KU Macroeconomics and International Finance
Reading Group

This is the web page for the Korea University Macroeconomics and International Finance  Reading Group.

The reading group aims to foster the sharing of research progress and the exchange of ideas on topics in macroeconomics and international finance, and to contribute to the field.

Please contact Yoojune Kim (dbwns0918@korea.ac.kr) if you are interested in joining this group.

2026 Fall Meetings

1. September 4, 2026 (Fri), 12:00-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Sunyoung Lee (Korea Univ.), "Monetary Policy Shocks and Labor Market Dynamics across Financial Stress Regimes",
  with discussion by Da Eun Han (Korea Univ.)

2. September 18, 2026 (Fri), 12:00-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Woonho Lee (Korea Univ.), "Exchange rate and inflation uncertainty",
  with discussion by Tagyun Kwon (Korea Univ.)

3. October 16, 2026 (Fri), 12:00-13:00, in Room (TBD), SK Future Hall, Korea University

• Tagyun Kwon (Korea Univ.), "Inflation, real exchnage rates, and fiscal incentives in a monetary union",
  with discussion by Woonho Lee (Korea Univ.)

4. October 30, 2026 (Fri), 12:00-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University 

• Jongwon Kim (Korea Univ.), "Leaning When Macroprudential Policy Does Not: Monetary Policy Responses to Financial Vulnerability",
  with discussion by Sunyoung Lee (Korea Univ.)

5. November 6, 2026 (Fri), 12:00-13:00, in Room (TBD), SK Future Hall, Korea University (Zoom session)

• Seungyub Han (LSU, IMF)

6. November 20, 2026 (Fri), 12:00-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Hoon Jang (Bank of Korea), "The Unequal Consumption Effects of Recurrent Property Taxes: Evidence from South Korea",
  with discussion by Jongwon Kim (Korea Univ.)

7. December 4, 2026 (Fri), 12:00-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Da Eun Han (Korea Univ.), "Asymmetric AI Diffusion and the Productivity Paradox: Evidence from IV-FE Estimation and Macroeconomic Comovement",
  with discussion by Yoojune Kim (Korea Univ.)

2026 Spring Meetings

1. March 6, 2026 (Fri), 11:45-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Ohik Kwon (Korea Univ.), "Stablecoin Fragility in a Segmented Open Economy",
  with discussion by Seunghoon Na (Korea Univ.)

2. April 3, 2026 (Fri), 11:45-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Jongwon Kim (Korea Univ.), "Two Faces of Financial Instability and Monetary Policy: Text-Based Evidence from the Bank of Korea",
  with discussion by Yunjong Eo (Korea Univ.)

3. April 16, 2026 (Thu), 11:45-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Giacomo Candian (HEC Montreal), "Uncertainty through the Production Network: Sectoral Origins and Macroeconomic Implications"

4. April 24, 2026 (Fri), 11:45-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Yoojune Kim (Korea Univ.), "When to Believe the Boy Who Cried Wolf: Alarm-Verified Large Bayesian Vector Autoregressions",
  with discussion by Cheol Woo Lee (Korea Labor Institute)

5. May 8, 2026 (Fri), 11:45-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Ju Hyun Pyun (Korea Univ.), "Asymmetric Firm Entry, Financial Development, and Equity Home Bias",
  with discussion by Hyunzi Oh (Korea Univ.)

6. May 29, 2026 (Fri), 11:45-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Eutteum Park (Korea Univ.), "은행권 가계 및 기업대출 연체율 전망과 위기 시나리오 분석 ",
  with discussion by Jiwan Park (Korea Univ.)

7. June 5, 2026 (Fri), 11:45-13:00, in Room 619, Sangnam PSE Building, Korea University

• Gyeongmin Kim (Korea Univ.), review on "Five Facts about the UIP Premium" (by Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem and Liliana Varela)

• Tagyun Kwon (Korea Univ.), review on "Sovereign Debt and Fiscal Integration in the European Union" (by Darvas, Zsolt, Lennard Welslau, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer)