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  "title": "Joong Shik Kang",
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  "summary": "Joong Shik Kang is a Senior Economist in the Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF. His research focuses on international economics, internal devaluation in the Euro area, and Japanese/Chinese economies. He has worked on various counties at the Fund, including Japan, China, Hong Kong SAR, and etc.",
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    {
      "heading": "Biography",
      "content": "Joong Shik Kang is a Senior Economist in the Asia and Pacific Department of the IMF. His research focuses on international economics, internal devaluation in the Euro area, and Japanese/Chinese economies. He has worked on various counties at the Fund, including Japan, China, Hong Kong SAR, and etc."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Education",
      "content": "- May 2007, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison\n\n- May 2004, M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin at Madison\n\n- Feb. 2002, B.A. in Economics (summa cum laude), Seoul National University"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Professional Activities",
      "content": "- Jan. 05 – May 07, Project Assistant, University of Wisconsin at Madison (Prof. Charles Engel)\n\n- May – Aug. 06, Dissertation Intern, Federal Reserve Board, International Finance Division\n\n- Mar. – Apr. 06, Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund, Research Department\n\n- Jun. – Aug. 05, Ph.D. Intern, International Monetary Fund, Research Department\n\n- Sep. 01 – Jun. 02, Researcher, Korea Fixed Income Research Institute"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Awards and Honors",
      "content": "- Summer 2006, NSF Award to Attend the 2nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics\n\n- 2002 - 2003, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Fellowship\n\n- 1997 / 2001, Seoul National University (SNU) Merit-Based Scholarship\n\n- 1997 / 2001, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) College Student Scholarship"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Field of Expertise",
      "content": "- International Finance\n\n- Macro-Financial Issues\n\n- Open Economy Macroeconomics"
    },
    {
      "heading": "IMF Books and Working Papers",
      "content": "- Credit Booms—Is China Different?, Working Paper No. 2018/002 , January 5, 2018\n\n- Resolving China’s Corporate Debt Problem, Working Paper No. 2016/203 , October 14, 2016\n\n- Chinese Imports: What’s Behind the Slowdown?, Working Paper No. 2016/106 , May 26, 2016\n\n- Private Sector Activity in Hong Kong SAR and the Fed: Transmission Effects through the Currency Board, Working Paper No. 2016/035 , February 23, 2016\n\n- Production Offshoring and Investment by Japanese Firms, Working Paper No. 2015/183 , July 30, 2015\n\n- Balance Sheet Repair and Corporate Investment in Japan, Working Paper No. 2014/141 , August 4, 2014\n\n- Progress Towards External Adjustment in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics, Working Paper No. 2014/131 , July 22, 2014\n\n- Adjustment in Euro Area Deficit Countries: Progress, Challenges, and Policies, Staff Discussion Notes No. 2014/007 , July 14, 2014\n\n- The Evolution of Current Account Deficits in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics: Many Paths to the Same Endpoint, Working Paper No. 2013/169 , July 17, 2013\n\n- Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis, Working Paper No. 2013/073 , March 20, 2013\n\n- RMB Internationalization: O+L5022nshore/Offshore Links, Working Paper No. 2012/133 , May 1, 2012\n\n- On the Properties of Various Estimators for Fiscal Reaction Functions, Working Paper No. 2006/182 , July 1, 2006"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Other Published Materials",
      "content": "- Japanese Exports: What’s the Holdup? (with N Li), World Economic Outlook, Box 3.3, October 2015.\n\n- Asia’s Export Performance: What is Holding It Back? (with G. Hong), Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, Box 1.1, April 2015.\n\n- Spillovers from Portfolio Rebalancing in Japan, 2014 Spillover Report, Box 5 in Chapter 2. July 2014.\n\n- Adjustment in Euro Area Deficit Countries: Progress, Challenges, and Policies (with J. Shambaugh, S. Wang, T. Tressel), 2014, IMF Staff Discussion Note 14/7.\n\n- The Rise and Fall of Current Account Deficits in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics (with J. Shambaugh), IMF Research Bulletin, June 2014.\n\n- Successful Abenomics: Good for Japan, Good for Asia (with D. Botman, Z. Zakab), Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, Box 1.5, April 2014.\n\n- External Rebalancing in the Euro Area (with J. Shambaugh, S. Wang, and T. Tressel), World Economic Outlook, Box 1.3, October 2013.\n\n- The Impact of Yen Depreciation on Exports Prices in Asian Economies, 2013 Spillover Report-Analytical Underpinnings and Other Background, Section 21, August 2013.\n\n- Revitalization of the Japanese Economy and the Asia Supply Chain, 2013 Spillover Report-Analytical Underpinnings and Other Background, Section 22, August 2013.\n\n- The Evolution of Current Account Deficits in the Euro Area (with J. Shambaugh), World Economic Outlook, Box 1.3, April 2013.\n\n- Financial Investment, Speculation, and Commodity Prices (with T. Helbling, S. Roache), World Economic Outlook, Box 1.4, October 2011.\n\n- Oil Scarcity, Growth, and Global Imbalances (with T. Helbling, M. Kumhof, D. Muir, A. Pescatori, S. Roache), World Economic Outlook, Chapter 3, April 2011."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Publications in Journals (Refereed)",
      "content": "- The Rise and Fall of Peripheral European Current Account Deficits (with J. Shambaugh), Economic Policy, 2015, Volume 31, Issue 85, pp 153-199.\n\n- Aid, Export, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis (with A. Prati, and A. Rebucci), Review of Economics and Institutions, 2012, 3(2), Article 2."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Publications in Books and Conference Volumes",
      "content": "- Stimulating Private Investment and Innovation in Can Abenomics Succeed? Overcoming the Legacy of the Lost Decades, D. Botman, S. Danninger, and J Schiff and eds., 2015 (International Monetary Fund)\n\n- Japan’s Role in the Global Economy and Spillover Effects of Abenomics (with D. Botman) in Can Abenomics Succeed? Overcoming the Legacy of the Lost Decades, D. Botman, S. Danninger, and J Schiff and eds., 2015 (International Monetary Fund)\n\n- France: Imbalances and Declining Competitiveness in Global Rebalancing: A Roadmap for Global Recovery, H. Faruqee and K. Srinivasan eds., 2013 (International Monetary Fund)\n\n- Economic Growth (with N. Thacker, S. Acevedo, R. Perrelli, and M. Tashu) in The Eastern Caribbean Economic and Currency Union, A. Schipke, A. Cebotari, and N. Thacker eds., 2013 (International Monetary Fund)"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Other Published Materials",
      "content": "- Imbalance and Growth: Update of Staff Sustainability Assessment for G-20 Mutual Assessment Process (with H. Faruqee, E. Stavrev, S. Beidas-Strom, F. Jaumotte, T. Matheson), September 2013. (prepared for G-20 Meetings of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors)\n\n- Global Prospects and Policy Challenges (with H. Faruqee, E. Stavrev, T. Matheson), April 2013. (prepared for Meetings of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors)\n\n- Macroeconomic Policy Challenges from Commodity Price Volatility (with B. Joshi), October 2012. (prepared for G-20 Energy and Commodity Markets Working Group)\n\n- Sustainability Report for France in IMF Staff Reports for the G-20 Mutual Assessment Process, November 2011. (Prepared for G-20 Leaders Summit)\n\n- “Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in an Economy with Private Information,” Jan. 2007, UW-Madison\n\n- “Consumption and Real Exchange Rates in an Economy with Limited Commitment,” Jun. 2006, UW-Madison\n\n- “Real Exchange Rates and Incomplete Capital Market,” Nov. 2004, UW-Madison\n\n- “Reconciliation of Two Different Approaches in International Risk Sharing Puzzle,” Jul. 2004, UW-Madison"
    }
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    "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",
    "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",
    "Summer 2006, NSF Award to Attend the 2nd Lindau Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Economics",
    "2002 - 2003, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) Fellowship",
    "1997 / 2001, Seoul National University (SNU) Merit-Based Scholarship",
    "1997 / 2001, Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies (KFAS) College Student Scholarship",
    "International Finance",
    "Macro-Financial Issues",
    "Open Economy Macroeconomics",
    "[Credit Booms—Is China Different?](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2018/01/05/credit-booms-is-china-different-45537), Working Paper No. 2018/002 , January 5, 2018",
    "[Resolving China’s Corporate Debt Problem](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/resolving-chinas-corporate-debt-problem-44337), Working Paper No. 2016/203 , October 14, 2016",
    "[Chinese Imports: What’s Behind the Slowdown?](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/chinese-imports-whats-behind-the-slowdown-43926), Working Paper No. 2016/106 , May 26, 2016",
    "[Private Sector Activity in Hong Kong SAR and the Fed: Transmission Effects through the Currency Board](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/private-sector-activity-in-hong-kong-sar-and-the-fed-transmission-effects-through-the-43732), Working Paper No. 2016/035 , February 23, 2016",
    "[Production Offshoring and Investment by Japanese Firms](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/production-offshoring-and-investment-by-japanese-firms-43146), Working Paper No. 2015/183 , July 30, 2015",
    "[Balance Sheet Repair and Corporate Investment in Japan](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/balance-sheet-repair-and-corporate-investment-in-japan-41814), Working Paper No. 2014/141 , August 4, 2014",
    "[Progress Towards External Adjustment in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/progress-towards-external-adjustment-in-the-euro-area-periphery-and-the-baltics-41774), Working Paper No. 2014/131 , July 22, 2014",
    "[Adjustment in Euro Area Deficit Countries: Progress, Challenges, and Policies](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/staff-discussion-notes/issues/2016/12/31/adjustment-in-euro-area-deficit-countries-progress-challenges-and-policies-41716), Staff Discussion Notes No. 2014/007 , July 14, 2014",
    "[The Evolution of Current Account Deficits in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics: Many Paths to the Same Endpoint](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/the-evolution-of-current-account-deficits-in-the-euro-area-periphery-and-the-baltics-many-40792), Working Paper No. 2013/169 , July 17, 2013",
    "[Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/aid-exports-and-growth-a-time-series-perspective-on-the-dutch-disease-hypothesis-40414), Working Paper No. 2013/073 , March 20, 2013",
    "[RMB Internationalization: O+L5022nshore/Offshore Links](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/rmb-internationalization-ol5022nshore-offshore-links-25941), Working Paper No. 2012/133 , May 1, 2012",
    "[On the Properties of Various Estimators for Fiscal Reaction Functions](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/on-the-properties-of-various-estimators-for-fiscal-reaction-functions-19362), Working Paper No. 2006/182 , July 1, 2006",
    "[Japanese Exports: What’s the Holdup? (with N Li), World Economic Outlook, Box 3.3, October 2015.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2015/02/)",
    "[Asia’s Export Performance: What is Holding It Back? (with G. Hong), Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, Box 1.1, April 2015.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2015/apd/eng/areo0415.htm)",
    "[Spillovers from Portfolio Rebalancing in Japan, 2014 Spillover Report, Box 5 in Chapter 2. July 2014.](http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=4881)",
    "[Adjustment in Euro Area Deficit Countries: Progress, Challenges, and Policies (with J. Shambaugh, S. Wang, T. Tressel), 2014, IMF Staff Discussion Note 14/7.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=41716.0)",
    "[The Rise and Fall of Current Account Deficits in the Euro Area Periphery and the Baltics (with J. Shambaugh), IMF Research Bulletin, June 2014.](http://www.imf.org/External/Pubs/FT/irb/2014/02/index.pdf)",
    "[Successful Abenomics: Good for Japan, Good for Asia (with D. Botman, Z. Zakab), Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, Box 1.5, April 2014.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2014/apd/eng/areo0414.htm)",
    "[External Rebalancing in the Euro Area (with J. Shambaugh, S. Wang, and T. Tressel), World Economic Outlook, Box 1.3, October 2013.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/02/)",
    "[The Impact of Yen Depreciation on Exports Prices in Asian Economies, 2013 Spillover Report-Analytical Underpinnings and Other Background, Section 21, August 2013.](http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=4787)",
    "[Revitalization of the Japanese Economy and the Asia Supply Chain, 2013 Spillover Report-Analytical Underpinnings and Other Background, Section 22, August 2013.](http://www.imf.org/external/pp/longres.aspx?id=4787)",
    "[The Evolution of Current Account Deficits in the Euro Area (with J. Shambaugh), World Economic Outlook, Box 1.3, April 2013.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/)",
    "[Financial Investment, Speculation, and Commodity Prices (with T. Helbling, S. Roache), World Economic Outlook, Box 1.4, October 2011.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/02/#ch1box)",
    "[Oil Scarcity, Growth, and Global Imbalances (with T. Helbling, M. Kumhof, D. Muir, A. Pescatori, S. Roache), World Economic Outlook, Chapter 3, April 2011.](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/)",
    "[The Rise and Fall of Peripheral European Current Account Deficits (with J. Shambaugh), Economic Policy, 2015, Volume 31, Issue 85, pp 153-199.](http://economicpolicy.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/85/153)",
    "[Aid, Export, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis (with A. Prati, and A. Rebucci), Review of Economics and Institutions, 2012, 3(2), Article 2.](http://www.rei.unipg.it/rei/article/view/76)",
    "[Stimulating Private Investment and Innovation in Can Abenomics Succeed? Overcoming the Legacy of the Lost Decades, D. Botman, S. Danninger, and J Schiff and eds., 2015 (International Monetary Fund)](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=41817.0)",
    "[Japan’s Role in the Global Economy and Spillover Effects of Abenomics (with D. Botman) in Can Abenomics Succeed? Overcoming the Legacy of the Lost Decades, D. Botman, S. Danninger, and J Schiff and eds., 2015 (International Monetary Fund)](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=41817.0)",
    "[France: Imbalances and Declining Competitiveness in Global Rebalancing: A Roadmap for Global Recovery, H. Faruqee and K. Srinivasan eds., 2013 (International Monetary Fund)](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=40072.0)",
    "[Economic Growth (with N. Thacker, S. Acevedo, R. Perrelli, and M. Tashu) in The Eastern Caribbean Economic and Currency Union, A. Schipke, A. Cebotari, and N. Thacker eds., 2013 (International Monetary Fund)](https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=25451.0)",
    "[Imbalance and Growth: Update of Staff Sustainability Assessment for G-20 Mutual Assessment Process (with H. Faruqee, E. Stavrev, S. Beidas-Strom, F. Jaumotte, T. Matheson), September 2013. (prepared for G-20 Meetings of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors)](http://www.imf.org/external/np/g20/map2013.htm)",
    "[Global Prospects and Policy Challenges (with H. Faruqee, E. Stavrev, T. Matheson), April 2013. (prepared for Meetings of G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors)](http://www.imf.org/external/np/g20/041813.htm)",
    "Macroeconomic Policy Challenges from Commodity Price Volatility (with B. Joshi), October 2012. (prepared for G-20 Energy and Commodity Markets Working Group)",
    "[Sustainability Report for France in IMF Staff Reports for the G-20 Mutual Assessment Process, November 2011. (Prepared for G-20 Leaders Summit)](http://www.imf.org/external/np/g20/map2011.htm)",
    "“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**",
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