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Kwang Soo Cheong Faculty Bio

Kwang Soo Cheong

Kwang Soo Cheong, PhD
Associate Professor

The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
100 International Drive
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: (410) 234-9411
kscheong@jhu.edu

Kwang Soo Cheong, PhD (Economics, Stanford University) joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2001. He is an Associate Professor in the practice track with expertise in the areas of corporate finance, industrial organization, income distribution, and public finance.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Editor of the New Economics Papers (Financial Markets, Industrial Organization, Public Finance)
  • Associate Editor of the International Economic Journal
  • Board Member of International Council on Korean Studies

Selected Publications

  • Cheong, K. S., & Judd, K. (forthcoming). Mergers and dynamic oligopoly. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.
  • Cheong, K. S., & Shrestha, R. (2007) A hypothetical Nash equilibrium and an improved algorithm for identifying free riders. FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, 63(2), 278-284.
  • Cheong, K. S. (2006). Distributional effects of personal income taxation in Korea. In D. Papadimitriou (ed.), The distributional effects of government spending and taxation. New York: Palgrave.
  • Cheong, K. S. (2002). An empirical comparison of alternative functional forms for the Lorenz curve. Applied Economics Letters, 9, 171-176.
  • Cheong, K. S. (2001). Economic crisis and income inequality in Korea. Asian Economic Journal, 15(1), 39-60.
  • Cheong, K. S. (1998). Corporate income taxation and signalling. Public Finance Review, 26(5), 480-502.

Works in Progress

  • Cheong, K. S. Financial crisis and stock return distribution.
  • Cheong, K. S. Capital structure signaling.
  • Cheong, K. S., & Judd, K. Dynamic Stackelberg competition.
  • Cheong, K. S., & Shin, R. Merger-specific efficiency gains.
  • Cheong, K. S., & Lee, K. Business group firms vs. stand-alone firms.

Teaching Interests

  • Corporate Finance
  • Econometrics in Finance
  • Managerial Economics
  • Financial Management
  • Quantitative Methods in Finance