Economist · Data scientist · Educator
Assistant Professor of International Commerce at Sogang University, studying how central bank communication and institutional design shape financial-market outcomes.
With Wook Sohn and Vira Vyshnevska. This project studies how the clarity and information content of turmoil-related central bank communication affect near-term exchange-rate volatility in emerging and developing economies.
With Cory Baird, Jonathan Benchimol, Vira Vyshnevska, and Wook Sohn. The project examines how central bank information disclosure shapes the domestic transmission of global financial shocks.
A reproducible database of 6,693 statements from 51 central banks, supporting cross-country research with text analysis and large language models.
My broader work covers banking supervision, nonperforming loans, sustainable central banking, and policy-oriented applications of text analysis and econometrics.