In Choi
Professor Emeritus
Department of Economics
Sogang University
Seoul, Korea
Bio
In Choi was born and raised in Seoul, Korea. He obtained his B.A. in economics from Seoul National University in 1981 and his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1990. After graduating from college, he served as a supply officer in the Korean Navy for three years. He is now Professor Emeritus at Sogang University in Seoul, Korea. Before this position, he was on the Ohio State University, Kookmin University, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology faculty. He also taught as a visiting scholar at Yale, University of Southern California, Hitotsubashi University, and the University of Bonn. His research focus has been on time series and panel data analysis, and he has published numerous articles in leading journals in economics and statistics. He also wrote the book “Almost all about unit roots: foundations, developments and applications” (2015, Cambridge University Press). He is a Fellow of the Journal of Econometrics and received Multa Scripsit Award and Plura Scripsit Award from Econometric Theory, one of the leading journals in economics and statistics, Chongram Award from the Korean Economic Association, Dasan Economics Award from the Korea Economic Daily and Vice Prime Minister of Education's Award for Excellence in Research.
Curriculum Vitae
Recent Papers
Does Climate Change Affect Economic Data? , 2023, Empirical Economics (a special issue honoring Prof. Peter Schmidt)
Newspaper columns
US Inflation will be normalized soon. (미국인플레 정상화 머지 않았다 )
Labor market flexibility should be enhanced. (노동시장 유연성을 더 높여야 하는 이유 )
Policy on college tuition is ruining the future. (대학등록금 정책이 미래를 망치고 있다)
GDP 10 years later: A dismal prospect and countermeasures (10년 후 GDP: 우울한 전망과 대응책)
Discerning populism policies (포퓰리즘 정책 감별법 )
We need serious discussions on allowing immigrants (이민 수용, 본격적 논의가 필요하다 )