Shea Jia-dong (; born 9 October 1948) is a Taiwanese economist.

Early life and education

Shea was born in

Tainan County Tainan County was a County (Taiwan), county in southern Taiwan between 1945 and 2010. The county seat was in Xinying District, Sinying City. History Tainan County was established on 7 January 1946 on the territory of Tainan Prefecture () sh ...

in 1948. After graduating from

National Tainan First Senior High School The National Tainan First Senior High School () is a public senior high school in East District, Tainan, East District, Tainan, Taiwan. It was established in 1922 and is considered one of the most prestigious high schools in Taiwan, usually only a ...

, he enrolled in

National Taiwan University National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a National university, national Public university, public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Taiwan under J ...

and graduated with his bachelor's degree in economics in 1960 and his master's degree in economics in 1974. Shea then completed graduate studies in the United States at

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, where he earned his Ph.D. in economics in 1978. He initially studied

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but switched to economics. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "The policy implications of the government budget constraint in an optimal accumulation model".

Career

After finishing his doctoral degree, Shea went back to Taiwan to work for the Institute of Economics, where he was an associate research fellow from 1978 to 1982 and a research fellow from 1982 to 2000. Between 1996 and 2000, Shea served as deputy governor of the

Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) The Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan), known from 1924 to 2007 as the Central Bank of China and still referred to under the acronym CBC, is the central bank of Taiwan. Originally founded in 1924 in Guangzhou, the CBC was expel ...

. Shea was named

finance minister A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

in April 2000, and stepped down in October.

References

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