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Faculty - Political Science and Diplomacy

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  • YANG, JOON SEOK
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Research Interest

International Political Economy, American Politics, Energy Security, Environmental Politics, Big Data

Education

  • (PhD) 2019 Dept. Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • (MPhil) 2016 Dept. Political Science, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • (MIA) 2012 School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York, NY
  • (BA) 2008 French Literature and Language / Political Science & International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul

Experience

  • 2019-09 ~ Postdoctoral Fellow, Program in Corporate Welfare Studies, University of California, Irvine
  • 2017-09 ~ Research Fellow, Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Journal Articles

  • (2023)  Clearing the air: Public health concerns and support for natural gas restrictions in the United States.  ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE.  106,  1
  • (2023)  Who votes for free trade and when? Geopolitics as the source of legislative preferences on free trade agreements.  REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY.  30,  6
  • (2023)  Target, Information, and Trade Preferences: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in East Asia.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.  67,  4
  • (2023)  South Korean newspaper coverage of Yemeni refugees: analysis of topics and sentiments using machine learning techniques.  ASIAN JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION. 
  • (2022)  Identifying coal plants for early retirement in India: A multidimensional analysis of technical, economic, and environmental factors.  APPLIED ENERGY.  312,  1
  • (2022)  Gasoline in the Voter's Pocketbook: Driving Times to Work and the Electoral Implications of Gasoline Price Fluctuations.  AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH.  50,  3
  • (2021)  Barking Up the Wrong Tree: How Political Alignment Shapes Electoral Backlash from Natural Disasters.  COMPARATIVE POLITICAL STUDIES.  54,  7
  • (2021)  Fuel subsidy reform and the social contract in Nigeria: A micro-economic analysis.  ENERGY POLICY.  156, 
  • (2021)  State Policy and Lobbying in a Federal System: Evidence from the Production Tax Credit for Renewable Energy, 1998-2012.  STATE POLITICS & POLICY QUARTERLY.  21,  1
  • (2021)  Thermoelectric Power Generation and Water Stress in India: A Spatial and Temporal Analysis.  ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY.  55,  8
  • (2021)  Building a Social Contract? Understanding Tax Morale in Nigeria.  JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES.  57,  2
  • (2020)  The need for impact evaluation in electricity access research.  ENERGY POLICY.  137, 
  • (2019)  Shades of darkness or light? A systematic review of geographic bias in impact evaluations of electricity access.  ENERGY RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCE.  58, 
  • (2019)  Is coal-fired power generation associated with rural electrification? A global analysis.  ENERGY RESEARCH SOCIAL SCIENCE.  58, 
  • (2019)  The future of India's coal-fired power generation capacity.  JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION.  226, 
  • (2019)  Environmental effects of GATT/WTO membership: an empirical evaluation.  INTERNATIONAL INTERACTIONS.  45,  5
  • (2019)  Global patterns of power sector reform, 1982-2013.  ENERGY STRATEGY REVIEWS.  23, 
  • (2018)  Power Sector Reforms and Technical Performance: Good News from an Instrumental Variable Analysis.  REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH.  35,  1
  • (2017)  Policy Reform and the Problem of Private Investment: Evidence from the Power Sector.  JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT.  36,  1
  • (2016)  Electric utilities and American climate policy: lobbying by expected winners and losers.  JOURNAL OF PUBLIC POLICY.  36,  2

Conference Paper

  • (2022)  2022 Asian Polmeth Meeting Session 3. Causal Inference in Time Series Cross Sectional Data.  2022 Asian Polmeth Meeting.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2021)  Information Campaigns and Public Perceptions on Structural Reforms: Evidence from a Survey Experiment on Gasoline Subsidy Reform in Nigeria.  KDI School-World Bank DIME Conference on Impact Evaluation in Sustainable and Inclusive Development.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
  • (2021)  Public Diplomacy As Soft Power or Propaganda? Evidence from Survey Experiment Across 16 Countries.  American Political Science Association 2021 Annual Meeting.  UNITED STATES
  • (2021)  [방법론 캠프] 빅데이터, 시계열, 그리고실험I.  The World Congress for Korean Politics and Society 2021.  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF