The following nominees for the 2005 executive committee and advisory board have been elected by email ballot. The voting rate was very low this year - only 23 members out of 72 eligible voters cast their votes.

• President-elect:   Suk Hi Kim - University of Detroit Mercy (1994(VP))
• Vice President:    Hak Youn Kim - Western Kentucky University
• Secretary General:   Sunghyun Henry Kim - Tufts University
• Treasurer:          Inhyuck Steve Ha - Western Carolina University
• Advisory Board:   Yung Y. Yang - California State University - Sacramento

The final program for the ASSA/KAEA meeting is posted at ASSA/KAEA Program.

In addition to the three regular sessions and Business Meeting, this year's program includes three Workshops and a special forum on January 9 (Sunday). In the special forum, Presidents from KDI, KERI and KIF will present their views about Korean economy.

Note that there will be Breakfast Buffet right before the special forum and Workshops.

Following papers have been selected for the KIF-KAEA Joint Conference on December 17, 2004 at the KIF Conference Room.

Yongil Jeon* and Stephen Miller, "Performance of Domestic and Foreign Banks: The Case of Korea and the Asian Financial Crisis"
Hoje Jo, "The Information Production Role of Banks in Japan"
William C. Gruben, Jahyeong Koo* and Robert R. Moore, "Financial Liberalization, Market Discipline and Bank Risk"
Cheol S. Eun* & Sandy S. Lai, "Currency Co-movement"

  * presenters of the paper

Liberty Society, tentatively titled, will have its organizational meeting over dinner on Saturday, January 8, 2005 during the ASSA conference in Philadelphia . At KAEA banquet that evening we will identify those who express interest in Liberty Society and will continue discussion at the hotel lobby or any convenient place. The purpose of the society is to develop a communication network for those interested in Classical Liberal thought on economics and political philosophy.

If you are interested in this organization, please join us. Our first project will be to develop an email list and a webpage for communication. The second will be to connect with liberty-oriented organizations in Korea such as the Hayek Society of Korea. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

Please contact professors Yong J Yoon (yyoon@gmu.edu), Youngback Choi (choiyb@stjohns.edu) or Bong Joon Yoon Yoon@binghamton.edu) before the meeting to express your interest in joining us in Philadelphia.