The 2009 convention of the Allied Social Science Association will be held in San Francisco, CA, January 3-5, 2009. The KAEA will sponsor three sessions at this annual convention including one joint session with AEA, and two sessions of contributed papers. The KAEA also organized threee workshops in which 10 papers will be presented.

In particular, this year's Maekyung forum (Sunday evening, 5:00-6:30) will present Professors Bob Shiller and Rick Mishkin (with last year's Maekyung award winner Hyun Song Shin as the moderator) who will discuss the "Recent Financial Market Turmoil." All KAEA members are encouraged to publicize this open-to-public event.

A new "KAEA Forum for Graduate Students" is organized to help Korean students in the job market. Professors Hyungsik Roger Moon (USC) and Sokbae Simon Lee (University College London), and Dr. Jae W. Sim (Federal Reserve Board) will offer "Tips for job market interviews."

The program can be seen by clicking on ASSA/KAEA PROGRAM.

A few pictures taken at the SEA/KAEA sessions and at the KEI reception can be seen by clicking on SlideShow.

Professor Kiseok Lee, chair of the annual meeting of Korean Economic Association, announced the following message:

Starting from 2009 Allied Meetings of Korean Economic Association, KEA will host Young Ph.D Session to facilitate job search and recruitment in the Korean job market for economists. The details of the session are as follows:

1. Qualification: Economics Ph.D obtained after Jan. 1, 2006.
2. Hour and date: 16:30 ~, Feb. 13,
3. Length of presentation: 20 min.
4. Application: Contact Professor Kisok Lee via e-mail: kea1952@kea.ne.kr, or phone: 02-3210-2522

The 84th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) will be held on June 29-July 3, 2009 at the Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The Korea-America Economic Association (KAEA) plans to organize several sessions of this WEAI conference jointly with the Korean Economic Association (KEA).

Theoretical and empirical papers on all aspects of economics are invited. If interested, please submit by e-mail your completed paper or extended abstract including (i) the JEL code(s), (ii) 3-5 key words, and (iii) your membership status with the KEA or the KAEA to Professor Young-Kyu Moh at young-kyu.moh@ttu.edu. Submission deadline is January 31, 2009.

There is no submission fee for the qualified members of the KEA or the KAEA. In addition, the session participants can register at the WEAI member rate regardless of their membership status with the WEAI. However, all participants will be required to register for the conference and responsible for their own expenses.

Submitted papers will be blind-reviewed by the referees. All presenters are strongly urged to serve as discussants (and session chairs, if requested) for the WEAI-KAEA-KEA sessions.

Further information about the conference can be found at the conference website http://www.weainternational.org/conferences.htm.

The 84th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) will be held on June 29-July 3, 2009 at the Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The Institute of Monetary and Economic Research at the Bank of Korea (BOK) and the Korea-America Economic Association (KAEA) will hold joint sessions at the WEAI conference. We sincerely invite the members of the KAEA to join in this wonderful event.

The BOK-KAEA joint session titles and potential topics are:

Two papers will be selected for each session (for the total of four). Each presenter will receive financial support of $2,000 from the BOK.

Both empirical and theoretical papers are welcome. Please note that the BOK will not accept papers that are already published elsewhere and the selected papers will be published as BOK working papers. If interested, please submit by e-mail your completed paper with an abstract of 200-400 words including (i) the JEL code(s), (ii) 3-5 key words, and (iii) your membership status with the KAEA to Professor Kwang Soo Cheong at kscheong@jhu.edu. When submitting a paper, please specify whether you are willing to be considered for regular KAEA sessions if the paper does not make the BOK-KAEA session. Submission deadline is January 31, 2009.

There is no submission fee for the qualified members of the KAEA. In addition, the session participants can register at the WEAI member rate regardless of their membership status with the WEAI. However, all participants will be required to register for the conference and responsible for their own expenses.

Submitted papers will be blind-reviewed by the referees selected by both the BOK and the KAEA. All presenters are strongly urged to serve as discussants (and session chairs, if requested) for the KAEA organized sessions.

Further information about the conference can be found at the conference website http://www.weainternational.org/conferences.htm.

The KAEA is very pleased to announce the list of the 24 Korean doctoral students who will receive the travel support from the KAEA in the amount of $300.

Note: The student should pick up the check in person at the San Francisco meeting in January 2009. Prof. Young-Kyu Moh, Treasurer of the KAEA, will distribute the checks at the KAEA information session on "Helpful tips for job market interviews" to be held in the evening of Friday, January 2^nd, 2009, at Hilton hotel (headquarter hotel), Executive Board room from 8:30-9:30 pm. In case you cannot make it, please contact Prof. Moh at young-kyu.moh@ttu.edu to set up another time and place. Any other inquiries should be directed to Professor Bang Nam Jeon, Chair, The Student Travel Support Scholarship Committee, at jeonbana@drexel.edu

The Bylaws Committee finalized the new Bylaws of the KAEA. We would like to thank those who have sent their valuable comments. There will be a voting on this new Bylaws during the business meeting in January, 2009. Click HERE to see the proposed Bylaws.

Nominating Committee - President Joon Park nominated the following members to serve as the members of the nominating committee (NC) this year:

Tellers - President Joon Park also nominated the following member to serve as a teller:

Eligibility: Members must be either lifetime members, or annual members in both 2007 and 2008 to vote and/or to be nominated for any position. The annual membership dues for 2008 must have been received by the Treasurer by September 30, 2008. Three positions in the Executive Committee--president elect, vice president, and treasurer--should be elected this year.

Time Table: The NC plans to announce its selection of candidates on or before October 15, 2008. Alternative candidates may be submitted to the NC by 3% or more of eligible members within 10 days of the NC's announcement. Ballots will be mailed out to eligible voters a few days after the closing of nomination process. Ballots must be returned and received by the teller(s) within 30 days of mailing ballots.

If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please contact the chair of the NC, Professor Bong Soo Lee, by October 10, 2008.

The nominating committee selected the following members for the Executive Committee. Executive Secretary Jinill Kim was elected last year and has two more years to serve.

The Advisory Board nominates the following member to replace Soo-Bin Park, whose term expires next January. If elected, the nominee will serve for 3 years (2009-11):

Prof. Young-Kyu Moh, the treasurer and the teller of the election, reports the following election results:

Forty two members out of 157 eligible members casted their votes. Sunwoong Kim is elected to the position of President-elect unanimously. Kwang Soo Cheong and Hyeongwoo Kim are all elected unanimously to the positions they were nominated for. Bong Soo Lee is elected to the position of Advisory Board unanimously. There was no write-in candidate for any of the position.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!