellow (by
courtesy) of SIEPR, the Institute for International Studies
(by courtesy) and the Hoover Institution (by courtesy), Stanford
University. His specialized fields are Economic Theory, Economic
Development, Economic Growth, and the Economies of East Asia,
including China. Dr. Lau has been elected a member of Phi Beta
Kappa, a member of Tau Beta Pi, a Fellow of the Econometric
Society, an Academician of Academia Sinica, a Member of the
Conference for Research in Income and Wealth, an Overseas Fellow
of Churchill College, Cambridge, England, an Honorary Member
of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and an Academician
of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences. He has been
awarded the degree of Doctor of Social Sciences, honoris causa,
by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is
the author or editor of five books--Farmer Education and Farm
Efficiency (with Dean T. Jamison), Models of Development: A
Comparison of Economic Growth in South Korea and Taiwan, Econometrics
and the Cost of Capital: Essays in Honor of Dale W. Jorgenson,
North Korea in Transition: Prospects for Economic and Social
Reform (with Chang-Ho Yoon), and U.S. Direct Investment in
China (with Kwok-Chiu Fung and Joseph S. Lee)--and more than
one hundred and sixty articles and notes in professional publications.
Amongst his many professional activities, Dr. Lau is a member
of the Board of Directors of the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation
for International Scholarly Exchange, Taipei and an International
Advisor, National Bureau of Statistics, Peopleˇ¦s Republic
of China. He also serves as a member of the Boards of Directors
of the Taiwan Fund, Inc., BOC International Holdings Limited
and Media Partners International Holdings Inc.
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