Microeconomics
Game Theory and Its Applications
Theoretical Industrial Organization
Public Economics
Environmental Economics
Experience
2022 – Present, Professor Emeritus, Sungkyunkwan University
1999 – 2022, Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
Fall 2017, Visiting Professor, Appalachian State University
2013 – 2014, Visiting Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2009 – 2013, Dean, College of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University
2006 – 2008, SKKU-Fellow, Sungkyunkwan University
2005 – 2007, Visiting Professor, Virginia Tech
2001 – 2002, Visiting Professor, Virginia Tech
1997– 1999, Chair, Department of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University
1995 – 1999, Associate Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
1994 – 1996, Associate Professor, Appalachian State University
1989 – 1994, Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University
Journal Articles
(2024)
Three-Player Contests with a Potential Inactive Player: Endogenous Timing of Effort Exertion.
ECONOMIC INQUIRY.
(2023)
Contests between two groups for a group-specific public-good/bad prize.
ECONOMICS LETTERS.
227,
(2022)
Endogenous Timing in Three-Player Tullock Contests.
SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE.
(2021)
Group Size and Matching Protocol in Contests.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS-REVUE CANADIENNE D ECONOMIQUE.
54,
4
(2021)
Contests for catch shares.
REVIEW OF ECONOMIC DESIGN.
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(2021)
Contests with multiple alternative prizes: Public-good/bad prizes and externalities.
JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS.
92,
(2020)
Observable versus unobservable RD investments in duopolies.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS.
130,
1
(2020)
Decisions of Duopoly Firms on Sharing Information on Their Delegation Contracts.
REVIEW OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION.
57,
1
(2020)
The effects of conflict budget on the intensity of conflict: an experimental investigation.
EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS.
23,
1
(2019)
Asymmetric contests with initial probabilities of winning.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC THEORY.
15,
4
(2017)
Concealment and verification over environmental regulations: a game-theoretic analysis.
JOURNAL OF REGULATORY ECONOMICS.
51,
3
(2016)
Contests with Alternative Public-Good Prizes.
JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMIC THEORY.
18,
4
(2016)
ENDOGENOUS GROUP FORMATION IN CONTESTS: UNOBSERVABLE SHARING RULES.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY.
25,
2
(2014)
Contests with Bilateral Delegation: Unobservable Contracts.
JOURNAL OF INSTITUTIONAL AND THEORETICAL ECONOMICS-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE STAATSWISSENSCHAFT.
170,
3
(2013)
ENDOGENOUS TIMING IN CONTESTS WITH DELEGATION.
ECONOMIC INQUIRY.
51,
4
(2013)
Two-Player Lopsided Contests under Different Timing Assumptions.
Theoretical Economics Letters.
3,
5B
(2012)
DO RENT-SEEKING GROUPS ANNOUNCE THEIR SHARING RULES?.
ECONOMIC INQUIRY.
50,
2
(2010)
Variable valuations and voluntarism under group selection: An evolutionary public goods game.
JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY.
265,
3
(2008)
Attorneys' compensation in litigation with bilateral delegation.
Review of Law and Economics.
4,
1
(2008)
Contests with group-specific public-good prizes.
SOCIAL CHOICE AND WELFARE.
30,
1
Honors / Awards
Presidential Citation, March 2022, Republic of Korea
The 24th Sungkyun Family Grand Award in Teaching and Research, December 16, 2020, Sungkyunkwan University
The 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award in Research and Culture, December 13, 2019, Alumni Association of the College of Commerce and Economics of Yonsei University
The 2017 SKKU Teaching Award, August 22, 2017, Sungkyunkwan University
The 6th Kyung-Ahm Prize in Humanities and Social Sciences, November 5, 2010, Kyung-Ahm Education & Culture Foundation
The 38th Maekyung Economist Award, April 3, 2008, Maeil Business Newspaper
Principles Teacher of the Year (for 2006-2007) Award, May 11, 2007, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech
The 2005 SKKU-Fellowship, August 31, 2005, Sungkyunkwan University
The 2004 Sungkyun Research Award, January 21, 2005, Sungkyun CEO Forum, Sungkyunkwan University Alumni Association
Best Researcher of the Year Award, March 1, 2002, School of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University
Best Teacher of the Year Award, March 1, 2001, School of Economics, Sungkyunkwan University
The 1999 Chung Ram Research Award, February 11, 2000, Korean Economic Association
Conference Paper
(2018)
My Contributions to the Theory of Contests.
(4th Annual Conference) Contests: Theory and Evidence.
UNITED KINGDOM
(2013)
Asymmetric Contests with Initial Probabilities of Winning.
88th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
UNITED STATES
(2012)
Observable versus Unobservable R&D Investments in Duopolies.
The 87th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
UNITED STATES
(2012)
Hidden Actions behind Signals (발표 당시 제목)
Concealment and Verification over Environmental Regulations: A Game-Theoretical Analysis (현재 제목).
The 87th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
UNITED STATES
(2012)
Endogenous Group Formation in Contests: Unobservable Sharing Rules.
2012 경제학 공동학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2011)
Contests with Delegation: Endogenous Timing of Delegates' Exerting Effort.
The 2011 Annual Meetings of the Allied Social Science Associations.
UNITED STATES
(2010)
Contests with Bilateral Delegation: Unobservable Contracts.
The 85th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
UNITED STATES
(2009)
Contests with Delegation: Endogenous Timing of Delegates' Exerting Effort.
84th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
CANADA
