Joong Shik Kang
Last Updated: November 30, 2007Joong Shik Kang is an Economist in Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF. His current research interests include Open Economy Macroeconomics, International Finance, and Monetary Economics.
Email: jkang@imf.org
Fluent In: Korean.
Education:
May 2007, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
May 2004, M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Feb. 2002, B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), Seoul National University
Professional Activities:
Jan. 05 – May 07, Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin at Madison (Prof. Charles Engel)
May – Aug. 06, Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Board, International Finance Division
Mar. – Apr. 06, Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Research Department
Jun. – Aug. 05, Ph.D. Intern, International Monetary Fund, Research Department
Sep. 01 – Jun. 02, Researcher, Korea Fixed Income Research Institute
Awards and Honors:
Summer 2006, NSF Award to Attend the 2nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics
2002 - 2003, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Fellowship
Summer 2002, Vilas Welcome Award
1997 / 2001, Seoul National University (SNU) Merit-Based Scholarship
1997 / 2001, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) College Student Scholarship
Seminar Presentation:
Apr. 2006 and Oct. 2006, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jun. 2006 and Feb. 2007, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Jan. 2007, University of Virginia, Queen’s University, Federal Reserve Bank - Dallas
Feb. 2007, Bank of Canada, University of Missouri, University of California - Irvine
Teaching:
Spring / Fall 2004, Money and Banking (Excellent TA), UW - Madison
Fall 2003, Principles of Macroeconomics (Distinguished TA), UW - Madison
Others:
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of International Economics, Oxford Economic Papers
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis, Working Paper No. 13/73, March 20, 2013
RMB Internationalization: Onshore/Offshore Links, Working Paper No. 12/133, May 01, 2012
On the Properties of Various Estimators for Fiscal Reaction Functions, Working Paper No. 06/182, July 01, 2006
Other/Non-IMF Publications
“Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis,” Oct., 2007, International Monetary Fund (with Alessandro Prati and Alessandro Rebucci)
“Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in an Economy with Private Information,” Jan. 2007, UW-Madison
“Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in an Economy with Limited Commitment,” Jun. 2006, UW-Madison
“Real Exchange Rates and Incomplete Capital Market,” Nov. 2004, UW-Madison
“Reconciliation of Two Different Approaches in International Risk Sharing Puzzle,” Jul. 2004, UW-Madison
Joong Shik Kang is an Economist in Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF. His current research interests include Open Economy Macroeconomics, International Finance, and Monetary Economics.
Email: jkang@imf.org
Fluent In: Korean.
Education:
May 2007, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
May 2004, M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Feb. 2002, B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), Seoul National University
Professional Activities:
Jan. 05 – May 07, Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin at Madison (Prof. Charles Engel)
May – Aug. 06, Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Board, International Finance Division
Mar. – Apr. 06, Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Research Department
Jun. – Aug. 05, Ph.D. Intern, International Monetary Fund, Research Department
Sep. 01 – Jun. 02, Researcher, Korea Fixed Income Research Institute
Awards and Honors:
Summer 2006, NSF Award to Attend the 2nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics
2002 - 2003, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Fellowship
Summer 2002, Vilas Welcome Award
1997 / 2001, Seoul National University (SNU) Merit-Based Scholarship
1997 / 2001, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) College Student Scholarship
Seminar Presentation:
Apr. 2006 and Oct. 2006, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jun. 2006 and Feb. 2007, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Jan. 2007, University of Virginia, Queen’s University, Federal Reserve Bank - Dallas
Feb. 2007, Bank of Canada, University of Missouri, University of California - Irvine
Teaching:
Spring / Fall 2004, Money and Banking (Excellent TA), UW - Madison
Fall 2003, Principles of Macroeconomics (Distinguished TA), UW - Madison
Others:
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, Journal of International Economics, Oxford Economic Papers
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis, Working Paper No. 13/73, March 20, 2013
RMB Internationalization: Onshore/Offshore Links, Working Paper No. 12/133, May 01, 2012
On the Properties of Various Estimators for Fiscal Reaction Functions, Working Paper No. 06/182, July 01, 2006
Other/Non-IMF Publications
“Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis,” Oct., 2007, International Monetary Fund (with Alessandro Prati and Alessandro Rebucci)
“Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in an Economy with Private Information,” Jan. 2007, UW-Madison
“Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in an Economy with Limited Commitment,” Jun. 2006, UW-Madison
“Real Exchange Rates and Incomplete Capital Market,” Nov. 2004, UW-Madison
“Reconciliation of Two Different Approaches in International Risk Sharing Puzzle,” Jul. 2004, UW-Madison