About Me

Yoon-Jae Whang is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics in Seoul National University. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from Seoul National University and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1991. He has held previous positions at the University of Toronto, Ewha University, and Korea University. His main research interests are in econometric theory, financial econometrics and applied econometrics. His current research topics include nonparametric and semiparametric methods in econometrics and inference on stochastic dominance and its applications. 

His research has been recognized via support from the SNU Creative Leading Researcher Fellowship, the Dasan Economics Prize, the Maekyung Economist Award, and the Chung-Ram Academic Award. 

He is an elected fellow of the Econometric Society (since 2010) and the International Association for Applied Econometrics (since 2018), and a fellow of the Journal of Econometrics (since 2012). He was previously the President of the Korean Econometric Society, the Director of the Institute of Economic Research in Seoul National University, the Editor of Korean Economic Review, and an Associate Editor of Journal of Econometrics. He is presently the President of the Korean Economic Association, the Director of the Center for Econometrics in Seoul National University, a Co-Editor of Econometric Theory, and an Associate Editor of Econometric Reviews.