Recipients

New Ideas in Financial Economics: 25 Theoretical Proposals

Private Edition · Woongki Lee · June 2026

Suggested Citation: Lee, Woongki, 2026, New Ideas in Financial Economics: 25 Theoretical Proposals, private edition, Seoul, South Korea.

Distinguished Scholars in Economics and Finance

List as of June 2026

Daron Acemoglu (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate, 2024)

Viral V. Acharya (New York University)

Philippe Aghion (Collège de France; Nobel Laureate, 2025)

Farid AitSahlia (University of Florida)

George A. Akerlof (Georgetown University; Nobel Laureate, 2001)

Yakov Amihud (New York University)

Joshua D. Angrist (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate, 2021)

Kerry Back (Rice University)

Laura Ballester (University of Valencia)

Abhijit Banerjee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate, 2019)

Jonathan Batten (RMIT University)

Bo Becker (Stockholm School of Economics)

Ben S. Bernanke (Brookings Institution; Nobel Laureate, 2022)

Hendrik Bessembinder (Arizona State University)

Olivier J. Blanchard (Peterson Institute for International Economics)

David Card (University of California, Berkeley; Nobel Laureate, 2021)

John H. Cochrane (Stanford University)

Riccardo Colacito (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Douglas Cumming (Stevens Institute of Technology)

Marielle de Jong (Grenoble Ecole de Management)

Angus Deaton (Princeton University; Nobel Laureate, 2015)

Ian Dew-Becker (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago)

Dan di Bartolomeo (Northfield Information Services)

Douglas W. Diamond (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2022)

Peter A. Diamond (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate, 2010)

Ran Duchin (Boston College)

Philip H. Dybvig (Washington University in St. Louis; Nobel Laureate, 2022)

Robert F. Engle (New York University; Nobel Laureate, 2003)

Frank J. Fabozzi (Johns Hopkins University)

Eugene F. Fama (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2013)

Daniel Ferreira (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Thierry Foucault (HEC Paris)

Kenneth R. French (Dartmouth College)

Laurent Fresard (Università della Svizzera italiana)

Jim Gatheral (City University of New York)

Xavier Giroud (Columbia University)

Michael Goldstein (Babson College)

Lars Peter Hansen (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2013)

Jarrad Harford (University of Washington)

Oliver Hart (Harvard University; Nobel Laureate, 2016)

Campbell R. Harvey (Duke University)

James J. Heckman (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2000)

Bengt Holmström (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate, 2016)

Edith Hotchkiss (Boston College)

Peter Howitt (Brown University; Nobel Laureate, 2025)

Guido W. Imbens (Stanford University; Nobel Laureate, 2021)

Ravi Jagannathan (Northwestern University)

Narasimhan Jegadeesh (Emory University)

Simon Johnson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate, 2024)

Kathleen Kahle (University of Arizona)

Tony Klein (TU Chemnitz)

Leonid Kogan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Michael Kremer (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2019)

Paul Krugman (City University of New York; Nobel Laureate, 2008)

Camelia Kuhnen (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Finn E. Kydland (University of California, Santa Barbara; Nobel Laureate, 2004)

Jonathan Lewellen (Dartmouth College)

Andrew W. Lo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Marcos López de Prado (Cornell University)

Andrey Malenko (Boston College)

Eric S. Maskin (Harvard University; Nobel Laureate, 2007)

Daniel L. McFadden (University of Southern California; Nobel Laureate, 2000)

Robert C. Merton (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nobel Laureate, 1997)

Paul R. Milgrom (Stanford University; Nobel Laureate, 2020)

Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University; Nobel Laureate, 2025)

Tobias J. Moskowitz (Yale University)

Roger B. Myerson (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2007)

Stefan Nagel (University of Chicago)

William D. Nordhaus (Yale University; Nobel Laureate, 2018)

Marcus Opp (Stockholm School of Economics)

Dimitris Papanikolaou (Northwestern University)

Anna Pavlova (London Business School)

Lasse Heje Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School)

Joël Peress (INSEAD)

Ralitsa Petkova (Case Western Reserve University)

Thomas Philippon (New York University)

Christopher A. Pissarides (London School of Economics and Political Science; Nobel Laureate, 2010)

Jacopo Ponticelli (Northwestern University)

James A. Robinson (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2024)

Richard Roll (California Institute of Technology)

Paul M. Romer (Boston College; Nobel Laureate, 2018)

Alvin E. Roth (Stanford University; Nobel Laureate, 2012)

Nikolai Roussanov (University of Pennsylvania)

Thomas J. Sargent (New York University; Nobel Laureate, 2011)

Lukas Schmid (University of Southern California)

Philipp Schnabl (New York University)

Antoinette Schoar (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Myron S. Scholes (Stanford University; Nobel Laureate, 1997)

Norman Schürhoff (University of Lausanne)

Martin Schweizer (ETH Zurich)

Jay Shanken (Emory University)

William F. Sharpe (Stanford University; Nobel Laureate, 1990)

Andrei Shleifer (Harvard University)

Clemens Sialm (University of Texas at Austin)

Stephan Siegel (University of Washington)

Vernon L. Smith (Chapman University; Nobel Laureate, 2002)

David Solomon (Boston College)

A. Michael Spence (New York University; Nobel Laureate, 2001)

David Sraer (University of California, Berkeley)

Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia University; Nobel Laureate, 2001)

Adi Sunderam (Harvard University)

Peter Szilagyi (EDHEC Business School)

Claudio Tebaldi (Bocconi University)

Richard H. Thaler (University of Chicago; Nobel Laureate, 2017)

Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics; Nobel Laureate, 2014)

Sheridan Titman (University of Texas at Austin)

Margarita Tsoutsoura (Washington University in St. Louis)

R.I. Valkanov (University of California, San Diego)

Clara Vega (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System)

Xavier Vives (IESE Business School)

Jessica A. Wachter (University of Pennsylvania)

Ivo Welch (University of California, Los Angeles)

Toni M. Whited (University of Michigan)

South Korea-Based Scholars in Economics and Finance

List as of June 2026

Dong-Hyun Ahn (Seoul National University)

Hee-Joon Ahn (Sungkyunkwan University)

Si-Hyung Ahn (Soongsil University)

Yongkil Ahn (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)

Hyeong-Ohk Bae (Ajou University)

Ki Beom Bin (Myongji University)

Jin-Ho Byun (Ewha Womans University)

Joon Chae (Seoul National University)

Seonghoon Cho (Yonsei University)

Thummim Cho (Korea University)

Sungbin Cho (Soongsil University)

Won Ho Cho (Kwangwoon University)

Jaewon Choi (Seoul National University)

Sangyup Choi (Yonsei University)

Paul Moon Sub Choi (Ewha Womans University)

Byungwook Choi (Konkuk University)

Hongseok Choi (Sejong University)

Byung Uk Chong (University of Seoul)

Ji-Woong Chung (Korea University)

Chae-Shick Chung (Sogang University)

Hyunchul Chung (Hanyang University)

Jaeman Chung (Soongsil University)

Cheoljun Eom (Pusan National University)

Young Ho Eom (Yonsei University)

Chan Young Eom (Hanyang University)

Jingi Ha (Soongsil University)

Jaehoon Hahn (Yonsei University)

Jae Joon Han (Inha University)

Jungsuk Han (Seoul National University)

Joongho Han (Sungkyunkwan University)

Heejoon Han (Sungkyunkwan University)

Hwa Jin Han (Soongsil University)

Seung Oh Han (Sejong University)

Ye Jin Heo (The Catholic University of Korea)

Gwang Heon Hong (Sogang University)

Kihoon Hong (Hongik University)

Joon Ho Hwang (Korea University)

Soosung Hwang (Sungkyunkwan University)

Namwon Hyung (University of Seoul)

Hyun Joong Im (University of Seoul)

Hyun Jin Jang (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)

Bong-Gyu Jang (Pohang University of Science and Technology)

Jeewon Jang (Ajou University)

Woon Wook Jang (Yonsei University, Mirae Campus)

Jin Kyu Jeon (Dongguk University)

Shanyue Jin (Gachon University)

Denis Yongmin Joe (Korea University, Sejong Campus)

Jinyoung Jung (Inha University)

Kuk-Mo Jung (Sogang University)

Mookwon Jung (Kookmin University)

Hail Jung (Seoul National University of Science and Technology)

Chang-Mo Kang (Hanyang University)

Hyoung Goo Kang (Hanyang University)

Hyung Cheol Kang (University of Seoul)

Byungjin Kang (Soongsil University)

Won Kang (Sejong University)

Bong-chan Kho (Seoul National University)

Jinwoo Kim (Pusan National University)

Sang-Bae Kim (Kyungpook National University)

Byung Mo Kim (Dankook University)

Taeyeon Kim (The Catholic University of Korea)

Jihun Kim (Yonsei University, Mirae Campus)

Sungmin Kim (Hanyang University, ERICA Campus)

Noolee Kim (Hanyang University, ERICA Campus)

Keun Soo Kim (Kyung Hee University, Global Campus)

Yongsik Kim (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Global Campus)

Donghoon Kim (Hongik University, Sejong Campus)

Woojin Kim (Seoul National University)

Jung-wook Kim (Seoul National University)

Joocheol Kim (Yonsei University)

Baeho Kim (Korea University)

Woochan Kim (Korea University)

Joonghyuk Kim (Korea University)

Taejin Kim (Korea University)

Doseong Kim (Sogang University)

Da Hea Kim (Sungkyunkwan University)

Younghan Kim (Sungkyunkwan University)

Hwa-Sung Kim (Kyung Hee University)

Jung Min Kim (University of Seoul)

Yong Jun Kim (University of Seoul)

Jinyong Kim (University of Seoul)

Dae Lyong Kim (Dongguk University)

Jinhee Kim (Hongik University)

Bum Kim (Soongsil University)

Seongeun Kim (Sejong University)

Sungsin Kim (Sangmyung University)

Kwangsoo Ko (Pusan National University)

Seung Woog Kwag (Sookmyung Women's University)

Noh-Sun Kwark (Sogang University)

Joon Yeop Kwon (Kyungpook National University)

Dohyoung Kwon (Gachon University)

Kyungmin Kwon (Hongik University)

Geul Lee (Pusan National University)

Junyoup Lee (Ajou University)

Kuan-hui Lee (Seoul National University)

Jongsub Lee (Seoul National University)

Jae Won Lee (Seoul National University)

Jiyoon Lee (Yonsei University)

Dong Wook Lee (Korea University)

Heebum Lee (Korea University)

Jong-Wha Lee (Korea University)

Youngjoo Lee (Sogang University)

Sang Won Lee (University of Seoul)

Changjun Lee (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

Jaeram Lee (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

Junhee Lee (Soongsil University)

Kyuseok Lee (Sejong University)

Heesoo Lee (Sejong University)

Hyo-Jeong Lee (Kwangwoon University)

Hyon Sok Lee (Sungshin Women's University)

Hojin Lee (Myongji University)

Byung Hwa Lim (Sungkyunkwan University)

Byoung-Kyu Min (Hanyang University)

Young-Kyu Moh (Sookmyung Women's University)

Jong Min Oh (Sungkyunkwan University)

Eun Young Oh (Kookmin University)

Kiyool Ohk (Pusan National University)

Young-Joon Park (Ajou University)

Haerang Park (Korea University, Sejong Campus)

Keebong Park (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Global Campus)

Ki Young Park (Yonsei University)

Jungjae Park (Yonsei University)

James L. Park (Korea University)

Sangsoo Park (Korea University)

Cheolbeom Park (Korea University)

Young-Kyu Park (Sungkyunkwan University)

Heungju Park (Sungkyunkwan University)

Jong Won Park (University of Seoul)

Sun Young Park (Dongguk University)

Sunjin Park (Hongik University)

Rae Soo Park (Sookmyung Women's University)

Kyungjin Park (Myongji University)

Junho Park (Myongji University)

Sungjune Pyun (Yonsei University)

Doo Jin Ryu (Sungkyunkwan University)

David Schoenherr (Seoul National University)

Sung Won Seo (Konkuk University)

Ji-Yong Seo (Sangmyung University)

Youn Seol (Kyungpook National University)

Junghoon Seon (Konkuk University)

Gyoocheol Shim (Ajou University)

Sang-Ook Shin (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)

Donghoon Shin (Inha University)

Ilsoon Shin (Inha University)

Jhin Young Shin (Yonsei University)

Hyun-Han Shin (Yonsei University)

Kwanho Shin (Korea University)

Bumjean Sohn (Korea University)

Sungbin Sohn (Sogang University)

Kyo Jik Song (Sungkyunkwan University)

Jungwon Suh (Sungkyunkwan University)

Taeyoon Sung (Yonsei University)

Ephraim Kwashie Thompson (Kookmin University)

Shu-Feng Wang (Ajou University)

Kyeong Woo Wee (Sookmyung Women's University)

Yongkul Won (University of Seoul)

Cheol-Won Yang (Dankook University)

Jin Young Yang (Inha University)

Junesuh Yi (Dongguk University)

Jin Yoo (Hanyang University)

Kyeongwon Yoo (Sangmyung University)

Sun-Joong Yoon (Dongguk University)

Jaesun Yun (Kyungpook National University)