Research

Publications - Journal Articles

1. "Hometown Favoritism and Political Rewards: Evidence from South Korean Municipalities," (with Min-Young Hwang), Journal of Regional Science, forthcoming. [Link]

2. "Political Polarization, State Capacity, and Economic Growth," (with Youngho Kang and Byung-Yeon Kim), Economic Systems, forthcoming. [Link]

3. "Ideology, Intergovernmental Transfers, and Public Health Spending: Evidence from South Korea," (with Youngho Kang and Sujin Min), Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2025, 110: 104074. [Link] 

4. "Political Budget Cycle and the Alignment Effect: Evidence from South Korea," (with Sangwon Park and Sujin Min), European Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 81: 102485. [Link]

5. "Tax Incidence for Menthol Cigarettes by Race: Evidence from Nielsen Homescan Data," (with Hyunchul Kim), Journal of Health Economics, 2023,  92: 102829.  [Link]

6. "Participatory Budgeting and the Pattern of Local Government Spending: Evidence from South Korea," (with Sujin Min), European Journal of Political Economy, 2023, 76: 102235. [Link]

7. "Defective Democracy and the Political Budget Cycle," (with Sujin Min), Journal of Comparative Economics, 2021, 49(4): 947-961. [Link]

8. "Immigration and the Pattern of Public Spending: Evidence from OECD Countries," (with Dowon Kim), International Tax and Public Finance, 2021, 28(4): 1014-1034. [Link]

9. "Racial Demographics and Cigarette Tax Shifting: Evidence from Scanner Data," (with Hyunchul Kim), Empirical Economics , 2021, 61(2): 1011-1037. [Link]

10. "Budget Committee and Intergovernmental Transfer: Evidence from South Korea," (with Hyun-A Kim and Sangwon Park), Economic Inquiry , 2020, 58(4): 1894-1906. [Link]

11. "Court-ordered Redistricting and the Law of 1/n," (with Sangwon Park), Public Choice, 2018, 176: 507-528. [Link]

12. "Delegative Democratic Attitudes: Theory and Evidence from the Asian Barometer Survey," (with Youngho Kang). International Political Science Review, 2018, 39(4): 455-472. [Link]

13. "A New Approach to Measuring a Multidimensional Productivity Index: An Application for 60 Selected Countries," (with Donghun Kim and Kap-Young Jeong), Global Economic Review, 2018, 47, : 270-288. [Link]

14. "Protest and Property Crime: Political Use of Police Resources and the Deterrence of Crime," (with Jaewook Byeon and Iljoong Kim), Public Choice, 2018, 175: 181-196. [Link]

15. "Violent Crime and Female Victimization: Evidence from Metropolitan Areas in South Korea," (with Iljoong Kim and Jaewook Byeon). Applied Economics, 2017, 49(46): 4601-4616. [Link]

16. "Supermajority Rule and Bicameral Bargaining," Public Choice, 2016, 169(1): 53-75. [Link]

17. "Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods: Evidence from American Cities and School Districts," (with Soomi Lee and Thomas E. Borcherding), Urban Affairs Review, 2016, 52(5): 685-713. [Link]

18. "Supermajority Rule and the Law of 1/n," Public Choice, 2015, 164(3): 251-274. [Link]

19. "Hidden Saving and In-kind Transfers," (with Joon Song), Journal of Economic Theory and Econometrics, 2014,  25(3): 63-80. [Link]

20. "Public Spending and the Paradox of Supermajority Rule," (with Thomas E. Borcherding and Youngho Kang), Southern Economic Journal 80(3), 2014, pp. 614-632. [Link]

21. "Tax Structure and Government Spending: Does the Value-Added Tax Increase the Size of Government?" (with Dongil Kim and Thomas E. Borcherding), National Tax Journal, 2013, 66(3): 541-570. [Link]

22. "How Does Social Capital Reduce the Size of the Shadow Economy?" Global Economic Review, 2013, 42(3): 251-268. [Link]

23. "Measuring Social Capital in East Asia and Other World Regions: Index of Social Capital for 72 Countries," (with Kap-Young Jeong and Sean Chae), Global Economic Review, 2011, 40(4): 385-407. [Link]

24. "Public Choice of Tax and Regulatory Instruments—the Role of Heterogeneity: Evidence from U.S. State Environmental Policy, 1980-94," (with Thomas E. Borcherding), Public Finance Review, 2006, 34(5): 607-636. [Link]

25. 소유권 보호와 정치적 예산순환 (박상원, 민수진 공저), 경제발전연구. 2022, 28: 33-70.

26. 재정준칙과 분식회계: OECD 패널분석, 재정학연구. 2016, 9(2): 143-170.

27. 재정준칙, 인구구조 및 장기 성장률 변화의 거시경제 효과: 중첩세대 동태적 일반균형모형의 전이경로 (문외솔 공저), 재정학연구. 2013, 6(2): 41-87.

Publications - Articles in Edited Books

1. "The Supply Side of Democratic Government: A Brief Survey," (with Thomas E. Borcherding), in Attiat Ott and Richard Sebula (eds.), The Elgar Companion to Public Economics: Empirical Public Economics. (London: Edward Elgar, 2006).

2. "The Growth of the Relative Size of Government," (with Thomas E. Borcherding), in C.K. Rowley and F. Schneider (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003).

Working Papers

1. "Political alignment shocks and economic policy uncertainty: Evidence from U.S. states" (with Jennifer Choi and Youngho Kang)