2014 Sessions for the Korea-America Economic Association

Session 18A Two Koreas
Session 18B Gender Inequality, Immigrants, and Labor Market Friction
Session 18C Growth, Public Debt, and Financial Market Stability

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
KAEA
Session 18A
Two Koreas

Organizers:

Inhyuck Steve Ha, Western Carolina University

Session Chairs:

Gihoon Hong, Indiana University South Bend

Papers:

"Sequential Bargaining with Information Asymmetry"
Ho-Won Jeong, George Mason University
Jin Yeub Kim, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Contact Author)

"Will Informal Markets Be a Path to Development in North Korea?"
Max St. Brown, Eckerd College (Contact Author)

"Multiple Equilibria in the Educational System: Case Studies on the U.S. and South Korea"
Eunice S. Han, The National Bureau of Economic Research (Contact Author)

"Wither North Korea?"
Young Back Choi, St. John's University (Contact Author)

"Self and Social Interests in Conservation Adoption"
Adrienne Ohler, Illinois State University
Matthew Winden, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Eunice S. Han, The National Bureau of Economic Research
Matthew Winden, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Jin Yeub Kim, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Max St. Brown, Eckerd College
Young Back Choi, St. John's University

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
KAEA
Session 18B
Gender Inequality, Immigrants, and Labor Market Friction

Organizers:

Inhyuck Steve Ha, Western Carolina University

Session Chairs:

Hyeongwoo Kim, Auburn University

Papers:

"The Effect of Home-Country Gender Status on the Labor Supply of U.S. Immigrants"
Yunsun Huh, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (Contact Author)

"Are Immigrants a Shot in the Arm for the Local Economy?"
Gihoon Hong, Indiana University South Bend (Contact Author)
John McLaren, University of Virginia

"The Incompatibility of Economic Development and Gender Inequality"
Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University (Contact Author)

"Less Bang for the Buck? A Natural Experiment in NIH Funding"
Hyunwoo Park, Georgia Institute of Technology
Jeongsik Lee, Georgia Institute of Technology
Byung-Cheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sucharita Sinha Mukherjee, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Byung-Cheol Kim, Georgia Institute of Technology
Yunsun Huh, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Gihoon Hong, Indiana University South Bend

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
KAEA
Session 18C
Growth, Public Debt, and Financial Market Stability

Organizers:

Inhyuck Steve Ha, Western Carolina University

Session Chairs:

Yunsun Huh, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Papers:

"Stock Market Co-Movements: Who's the Leader?"
Hyeongwoo Kim, Auburn University (Contact Author)
Jintae Kim, Auburn University

"Designing a Simple Loss Function for the Fed: Does the Dual Mandate Make Sense?"
Davide Debortoli, University of California, San Diego
Jinill Kim, Korea University (Contact Author)
Jesper Linde, Federal Reserve Board
Ricardo Nunes, Federal Reserve Board

"The Public Debt vs GDP Growth Conundrum: Causality, Nonlinearity and Original Sin"
Junsoo Lee, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
Robert Sonora, Fort Lewis College
Josip Tica, University of Zagreb
Vladimir Arcabic, University of Zagreb

"The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program for Farmers in the U.S.: Role of Incentives in Program Participation"
Yu Na Lee, University of Minnesota,Twin Cities (Contact Author)
David R. Just, Cornell University
Nancy Chau, Cornell University

"Financial Integration, Capital Controls and the Stability of Financial Markets: The Case of Korea"
Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)
Shinyoung Kim, Bank of Korea
Jangyoun Lee, Bank of Korea

Discussants:

Yu Na Lee, University of Minnesota,Twin Cities
Yoonbai Kim, University of Kentucky
Hyeongwoo Kim, Auburn University
Jinill Kim, Korea University
Junsoo Lee, The University of Alabama

 

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