Jaejoon Woo

Jaejoon Woo is an Associate Professor of Economics at DePaul University. Previously, he served as Chief Korea Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and as Senior Economist at the IMF. Also, he held an economist position at the OECD. He served as Member of the International Finance Development Council for Ministry of Strategy and Finance. He taught at Harvard University, Helsinki School of Economics (now Aalto University), and Sciences Po. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard...See more

Jaejoon Woo is an Associate Professor of Economics at DePaul University. Previously, he served as Chief Korea Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and as Senior Economist at the IMF. Also, he held an economist position at the OECD. He served as Member of the International Finance Development Council for Ministry of Strategy and Finance. He taught at Harvard University, Helsinki School of Economics (now Aalto University), and Sciences Po. He received his PhD in economics from Harvard University, and his research areas include macroeconomics, political economy, fiscal policy, inequality, and Korea. He wrote over 145 market-oriented research notes on Korea at BAML, and published 3 books and 32 articles, including in the leading economics journals such as Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, and Economica. His works are featured in The Economist and Financial Times. See less