Fellow, Weimer Graduate School of Advanced Studies in Real Estate and Land Economics, Since January 2002
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Housing Economics, Since 2002
Member and Treasurer, Selection Committee, William Alonso Memorial Prize for Innovative Works in Regional Science, Since 2002
Member, Editorial Board, International Real Estate Review, Since 1999
Member, Central National Land Use and Urban Planning Committee, Ministry of Construction and Transportation, Government of Korea, Since January 2003
External board member, Korea Housing Finance Corporation Since March 2004

Visiting Professor, Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics
University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 2002-May 2003
Urban Finance Advisor, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(UNCHS), June 1994-August 1996
Associate Professor of Economics, Sogang University Seoul, Korea,
September 1990-February 1997
Assistant Professor of Economics, Sogang University
September 1988?August 1990
Assistant Professor of Economics & Senior Research Associate,
Metropolitan Studies Program, Syracuse University,
September1986?August 1988

Born on June 12, 1957 in Seoul, Korea
Married, a daughter and a son

Ph. D. in Economics, Princeton University, June 1987 (Dissertation: An Analysis of Inefficiency of an Urban Housing Market :The Case of Seoul, Korea)
M.A. in Economics, Princeton University, October 1984
Graduate Student in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, September 1981?May1982
B.A. in Economics (minor: mathematics), Summa Cum Laude, and Valedictorian, Sogang University, February 1980

Director, Economic Research Institute, Sogang University, February 2000-February 2002
Member, Working Committee on Government Innovation, Ministry of Budget and Planning, August 2000-August 2002
Member, Advisory Committee on National Land Use Planning, Ministry of Construction and Transportation, January 1999-July 2002
Coordinator, Environmental Policy Studies Program, Graduate School of Public Policy,
Sogang University, February 1998-January 2001
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Green Belt Policy Reform, Ministry of Construction and Transportation, May 1998-December 1999
Member, Special Task Force on Land Policy Reform, Ministry of Construction and Transportation, July-October 1997 Member, Advisory Committee on Valuation for Property Taxation, Ministry of Home Affairs, September 1994-September 2000
Member, Supervisory Committee for the National Housing Fund, Ministry of Construction, 1992-94 and 1996-1998
Auditor, Korean Association of Housing Policies, 1991-93
Member, Sub?committee on Housing, Seventh Five?year Plan for Economic and Social Development, Government of Korea, November 1990 - June 1991
Junior Economist, Banking and Public Finance Division, Research Department, Bank of Korea, March 1980 ? April 1981

Principal Consultant, China CDS Performance Indicators Project, UN Habitat, March 2002-December 2002
President, Asian Real Estate Society, August 2001- July 2002
Vice President, Asian Real Estate Society, August 1999-July 2000
Consultant, UNCHS, February-May 1997
Consultant, Municipal Development Programme, January-April 1997
Consultant, Housing Indicators Project, IBRD-UNCHS, September -December 1991
Consultant, Infrastructure Division, Country Department II, Asia Region, World Bank, November 1989?June 1991
Temporary Researcher, Water & Urban Development Department, Operational Staff, World Bank, September?October 1985
Summer Intern, Korea Division, Project Department, East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, World Bank, June?September 1985
Temporary Researcher, Urban and Water Supply Division, Project Department, East Asia and Pacific Regional Office, The World Bank, June?September 1984

Best Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Economics, Princeton University, January 1986
University Fellowship, Princeton University, September 1982 ? May 1986
University Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, September 1981 ? May 1982
Presidential Award to Top Graduating Student and Valedictorian, Sogang University, February 1980
Member, Alpha Sigma Nu Honorary Society, since September 1978
Presidential Award to Top Entering Student, Sogang University, February 1976

Real estate and urban economics (housing markets, housing finance and taxation, government regulations in land and housing markets, real estate sector and the national economy, securitization)
Spatial and territorial development polices (growth controls, regional policy)
Public finance (urban infrastructure finance, political economy, public opinion and public choice)
Local government finance (local taxes and tax administration, monitoring indicators of urban finance and service delivery, design and implementation of decentralization, linkages between urban planning and urban finance)
Environmental economics (quantifying the impact of the degradation of urban environment, analysis of the impact of government environmental budget, land-use regulations as an environmental policy instrument, public perception of environmental problems and policies)
Political economy (market for ideas, public perception and the role of various players in the process of public policy making)

Professor Edwin S. Mills, Department of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management,
Northwestern University, Evanston IL 60201
Professor John M. Quigley, Department of Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Professor Stephen Malpezzi, Department of Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, Schoolof Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI 53706-1323
Dr. Bertrand Renaud, Renaud Advisors, formerly with Financial Development Department, The World Bank
Mr. Daniel Biau, Director of Programme Co-ordination, UN Habitat, Box 30030, Nairobi, Kenya