CV

RESEARCH INTEREST

Economic History (South and North Korea, East Asia, and the United States), Economic Development,            

Institutional Economics, Law and Economics, Industrial Organization 

DEGREE

Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles (July 2003) 

M.A., University of California, Los Angeles (December 2000)

B.Econ., Seoul National University, Korea (February 1992)

CAREER  

Professor, Department of Economics, Myongji University (March, 2013 – Present)

Visiting Scholar

       Hong Kong Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong (March 2023 - June 2023)

       Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (April 2019 – June 2019)

       CAGE Visitor, Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE), University of Warwick (October, 2017)

Fellow, Korea Development Institute (July, 2007 – February, 2013)

Post-Doctoral Fellow/Lecturer, Economics, UC Davis

       (2003 – 2006, taught Economic History of the United States and World Economic History)

FIELD SERVICE

(Current)

President, Korean Economic History Society (March 2025 - present)

Editor-in-Chief, Seoul Review of Books (Quarterly, January 2024 - present)

Editorial Board, Korea Journal (February 2019 - present)

Trustee, Asian Historical Economics Society (March 2017 – present)

Associate Editor, Asian Journal of Law and Economics (January 2017 – present)

(Past)

President, Korean Law and Economics Association (March 2019 - February 2023)

Secretary, Asian Law and Economics Association (October 2015 – September 2023)

Secretary, Korean Economic History Society (March 2017 – February 2019)

President, Asian Historical Economics Society (March 2015 –February 2017)

Editor, Review of Economic History (Kyongje Sahak, September 2020 - August 2022)

Guest Editor, the special issue of Australian Economic History Review published in 2021

Editor, Korean Journal of Law and Economics  (March 2011 – February 2013)

Editorial Board, The Korean Journal of Economic Studies (March 2013-February 2015)

Editoral Board, KDI Review of the North Korean Economy (October 2011 – February 2013)

Secretary, Korean Economic History Society (March 2017 – February 2019)

Committee Chair of Research and External Affairs, Korean Economic History Society (March 2016 – February 2017)

Vice Chair of Steering Committee, 2016 Annual Meeting of Asian Law and Economics Association (August, 2015 – Present)

Vice Chair of Program Committee, KLEA International Conference on Law and Economics, November 8, 2013, Seoul.

Member of Program Committee (Paper Selection), Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, February, 2013, Seoul, Korea

Board Member of Korean Society for the Sociology of Law (January 2011 – December 2012)