I am an associate professor of School of Economics and Trade at KNU in South Korea (Since 2019). 

I was a research associate at KIPF between 2014 and 2019. 

I was awarded a Ph.D. at Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh in 2014. 

I was also Research Lab Fellow at Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University in 2013 

My research interests are multi-faceted. My research spans several fields including Law and Economics, Corporate Finance, Political Economy and Theory of the Firm.

I employ a combination of a theory and empirical approach to study how the judiciary system interacts with incentives of economic agents and institutions and how the system, in turn, affects economic outcomes. 

I graduated from Department of Economics at Seoul National University in South Korea in 1996. 

I was awarded NRF fund in 2020 to 2026, Research Lab Fellowship at Edmond J. Safra Center (Harvard University) in 2012 (Lab Fellows 2012-13), Excellence in Ethics Scholarships(University of Notre Dame) and Social Science Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (University of Pittsburgh) in 2013. 

I was also awarded Chevening Fellowship (Foreign and Commonwealth Office of U.K.) in 2006 for my NGO activities in Korea. 

I was also an activist of PSPD , SER, and ERRI between 2001 and 2007. 
I  have  been  involved in  SER  since 2015 as her Policy Advisory .

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