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25JUNGBU KIMAssociate ProfessorPh.D. in Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology andGeorgia State University, 2007Courses:Public Finance and Budgeting, Public Policy Process, EnvironmentalPolicyResearch Interests:State and local budgeting and finance, research and development(R&D) budgets, intergovernmental transfer, and disaster responseMajor Publications:- "Political Decentralization, Subnational Political Capital, and Intergovernmental Transfersin Korea." e American Review of Public Administration, forthcoming.- "Political Institutions and Public R&D Expenditures in Democratic Countries,"International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 34 (13) (2011): 843-857.- "Structuring a Framework for Public Health Performance-based Budgeting: A GeorgiaCase Study," e Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Vol. 13 (2) (2007):173-179, with Robert J. Eger, III., Valerie Hepburn, and Cathy Slade.OSAMU NAKAMURAAssociate ProfessorPh.D. in Economics, Soka University, 2012Courses:International Economic Systems and Order, Postwar JapaneseEconomy, Japanese Public Finance and AdministrationResearch Interests:Determinants of growth of developing countries, incomedistribution and economic growth, decentralized systems andsustainable economic growth in the Japanese regional economies.Major Publications:-Income Distribution and Economic Growth of Japan under the Deflationary Economy: eoryand Evidence on an Econometric Analysis, World Scientific Publishing, 2012.-“International Trade, Capital Transfer and Economic Growth of Vietnam in the Contextof Asian and the Pacific: An Econometric Analysis with A Global MacroeconometricModel,” e Journal of Econometric Study of Northeast Asia (JESNA), Vol. 8 (2) (2012): 19-42.-“Economic Structure and Growth Performance of Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and FukuiPrefectures: A Comparative Econometric Analysis,” e Journal of Econometric Study ofNortheast Asia (JESNA), Vol. 7 (1) (2010): 23-45.HUN MYOUNG PARKAssociate ProfessorPh.D. in Public Policy, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana,2007Courses:Public Policy Modeling, Introduction to Electronic Government,Public Management Information Systems, Public InformationPolicy and ManagementResearch Interests:Policy analysis, information systems and technology, public andnonprofit management, and statistical and econometric methodsMajor Publications:- “e Transformation of Governance: Who Are the New Public Servants and WhatDifference Does It Make for Democratic Governance?” American Review of PublicAdministration, forthcoming, with James L. Perry.- "Do Campaign Websites Really Matter in Electoral Civic Engagement? EmpiricalEvidence from the 2004 Post-election Internet Tracking Survey," Social Science ComputerReview, Vol. 26 (2) (Summer 2008): 190-212, with James L. Perry.- "Does Internet Use Really Facilitate Civic Engagement? Empirical Evidences fromthe American National Election Studies," Civic Engagement in a Networked Society,edited by Erik Bergrud and Kaifeng Yang, Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing(2008):237-270, with James L. Perry.MOTOHIDE SAJIAssociate ProfessorPh.D. in Political Science, University of Chicago, 2006Courses:Human Rights and Global Justice, Global Civil Society, Peace,War, and the Development of Modern JapanResearch Interests:Political Philosophy; KantMajor Publications:-“To experience differently: on one strand of Kant’s anthropology.”In Polyphonic Anthropology, edited by Massimo Canevacci, 57-80. InTech, 2012.- "On the Division between Reason and Unreason in Kant," Human Studies: A Journal forPhilosophy and the Social Sciences, Vol. 32 (2) (June 2009): 201-223.- "ree aspects of the Self-Opacity of the Empirical Subject in Kant," Philosophy and SocialCriticism, Vol. 35 (3) (March 2009): 315-337.SHINGO TAKAHASHIAssociate ProfessorPh.D. in Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006Courses:Research Methodology, Cross Sectional and Panel Analysis,Personnel Economics for ManagersResearch Interests:Personnel Economics, work practices and productivity, effects oftaxation on labor supplyMajor Publications:- "How Multi-tasking Job Designs Affect Productivity: Evidence from Australian CoalMining Industry," Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 64, No. 5, Article 1 (October2011): 841-862.-"Gender Salary Differences in Economics Departments in Japan," Economics of EducationReview, Vol. 30 (2011): 1306-1319, with Ana Maria Takahashi.- "Determinants of Job Related Stress of Japanese Academic Economists," e JapaneseEconomy, Vol. 37 (2) (2010): 120-127, with Ana Maria Takahashi.ATSUSHI CHINOAssistant ProfessorPh.D. in Finance, University of Washington, Seattle, 2012Courses:Corporate Finance, Investment and Asset Pricing, FinancialAccounting and ReportingResearch Interests:Corporate Finance, Asset Pricing, International Finance, IndustrialOrganization, Contract eoryMajor Publications:"Strategic interaction in product markets and a firm's dividend policy" (unpublished manuscript,2012)."Do labor unions affect a firm's payout policy? Operating leverage versus rent extraction"(unpublished manuscript, 2012).NAOKO KUMAGAIAssistant ProfessorPh.D. in Political Science, Graduate Center of the City Universityof New York, 2009Courses:International Organization, International Politics, InternationalConflict ResolutionResearch Interests:International security, Japanese security, disarmament, humanitarianism,war crimes, state sovereignty, transnational civil societyMajor Publications:-"e Challenge of Improvised Explosive Devices to International Humanitarian Law," IUJResearch Institute Working Paper (November 2010).-“Japan’s Self-Centered Reflection upon the Asia-Pacific War,” Journal of Political Criticism,Vol. 9 (November 2011).CHUN-HUNG KUOAssistant ProfessorPh. D., Economics, North Carolina State University, 2012Courses:Time Series Analysis, Applied Econometrics, Financial Economicsand Capital MarketsResearch Interests:Macro-econometrics, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Economics,Development Economics, Computational EconomicsMajor Publications:-“Spline Approximation of Policy Functions in Economics with Uncertainties,” ComputationalEconomics, forthcoming (2012), with Moody T. Chu and Matthew M. Lin.-“Identifying Sources of Misspecification in DSGE Models” (unpublished manuscript,2012), with Atsushi Inoue and Barbara Rossi.-“Structural Estimation of a Heterogeneous Agents Model” (unpublished manuscript, 2012).CHING-YANG LINAssistant ProfessorPh.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2010Courses:Monetary Economics and Policy Analysis, Money and Banking,MicroeconomicsResearch Interests:Macro Economics, Monetary Economics, Labor Economics,Financial EconomicsMajor Publications:- "Gross Worker Flows and Unemployment Dynamics in Japan," Journal of the Japanese andInternational Economies, Vol. 26 (1) (2012): 44-61, with Hiroaki Miyamoto.- "Timing of Motherhood and Economic Growth" (December 2009), mimeo.- "Asset Pricing, Portfolio Decisions in an Incomplete Market" (November 2009), mimeo.YOSHIKUNI ONOAssistant ProfessorPh.D. in Political Science, University of Michigan, 2010Courses:Comparative Government and Politics, Comparative Analysis ofPublic Policy, Public AdministrationResearch Interests:Parliamentary democracy, coalition formation, legislative institutions,political parties, electoral systems, bureaucracy, and Japanese politicsMajor Publications:- “Portfolio Allocation as Leadership Strategy: Intraparty Barganing in Japan,” American Journalof Political Science, Vol. 56 (3) (2012): 553-567.- "Spatial eory and Voting Behavior," In Tohyo Kodo Kenkyu no Furont'ia [Frontiers of VotingBehavior Studies], edited by Masahiro Yamada. Tokyo: Brain-Shuppan, 2009.- "Nonprofit Organizations and Policy Process: Public Interest Groups and Issue Networks inJapan," Kokkagakkai Zasshi, 115 (2002): 132-192.SANGYUB RYUAssistant ProfessorPh.D. in Public Administration, The University of Georgia, 2012Courses:Public Organization eory, Public Management, Public HumanResource ManagementResearch Interests:Public Management Networks and Network Management BehaviorOrganizational Performance, Decision Making, EmergencyManagementMajor Publications:- "When Claimant Characteristics and Prior Performance Predict Bureaucratic Error," AmericanReview of Pubic Administration, forthcoming, with Jeffrey Wenger and Vicky Wilkins.- "Strengthening Network Ties through Mentoring of Alienated Personnel," e Korean Journalof Policy Studies, Vol. 26 (3) (2011): 53-67, with Soo-Young Lee.