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  • Professor Public Finance
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Research Interest

Public Finance, Political Economy, Public  Choice, Urban and Regional Economics

Education

  • Ph.D., Economics, Claremont Graduate University, 2004
  • M.B.A., Claremont Graduate University, 1999
  • B.S., Economics, California State University Pomona, 1997

Experience

  • Professor, Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University
  • Research Fellow, Samsung Economic Research Institute
  • Full-time Lecturer, California State University Fullerton

Journal Articles

  • (2025)  Political polarization, state capacity, and economic growth.  ECONOMIC SYSTEMS.  49,  4
  • (2025)  Hometown Favoritism and Political Rewards: Evidence From South Korean Municipalities.  JOURNAL OF REGIONAL SCIENCE.  66,  1
  • (2025)  Ideology, intergovernmental transfers, and public health spending: Evidence from South Korea.  REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS.  110,  1
  • (2024)  Political budget cycle and the alignment effect: Evidence from South Korea.  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.  81,  1
  • (2023)  Tax incidence for menthol cigarettes by race: Evidence from Nielsen Homescan data.  JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS.  92,  1
  • (2023)  Participatory budgeting and the pattern of local government spending: Evidence from South Korea.  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.  76,  -
  • (2021)  Defective democracy and the political budget cycle.  JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS.  49,  4
  • (2021)  Racial demographics and cigarette tax shifting: evidence from scanner data.  EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS.  61,  2
  • (2021)  Immigration and the pattern of public spending: evidence from OECD countries.  INTERNATIONAL TAX AND PUBLIC FINANCE.  28,  4
  • (2020)  Budget committee and intergovernmental transfer: Evidence from South Korea.  ECONOMIC INQUIRY.  58,  4
  • (2018)  Court-ordered redistricting and the law of 1/n.  PUBLIC CHOICE.  176,  3-4
  • (2018)  Delegative democratic attitudes: Theory and evidence from the Asian barometer survey.  INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW.  39,  4
  • (2018)  Protest and property crime: political use of police resources and the deterrence of crime.  PUBLIC CHOICE.  175,  1-2
  • (2016)  Supermajority rule and bicameral bargaining.  PUBLIC CHOICE.  169,  1-2
  • (2016)  Ethnic Diversity and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from U.S. Municipalities and School Districts.  URBAN AFFAIRS REVIEW.  52,  5
  • (2016)  재정준칙과 분식회계: OECD 패널 분석.  재정학연구.  9,  2
  • (2015)  Supermajority rule and the law of 1/n.  PUBLIC CHOICE.  164,  3-4
  • (2014)  Public Spending and the Paradox of Supermajority Rule.  SOUTHERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL.  80,  1
  • (2013)  Tax Structure and Government Spending: Does the Value-added Tax Increase the Size of Government?.  NATIONAL TAX JOURNAL.  66,  3

Honors / Awards

  • Fulbright Research Award, 2017-2018
  • Korea Public Finance Award, 2015
  • SKKU Teaching Award, 2014
  • Samsung Research Fund, Sungkyunkwan University 2016
  • National Research Foundation of Korea Grant 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2023
  • Faculty Research Fund, Sungkyunkwan University 2013, 2019
  • Samsung Economic Research Institute Best Research Award, 2007, 2009, 2011