Nancy H. Chau is Professor of Economics  at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management in Cornell University. Her area of expertise are international economics, development economics and regional economics.  She received a PhD in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University.  Professor Chau was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, and the first T. W. Schultz Award of the International Agricultural Economics Association. Her publications appeared in Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, and the World Bank Economic Review.