216 School of Business
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515
240-461-9530
EMPLOYMENT
Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, August 2019 - Present
Adjunct Associate Professor, Stern School of Business, New York University, New York, NY, Janurary 2025-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, August 2015 - August 2019
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI, August 2014 - August 2015
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, August 2014
M.S. Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, August 2009
B.A. Economics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea, August 2007
RESEARCH INTEREST
Development Economics, Environmental Economics, International Trade
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
“Bilateral environmental aid and trade” Applied Economics, 2024, 56, 836-850. (with Byoung Park, Chang-Ho Yoon and Younjun Kim)
“Genetically modified crops’ environmental impact and trust in eco-labels,” (with Lynn Kwak and Younjun Kim) Australasian Marketing Journal, 2020 JULY.
"Sustainable development: Structural transformation and the consumer demand," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (forthcoming), 2020.(with López, R.E.)
"ICT and transport infrastructure development: an empirical analysis of complementarity," Applied Economics, 52(2), 2019.(with Na, K.H., Kim D.H., Park, B.G., Yoon, C.H.)
"On the impossibility of sustainable growth in a manufacturing-based economy," Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 31(1), 2018. (with Yoon, C.H.)
"Emission Tax and Market Power." Atlantic Economic Journal, 46(2), 2018.
"Sustainable Growth with Irreversible Stock Effects of Renewable Resources," Economics Letters, 147, 2016. (with López, R.E.)
"Is Current Trade Pattern Between the Developed and Developing Countries Environmentally Sustainable?" International Journal of Economics and Finance 8(5), 2016.
"Pollution-Income Dynamics," Economics Letters 124(3), 2014. (with López, R.E.)"
“Sustainable” Economic Growth: The Ominous Potency of Structural Change," International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 7(2), 2014. (with López, R.E.)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Ludena, C.E., Yoon, S.W., Sánchez-Aragón, L., Miller, S., Yu, B-K. 2015. Vulnerability Indicators of Adaptation to Climate Change and Policy Implications for Investment Projects. Inter-American Development Bank, Technical Note No. 858, Washington DC.
Ludena, C.E., Yoon, S.W., 2015. Local Vulnerability Indicators and Adaptation to Climate Change: A Survey. Inter-American Development Bank, Technical Note No.857 (IDB-TN- 857), Washington DC.
Miller, S., Yoon, S.W. and Yu, B-K., 2013. “Vulnerability Indicators of Adaptation to Climate Change and Policy Implications for the IDB Project,” IDB Policy Brief, No. IDB-PB-184.
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Strategic Environmental Aid and Trans-border Pollution” with Ramón López
(Revise and Resubmit requested from Resource and Energy Economics)
“Sustainable Economic Growth: Structural Transformation and Consumption Flexibility” with Ramón López (Under Review)
“The Role of Green Certification on Organic Consumption Choice" with Lynn Kwak
“Sustainable Growth with Asymmetric Valuation of Health between the North and South”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Southern Connecticut State University, CT, August 2015-Present
- Applied Microeconomics Seminars; Environmental Economics; Principles of Microeconomics; Statistics for Economics and Management
Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac University, CT, January 2017-Present
- Advanced Applied Statistics; Managerial Economics
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI, August 2014-August 2015
- Development Economics; Principles of Macroeconomics
Instructor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Sustainable Economic Development
Instructor, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- Econometrics with Applications
Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
- World Hunger, Population, and Food supplies
ACADEMIC SERVICE
University:
University Curriculum Forum Committee (Department Representative)
Watson Analytics Internship Program (Instructor & Faculty contact point)
Council on Undergraduate Research Workshop
The Big Connect hosted by Greater New Haven Chamber Conference
School:
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Assurance of Learning Committee
Graduate Curriculum Committee
Department:
Graduate Curriculum Committee
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Search Committee
Sabbatical Committee
Department Evaluation Committee
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, Research Division, July 2012-August 2012
Consultant, The World Bank, Washington DC, Development Economics Group, May 2012-July 2012
Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington DC, Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Unit, August 2011-December 2011
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
International Atlantic Economic Conference, 2018
Management International Conference, 2017
Yonsei University, 2017
Southern Economic Association, 2016
European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 22nd Annual Conference, 2016
New York Institute of Technology, 2016
International Atlantic Economic Conference, 2015
Korea University, 2015
Korea Institute of Public Finance, 2014
Korea Energy Economics Institute, 2014
Korea Environment Institute, 2014
Korea Rural Economic Institute, 2014
Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade, 2014
University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, 2014
Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), 2012
International Pacific Rim Conference, 2006
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS
American Economic Association (AEA)
Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE)
COMPUTER SKILLS
Stata, R, E-Views, Mathematica, LaTeX
REFEREE SERVICE
Journal of Public Economics, Resource and Energy Economics, Economics Letters, Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja
REFERENCES
Dr. Ramón López, Department of Economics, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile; 301-610-0097; ramlopez@fen.uchile.cl
Dr. James Thorson, Department of Economics, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, 203-392-5626; thorsonj1@southernct.edu
Dr. Benjamin Abugri, Department of Finance, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, 203-392-5171; abugrib1@southernct.edu
Dr. Donn M. Johnson, Department of Economics, Faculty Office Building #109, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, 06518; 203-582-8205; Donn.Johnson@quinnipiac.edu
Dr. Chang-Ho Yoon, Department of Economics, Korea University, Seoul, Korea; 82-10-7490-2208; chyoon@korea.ac.kr