Entrepreneurship Unit of AUA and has participated in more than ten EU-funded
projects on behalf of both public and private institutes in Greece and abroad. His
research interest focuses on the analysis of economic behaviour using quantitative
and experimental methods with an emphasis on the agro-food sector and the
environment. His academic work has been published in journals such as Economic
Modelling, Economics Letters, Journal of Applied Statistics, Journal of Consumer
Affairs, European Review of Agricultural Economics and others.
Petros Xepapadeas is a Postgraduate Researcher in Operations Research at the
Athens University of Economics and Business. He received his BSc in Informatics
from Athens University of Economics and Business and his MSc in Business
Mathematics from a joint program at the National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens and Athens University of Economics and Business. He has experience in risk
analysis and has worked on the Open AIRE, MERMAID and BRIGAID projects.
Yung-hsian (Frank) Ying is Dean at the Office of International Affairs, National
Taiwan Normal University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of
Kentucky and his research interests are International Finance, International Economics, Political Economy and Macroeconomics.
Jason Yu is Assistant Professor at the National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. His
research interests are modelling of marine systems (tides, currents, storm surges,
water qualities and ecology), water treatment, pipeline analysis and sewer design,
and parallel computation. His recent research projects are study of the water quality
improvements in fishery harbours, COA; study of the thermocline variabilities due to
tide and seasonal variations in the Kaoping coastal seas, NSC; storm surge simulation on parallel computers, NSC; review of the hydrological instruments in Taiwan,
WRB; oil spill modelling, CPC; and evaluation and construction oil spill models for
the seas surrounding Taiwan, EPA.
xxiv
About the Editor and Contributors
projects on behalf of both public and private institutes in Greece and abroad. His
research interest focuses on the analysis of economic behaviour using quantitative
and experimental methods with an emphasis on the agro-food sector and the
environment. His academic work has been published in journals such as Economic
Modelling, Economics Letters, Journal of Applied Statistics, Journal of Consumer
Affairs, European Review of Agricultural Economics and others.
Petros Xepapadeas is a Postgraduate Researcher in Operations Research at the
Athens University of Economics and Business. He received his BSc in Informatics
from Athens University of Economics and Business and his MSc in Business
Mathematics from a joint program at the National and Kapodistrian University of
Athens and Athens University of Economics and Business. He has experience in risk
analysis and has worked on the Open AIRE, MERMAID and BRIGAID projects.
Yung-hsian (Frank) Ying is Dean at the Office of International Affairs, National
Taiwan Normal University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of
Kentucky and his research interests are International Finance, International Economics, Political Economy and Macroeconomics.
Jason Yu is Assistant Professor at the National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan. His
research interests are modelling of marine systems (tides, currents, storm surges,
water qualities and ecology), water treatment, pipeline analysis and sewer design,
and parallel computation. His recent research projects are study of the water quality
improvements in fishery harbours, COA; study of the thermocline variabilities due to
tide and seasonal variations in the Kaoping coastal seas, NSC; storm surge simulation on parallel computers, NSC; review of the hydrological instruments in Taiwan,
WRB; oil spill modelling, CPC; and evaluation and construction oil spill models for
the seas surrounding Taiwan, EPA.
xxiv
About the Editor and Contributors