2007 Sessions for Yoonbai Kim

 
Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
KAEA
Session 16A
Issues on the South Korean Economy

Organizers:

Semoon Chang, University of South Alabama

Session Chairs:

James M. Lister, Korea Economic Institute

Papers:

"The Convergence of Currency Regimes in East Asia"
Inchul Kim, Sung Kyun Kwan University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Sung Y. Kwack, Howard University

"Gender Earning Gaps and Return to Schooling in Korea"
Sung Y. Kwack, Howard University (Contact Author)
Young Sun Lee, Yonsei University
Heeseon Choi, Korea Institute of Technology and Trade
Discussant: Yong J. Yoon, George Mason University

"An Analysis of the Effects of Korean Government’s Housing Policies on Prices of Apartments in Seoul: A Hedonic Price Index Approach"
Bun Song Lee, Northwestern State University (Contact Author)
Young Hyun Kim, Daegu and Kyungbuk Development Institute
Sun Eae Chun, Chung-Ang University
Discussant: Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky

"Stochastic Demand and the Extent of the Market: Another Piece of the Smith Puzzle"
Yong J. Yoon, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Bun Song Lee, Northwestern State University


 
Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
KAEA
Session 16B
Issues on the North Korean Economy

Organizers:

Semoon Chang, University of South Alabama

Session Chairs:

James M. Lister, Korea Economic Institute

Papers:

"Prospects for the North Korean Economy"
Youn Suk Kim, Kean University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Semoon Chang, University of South Alabama

"Human Disaster in the Maximalist State"
Yong J. Yoon, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Discussant: Youn Suk Kim, Kean University

"Patterns of North Korea’s Global Trade"
Semoon Chang, University of South Alabama (Contact Author)
Discussant: Sun Eae Chun, Chung-Ang University

"Financial Development and Economic Growth"
Patara Thumrongvit, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky
C. S. Pyun, University of Memphis
Discussant: Inchul Kim, Sung Kyun Kwan University


 
Tuesday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SEA
Session 20H
Exchange Rates II

Session Chairs:

Heather L. R. Tierney, College of Charleston

Papers:

"Are Devaluations Contractionary? The Case of Turkey"
Mehmet Sencicek, Yeshiva University (Contact Author)
Kamal P. Upadhyaya, University of New Haven

"Fiscal Deficits, Exchange Rates and Fundamentals"
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University (Contact Author)

"Foreign Investment Reversal, U.S. Debt, and Exchange Rate"
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University (Contact Author)

"Is the CFA Franc Zone an Optimum Currency Area?"
Xiaodan Zhao, University of Kentucky
Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Is the Real Exchange Rate Stationary? Another Look"
Gil Kim, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, East Carolina University
David Y. Chen, North Carolina A&T State University
Jingping Gu, Texas A&M University


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