dr. kerk l. phillips associate professor of economics brigham young university
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Teaching
• Korea University• Principles of Macroeconomics• Money and Banking
• Brigham Young University• Introduction to International Economics• Intermediate Macroeconomics• International Trade• International Finance• Advanced Macroeconomics
Research Interests
• Open Economy Macroeconomics
• Economic Growth & Cycles
• Real & Nominal Exchange Rate Dynamics
• Asian Economies
• 18th Century Korean Demographics
Recent Publications
• Schumpeterian Growth and R&D Ties• Is Schumpeterian ‘Creative Destruction’ a
Plausible Source of Endogenous Real Business Cycle Shocks
• Panel-Data Sensitivity Analysis of Regional Growth in China
• A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Phased Korean Reunification
• What Effect does the Size of the State-Owned Sector Have on Regional Growth in China?
Work in Progress
• Regional Growth in China: An Empirical Investigation using Province-level Panel Data
• A General Equilibrium Model of Specialization and Market Development as Engines of Economic Growth
• What is the Shape of Real Exchange Rate Nonlinearity?• Economic Consequences of the Reunification of Korea:
A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model• How Well Do Structural VAR’s Identify Temporary vs
Permanent Movements?• Economic Reform and Openness in North Korea: A
General Equilibrium Model
Background
• Graduated from Brigham Young University, April 1986 with bachelor’s degrees in Asian studies and economics
• Graduated from the University of Rochester, June 1991 with doctorate in economics
• Taught for one year at the University of Michigan School of Business
Background
• Taught economics at BYU since 1992
• Spent 2000-01 teaching at Nanjing University in China
• Spent latter half of 2004 at the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress in Washington, D.C.