Education

   •    Ph.D. Finance, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, Expected May 2012

   •    M.S. Financial Engineering, Peter F. Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University, 2006

   •    M.S. Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, 2004

   •    B.S. Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2001

Research Interests

Empirical and Theoretical Corporate Finance

Corporate Investment, Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Capital Structure

Working Papers

   •    “Outsourcing and Firm Financial Structure” (Job market paper)

   •    “What If the Firm Does Not Diversify? Self-Selection Free Bayesian Approach”

Research-In-Progress

   •    “Outsourcing and Firm Risk-Return”

   •    “Outsourcing and CEO Compensation”

   •    “Buy a Whole Firm or Purchase Assets? Evidence from Targets’ Tax Attributes”

   •    “The Difference in Growth Option Exercises by Industry Uncertainty and Firm Size”

Teaching

BMGT 444: Futures and Options Contracts (undergraduate elective), University of Maryland