Journal Publications

• Environmental Regulation, Induced Innovation, and Greener Transition: Firm-level Evidence (with Jaerim Choi and Manho Kang)
  Journal of Development Economics, Volume 179, February 2026, 103678.
• Labor Market Rigidity at Home and Multinational Corporations' Flexible Production Reallocation Abroad (with Jaebin Ahn and Jaerim Choi) [Let's Talk Development]
  Journal of Development Economics, Volume 176, September 2025, 103502.
• How Smart Is 'Smart Factory'?: An Organizational View (with Minho Kim)
  Industrial and Corporate Change, Volume 33, Issue 5, October 2024, pp. 1199~1230.
• Management Practices in Korean Manufacturers: A Striking Difference between Production and Incentive Management
  Korean Economic Review, Volume 39, Number 1, Winter 2023, pp. 103~135.
• The Price Effect of China Tire Safeguard (with Joonhyung Lee) [VoxChina]
  Applied Economics, Volume 54, Issue 10, January 2022, pp. 1111~1122.
• Understanding the Role of China's Domestic Market in the (Unequal) Growth of World Economy
  The World Economy, Volume 43, Issue 8, August 2020, pp. 2199~2221.
• The Effect of Trade Openness on Resource Reallocation
  Kukje Kyungje Yongu, Volume 24, Number 2, June 2018, pp. 1~33 (in Korean).
• Korea's Participation in Global Value Chains: Measures and Implications
  KDI Journal of Economic Policy, Volume 38, No. 4, November 2016, pp. 45~76.
• Did China Tire Safeguard Save U.S. Workers? (with Joonhyung Lee & Thomas Osang)
  European Economic Review, Volume 85, June 2016, pp. 22~38.
• Environmental Regulation and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from South Korea
  Journal of Development Economics, Volume 108, May 2014, pp. 222~236.

Working Papers

• Who Reshores? (with Daria Taglioni)
• Promoting Firm Exports: Identifying Causal Effects on Market Entry and Growth
• How did IKEA Resuscitate Furniture Industry in Korea?
• The Effects of Import Competition on Incumbent Innovation and Productivity
• Offshoring and Parent Firm Performance: The Case of the Gaeseong Industrial Complex (with Minho Kim & Yongseok Shin)
• Interfirm Production Linkages and the Volatility of Business Groups

Works in Progress

• Export under Uncertainty and the Role of Trade Insurance (with Jaebin Ahn)
• Trade Reform and Welfare Inequality across Households
• The Impact of Korea's SME-Exclusive Business Designation on Firm Performance (with Minho Kim and Wooram Park)

Policy Studies

• Organizing for Digitalization at the Firm-level (with Sangmin Aum)
  Ch.6 in Shifting Paradigms: Growth, Finance, Jobs, and Inequality in the Digital Economy, edited by Zia Qureshi and Cheonsik Woo, Brookings Institution Press, 2022
• Smart Policies for Smart Factories (with Minho Kim and Changkeun Lee)
  KDI Focus, No. 97, November 2019, Korea Development Institute
• Foreign-invested Firms in Korean Service Industry: Current Status and Economic Effects (with Minho Kim)
  Policy Study Series 2019-16, Korea Development Institute (in Korean)
• China's Structural Change and the Impact on Korea's Industrial Growth
  KDI Focus, No. 72, September 2016, Korea Development Institute
• A Role of Openness in Economic Growth: Focusing on the Allocative Efficiency Gain through Competition
  Ch.4 in Openness and Economic Development, Research Monograph 2016-02, edited by Sunghoon Chung, Korea Development Institute (in Korean)
• Korea's Industrial and Trade Policies through the Lens of Global Value Chain
  Policy Study Series 2014-15, Korea Development Institute (in Korean)