Work experience

  • July 2022 -

National Assembly Budget Office

Head of Macro-Economic Analysis Division


  • November 2018 - June 2022

The World Bank Group

Macro-econometric Modeling Expert (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Sudan)


  • September 2013 - August 2016

The World Bank Group (Secondment)

Economist

    • Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management Department

    • Development Economics Prospects Group


  • January 2001 - August 2013

The Bank of Korea

Economist

    • Monetary Policy & Markets Department

    • Financial Markets Department

    • Research Department

Education

  • Fall 2014 - Fall 2021

American University, PhD Economics


  • Augustl 1998 - February 2001

Yonsei Univeristy, MA Economics


  • March 1992 - August 1998

Yonsei Univeristy, BA Economics

Econometric Analysis and Modeling

  • Econometric Skills

    • Dynamic Factor Model

    • Principal Component Analysis

    • Structural Econometric Model

  • Quantitative Finance

    • Credit Risk Model (Black-Scholes-Merton Default Probability)

    • Optimal Capital Structure Model (Leland model)

Software and Data Management

  • Matlab

    • Macro Uncertainty Index

    • Financial Conditions Index

  • SAS

    • Credit Risk Model (Black-Scholes-Merton Default Probability)

    • Fixed Effects Panel Regression

    • Data Cleaning and Datasets Management

  • EViews

    • Global Macro Model of the World Bank

  • Mathematica

    • Optimal Capital Structure Model (Leland model)