Euncheol Shin

Education

• Ph.D. in the Social Sciences, California Institute of Technology, 2016
• Committee: Leeat Yariv (Chair), Federico Echenique, Matthew Shum, Matthew Elliott
• B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Economics, Yonsei University, 2009
• Graduated with Highest Honors (Summa Cum Laude)
• Ranked 1st in the Department of Mathematics
• Completed Advanced Program in Mathematics

Career

• Kyung Hee University, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor, 2016 - 2018. 8

Publications & Research

*Publications *

[PUBLICATIONS AND FORTHCOMING PAPERS] * "A Model of Pre-Electoral Coalition Formation," Forthcoming in Games and Economic Behavior. * "An Economic Model of Friendship and Enmity for Measuring Social Balance on Networks," joint with Kyu-Min Lee and Seungil You, Physica A Vol 488, 2017, pages 205 - 215. * "Monopoly Pricing and Diffusion of Social Network Goods," Games and Economic Behavior Vol 102, 2017, papes 162 - 178. * "How Food Controls Aggression in Drosophila," joint with DJ Anderson, E Eyjolfsdottir, RS Lim, and P Perona (alphabetical order), PLoS ONE 9(8): e105626.

[WORKING PAPERS]

• Social Network Formation and Strategic Interaction in Large Networks
• Do Teaching Practices Affect the Value of Friendship in School? (joint with Syngjoo Choi, Booyuel Kim, Eungik Lee, and Yoonsoo Park)
• Rationality and Preference Aggregation of Group Decision under Risk (joint with Syngjoo Choi, Booyuel Kim, Minseon Park, and Yoonsoo Park)
• A Theory of Electoral Fraud and Voter Turnout (joint with Kirill Pogorelskiy and Kota Saito)
• Network Bottleneck and Speed of Learning (joint with Jin Huang)
• Collective Environmental Policy Decisions and the Optimal Voting Rule
• Collective Trauma and Low Birth Weights: Evidence from the Sewol Ferry Tragedy in South Korea (joint with Hyeonmi Ahn, Jeonghyun Kwon, and Changkeun Lee)

[WORK IN PROGRESS]

• Friendship Paradox and Monopoly Pricing of Social Network Goods (joint with Sang-Hyun Kim)
• Do International Environmental Conventions Help Reduce Pollution? A Network-Based Approach (joint with Kyu-Min Lee)

Research Areas

[RESEARCH INTERESTS]

• Applied microeconomic theory: industrial organization and social networks
• Behavioral and experimental economics: charitable giving, cooperation, and revealed preference
• Environmental and resource economics: donation, externalities, and market design
• Political economy: collective decision, election rules, and strategic voting