1. Dr. Kerk L. Phillips Associate Professor of Economics Brigham Young University

2. Teaching Korea University Principles of Macroeconomics Money and Banking Brigham Young University Introduction to International Economics Intermediate Macroeconomics International Trade International Finance Advanced Macroeconomics

3. Research Interests Open Economy Macroeconomics Economic Growth & Cycles Real & Nominal Exchange Rate Dynamics Asian Economies 18th Century Korean Demographics

4. Recent Publications Schumpeterian Growth and R&D Ties Is Schumpeterian ‘Creative Destruction’ a Plausible Source of Endogenous Real Business Cycle Shocks Panel-Data Sensitivity Analysis of Regional Growth in China A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model of Phased Korean Reunification What Effect does the Size of the State-Owned Sector Have on Regional Growth in China?

5. Work in Progress Regional Growth in China: An Empirical Investigation using Province-level Panel Data A General Equilibrium Model of Specialization and Market Development as Engines of Economic Growth What is the Shape of Real Exchange Rate Nonlinearity? Economic Consequences of the Reunification of Korea: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Model How Well Do Structural VAR’s Identify Temporary vs Permanent Movements? Economic Reform and Openness in North Korea: A General Equilibrium Model

6. Background Born in Utah, 1960 Parents are from Idaho.

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8. Background Raised in Arizona & Idaho Graduate from Idaho Falls High School in 1978

9. Background Served as a missionary for the Mormon church in Korea 1980-81 Korean name was 高弼立

10. Background Married Cho Yeongmi from Pusan in 1985

11. Background Graduated from Brigham Young University, April 1986 with bachelor’s degrees in Asian studies and economics Graduated from the University of Rochester, June 1991 with doctorate in economics Taught for one year at the University of Michigan School of Business

12. Background Taught economics at BYU since 1992 Spent 2000-01 teaching at Nanjing University in China Spent latter half of 2004 at the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress in Washington, D.C.

13. Family Still Married with four children 2 boys, 2 girls Ages 19 to 9

14. Family