JAEJOON WOO(PhD, Harvard)
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Hello, I
am currently on leave from
Since November 2009, I have been working as Senior
Economist at the International Monetary Fund
(IMF),
Currently,
I am also an associate editor of International
Economic Journal (IEJ), which is published
for Korea International Economic Association by Routledge.
Previously,
I also held an economist position at the OECD
Development Centre (during 2009) and at the economics department (during
2000-2002) in the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) in
While
working at the OECD, I also taught Fondements de la Politique Economique et Mondialisation at Institute D'Etudes Politiques De Paris
(a grandes ιcoles in
Also, I was elected the Treasurer of the Korea-America
Economic Association for year 2007.
I
received my Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard
University in 1999, and BA & MA
in Economics from Yonsei University in
Grants
and Fellowships: Research Grants from Kellstadt at DePaul, 2005-09, Bank of
Korea Research Grant 2004, University Research Council Grant, DePaul, 2004,
Graduate School of Arts and Science Teaching Fellowship, Harvard University,
1995-99; Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) Full Fellowship, 1993-98;
Simon Kuznets Travel Grant, Harvard University, summer 1997.
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Areas of Research Interest
Growth and
Productivity, Fiscal Policy, Public Debt and Deficits, Political Economy in
Macroeconomics, International Economic Integration (Capital Flows, FDI)
New and Forthcoming!
Public Debt
and Growth. (co-authored with
M. Kumar), The IMF Working Paper, No. 10/174, July 2010.
Public
Expenditures on Social Programs and Household Consumption in China. (co-authored with E. Baldacci, G. Callegari,
D. Coady, D. Ding, M. Kumar, P. Tommasino),
The IMF Working Paper, No. 10/69, March 2010.
Technological
Upgrading in
Growth,
Income Distribution, and Fiscal Policy Volatility. The Journal of Development Economics (forthcoming in
2010-11).
Selected Recent
Publications:
Why Do More
Polarized Countries Run More Pro-cyclical Fiscal Policy? The Review of Economics and Statistics, 91(4):
850-870, November 2009.
Productivity
Growth and Technological Diffusion through Foreign Direct Investment. Economic
Inquiry, 47(2), 226-248, April 2009.
The
Political Economy of Fiscal Policy. Springer, Berlin; New
York. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems series, Vol. 570),
February 2006.
Social
Polarization, Fiscal Instability, and Growth. The European Economic Review, 49(6): 1451-1477,
August 2005.
Growth,
Government Policies and Institutions in the Globalized World Economy. The Bank of
Korea Institute Research Paper, No.198, October 2004. Also, reprinted as
Chapter 1 in Jeong-ho Hahm (ed.) Sustaining Korean Economic Growth A Way Forward: Augmenting Growth Potential and Upgrading the
Financial System, The Bank of Korea:
Social
Polarization, Industrialization, and Fiscal Instability: Theory and Evidence. The Journal of Development Economics, 72: 223-252,
October 2003.
Economic,
Political and Institutional Determinants
of Public Deficits. The Journal of
Public Economics, 87: 387-426, March 2003. Lead article. Most requested
articles in Journal of Public Economics 2003: ranked
6th
The OECD
Economic Survey of the United States.
(with Hannes Suppanz, Michael Kiley, Peter Jarret and Elizabeth Docteur), Vol.
2002/18, Paris: OECD, November 2002.
The
Role of Policy and Institutions for Productivity and Firm Dynamics: Evidence
From Micro and Industry Data. (with
S. Scarpetta, P. Hemmings, T. Tressel), OECD Economics Department Working
Paper, No. 329, April 2002.
You can
download some of the firm-level data that were used in this study from the
OECD site.
Lecture
that I delivered at the KPMG (Accounting Firm) in New York, June 26, 2007.
Title: South Korea and the
World Economy in the Globalization Process (Power point slide show)
Useful Links (US and International Data, Working Papers, Favorite
Economists)
STATA Resources: Boston College | Stata.Com | UCLA
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Great Stuff For Pastime
The Financial Times -
Economists' Forum
Commanding Heights: Battle for the World Economy (PBS)
Altavista
Translator (This
helped me survive in Paris!)
Exploring
Chicago | Official Guide to
Paris
References:
Exchange Rates | Merriam-Webster | Yahoo-Finance
| Wikipedia
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Electronic Journals : JSTOR
| Loop
Library (DePaul) | Littauer
Library (Harvard)
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Research Tools: Resources for Economists
(AEA)
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Statistical Software: STATA | SAS | TSP | MATLAB | Mathematica
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News: The Financial Times | The Economist
| New York
Times | Reuters | NPR | International
Herald Tribune