Education

· Ph.D., Economics, New York University, 2006.

· M.A., Economics, Seoul National University, 2000.

· B.A., Economics, Seoul National University, 1998.

Employment

Current Position

· Assistant Professor (Lecturer), Department of Economics, University College London.

Affiliation

· Research Fellow, ESRC Center for Economic Learning and Social Evolution, University College London.

Fields of Interest

Research

· Experimental Economics; Economic Theory.

Research

Published and Forthcoming Papers

· A Cognitive Hierarchy Model of Learning in Networks, February 2012. Accepted subject to revisions, Review of Economic Design.

· Social Learning in Networks: A Quantal Response Equilibrium Analysis of Experimental Data, February 2012 (with Douglas Gale and Shachar Kariv). Accepted subject to revisions, Review of Economic Design.

· Network Architecture, Salience and Coordination, (with Douglas Gale, Shachar Kariv and Thomas Palfrey), Games and Economic Behavior, September 2011, 73(1), 76-90.

· Sequential Equilibrium in Monotone Games: A Theory-Based Analysis of Experimental Data, (with Douglas Gale and Shachar Kariv), Journal of Economic Theory, December 2008, 143(1), 302-330.

· Consistency and Heterogeneity of Individual Behavior under Uncertainty, (with Raymond Fisman, Douglas Gale and Shachar Kariv), American Economic Review, 2007, 97(5), 1921-1938.

· Revealing Preferences Graphically: An Old Method Gets a New Tool Kit, (with Raymond Fisman, Douglas Gale and Shachar Kariv), American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, May 2007, 97(2), 153-58.

· Behavioral Aspects of Learning in Social Networks: An Experimental Study, 2005 (with Douglas Gale and Shachar Kariv). Advances in Applied Microeconomics (Vol. 13), Behavioral and Experimental Economics, edited by John Morgan, JAI Press.

Working Papers

· An Experimental Study of Sponsored-Search Auctions, April 2011 (with Yeon-Koo Che and Jinwoo Kim).

· Reserve Price Effects in Auctions: Estimates from Multiple RD Design, April 2011 (with Lars Nesheim and Imran Rasul). Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.

· Who Is (More) Rational?, April 2011 (with Shachar Kariv, Wieland Müller and Dan Silverman). Revise and Resubmit, American Economic Review.

· Communication, Coordination and Networks, September 2011 (with Jihong Lee). Revise and Resubmit, Journal of the European Economic Association.

· Estimating Ambiguity Aversion in a Portfolio Choice Experiment, March 2011 (with David Ahn, Douglas Gale and Shachar Kariv).

Awards, Fellowships and Grants

· Young Scholars Award, the Korea-America Economic Association, January 2011.

· ESRC RES-061-25-0348: Measuring Risk and Time Preferences: Large-Scale Field Experiments, 2008-2011.

· Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, 2005 - 2006.

· C.V. Starr Center Fellowship, New York University, 2002.

· MacCracken Fellowship, New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science, 2000 - 2004.

Teaching Experience

· Behavioural Economics (MSc), spring 2012 , University College London.

· Intermediate Microeconomics, spring 2010 , University College London.

· Experimental Economics (undergraduate), springs 2007 ~ 2012 , University College London.

· Experimental Economics (MSc), spring 2011 , University College London.

· Environmental Econometrics, falls 2006 ~ 2008, University College London.

· Intermediate Microeconomics, summers 2002, 2004, 2005, New York University.

Academic Experience

Refereeing

· American Economic Journal: Applied Economics; American Economic Review; Econometrica; Fiscal Studies; Games and Economic Behavior; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Economic Theory; Journal of European Economic Association; Journal of Public Economics; Management Science; Review of Economic Design; Review of Economic Studies; Theory and Decision.