Chang-Tai Hsieh
Chang-Tai Hsieh | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Swarthmore College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Development economics |
Chang-Tai Hsieh (born 1970) is a Taiwanese-American development economist. He researches factors that constrain economic productivity and the causes of economic growth in East Asia. Hsieh's work with Enrico Moretti on the housing supply restrictions has been influential in policy debates on land use regulation.
Hsieh is the Phyllis and Irwin Winkelreid Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Academia Sinica. He is a founding director of the International Growth Centre at the London School of Economics.