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2005

CHANG, Semoon:
Recent Publications

"Estimating Savings in Freight Costs: Highway Benefit-Cost Analysis," Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy, 71 (Fall 2003), 96-105.
"Economic Costs of Unmarried Teen Births in Alabama," TSU Business and Economic Review, 28 (Winter 2004), 13-18.
"Proposed LNG terminal as a Coase problem," Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly, 52 (June 2004), 807-818.
"Alternative Retirement Plans and the Salary Peak System in Korea," Quarterly Journal of Labor Policy, forthcoming 2005.

External Grants

"Developing Victim Assistance Plans for the Mobile County Sheriff's Office," $25,000, Alabama Attorney General's Office, 2004
"Economic Impact of the Allied Health Professions," $7,500, College of the Allied Health Professions, 2004
"Visitor Data Collection and Reporting," $10,000, Mobile Area Convention and Visitor Bureau, 2005

KIM,Hugo: has a good family news. His first daughter had a baby girl last Thursday evening after eleven years of marriage. He would like to share several photos below with the members. Pictures are at PICTURES. (04/14/05)

KO, Haksoo: This Friday, August 5, 2005 will be my last day as a full-time attorney at Shin & Kim. From September 2005, I will teach at Yonsei University College of Law. Although I am expected to spend much of my time at Yonsei, I will remain affiliated with Shin & Kim as an of counsel and will remain engaged in practice. My personal e-mail is haksooko@hotmail.com. My contact information at Yonsei will be available at later in the year. Thank you.

LEE, Bong-Soo: has moved from University of Houston to Florida State University where he holds the Eminent Scholar Chair.

LEE, Woojin: is organizing a conference,"Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy." This conference is in honor of Professor John Roemer on his 60th birthday. The conference program is available at Conference.

LIM, Gill-Chin: has unexpectedly passed away on February 9, 2005, at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, after a serious car accident the previous day. President Kyoo Hong Kim and a few other members will attend the memorial service which will be held at 3 p.m. on February 13 (Sunday) at Gorsline-Runciman Co. Funeral Directors and Counselors. The funeral service will be held in Korea.

While Dr. Lim was the dean of the KDI School of Public Policy and Management, he arranged for an exchange agreement between the KAEA and the KDI School in 2000. You may view the document of the agreement and some photos in the NewsLetter 09/2000.

Park, Jee-Hyeong: is moving from Wayne State University to the department of economics, Seoul National University, starting this fall.

Park, Jungsoo: has moved this summer from SUNY-Buffalo to the department of economics, Sogang University.

Whang, Yoon-jae: has moved from Korea University to Seoul National University. He is also promoted from Associate Professor to Full Professor.