CV
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
April 16, 2023
Hyeongwoo Kim, Ph.D.
Contact Information
Hyeongwoo Kim, Ph.D.
Patrick E. Molony Professor of Economics
Auburn University
138 Miller Hall, Auburn, AL 36849
Tel: 1-334-844-2928
Email: gmmkim at gmail dot com (preferred), hzk0001 at auburn dot edu
Web: http://sites.google.com/site/hkimphd
Current Positions
Patrick E. Molony Professor, Auburn University, August 2018-Present
Professor, Department of Economics, Auburn University, August 2017-Present
Co-Editor, KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 2017-Present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Economics and Finance, 2017-Present
Associate Editor, Korea and the World Economy, 2020-Present
Associate Editor, International Economic Journal, 2016-Present
Personal: US Permanent Resident (Green Card), Korean Citizen, Married, Two Children
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2006
Dissertation Title: Essays on Exchange Rate Models under a Taylor Rule Type Monetary Policy
Adviser: Masao Ogaki
M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 1994
Dissertation Title: A Critical Survey on the Free Banking Era (in Korean)
Adviser: Un-Chan Chung
B.A. in Economics (Cum Laude), Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 1992
Past Academic Positions
Chair, Department of Economics, Auburn University, June 2018-July 2023
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Economics, Auburn University, August 2012-July 2016
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Auburn University, August 2011-July 2017
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Auburn University, August 2006-July 2011
Guest Associate Professor, Keio University, Japan, May 24-June 16, 2016 (taught graduate-level Macroeconomy Applied Econometrics)
Visiting Scholar, Líderes Académicos, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara, February 27-March 2, 2012
Instructor, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2003-2006
Vice President, Korea-America Economic Association, January 2021-January 2022
Secretary-General, Korea-America Economic Association, January 2017-January 2020
Treasurer, Korea-America Economic Association, January 2009-January 2011
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Development, 2016-August 2021
Member, Editorial Council, EconoQuantum, 2011-2020
Other (Past) Positions
Member, National Unification Advisory Council, Republic of Korea, September 2017-July 2019
Advisory Council Member, Korea Corner, 2017-2019
Researcher, Korea Institute of Finance, South Korea, 1994-1996
Researcher, Korea National Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (KOPEC), 1995
Guest Columnist, The Korea Times, 2017
Columnist, Korea Journal (the US edition of Sisa Journal), February-August 2017
Member, eBAT (Economy & Business Aptitude Test) Operation Committee, Maeil Business Newspaper, 2016-2020
Manager, RePEc Korean Economists List, 2009-Present
Founder and Maintainer, Auburn Economics Working Paper Series, 2010-Present
Refereed Publications (including 37 SSCI journals in bold)
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Deockyun Ryu, and Jisoo Son (2023), "Fiscal Policy Effects on U.S. Labor Market," Journal of Economic Development 48(1), 85-110.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Peng Shao, and Shuwei Zhang (2023), "Policy Coordination and the Effectiveness of Fiscal Stimulus," Journal of Macroeconomics 75, 103489.
Jia, Bijie, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Shuwei Zhang (2022), "Assessing the Role of Sentiment in the Propagation of Fiscal Stimulus," B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics 22(2), 699-728.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Madeline Kim (2021), "U.S. Presidential Election Polls and the Economic Prospects of China and Mexico," Applied Economics 53(54), 6231-6248.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Wen Shi (2021), "Forecasting Financial Vulnerability in the U.S.: A Factor Model Approach," Journal of Forecasting 40, 439-457.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Ying Lin, and Henry Thompson (2021), "Exchange Rate Pass-Through to Consumer Prices: The Increasing Role of Energy Prices," Open Economies Review 32, 395–415.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Kyunghwan Ko (2020), "Improving Forecast Accuracy of Financial Vulnerability: Partial Least Squares Factor Model Approach," Economic Modelling 88, 341-355.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Yunxiao Zhang (2020), "Investigating Properties of Commodity Price Responses to Real and Nominal Shocks," North American Journal of Economics and Finance 51, 100899.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Wen Shi, Hyun Hak Kim (2020), "Forecasting Financial Stress Indices in Korea: A Factor Model Approach," Empirical Economics 59, 2859-2898.
Gao, Liping and Hyeongwoo Kim (2018), "Consumer Spending on Entertainment and the Great Recession," Leisure/Loisir 42(3), 281-300.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Wen Shi (2018), "The Determinants of the Benchmark Interest Rates in China," Journal of Policy Modeling 40(2), 395-417.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Jintae Kim (2018), "London Calling: Nonlinear Mean Reversion across International Stock Markets," North American Journal of Economics and Finance 44, 265-277.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Daeyup Lee (2018), "The Effects of Government Spending Shocks on the Trade Account Balance in Korea," International Review of Economics & Finance 53, 57-70.
Beard, T. Randolph, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Michael Stern (2017), "Is Good News for Donald Trump Bad News for the Peso?", Applied Economics Letters 24(19), 1363-1368.
Gueye, Ghislain, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Gilad Sorek (2017), "Pitfalls in Testing for Cointegration Between Inequality and Real Income," Economic Inquiry 55(2), 941-950.
Anderson, Seth, T. Randolph Beard, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Liliana Stern (2016), "The Short-Run Pricing Behavior of Closed-End Funds: Bond vs. Equity Funds," Journal of Financial Services Research 50(30), 363-386.
Gao, Liping and Hyeongwoo Kim (2016), "Testing the Predictability of Consumption Growth: Evidence from China," Journal of Economic Development 41(3), 21-30.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Wen Shi, and Kwang-Myoung Hwang (2016), "Estimating Interest Rate Setting Behavior in Korea: A Constrained Ordered Choices Model Approach," Applied Economics 48(23), 2199-2214.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Ippei Fujiwara, Bruce E. Hansen, and Masao Ogaki (2015), "Purchasing Power Parity and the Taylor Rule," Journal of Applied Econometrics 30(6), 874-903.
Kim, Bong-Han, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Bong-Soo Lee (2015), "Spillover Effects of the US Financial Crisis on Financial Markets in Emerging Asian Countries," International Review of Economics & Finance 39, 192-210.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Deockhyun Ryu (2015), "Measuring the Speed of Convergence of Stock Prices: A Nonparametric and Nonlinear Approach," Economic Modelling 51, 227-241.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Deockhyun Ryu (2015), "A Nonparametric Study of Real Exchange Rate Persistence over a Century," International Review of Economics & Finance 37, 406-418.
Chen, Shu-Ling, John Jackson, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Pramesti Resiandini (2014), "What Drives Commodity Prices?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 96(5), 1455-1468.
Gao, Liping, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Richard Saba (2014), "How Do Oil Price Shocks Affect Consumer Prices?," Energy Economics 45, 313-323.
Beard, T. Randolph, George Ford, and Hyeongwoo Kim (2014), "Capital Investment and Employment in the Information Sector," Telecommunications Policy 38, 371-382.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Henry Thompson (2014), "Wages in a Factor Proportions Model with Energy Input," Economic Modelling 36, 495-501.
Kim, Bong-Han, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Hong-Ghi Min (2013), "Reassessing the Link between the Japanese Yen and Emerging Asian Currencies," Journal of International Money and Finance 33, 306-326.
Anderson, Seth, Randy Beard, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Liliana Stern (2013), "Fear and Closed-End Fund Discounts," Applied Economics Letters 20-10, 956-959.
Hwang, Eugene, Hong-Ghi Min, Bong-Han Kim, and Hyeongwoo Kim (2013), "Determinants of Stock Market Comovements among US and Emerging Economies during the US Financial Crisis," Economic Modelling 35, 338-348.
Cheng, Ka Ming, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Henry Thompson (2013), "The Exchange Rate and US Tourism Trade, 1973-2007," Tourism Economics 19-4, 883-896.
Cheng, Ka Ming, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Henry Thompson (2013), "The Real Exchange Rate and the Balance of Trade in US Tourism," International Review of Economics & Finance 25, 122-128.
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2013), "Generalized Impulse Response Analysis: General or Extreme?," EconoQuantum 10(2), 135-141.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Nazif Durmaz (2012), "Bias Correction and Out-of-Sample Forecast Accuracy," International Journal of Forecasting 28, 575-586.
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2012), "VECM Estimations of the PPP Reversion Rate Revisited: The Conventional Role of Relative Price Adjustment Restored," Journal of Macroeconomics 34-1, 223-238.
Cheng, Ka Ming, Nazif Durmaz, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Michael Stern (2012), "Hysteresis vs. Natural Rate of US Unemployment," Economic Modelling 29-2, 428-434.
Beard, T. Randolph, John Jackson, David Kaserman, and Hyeongwoo Kim (2012), "Time-Series Analysis of U.S. Kidney Transplantation and the Waiting List: Donor Substitution Effects," Empirical Economics 42-1, 261-277.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Young-Kyu Moh (2012), "The Yen Real Exchange Rate May Not Be Stationary After All: New Evidence from Non-Linear Unit-Root Tests," Bank of Korea Economic Analysis 18-4.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Young-Kyu Moh (2012), "Examining the Evidence of Purchasing Power Parity by Recursive Mean Adjustment," Economic Modelling 29-5, 1850-1857.
Chen, Shu-Ling and Hyeongwoo Kim (2011), "Nonlinear Mean Reversion across National Stock Markets: Evidence from Emerging Asian Markets," International Economic Journal 25-2, 239-250.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Young-Kyu Moh (2010), "A Century of Purchasing Power Parity Confirmed: The Role of Nonlinearity,"Journal of International Money and Finance 29-7, 1398-1405.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Liliana Stern, and Michael Stern (2010), "Half-Life Bias Correction and the G7 Stock Markets," Economics Letters 109-1, 1-3.
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2009), "On the Usefulness of the Contrarian Strategy Across National Stock Markets: A Grid Bootstrap Analysis," Journal of Empirical Finance 16-5, 734-744.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, Liliana Stern, and Michael Stern (2009), "Nonlinear Mean Reversion in the G7 Stock Markets," Applied Financial Economics 19-5, 347-355.
Kim, Hyeongwoo and Young-Kyu Moh (2009), ''On the Importance of Span of the Data in Univariate Estimation of the Persistence in Real Exchange Rates'', Economics Bulletin 29-1, 129-140.
Kim, Hyeongwoo, John Jackson, and Richard Saba (2009), "Forecasting the FOMC's Interest Rate Setting Behavior: A Further Analysis," Journal of Forecasting 28-2, 145-165.
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2008), "Country-Specific Shocks and Optimal Monetary Policy," Economics Bulletin 5-23, 1-9.
Book Chapters
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2023), "Will the Fed Beat Inflation?," Chapter 5.1 in 2024 Economic Issues & Trends, edited by Keun Lee, et al., The Center for Economic Catch-Up (ISBN: 9791171171712). (in Korean)
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2022), "Fed's Hawkish Turn: How Hawkish Will They Go," Chapter 2.2 in 2023 Economic Issues & Trends, edited by Keun Lee, et al., The Center for Economic Catch-Up (ISBN: 9788950942601). (in Korean)
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2021), "The Covid19 Pandemic Crisis and the Korean Economy," Chapter 1.3 in 2022 Economic Issues & Trends, edited by Keun Lee, et al., The Center for Economic Catch-Up (ISBN: 9788950997847). (in Korean)
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2020), "The New Crisis and the US Economy," Chapter 2.2 in 2021 Economic Issues & Trends, edited by Keun Lee, et al., The Center for Economic Catch-Up (ISBN: 9788950992392). (in Korean)
Barth, James, Sunghoon Joo, Hyeongwoo Kim, Kang Bok Lee, Stevan Maglic, and Xuan Shen (2020), "Forecasting Net Charge-Off Rates of Banks: A PLS Approach," in Handbook of Financial Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Machine Learning, edited by Cheng-Few Lee (ISBN: 9789811202384).
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2019), "Economic Recession in the U.S.: Is It Coming?," Chapter 1.2 in 2020 Economic Issues & Trends, edited by Keun Lee, et al., The Center for Economic Catch-Up (ISBN: 9788950984175). (in Korean)
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2018), "Will the Fed Keep Raising Interest Rates?," Chapter 1.1 in 2019 Economic Issues & Trends, edited by Keun Lee, et al., The Center for Economic Catch-Up (ISBN: 9788950977863). (in Korean)
Angkinand, Apanard, James Barth, and Hyeongwoo Kim (2010), "Spillover Effects from the U.S. Financial Crisis: Some Time-Series Evidence from National Stock Returns," in The Financial and Economic Crises: An International Perspective, edited by Benton Gup, Edward Elgar Publishing (ISBN: 1848446667).
Policy Papers
Kim, Hyeongwoo (2022), "On the Stimulus Effect of Korean Fiscal Policy: 1964-2021," KEKA Working Paper Series #3 (in Korean)
Joo, Sangyoung, Deockhyun Ryu, and Hyeongwoo Kim (2020), "Long-Run Effects of Fiscal Policy," KIPF Policy Paper Series (in Korean)
Ford, George S., Hyeongwoo Kim, and Lawrence J. Spiwak (2017), "What is the “Cost per Regulator” on GDP and Private Sector Job Creation? An Update on Prior Research," Phoenix Center Perspective No. 17-01 (Press Release, Washington Times)
Beard, T. Randolph, George S. Ford, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Lawrence J. Spiwak (2011), "Can Government Spending Get America Working Again?" Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 31 (Press Release, PR Newswire, CNBC, US News)
Beard, T. Randolph, George S. Ford, Hyeongwoo Kim, and Lawrence J. Spiwak (2011), "Regulatory Expenditures, Economic Growth and Jobs: An Empirical Study," Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 28 (Press Release, PR Newswire, US News)
Beard, T. Randolph, George S. Ford, and Hyeongwoo Kim (2010), "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Communications Policy and Employment Effects in the Information Sector," Phoenix Center Policy Bulletin No. 25 (Press Release, PR Newswire, US News)
Working Papers
Predictability Power of U.S. Macroeconomic Factors for the Dollar/Won Real Exchange Rate, February 2024 (with Sarthak Behera and Soohyon Kim), Auburn Economics Working Paper No. 2024-02 (R&R)
What Charge-Off Rates are Predictable by Macroeconomic Latent Factors, February 2024 (with Jisoo Son), Auburn Economics Working Paper No. 2024-01 (R&R)
Trend-Breaks and the Persistence of Closed-End Fund Discounts, June 2023 (with Nazif Durmaz, Hyejin Lee, and Yanfei Sun), MPRA Working Paper No. 117789
Was the KORUS FTA a Horrible Deal?, June 2022 (with Madeline H. Kim, Divya Sadana, and Jie Zhang), Auburn Economics Working Paper No. 2022-02
Forecasting Dollar Real Exchange Rates and the Role of Real Activity Factors, October 2019 (with Sarthak Behera), Auburn Economics Working Paper No. 2019-04
Are Global Food Prices Becoming More Volatile and More Persistent?, November 2013, Auburn Economics Working Paper No. 2013-22
Half-Life Estimation under the Taylor Rule: Two Goods Model, February 2007 (Presented in 16th Midwest Econometrics Group Annual Meeting, October 2006)
Local-Currency Pricing, Technology Diffusion, and the Optimal Interest Rate Rule, April 2006
Referee
American Journal of Agricultural Economics; Applied Economics; Applied Economics Letters; Bank of Korea Economic Analysis; Bulletin of Economic Research; China Economic Review; Contemporary Economic Policy; Economic Inquiry; Economic Modelling; Economics Bulletin; Economics Letters; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Empirical Economics; Energy Economics; Finance Research Letters; International Economic Journal; Forecst Policy and Economics; International Finance; International Journal of Forecasting; International Journal of Trade and Global Markets; International Review of Financial Analysis; International Trade Journal; International Review of Economics & Finance; Japan and the World Economy; Japanese Economic Review; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Economic Development; Journal of Economics and Finance; Journal of Economics Studies; Journal of Empirical Finance; Journal of Financial Economic Policy; Journal of Forecasting; Journal of International Business Studies; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics; Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; Journal of Quantitative Economics; Korean Review of Applied Economics; Macroeconomic Dynamics; North American Journal of Economics and Finance; Open Economies Review; Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance; Resource and Energy Economics; Review of Financial Economics; Review of International Economics; Seoul Journal of Economics; Singapore Economic Review; Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics
Auburn University Intramural Grant Program; Korea-America Economic Association; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); Natural Hazards
Conference/Seminar Presentations
2024: WEAI Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA, June-July, Scheduled); SEA Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C., November, Scheduled)
2023: BK21 Seminar (Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, January, Virtual), EEA Annual Meeting (New York, NY, February), 7th International Workshop on Financial Markets and Nonlinear Dynamics (FMND2023, Paris, France, June); Midwest Econometric Group (Cleveland Fed, OH, October, by Coauthor); Nagoya City University (Japan, October, Virtual); 18th East Asia Economic Association Meeting (Seoul National University, Korea, October); SEA Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA, November)
2022: KEKA International Conference (Seoul National University, Korea, April, Virtual), BK21 Seminar (Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea, Virtual), SEA Annual Meeting (Fort Lauderdale, FL, November)
2021: MK-KAEA Economic Policy Forum (January, Virtual), KEKA Seminar (Seoul National University, Korea, October, Virtual), SEA Annual Meeting (Houston, TX, November)
2020: KAEA Workshop (San Diego, CA, January), EEA Annual Meeting (Boston, MA, February), SEA Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA, November, Virtual)
2019: WEAI International Conference (Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, March), Midwest Econometrics Group (29th Annual Meeting, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, October), Bank of Korea (Seoul, Korea, October), 2019 Fiscal Policy Forum (hosted by the National Committee for Income-Led Growth and Korea Institute of Public Finance, Seoul, Korea, October)
2018: NRC-KAEA Policy Forum (Philadelphia, PA, January; 2 Presentations), KEA-KAEA International Conference (Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, June), Xi'an Jiaotong University (Xi'an, China, June), Midwest Econometrics Group (28th Annual Meeting, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, October, presentation by coauthor), Midwest Macro Meetings (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, November), SEA Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C., November)
2017: KAEA Workshop (Chicago, IL, January), EEA Annual Meeting (New York, NY, February), Regions Bank Quant Summit (Birmingham, AL, June), KEA-APEA International Conference (Korea University, Seoul, Korea, July), Pusan National University (Pusan, Korea, July), KDI-JEP Conference (Seoul, South Korea, December)
2016: WEAI Annual Meetings (Portland, OR, June), Keio University (Tokyo, Japan, June), KEA-KAEA International Conference (Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, August), Midwest Econometrics Group (26th Annual Meeting, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, October), Bank of Korea (Online Seminar, November)
2015: EEA Annual Meeting (New York, NY, February), WEAI Annual Meetings (Honolulu, HI, June), 1st International Conference on Network Economics and Big Data (Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July, by coauthor), KDI-KAEA Joint Conference: Recent Issues in Economics and Economic Policies (Sejong, Korea, August), SEA Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA, November)
2014: WEAI Annual Meetings (Denver, CO, June, 2 articles), KEA-KAEA International Conference (Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, August), Bank of Korea (Seoul, Korea, August), Auburn University (Auburn, AL, September), SEA Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA, November)
2013: ERIC International Conference (Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, June)
2012: Tecnológico de Monterrey (Guadalajara, Mexico, February, 2 articles), Auburn University (Auburn, AL, September), University of Cincinnati (Finance Department, Cincinnati, OH, September), Midwest Econometrics Group (22nd Annual Meeting, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, September)
2011: WEAI Annual Meetings (San Diego, CA, June, 2 articles), Auburn University (Auburn, AL, September), Midwest Econometrics Group (21st Annual Meeting, Chicago Booth, Chicago, IL, October, 4 articles)
2010: ASSA Annual Meetings (Atlanta, GA, January), KEA-KAEA International Conference (Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, August, 2 articles), SEA Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA, November, 2 articles)
2009: ASSA Annual Meetings (San Francisco, CA, January), Auburn University (Auburn, AL, January), University of Southern Mississippi (Hattiesburg, MS, February), NBER Summer Institute (Cambridge, MA, July)
2008: Auburn University (Auburn, AL, Jan, Feb, Sep), Midwest Economics Association (72nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March), Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX, April), Midwest Macro Meetings (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, May), KEA-KAEA International Conference (Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, August)
2007: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL, March), Auburn University (Auburn, AL, November)
2006: Auburn University (Auburn, AL, March), University of Alabama (Birmingham, AL, March), Bank of Korea (Seoul, Korea, April), Korea Institute of Finance (Seoul, Korea, April), Samsung Economic Research Institute (Seoul, Korea, April), Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (Seoul, Korea, April), Midwest Econometrics Group (16th Annual Meeting, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, October), Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, May)
2005: Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, October, November)
2004: Midwest Econometrics Group (14th Annual Meeting, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, October), Ohio State University (Columbus, OH, May)
Conference Session Organizer
2022: KEKA International Conference (Seoul National University, Korea, April, Virtual)
2021: KIF-KAEA-KAFA Conference (Korea Institute of Finance, Seoul, Korea, May, Virtual), WEAI Annual Meetings (Honolulu, HI, June, Virtual), KIET-KAEA Conference (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade, Sejong, Korea, July, Virtual), KER International Conference (Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, July, Virtual)
2020: WEAI International Meeting (Fudan University, Shanghai, China, March, Cancelled due to a Covid19 travel ban)
2019: WEAI International Meeting (Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, March, 3 sessions)
2016: WEAI Annual Meetings (Portland, OR, June, 3 sessions)
2015: WEAI Annual Meetings (Honolulu, HI, June, 5 sessions)
2014: WEAI Annual Meetings (Denver, CO, June, 4 sessions)
2011: KAEA Workshops A and B (Denver, CO, January)
2010: KAEA Workshops A and B (Atlanta, GA, January)
Conference Session Discussant
2023: 18th East Asia Economic Association Meeting (Seoul National University, Korea, October)
2022: MK-KAEA Economic Policy Forum (January, Virtual)
2018: SEA Annual Meeting (Washington, D.C., November)
2017: EEA Annual Meeting (New York, NY, February)
2016: WEAI Annual Meetings (Portland, OR)
2015: EEA Annual Meeting (New York, NY, February), SEA Annual Meeting (New Orleans, LA, November, Scheduled, 2 articles)
2014: KEA-KAEA International Conference (Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, August), SEA Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA, November)
2011: WEAI Annual Meetings (San Diego, CA, June)
2010: ASSA Annual Meetings (Atlanta, GA, January), SEA Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA, November)
2008: Midwest Economics Association (72nd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March)
Conference Session Chair
2023: 18th East Asia Economic Association Meeting (Seoul National University, Korea, October)
2021: KIET-KAEA Conference (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade, Sejong, Korea, July, Virtual), SEA Annual Meeting (Houston, TX, November)
2018: KEA-KAEA International Conference (Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, June)
2017: KAEA Workshop (Chicago, IL, January), KEA-APEA International Conference (Korea University, Seoul, Korea, July);
2016: KEA-KAEA International Conference (Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, August)
2015: KDI-KAEA Joint Conference: Recent Issues in Economics and Economic Policies (Sejong, South Korea, August)
2014: WEAI Annual Meetings (Denver, CO, June), SEA Annual Meeting (Atlanta, GA, November)
2010: KAEA Workshop B (Atlanta, GA, January)
2008: Midwest Macro Meetings, (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, May)
Non-Academic Invited Presentations/Talk/Interview
2019: Korea Center Special Lecture (Auburn University, AL, March); 2019 Southeast United States Korean Chamber of Commerce Seminar: Trade Policy (Auburn University, AL, May)
2018: Korea Corner Brownbag Seminar (Auburn University, AL, March, Slides)
2017: Korea Corner, Auburn University, Consulate General of the ROK in Atlanta Conference on North Korea (Auburn University, AL, November, Slides, Video, Media, Poster)
2015: KOBES Annual Economic Forum (Atlanta, GA, January, Slides, Video, Media); Seoul National University Alumni Association Georgia Chapter General Meeting (Atlanta, GA, February, Slides, Media), Atlanta-OCTA International Trade School (Atlanta, GA, July, Slides)
2014: KOBES November Meeting (Atlanta, GA, November, Slides, Video, Media)
2012: Public Talk, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Guadalajara, Mexico, March, Poster)
2010: MK Atlanta Forum, Maeil Business Newspaper (Atlanta, GA, January); KSEA-AL Symposium on Automotive Technology (Auburn, AL, October, Slides)
Non-Academic Articles
2020: Economist Links Pandemic to Historical Oil Price Drop (Expert Answers, Auburn University)
2017: Can Trump Weaken Dollars (English; The Korea Times), Taxing robots? Maybe in alternative ways (English; The Korea Times), Trump's New Tactic on China's Currency Manipulation (English; The Korea Times), Moon's New Stance on North Korea (English; The Korea Times), Can Fiscal Stimulus Solve Korea's Job Problems? (English; The Korea Times), Trump Scapegoats Korea (English; The Korea Times), Was It Really a Horrible Deal? (English; The Korea Times), President Trump NOT Bluffing (English; The Korea Times)
2016: On Negative Nominal Interest Rates (Korean)
2015: Oil Price Plunge: Is It Good or Bad? (Korean)
2014: On the Great Gatsby Curve (Korean); Egg Donations and Income Tax (Korean); On the U.S. Minimum Wage (Korean)
2012: On the Long-Term Trend in the USD/KRW Exchange Rate (Korean)
Competitive Grants
IGP Grant, 2-Year Project on State Public Pension Plan (PI; $46,400), Auburn University, 2017-2019
Korea Travel Grant ($4,865.96), Auburn University, 2016
Fellowships, Awards, and Honors
Outstanding Paper Award, Korea Institute of Public Finance, 2023
Service Award (Vice President), Korea-America Economic Association, 2021
Service Award (Secretary General), Korea-America Economic Association, 2017-2019
Service Award (Treasurer), Korea-America Economic Association, 2011
NBER Summer Institute Travel Support, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
Summer Research Grant, College of Business, Auburn University, 2007-2008
Departmental Citation for Excellence in Teaching, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, Autumn 2005
JMCB Research-Travel Support, Department of Economics, The Ohio State University, 2004
University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, August 2001-August 2002
Seoul National University School of Business Alumni Fellowship, 1989-1992
Cum Laude, Seoul National University, 1992
Economics Faculty Fellowship, Seoul National University, 1988-1992
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Courses: Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Microeconomics, International Economics
Graduate Courses: Macroeconomics, Econometrics, International Finance, Macroeconometrics
Dissertation Supervision
Chair: Jisoo Son (Ph.D., In Progress), Subash Bhandari (Ph.D., In Progress), Elahe Boskabadi (Ph.D., 2023, Le Moyne College), Sarthak Behera (Ph.D., 2020, Centre College), Shuwei Zhang (Ph.D., 2019, Towson University), Ghislain N. Gueye (Ph.D., 2017, Louisiana Tech), Bijie Jia (Ph.D., 2017, Fannie Mae), Wen Shi (Ph.D., 2016, Columbus State University), Jintae Kim (Ph.D., 2015, Cleveland State University), Liping Gao (Ph.D., 2014, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai), Nazif Durmaz (Ph.D., 2011, Kean University), Ka Ming Cheng (Ph.D., 2009, Hang Seng University of Hong Kong), Christopher Vick (Masters, 2011), Zhixiao Liu (Masters, 2010)
Committee Member: Shan He (Ph.D., In Progress), Dibyajyoti Sinha (Ph.D., In Progress), Ruchika Rungta (Ph.D., In Progress), Sanket Kanekar (Ph.D., 2023, Alabama State University), Divya Sadana (Ph.D., 2022, UW at Eau Claire), Sharbani Bhattacharjee (Ph.D., 2022, Oberlin College), Haiyue Zhao (Ph.D., 2022, Jiangsu Tech, China), Noel Perceval Assogba (Ph.D., 2021, U of Tennessee); Jie Zhang (Ph.D., 2020, Hunan University); Bharat Diwakar (Ph.D., 2018), Mo Zhou (Ph.D., 2017), Jagdish Poudel (Ph.D., 2017), Ly Nguyen (Ph.D., 2016), Li Gong (Ph.D., 2016), Pramesti Resiandini (Ph.D., 2011), Zhenfei Tang (Masters, 2012), Ting Gu (Masters, 2012), Bijie Jia (Masters, 2012), Alexander Ruth (Masters, 2012), James Dickey (Masters, 2011), Daniel Otto (Masters, 2010), Nazif Durmaz (Masters, 2009), Sooriyakumar Krishnapillai (Masters, 2009), Nhuong Tran (Masters, 2009), Cephas Naanwaab (Masters, 2009), Chuannan Men (Masters, 2008), Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh (Masters, 2007)
Reader: Jing Gao (Ph.D., 2012), Dengjun Zhang (Ph.D., 2011), Li Meng (Ph.D., 2011)
University Services
Member, Advisory Council, Korea Corner, 2017-2019
Referee, 2015-2016 IGP Evaluation Committee, 2016
Member, Patent and Invention Disclosure Committee, Auburn University, 2012-2015
Departmental Services
Hiring Committees
Macroeconomics Preliminary Exam Committee
Econometrics Preliminary Exam Committee
Other Experience
Reviewer, Principles of Economics by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, Worth Publishers, 2019
Reviewer, Principles of Economics by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, Worth Publishers, 2018
Reviewer, Dynamic Macroeconomics by George Alogoskou.s, MIT Press, 2018
Reviewer, Empirical Asset Pricing by Wayne Ferson, Yale Press, 2017
Reviewer, Macroeconomics: Policy and Practice (2nd edition) by Mishkin, Pearson, 2014
Reviewer, Money, Banking, and the Financial System (2nd edition) by Hubbard and O’Brien, Prentice Hall, 2013
Reviewer, The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets (Planned Revision) by Mishkin, Prentice Hall, 2013
Reviewer, Econometric Theory and Methods (Planned revision) by Davidson and MacKinnon, Oxford University Press, 2013
Reviewer, Proposed MA degree in Economics, Troy University, 2013
Reviewer, Essentials of Economics (6th edition) by Mankiw, Cengage Learning, 2010
Reviewer, Brief Principles of Macroeconomics (6th edition) by Mankiw, Cengage Learning, 2010
Reviewer, Principles of Microeconomics (6th edition) by Mankiw, Cengage Learning, 2010
Reviewer, Principles of Macroeconomics (6th edition) by Mankiw, Cengage Learning, 2010
Reviewer, Money and Banking by Wright and Quadrini, Flat World Knowledge, 2008
Reviewer, Test Bank for International Economics (International Edition) by Krugman and Obstfeld, Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2008
Reviewer, Test Bank for International Economics by Krugman and Obstfeld (8th edition), Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2007
Reviewer, International Economics by Krugman and Obstfeld (8th edition), Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2007
Macroeconomics Lunch Seminar Organizer, The Ohio State University, Spring 2004
Assistant Coordinator, 9th KOPEC Executive Committee Meeting, June 1995
Assistant Coordinator, APEC Telecomm & Information Ministerial Luncheon Meeting, KOPEC (Korean Committee for the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Co-hosted with the U.S. KOPEC), May 1995
Affiliations
American Economic Association
Korea-America Economic Association (Lifetime)
International Economics and Finance Society (Lifetime)
Midwest Economics Association
Southern Economic Association
Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association
