Dr. Kerk L. Phillips

Associate Professor of Economics

Brigham Young University

Teaching

• Korea University• Principles of Macroeconomics• Money and Banking

• Brigham Young University• Introduction to International Economics• Intermediate Macroeconomics• International Trade• International Finance• Advanced Macroeconomics

Research Interests

• Open Economy Macroeconomics

• Economic Growth & Cycles

• Real & Nominal Exchange Rate Dynamics

• Asian Economies

• 18th Century Korean Demographics

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?

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

Background

• Born in Utah, 1960• Parents are from

Idaho.

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Background

• Raised in Arizona & Idaho

• Graduate from Idaho Falls High School in 1978

Background

• Served as a missionary for the Mormon church in Korea 1980-81

• Korean name was

高弼立

Background

• Married Cho Yeongmi from Pusan in 1985

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

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.

Family

• Still Married with four children

• 2 boys, 2 girls

• Ages 19 to 9

Family