JAEJOON WOO(PhD, Harvard)
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Hello, I
am an Associate Professor of Economics in the Kellstadt Graduate
School of Business at DePaul University in Chicago.
In
2000-2002, I worked as an economist at the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development), an international organization of 30 advanced industrial
countries, in Paris, France. You can download the papers that I co-authored
with OECD colleagues at the Research Papers Link below. Our paper on firm
dynamics and productivity was covered in the economic focus section of The
Economist on May 23, 2002! Also, our
work on the US health system was covered at the Financial Times on
October 18, 2002.
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 France and commonly known as Sciences Po) in 2001 and
2002. More recently, I visited Helsinki School of Economics in Finland to teach
an intensive course in international economics during the fall of 2004-07.
Currently
I am co-organizing the
economics department seminar series (with Rafael Tenorio), which are open
to all faculty members and students. If
you wish to be included in the email list or present your research paper,
please feel free to contact me.
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, 2005-08, 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.
Areas of Research Interest
Growth
and Productivity, Fiscal Policy, Political Economy in Macroeconomics,
International Economic Integration
Selected Recent
Publications:
Why Do More
Polarized Countries Run More Pro-cyclical Fiscal Policy? The Review of Economics and
Statistics (Forthcoming, 2008).
Productivity
Growth and Technological Diffusion through Foreign Direct Investment. Economic Inquiry (Forthcoming, 2008).
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:
Seoul, December 2004, pp. 3-105.
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
Great Stuff For Pastime
The Financial Times -
Economists' Forum
Commanding Heights: Battle for the World Economy (PBS)
Other Useful Things
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