Academic Profile |
| Asst Prof Kang Min Wook
Assistant Professor, School of Social Sciences
Email: mwkang@ntu.edu.sg Asst Prof Kang Min Wook |
Biography |
Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell University, 2013 Thesis Title: Price Level Volatility and Incomplete Financial Markets M.A. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Economics, 2006 M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, 2005 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2001 |
Research Interests |
Corporate tax policy Inflation-indexed bonds Bank runs Utility recovery theory Incomplete financial markets Welfare cost of business cycles Transfer problem Industrial subsidy policy Hyperbolic discounting |
Current Projects |
- Studies on the Effect of Precautionary Savings on the Economy with Extrinsic Uncertainty, and Strategic Environmental Regulations in an Open Economy
- Three ways to overcome present bias under the hyperbolic consumption model
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Selected Publications |
- Kang, M. and Ye, S. L. (2020). Can optimism be a remedy for present bias?. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Accepted.
- Minwook Kang. (2020). Demand Deposit Contracts and Bank Runs with Present Biased Preferences. Journal of Banking and Finance, 119, 105901.
- Dubey, R. S. and Kang, M. (2020). Industrial Subsidy Policy and the Optimal Level of Specialization. Economic Modelling, 91, 81-88.
- Minwook Kang. (2020). Inflation-indexed Bonds and Nominal Bonds: Financial Innovation and Precautionary Motives. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 52(4), 721-747.
- Minwook Kang. (2019). Pareto-Improving Tax Policies under Hyperbolic Discounting. International Tax and Public Finance, 26(3), 618-660.
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