• Kim Chung Han
• Phone : +82-2-3705-6249
• Email : chk592@kif.re.kr
• Research area : International Finance

Education

• Ph. D in Economics, University of Washington
• MA in Economics, University of Washington
• BA in Economics, Koreal University

Experience

• Associate Professor, College of Northeast Asia, Kwangwoon University, Korea
• Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Finance, Korea
• Consultant, Financial Hub Division, National Economic Advisory Council, Korea
• Member, Financial Cooperation Expert Forum, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Korea
• Associate Editor, Review of Financial Economics, Korea Institute of Finance

Chung-Han Kim has been a Research Fellow at the KIF since 2008, focusing on international finance and financial markets. He previously was an Associate Professor at the College of Northeast Asia, Kwangwoon University. He has consulted the Financial Hub Division of the National Economic Advisory Council and also was a member of the Financial Cooperation Expert Forum made by the Ministry of Finance and Economy. He worked as an Associate Editor of the Review of Financial Economics published by the KIF. He earned his MA and PhD degrees in economics from the University of Washington and his BA in economics from Korea University.

He is the author or coauthor of numerous books and non-academic articles such as, "Costs of Maintaining Foreign Reserves and Estimation of Required Foreign Reserves" (KIF, 2009), The Economy and Economic Life (Doonam Press, 2006), Efficiency, Growth and Stability of Financial Industries in the Digital Megatrend (Minumsa, 2005). "Digitalization and Financial Economy" (Korea Information Strategy and Development Institute, 2004), "Chinese Financial Markets and Issues" (KIF, 2002), "Capital Flows and Exchange Rate Movements: Analyses and Forecasts" (KIF, 2001), and "A Policy Report on Cross-Border Financial Services Transactions" (KIF, 2000).

His academic papers include "A Factor Analysis of SME Growth in the Ansan Industrial Complex: Business Size, R&D Ability and Digitalization" (Journal of Economic Studies, Korean Economic and Business Association, 2008), "International Portfolio Choice for Intertemporal Consumption Risk Sharing in the Presence of Incomplete Financial Markets and Heterogeneous Preferences" (Review of Financial Economics, KIF, 2007), "Estimating the Equilibrium Won/Dollar Real Exchange Rate: The BEER Approach" (Journal of Economic Studies, Korean Economic and Business Association, 2006), "Cross Exchange Rate Correlation and Long-run Determinants of Real Exchange Rates" (Journal of Economic Studies, Korean Economic and Business Association, 2006), "Long-run Determinant of the Dollar/Yen Real Exchange Rate" (Journal of Korea Trade, KOTRA, 2004), "The Creation of the ACU and Its Application to the Bond Market" (KIEP, 2002), "Balassa-Samuelson Theory and Predictability of the US/UK Real Exchange Rate", (International Economic Journal, 2000), Revaluation of a Long-Run Real Exchange Rate: Dollar/Pound Case (Review of Financial Economics, KIF, 2000), and "The Won Real Exchange Rate Analysis in Consideration of Heteroskedasticity" (Kukje Kyungje Yongu, Korea International Economic Association, 2000).

Publication

• A Factor Analysis on the SME Growth in Ansan Industrial Complex: Business Size, R&D Ability and Digitalization (co-authored), Journal of Economic Studies, The Korean Economic and Business Association (2008)
• International Portfolio Choice for Intertemporal Consumption Risk Sharing in the Presence of Incomplete Financial Markets and Heterogeneous Preferences (co-authored), Review of Financial Economics, Korea Institute of Finance (2007)
• Economy and Economic Life (co-authored), Doonam Press (2006)
• Estimating Equilibrium Won/dollar Real Exchange Rate: The BEER Approach (co-authored), Journal of Economic Studies, The Korean Economic and Business Association (2006)
• Cross Exchange Rate Correlation and Long-run Determinants of Real Exchange Rates, Journal of Economic Studies, The Korean Economic and Business Association (2006)
• Efficiency, Growth and Stability of Financial Industries in the Digital Megatrend (co-authored), Economic Paradigm Shift and the Future of Korea, Minumsa (2005)
• Long-run Determinant of the Dollar/Yen Real Exchange Rate, Journal of Korea Trade, Korea Trade Research Association (2004)
• Digitalization and Financial Economy (co-authored), Korea Information Strategy and Development Institute (2004)
• The Creation of the ACU and Its Application to the Bond Market (co-authored), Korea Institute of Economic Policy(2002)
• Chinese Financial Markets and Issues, Korea Institute of Finance (2002)
• Capital Flows and Exchange Rate Movements: Analyses and Forecasts (co-authored), Korea Institute of Finance (2001)
• A Policy Report on Cross-border Financial Services Transactions (co-authored), Korea Institute of Finance (2000)
• Balassa-Samuelson Theory and Predictability of the US/UK Real Exchange Rate, International Economic Journal (2000)
• Revaluation of a Long-run Real Exchange Rate: Dollar/Pound Case, Review of Financial Economics, Korea Institute of Finance (2000)
• The Won Real Exchange Rate Analysis in Consideration of Heteroskedasticity, Kukje Kyungje Yongu, Korea International Economic Association (2000)