CV
Education
PhD, Economics, Arizona State University, 2014
MS, Economics, Arizona State University, 2010
MA, Economics, Korea University, 2009
BA, Economics, Korea University, 2007, cum laude
Employment and Position
Director of Industrial Innovation Policy, KIET, January 2020 - present
Senior Research Fellow, KIET, Jan. 2023 - present (Research Fellow, January. 2017-December 2022 and Associate Research Fellow, June 2014-December 2016)
Adjunct Professor, International Trade, Chungnam National University, July 2019 - present
Vice-Chair, Committee on Industry, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), OECD, January 2020 - present
Visiting Scholar, Duke University Global Value Chains Center, July 2018
Adjunct Lecturer, Korea University, Sep. 2015- Dec. 2015 & Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2017
Adjunct Lecturer, KAIST, Mar. 2015 - Jun. 2015
Research Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, May. 2013 - Jul. 2013
Adjunct Lecturer, Arizona State University, May. 2011 - Jul. 2011 & May. 2012 - Jun. 2012
Publication
"The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Product Compositions of Plants " with Bo-young Choi, Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies, Volume 28, No.4, December 2023, Page 97-114
"The Effect of Intra-firm Linkages on Firm Productivity" with Bo-young Choi, Review of International Economics, Volume 31, Issue 3, August 2023, Pages 886-903
“What’s Driving the Diffusion of Next-Generation Digital Technologies?” with Timothy DeStefano, Hanhin Kim, Inchul Kim and Jin Hyun Paik. Technovation, Volume 119, January 2023, 102477
“An Analysis of the Relationship between Industrial Production Activities and the Supply and Demand of Industrial Labor” (in Korean) with Youngmin Kim The Korea Economic Forum, Volume 14, No.2, pp
99-119, 2021.
"Determinants of Investment in Korea and Implications of Recent Sluggish Investment" (in Korean) with Won-kyu Kim. Future Growth Studies, Volume 6, No.2, pp 3-20, 2020
“Specialization, Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth” with Zhizhuang Ge. East Asian Economic Review, Volume 23, No. 2, pp 169-202, June 2019.
“Knowledge Transfer to Foreign Affiliates of Multinationals through Expatriation” Journal of International Economics, Volume 113, July 2018, Pages 106-117
Working Papers
"Determinants of Firm-level AI Adoption: Evidence from a Large-scale South Korean Panel Dataset" (with Timothy DeStefano, Thomaz Teodorovic, Hanhin Kim, and Jin Paik) . under review (presented at the NBER Economics and AI Conference 2021, AOM 2022, ZEW 2022)
Research in Progress
"AI Adoption and Firm Productivity" (with Danbee Song)
"Organization of Multinationals"
"Servicification, Automation and Wage Premuim" (with Hanhin Kim and Youngmin Kim)
Other Work:
“A Study on APEC Cooperation for Digital Economic Utilization in GVC” with Renato Baumann, Hanhin Kim and Germán Rios, APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI), January 2022
“Global Value Chains and Implications for the Mercosur-Korea Trade Agreement” with Hanhin Kim, Danbee Song and Stacey Frederick, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, December 2021
"The Digital Economy, Global Value Chains and Asia" (with Stacey Frederick, Penny Bamber). December 2018. Duke University Global Value Chains Center
"Manufacturing Digitalization: Extent of Adoption and Recommendations for Increasing Penetration in Korea and the U.S." (with Stephen Ezell, Robert Atkinson, and Inchul Kim). August 2018. Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
"Korea in Global Value Chains: Pathways for Industrial Transformation" (with Stacey Frederick, Penny Bamber, Lukas Brun, Gary Gereffi, Joonkoo Lee). September 2017. Duke University Global Value Chains Center
Research Experience
Research Assistant, Professor Edward C. Prescott, Arizona State University, Fall 2013 - Spring 2014
Research Assistant, Professor Edward C. Prescott, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Summer 2013
Research Assistant, Professor Kwanho Shin, Korea University, Summer 2007 - Summer 2009
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Principle of Economics I (undergraduate), Korea University, Spring 2017 - Fall 2017
Instructor, International Trade (undergraduate), Korea University, Fall 2016
Instructor, International Trade II (graduate), Korea University, Spring 2016
Instructor, International Trade I (graduate), Korea University, Fall 2015
Instructor, Advanced Seminar in International Commerce III (graduate), Korea University, Fall 2015
Instructor, Macroeconomics (undergraduate), KAIST, Spring 2015
Instructor, International Business (graduate), Korea University, Fall 2014
Instructor, Survey of International Economics (undergraduate), Arizona State University, Summer 2012
Instructor, Microeconomic Principles (undergraduate), Arizona State University, Summer 2011
Seminar and Conference Presentations
2023: 2023 ICIG conference, Korea University (Sejong), Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Policy (organized by Georgetown University-World Bank-KIET)
2022: 2022 ICIG conference, Korea Univesrity, Academy of Management 2022, ZEW conference 2022
2021: 2021 ICIG conference, NBER Economics and AI Conference
2020: 2020 ICIG conference
2019: Choongnam University, Korea University (Sejong), 2019 ICIG conference, Sogang Trade Workshop
2018: RIETI-KIET-TIER Seminar, Korea University (Business School), KIEA Winter Conference
2017: Economic Integration and Economic Growth II, KIET-KAEA Joint Conference, TIER-RIETI-KIET Seminar, Sogang Trade Workshop
2016: The 2nd International Conference on East Asia Knowledge-Dialog Program, IDB International Symposium
2015: Sogang University, KATIS-TUEBA-KIEP-KIET International Conference
2014: Kyunghee University, KIET-KAEA Joint Conference, Korea Development Institute, Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade, Korea Information Society Development Institute, Korea Energy Economics Institute
2013: Korea University, Canadian Economic Association Annual Conference (HEC Montreal), Midwest Macroeconomics Spring Meetings (University of Illinois), ASU Macroeconomic Workshop, ASU General Economics Workshop
2012: ASU Macroeconomic Workshop, ASU Econometric Workshop
2011: ASU Econometric Workshop
Service
Referee: Review of World Economics, Eastern European Economics, Future Growth Studies, Economic Analysis, East Asian Economic Review, Journal of International Trade and Industry Studies, International Economic Journal, Kukje Kyungje Yongu
Honors and Awards
Excellent Research Report, KIET 2017
ERIA Microdata Research Project (with Boyoung Choi), ERIA 2016
Barchilon Award (best progress towards dissertation), ASU 2013
Prescott Award (summer research stipend), ASU, 2013
Graduate Assistantship, ASU, 2009-current
Research Assistantship, Institute of Economic Research in Korea University, Spring 2008-Summer 2009
Research Assistantship, HOSEI Institute on Aging, Summer 2007
The Second Stage of BK21 Scholarship, Korea University, Spring 2007, Fall 2007 & Fall 2008
Honors Scholarship, Korea University, Fall 2006
The Welfare Section Scholarships, Korea University, Spring 2005