Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: With China's accession to the WTO, much had been written about the promise of easier market access for foreign firms. Instead a growing body of evidence suggests that the Chinese government is deploying a range of tariff and non-tariff barriers to aid localization of key industries. This paper examines recent anti-dumping cases in this context, focusing especially on Beijing’s push against imported petrochemicals and its effect on trade relations with Japan, Korea, and the United States. The paper contributes to debates on national industrialization strategies in Asia and within the field of Chinese political economy.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Two field experiments were performed to assess the effectiveness of the dump-and-chase (DAC), a compliance-gaining technique that introduces a particular method of employing persistence to influence others. The outcomes of these two experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the DAC relative to other compliance-gaining techniques known to be effective. In Experiment 1 the DAC was found to be more effective than the pooled data from the door-in-the-face (DITF) technique and the placebic information (PI) technique. In Experiment 2 the DAC was found to be more effective than the DITF, PI, and foot-in-the-door (FITD) techniques. The effect of the DAC was consistent across experiments, as well as producing relatively higher compliance-gaining rates. Moreover, because the contextual features of two experiments differed substantially, the effect occurred under heterogeneous conditions. Directions for subsequent tests of the DAC are discussed.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper and presentation examines who plays the critical role in the phenomenon of “Patient Dumping” in Taiwan. “Patient Dumping”, is the practice of a hospital, which despite being capable of providing the needed medical care, transfers a patient to another institution or refuses to treat a patient because they view them to be undesirable. By examining the high profile “Baby Qiu” case, this article argues that “guanxi”, the Chinese concept of personalized networks of influence, allows for a lack of transparency in the social system that results in patient dumping. In other words, rather than the reasons, such as the money, insurance coverage, malpractice litigation and physicians’ preference, the non-transparency of information causing by “guanxi” culture is most crucial reason for the unjust distribution of our scarce medical resources. This paper will argue that greater transparency and accountability are needed in Taiwan’s medical system to moderate this unreliable power structure and pose some solutions to counteract the harmful effect of “guanxi” on access to healthcare. This paper will introduce the Taiwanese healthcare system, as well as those of countries with the influence of Chinese culture, such as Japan, Korea and mainland China where “guanxi” also is prevalent throughout society.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: This paper examines the question "Why do states mediate some interstate conflicts and international organizations others?" By investigating this question, the paper attempts to clarify the context in which each of the two actors offer to mediate.

Publication Type: Proceeding