Professor Chongwoo Choe

Organisation:

Department of Economics

Title:

Professor

Qualifications:

BA, Seoul National University, MA Economics, State University of NY, PhD Economics, Universityof Minnesota

Chongwoo’s research interests are in applied contract theory, economics of organisation, corporate finance, and the East Asian economies. He has also consulted in the areas of telecommunications, public policy and finance for private and public organizations both in Australia and abroad. Prior to joining Monash in late 2007, he worked at the Australian Graduate School of Management and La Trobe University. He has also held visiting positions in the US, Portugal, and Japan. He is currently the economics editor of the Australian Journal of Management.

Office:

Caulfield Campus
Room H4.54, Building H
900 Dandenong Road
Caulfield Vic 3145

Telephone:

+61 3 9903 4520

Fax:

+61 3 9903 1128

E-mail:

Chongwoo.Choe@buseco.monash.edu.au

Teaching Commitments:

ECF1100 - Microeconomics
ECF5200 - Game Theory and Business Strategy

Research Interests:

Contract theory with applications to economics of organization, corporate governance, and corporate finance. East Asian economies with particular interest in the financial markets of Japan and Korea, and the economic reform of China.

Selected Publications:

Choe, C. and Yin, X. (2006), ‘Should Executive Stock Options Be Abandoned?', Australian Journal of Management, 31, No. 2, 163-179

Choe, C. (2006), ‘Optimal CEO Compensation: Some Equivalence Results', Journal of Labor Economics, 24, 1, 171-201.

Hyde, C. and Choe, C. (2005), ‘Keeping Two Sets of Books: The Relationship between Tax & Incentive Transfer Prices', Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 14, 1, 165-186.

Chisholm, J. and Choe, C. (2005), ‘Income Variables and the Measures of Gains from Crime', Oxford Economic Papers, 57, 1, 112-119.

Choe, C. (2003), ‘Leverage, Volatility and Executive Stock Options', Journal of Corporate Finance, 9, 5, 591-609