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Sunwoong Kim

  • Professor, Economics

Education

  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • MCRP, Harvard University
  • MA, Seoul National University
  • BS, Seoul National University

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets Syllabus
ECON 606-001 Mathematical Economics II M 5:30pm-8:10pm
ECON 606G-001 Mathematical Economics II M 5:30pm-8:10pm
ECON 790-001 Research Seminar for M.A. Students W 5:30pm-8:10pm

Research Interests

  • Urban and Regional Economics
  • Economic Development

Selected Publications

Horowitz, Shale A., and Kim, Sunwoong. “Hawk-Talk in Island Disputes: A Theoretical Analysis with an Application to Japan and South Korea” Chinese Journal of International Politics 10.4 (2017): 403-28.
Kim, Sunwoong, and Lee, Ju-Ho. “Private Tutoring and Demand for Education in South Korea” Economic Development and Cultural Change 58.2 (2010): 259-296.
Browne, Eric C. “Electoral Dimensions of Factional Competition in Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, 1958-1990” The European Journal of Political Research 42.1 Ed. Kim, Sunwoong. (2003): 107-134.
Ambrose, Brent W. “Modeling the Korean Chonsei Lease Contract” Real Estate Economics 31.1 Ed. Kim, Sunwoong. (2003): 53-74.
Squires, Gregory D., and Kim, Sunwoong. “Does Anybody Who Works Here Look Like Me?: Mortgage Lending, Race, and Lender Employment” Social Science Quarterly 96.4 (1995): 821-838.
Kim, Sunwoong. “Search, Hedonic Prices and Housing Demand” The Review of Economics and Statistics 74.4 (1992): 503-508.
Kim, Sunwoong. “Labor Specialization and the Extent of the Market” Journal of Political Economy 97.3 (1989): 692-705.

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