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Jung You (Jung Sook You)

Professor at Economics, California State University, East Bay

I am a Professor of Economics at California State University, East Bay, working at the intersection of game theory, experiments, and applied policy. My research examines how incentives and institutions shape behavior in areas such as energy, environmental economics, and resource allocation. I use a combination of theoretical, experimental, and empirical approaches to study how individuals and groups make decisions and how those decisions translate into real-world outcomes. My work has appeared in Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, and Energy Journal. I teach econometrics, managerial economics, game theory, and environmental economics, with a focus on connecting economic ideas to real-world decisions.

Research Interests: Market Design, Energy/Environmental Economics, Public Economics, Experimental Economics

Contact Info: jung.you@csueastbay.edu

Employment:

2025-present Full Professor California State University, East Bay
2020-2025 Associate Professor California State University, East Bay
2014-2020 Assistant Professor California State University, East Bay
2013-2014 Lecturer/Visiting Scholar Rice University
2010-2014 Research Fellow Korea Institute of Public Finance
2003-2004 Economist/Data Scientist Korea Fixed Income Research Institute

Education:

PhD, MA in Economics (field: Mechanism Design), Rice University, Houston, TX
MA in Econometrics, Seoul National University, South Korea
BS in Statistics with minor in Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Optimal VCG Mechanisms to Assign Multiple Bads (2015). Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 92, 166-90.
Welfare Effects of Nonlinear Electricity Pricing with So Yeong Lim (2017). The Energy Journal, Vol. 38, No. 1.
Optimality of the Uniform Rule under Single-Peaked Preferences with Ruben Juarez (2018). Economic Theory Bulletin, 1-10.
Teaching Mixed Strategy Equilibrium Through a Classroom Experiment (2019). Business Education Innovation Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2, December.
Teaching Business Strategies and Game Theory Using Student Group Presentations (2020). Business Education Innovation Journal, Vol. 12 Issue 1, 143-48.
Incentive-Compatible Simple Mechanisms with Ruben Juarez (2021). Economic Theory, Vol. 71, No. 4, 1569-89.
Random Actions in Experimental Zero-Sum Games (2021). Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, Vol. 13 No 1(J), 69-81.
A Performance Comparison of Various Bootstrap Methods for Diffusion Processes with Minsoo Jeong (2021). Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, Vol. 13 No. 4 (J), 1-7.
Synchronous or Asynchronous Course: Business Students’ Perspectives on an Optimized Modality of Online Teaching and Learning with Lan Wu (2022), Journal of Marketing Education, First Published May 23, 2022
Estimating the Economic Costs of Nuclear Power Plant Outages in a Regulated Market Using a Latent Factor Model with Minsoo Jeong (2022), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 166, September 2022, 112582.
Pre-merger Performance and Merger Success: An Experimental Approach, with Minsoo Jeong, Joon-Hee Oh, and Wesley J. Johnston (2025), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 118, 102417

MANUSCRIPT UNDER REVIEW

Intergenerational Cooperation in the Commons: Institutional Design, Demographic Heterogeneity, and Evidence from U.S. Adults

MANUSCRIPT UNDER PREPARATION

Sharing Profit by Ranking Partners with Ruben Juarez and Chiu Yu Ko.
Regulation under Asymmetric Information in Road Transport Networks

Efficient and Stable Network Design: Application to Electrical Grids

WORK EXPERIENCE

Full Professor in the Department of Economics, California State University, East Bay (2025-present)
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, California State University, East Bay (2020-2025)
Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, California State University, East Bay (2014-2020)
Lecturer and Research Scholar, Rice University (2013-14)
Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Public Finance (2010-14)
Course Instructor in the Department of Economics, Rice University (2008-9)
Research/Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics, Rice University (2004-9)
Supervisor at Business Information Center, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University (2008-10)
Economist/Data Scientist, Korea Fixed Income Research (2003-4)
Teaching Assistant in the Department of Economics, Seoul National University (2001-3)

INVITED CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

Social Choice, Game Theory, and Mechanism Design Workshop (organizing committee), University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2025
Asia-Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association, Osaka, 2025
Center for Distributive Justice Seminar, Seoul National University, Seoul, 2024
Department Seminar, University of Seoul, Seoul, 2024
Conference on Mechanism and Institution Design, Budapest, 2024
The 17th meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Paris, 2024
A Seminar Presentation at Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, 2024
23rd Annual Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference, Santiago, 2024
Microeconomics Workshop, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 2023
Microtheory Seminar, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, 2023
Department Seminar, San Jose State University, San Jose, 2023
Economic Science Association World meeting, Lyon, 2023
14TH ANNUAL CSU-WATER CONFERENCE, Seaside, 2023
2022 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, East and South East Asia, Virtual, 2022
CSU-WATER & So CA Coastal Water Research Project Workshop; Water Resource Econometrics, Costa Mesa, 2022
Asia Pacific Productivity Conference, Virtual, 2022
The 6th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Virtual, 2021
Western Economic Association International (WEAI), Virtual, 2021
The Peralta Equity Conference, Virtual, 2021
Latin America Meeting of Econometric Society, Puebla, 2019
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, 2019
Western Economic Association International (WEAI), San Francisco, 2019
The Ninth Annual AEA Conference on Teaching & Research in Economic Education (CTREE), St. Louis, 2019
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, 2018
Game Theory Workshop, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 2018
Western Economic Association International (WEAI), Vancouver, 2018
USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, Houston, 2017
Western Economic Association International (WEAI), San Diego, 2017
Western Economic Association International (WEAI), Portland, 2016
United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE/IAEE) North American Conference, Tulsa, 2016
Theory Seminar, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 2016
KAEA-KEA, Seoul, 2016
International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE), Thessaloniki, 2015
Society of Economic Design, Istanbul, 2015
11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal, 2015
Workshop on Distributive Justice, Institutions and Behavior, Seoul, 2015
Summer Research at Sogang University, Seoul, 2015
Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Boston, 2014
International Industrial Organization Conference, Chicago, 2014
International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) International Conference, New York City, 2014
Brown Bag Seminars, Rice University, Houston, 2014
Society of Government Economists Conference, Washington, 2013
International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook, 2013
International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, 2013
NSF/CEME Decentralization Conference, Boston University, Boston (invited attendee), 2013
Microeconomics Theory Workshops, Rice University, Houston, 2013
Brown Bag Seminars, Rice University, Houston, 2013
Cowles Foundation Economic Theory Conference, Yale University, New Haven (invited attendee), 2012
North American Productivity Workshop, Houston, 2012
Brown Bag Seminars, Rice University, Houston, 2012
Seoul National University Economics Department Seminar, Seoul, 2012
Korea University Economics Department Seminar, Seoul, 2012
Korean Economic Association International Conference, Seoul, 2012
Konkuk University Economics Department Seminar, Seoul, 2012
Fairness and the Welfare State in the Age of Aging, Korea University’s Institute for Economic Research, Seoul, 2012
Korean Econometric Society & Korea University Interdisciplinary Research (Political Science and Economics), Seoul, 2012
Korean Association of Public Finance, Seoul, 2012
Tel Aviv International Workshop on Game Theory, Tel Aviv, 2011
Asian Meeting of Econometric Society, Seoul, 2011
Korean Association of Applied Economics, Seoul, 2010
International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook, 2009
Brown Bag Seminars, Rice University, Houston, 2005-2009

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Course Instructor: Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

Intermediate Microeconomics for undergraduate students (Fall 2013)
Principles of Economics for undergraduate students (2008-9)

Course Instructor: California State University-East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA

Introduction to Econometrics for undergraduate students (Fall 2022, 2023, 2024, 2026)
Micro-Economic Theory 1 for undergraduate students (2014-18, Fall 2022, 2023)
Public Sector Economics for undergraduate students (2015-17, 2022)
Environmental Economics for undergraduate students (2015-22)
Foundations of Economic Theory for graduate students (Fall 2019)
Micro-Economic Theory 1 for graduate students (2014-15)
Micro-Economic Theory 2 for graduate students (2015-21)
Public Sector Economics for graduate students (2015-20)
Economics of Public Issues for undergraduate students (2016-18)
Game Theory for undergraduate students (2018-20, F2023, 2024, 2026)
Game Theoretic Reasoning for undergraduate students (Fall 2018)
Principles of Microeconomics for undergraduate students (2019-26)
Managerial Economics for undergraduate students (2020-24, 2026)
Global Economic Analysis (Fall 2021, 2024-26)

Lab Instructor: Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

Econometrics and Economic Forecasting (2001-3)

Teaching Assistant

Economic Statistics, Advanced Economic Statistics, Time Series Analysis, Graduate Econometrics, Distributive Justice, Graduate Microeconomic Theory 1, Graduate Microeconomic Theory 2

PROGRAMMING SKILLS

R, Python, Matlab, Gauss, Mathematica, SQL, Stata, LaTex

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

American Economic Association, Econometric Society, INFORMS, International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE), Society for Economic Design, International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), United States Association for Energy Economics (USAEE), Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Western Economic Association International (WEAI), Society of Government Economists, Korea-America Economic Association (KAEA), Game Theory Society, Korean Resource Economics Association, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, Economic Science Association, Informs

LANGUAGE SKILLS

English (native), Korean (native), French (reading)

UNIVERSITY SERVICES

Senator of the University Academic Senate (Fall 2019 ~ Spring 2021)
Member of the Cultural Groups/Women Subcommittee (Fall 2014 ~ Spring 2015)
Speaker of the Provost's Speakers Colloquium (Fall 2014 ~ Spring 2021)
Advisory Board Member, Center of Economic Education (Jan 2015 ~ Spring 2020)
Member of the University Committee on Layoffs (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 21)
Member of the University Faculty Affair Committee's Retention Tenure Promotion Subcommittee (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 2022)
Faculty-in-Residence (co-Chair) for the Culturally Responsive & Anti-Racist Teaching Faculty Learning Community (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 2021)
Facilitator (Chair) for AI teaching Faculty Learning Community (Spring 2024)
A Task Force and Board Member for the Center on Climate, Health, and Sustainable Futures (Fall, 2020 ~ present)
Sustainability Liaison Officer (SULO) (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 2021)
Member of the Committee on Sustainability (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 2021)
Member of the Campus Sustainability Committee (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 2021)
Member of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Advisory Committee (Spring 2021 ~ Fall 2021)
$10,000 scholarship fund raising from the South Korea government (Spring 2018)
College of Business and Economics' Faculty Affair Committee (Secretary: Fall 2016 ~ Fall 2021, Chair: Fall 2022 ~ Spring 2023)
Member of the College of Business and Economics' International Strategy Committee (Fall 2018 ~ Spring 2019)
College of Business and Economics' Committee on Instruction and Curriculum (Secretary: Fall 2022 ~ present)
Faculty Marshal for Student Honor Convocation (May 2015, May 2016, May 2017, May 2018, May 2019)
Member of Economics Department's Strategic Planning Committee (Fall 2014 ~ Spring 2018, Fall 2019 ~ Spring 2020)
Member of Economics Department's Faculty Recruiting Committee (Fall 2016 ~ Spring 2017)
Member of Economics Department's Scholarship Review (Spring 2015 ~ Spring 2018, Spring 2021, Spring 2022)
Member of Economics Department's Review Committee for faculty summer research grant proposals (Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
Member of Economics Chair Advisory Committee (Fall 2020)
Member of Economics Department Retention Tenure Promotion Committee (Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
Member of Economics Department Lecturer Review Committee (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 2023)
Member of Economics Department Lecturer Range Elevation Committee (Fall 2020 ~ Spring 2021)
Member of the Center for Student Research (CSR) Advisory Board (F2023 ~ S2024)
Member of the Opportunities for Student Scholarship, Creative Activities and Research (OSCAR) Advisory Board (F2024 ~ S2025)
CSU-WATER Campus Representative, CSU System Affinity Group-Water Advocacy Towards Education & Research (F2024 ~ S2025)
Designing Strategies to Promote Diversity and Equity with a Campus Climate Survey with Mariana Guzzardo, QUBES Educational Resources (published on 23 May 2022)

COMMUNITY SERVICES

Participating in SERN 2024 Econ Ladies Writing Retreat, Anchorage, June 2024
California Faculty Association, East Bay Chapter, College of Business and Economics Representative (Fall 2019 ~ Spring 2023)
California Faculty Association, East Bay Chapter, Economics Department Representative (Fall 2019 ~ Fall 2023)
Advisory Committee, Title VI & Environmental Justice Advisory Committee of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) (January 2020 ~ February 2023)
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)'s Liaison (December 2020 ~ Spring 2022)
Commissioner, Energy Commission, City of Berkeley (2019)
Teaching game theory at High School Teacher Workshop, funded by the Bay Area Financial Education Foundation (BAFEF) (March 2015)

HOBBIES/EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Hiking, Traveling, Piano, Photography, Gardening

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