The first Interdisciplinary Research Seminar of 2018, a series sponsored joined by the Yonsei School of Business and the College of Commerce and Economics opened on June 1. The seminar started with congratulatory speech from Young-Jin Kim (entering class of 1975, Business), chairman of Handok, who donated 150 million won to encourage such research.

Dean Young Ho Eom of the Yonsei School of Business and Dean Dong Chun Shin of the College of Commerce and Economics attended the seminar to encourage participation by the faculty.

The first session was led by Hyeuksueng Yang, director of the Yonsei Business Research Institute. In this session, Professor Seung Bum Soh (Management Science) presented his research on “Queueing System and Individual Behaviror” and Professor Jiseob Kim (Economics) presented his research on “Changes in Household Debt Repayment Vulnerability: Evidence From the United States Before and After the Global Financial Crisis.”

Hyeon-Seung Huh, director of the Yonsei Economics Research Institute, conducted the second session. It featured presentations by Professor Jong Ho Im (Applied Statistics) and Professor Kee-youn Kang (Finance), respectively, on “Robust Demand Estimation Using a Customer Choice-Based Model” and “Central Bank Purchase of Private Assets: An Evaluation.”

[Past Interdisciplinary Research Seminars]