Curriculum Vita
Kangoh Lee
Department of Economics
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4485
phone: (619) 594-8496
fax: (619) 594-5062
e-mail: klee@mail.sdsu.edu
Education
Ph. D. in Economics: University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, October 1990
M. A. in Public Administration: Seoul National University,
Seoul, Korea, August 1982
B. A. in Economics: Seoul National University,
Seoul, Korea, February 1979
Employment
San Diego State University
Professor: August 2006-present
Towson University
Professor: August 2000-August 2006
Associate Professor: August 1996-August 2000
Assistant Professor: August 1990-August 1996
University of Illinois
Lecturer: August 1988-July 1990
Teaching Assistant: August 1986-July 1988
Research Assistant: August 1984-July 1986
Economic Planning Board (Seoul, Korea)
Assistant Chief: Bureau of Budget, June 1982-August 1984
Assistant Chief: Bureau of Public Project Evaluation
(Cost-Benefit Analysis), May 1980-May 1982
Fields
of Specialization
Public Economics, Microeconomics, Risk and Uncertainty, and Urban Economics
Courses
Taught
Public Finance, Microeconomics (Principles and Intermediate Level),
Macroeconomics (Principles and Intermediate Level), Health Economics
Research
Activities
1.
Publications
“Voluntary Contributions and Local Public Goods in a Federation,” Journal of Urban Economics, forthcoming.
“Does
Mobility Undermine Income Redistribution?: A
Political-Support Approach to Income Redistribution in a Federation, ” FinanzArchiv,
forthcoming.
“Wealth, Income, and Optimal
Insurance,” Journal of Risk and Insurance,
forthcoming.
“Voluntary
Provision of Public Goods and Administrative Costs,” Public Finance Review, 2006, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 195-211.
“Absentee Ownership of Immobile Factors and
Environmental Policies in a Federation,” Environmental and Resource
Economics, 2005, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 407-417.
“Self-Insurance and Self-Protection against Monetary
Loss and Nonmonetary Loss,” Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (Geneva Papers on Risk and
Insurance Theory), 2005, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 147-159.
“Land
Taxation and the Henry George Theorem under Uncertainty,” Journal of Urban
Economics, 2005, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 11-23.
“Taxation of Mobile
Factors as Insurance under Uncertainty,” Scandinavian Journal of Economics,
2004, Vol. 106, No. 2, pp. 253-272.
"Should
Land and Capital be Taxed at a Uniform Rate?" Canadian
Journal of Economics, 2003, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 350-372.
"Factor
Ownership and Governmental Strategic Interaction," Journal of Public
Economic Theory, 2003, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 345-361.
"Subsidies
as Sorting Devices," (with William Hoyt) Journal of Urban Economics,
2003, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 436-457.
"An
Analysis of Welfare Effects of Legislative Term Limits," Public Choice,
2002, Vol. 110, No. 3, pp. 245-260.
"Factor
Mobility and Income Redistribution in a Federation," Journal of Urban
Economics, 2002, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 77-100.
"Tax Evasion and Self-Insurance," Journal of Public
Economics, 2001, Vol. 81, No. 1, pp. 73- 81.
"Risk
Aversion, Self-Insurance-cum-Protection," Journal of Risk and
Uncertainty, 1998, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 139-150.
"Uncertain
Income and Redistribution in a Federal System," Journal of Public
Economics, 1998, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 413-433.
"Tax
Evasion, Monopoly, and Nonneutral Profit Taxes,"
National Tax Journal, 1998, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 333-338.
"Educational Vouchers, Welfare Effects and Voting," (with
William Hoyt), Journal of Public Economics, 1998, Vol. 69, No.2, pp.
211-228.
"Tax
Competition with Imperfectly Mobile
Capital," Journal of Urban Economics, 1997, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp.
222-242.
"An
Economic Analysis of Public School Choice Plans," Journal of Urban
Economics, 1997, Vol. 41, No. 1, pp. 1-22.
"Risk
Taking and Business Income Tax Evasion," Public Finance, 1995, Vol.
50, No. 1, pp. 106-120.
"Optimal
Retail Lease Contract: Principal-Agent Approach," Regional Science and
Urban Economics, 1995, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 727-738.
"Moral
Hazard in the Agenda-Setter Model," Southern Economic Journal,
1995, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 223-235.
"Bureaucrats
and Tax Limitation," Journal of Urban Economics, 1993, Vol. 34, No.
1, pp. 24-42.
"Moral
Hazard, Insurance and Public Loss Prevention," Journal of Risk and
Insurance, 1992, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 275-283.
"Transactions Cost and Equilibrium Pricing of Congested Public
Goods with Imperfect Information," Journal of Public Economics,
1991, Vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 337-362.
"Economies of Scope and Multiproduct Clubs," (with Jan Brueckner) Public Finance Quarterly, 1991, Vol. 19,
No. 2, pp.193-208.
"Club
Theory with a Peer-Group Effect," (with Jan Brueckner)
Regional Science and Urban Economics, 1989, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 399-420.
2.
Working Papers
“Heterogeneous
Factor Endowments and Tax Competition”
“Early
Selection”
“Labor
Mobility, Training, and Efficiency”
“Externality
Competition”
“Tax Evasion, Tax Rates, and the Timing of
Penalties”
“Risk-Aversion
and Self-Insurance”
“Crime
In a Multi-Jurisdictional Model with Public and
Private Crime Prevention (with Santiago
Pinto)”
“Legislative
Term Limits: Seniority and Distributive Politics"
3. Work in Progress
“Early
Streaming”
“College
Admission Standards”
"Voter
Preferences and Welfare Policies"
“Welfare
Policies and Deterrence”
“High-Stake
Activities”
"Endogenous
School Standards and School Choice"
“Demand
for SUVs”
“Educational Finance and Community Formation
with Private Schools (with William Hoyt)”
"Absentee
Ownership and Efficiency of Land Taxation (with Jay Wilson)"
4.
Sponsored Research
"Income
Redistribution in a Federal System," NSF, 1999 - 2001.
5.
Recent Presentations
Conference Presentation: AREUEA (ASSA meeting), Econometric Society (ASSA meeting), European Economic Association,
International Conference on Public Economic Theory, Public Choice Society, Southern Economic Association, Southeastern Economic
Theory Conference, Western Economic Association
Workshop Presentation: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, University of British Columbia,
George Washington University, University of California-Irvine, University of Illinois-Champaign, University of Kentucky, University of Maryland-Baltimore County,
University of Maryland-College Park, University of Missouri-Columbia, Northern Illinois University, Northwestern University,
SITE (Stanford Institute for Theoretical Economics), University of Wisconsin-Madison, West Virginia University.
6.
Service
editorial board: Journal of Urban Economics
referee:
American Economic Review, Annals of Regional Science, Cato Journal, Ecological
Economics, Economics Bulletin, Economics and Politics, European Economic
Review, Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Theory, German Economic Review,
International Economic Review, International Review of Economics and Finance,
International Tax and Public Finance,
Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and
Control, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of
Public Economic Theory, Journal of Urban Economics, National Tax Journal, Real
Estate Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Scandinavian Journal of
Economics, Seoul Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Theory and
Decision
proposal review: National Science Foundation, Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
References
Professor
Jan K. Brueckner: Dept. of Economics, University of
California-Irvine, 3151 Social Science Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697-5100, (949)
824-0083, email:jkbrueck@uci.edu
Professor
David E. Wildasin: Martin School of Public Policy,
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0027, (859) 257-2456, email:dew@davidwildasin.us
Professor
William H. Hoyt: Dept. of Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
40506, (859) 257-2518, email:whoyt@pop.uky.edu
Professor
John P. Conley: Dept. of Economics, Vanderbilt
University, 414 Calhoun Hall, Nashville, TN
37235-1819, (615)
322-2920, email:j.p.conley@vanderbilt.edu