Ryu Keun-kwan
Over the years 1986~1990 at Stanford University, Keunkwan Ryu finished both Ph.D. in Economics and M.S. in Statistics. Right after finishing his Ph.D., he taught Economics at UCLA as Assistant Professor for 5 years until he returned to his alma mater Seoul National University in 1995. Since then, he has been with the Seoul National University for the past 23 years. His research interests include theoretical/applied antitrust issues, econometrics theoretical/applied econometrics, applied microeconomics, education, empirical/corporate finance, and empirical research on the Korean economy. He has published many papers, articles and book chapters and textbooks. His academic papers have appeared in journals like JASA, Journal of Econometrics, Review of Economics and Statistics. He often taught graduate econometrics courses at Stanford University as visiting Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor over the period 1998 through 2006. His research deals with many different kinds of data, including of course Big Data. He is currently Chairman, Department of Economics and Director, Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University.