Graduate School of Public Administration

Seoul National University

1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-ku

Seoul, KOREA 08826

Tel: 82-2-880-8551

Fax: 82-2-877-2411

Email: ilkwon@snu.ac.kr

Education

 - Ph.D. in Economics           Harvard University, Cambridge, MA., May 1999

 - B.A. in Economics   Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, February 1992

Positions

- Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, September 2017 - current

- Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, September 2012 - August 2017

- Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, August 2010 - August 2012

- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, SUNY-Albany, September 2006 - July 2010

- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan, September 1999 - May 2006

- Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, January 2019 - June 2020

- Visiting Associate Professor, Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, February 2014 - July 2014

- Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Uppsala University, Sweden, August 2013 - February 2014

Current Research Interests

Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Governance, and Public Policy

Research

Publications

- "Quality of Year-End Spending and Risk-Return Tradeoff" (with Hanhyung Pyo), Fiscal Studies, forthcoming.

- "Income Assistance and Aggregate Disposable Income", Korean Economic Review, 2024, 40(1), 195-218.

- "Gender Quota in the Civil Service and Female Participation: Evidence from Nepal" (with Hari Upadhaya), Pacific Economic Review, 2023, 28(2), 165-292.

- "Trust or Distrust: Entrepreneurs vs. Self-Employed" (with Kitae Sohn), Small Business Economics, 2021, 56(4), 1553-1570.

- "Corporate Governance and the Efficiency of Government R&D Grants" (with Chan-young Park), Global Economic Review, 2021, 50(4), 293-309.

- "R&D Spillovers for Public R&D Productivity" (with Hye Yeon Kwon), Global Economic Review, 2019, 48(3), 334-349.

- "Does Trust Promote Entrepreneurship in a Developing Country?" (with Kitae Sohn), Singapore Economic Review, 2018. 63(5), 1385-1403.

- "Performance Budgeting: Effects on Government Debt and Economic Growth," Applied Economics Letters, 2018, 25(6), 388-392.

- "Public-Private Mixed Delivery and Information Effects" (with Sangin Park), Economica, 2018, 85(337), 75-91.

- "What Does CEOs' Pay-for-Performance Reveal About Shareholders' Attitude Toward Earnings Overstatements?" (with Katherine Guthrie and Jan Sokolowsky), Journal of Business Ethics, 2017, 146(2), 419-450.

- "Job Dissatisfaction of the Self-Employed in Indonesia" (with Kitae Sohn), Small Business Economics, 2017, 49(1), 233-249.

- "The Effect of Public Service Motivation and Job Level on Bureaucrats' Preference for Direct Policy Instruments" (with Miyeon Song, Seyoung Cha, Naon Min), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2017, 27(1), 36-51.

- "Employment-Friendly Welfare Policy and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from Sweden and Korea" (with Jinho Lee), Korean Journal of Policy Studies, 2016, 31(1), 133-152.

- "Information Disclosure and Peer Effects in the Use of Antibiotics" (with Daesung Jun),  Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 42, 1-16

- "The Significance of Firm and Occupation Specific Human Capital in Hiring and Promotion" (with Eva Meyersson Milgrom) - Labour Economics, 2014, 31, 162-173

- "Motivation, Discretion, and Corruption" - Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2014, 24(3), 765-794

- "Risk-taking in Subjective Promotion Tournaments" - Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20(13), 1238-1243

- "Patent Races with Secrecy" - Journal of Industrial Economics,  2012, 60(3), 499-516

- "Noisy and Subjective Performance Measure in Promotion Tournaments"  Seoul Journal of Economics, 2012, 25(2), 207-221

- "Patent Thicket, Secrecy, and Licensing" - The Korean Economic Review, 2012, 28(1), 27-49

- "Fiscal Decentralization and Economic Growth: A Test for Granger Causality" - Korean Journal of Policy Studies, 2011, 26(3), 161-177

- "Cohort Effects in Promotions and Wages: Evidence from Sweden and US" (with Eva Meyersson Milgrom and Seiwoon Hwang),  Journal of Human Resources, 2010, 45(3), 772-808

- "R&D Portfolio and Market Structure" - The Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (543), 313-323

- "Overstatement and Rational Market Expectation" (with Eunjung Yeo),  Economics Letters, 2009, 104 (1), 9-12

- "Endogenous Favoritism in Organizations", Topics in Theoretical Economics, 2006, 6 (1), Article 10 (www.bepress.com/bejte/topics/vol6/iss1/art10)

- "Incentives, Wages, and Promotions: Theory and Evidence", Rand Journal of Economics, 2006, 37 (1), 100-120

- "Optimal Contract for Long-term Decisions and Threat of Dismissal", Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2006, 15 (3), 735-761

- "Threat of Dismissal: Incentive or Sorting?", Journal of Labor Economics, 2005, 23 (4), 797-838

Publications in Korean

- "준칙기반 담뱃세 인상방안에 대한 정책 모의실험," 국제경제연구, 2024, 30(2), 57-84. 한순구 공저.

- "ODA 효과성과 수원국 및 공여국 거버넌스의 역할," 융합사회와 공공정책, 2023, 17(3), 3-26.

- "기초생활보장 수급가구에 대한 근로장려금 중복수혜 효과," 한국행정논집, 2022, 34(3), 455-476.

- "근로장려금과 복지함정 및 역선택," 미래성장연구, 2022, 8(1), 85-98. 한서영 공저.

- "Interaction Effects of Internet and ODA on Economic Growth," 미래성장연구, 2021, 7(2), 3-23.

- "일반담배와 전자담배에 대한 차별적 물각연동형 종량세 도입이 판매량 및 조세수입에 미치는 영향," 동서연구, 2020, 32(3), 5-35. 한순구 공저.

- "여성 공무원이 정부의 질에 미치는 영향," 한국인사행정학회보, 2017, 16(3), 177-203. 권혜연 공저.

- "Patent Thickets: Licensing and Optimal Patent Protection," 응용경제, 2016, 18(3), 55-80.

- "공직 임용의 폐쇄성과 부패," 한국거버넌스학회보, 2016, 23(3), 333-352.

- "국무총리 임명 유형 연구: 정치적 환경과 대통령 선호의 균형역학," 한국행정학보, 2016, 50(3),  101-130. 박찬영 공저.

- "Tenure and Worker Mobility: Role of Specific Human Capital", 응용경제, 2015, 17(4), 5-25.

- "여성 공무원의 승진 동기에 미치는 영향요인 연구: 평등성과 공정성을 중심으로" - 한국거버넌스학회보, 2015, 22(2), 309-336. 한승희 공저

- "정부신뢰에 대한 연구 - 대통령에 대한 신뢰와 정부정책에 대한 평가비교를 중심으로"  한국정책학회보, 2013, 22(2), 181-206. 전대성, 정광호 공저.

- "지방상수도 통합운영에 따른 규모의 경제 원인 분석," 산업조직연구, 2012, 20(4), 1-24. 조수연 공저.

- "공공/민간부문 성과급 비중과 주인-대리인 이론," 행정논총, 2012, 50(2), 113-142.

Working Papers

- "Overconfidence and Public Service Motivation"

 - "Redundancy as Resilience: Uncovering Determinants of Local Crisis Management via Machine Learning-Guided Specification Search" with Saebom Lee

Grants and Awards

 - 2018-2020   중견연구자 지원사업 선정, 한국연구재단

 - 2015          한국갤럽논문상

 - 2013-2014   국가미래의제분야 해외연구지원 선정, SBS 문화재단

 - 2012-2015    신진연구자 지원사업 선정, 한국연구재단

 - 2011-2013    한-스웨덴 연구자교류사업 선정, 한국연구재단

 - 2011          우수논문 사후지원사업 선정, 한국연구재단

 - 2008-2010 Faculty Research Award Program (FRAP-A), SUNY-Albany

 - 1994-1999   Korean Foundation for Advanced Studies Scholarship

 - 1992          Alumni President Award, Seoul National University

Teaching

 - (Under)Graduate Personnel and Organization Economics, SUNY-Albany, Seoul National University

 - Graduate Game Theory, Harvard University(TA), Seoul National University

 - Graduate Microeconomic Theory, Harvard University(TA), Seoul National University

 - Graduate Industrial Organization, University of Michigan and SUNY-Albany

 - Undergraduate Industrial Organization, University of Michigan

 - Undergraduate Antitrust and Regulation, University of Michingan and SUNY-Albany

 - Undergraduate Microeconomic Theory, Harvard University(TA)

Professional Activity

- Associate Dean, GSPA, Seoul National University, (2019-2020 )

- Editor-in-Chief for Korean Journal of Policy Studies (2013-2018)

- Editorial Board Member for 응용경제 (Korean Review of Applied Economics)

- Editorial Board Member for 행정논총 (Korean Journal of Public Administration)