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Portrait of Dong Ho Kang

Dong Ho Kang

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Cologne
University of Cologne • CMR • Sibille-Hartmann-Str. 2–4, 50969 Cologne kang@wiso.uni-koeln.de

About

I am a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Cologne. My research lies at the intersection of quantitative macroeconomics, household finance, housing, and monetary economics.

This site hosts my research papers, teaching, and CV. Feel free to get in touch.

Research Interests

  • Quantitative Macroeconomics
  • Household Finance
  • Housing
  • Monetary Economics

Working Papers

  • Effect of Credit Score Constraints on Mortgage Loans in the Housing Market — Job Market Paper
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  • Residential Construction and the Housing Price Boom after the Great Recession
  • The Opportunity Cost of Money and the Relevance of Monetary Policy (with Joseph Haslag) — conditionally accepted, International Journal of Central Banking

Work in Progress

  • Monetary Policy Independence in Korea
  • A Quantitative Model of Residential Solar Adoption, Housing Choice, and the Solar Home Premium (with Jialu Shen, Ariel Sun)
  • Inheritance Taxation and Homeownership (with Jieheum Yoen)

Presentations (Selected)

  • T2M (Theories and Methods in Macro), CREST, France — May 2025
  • AREUEA Annual Conference jointly with ASSA — San Francisco, CA — Jan 2025
  • National Chengchi University (NCCU) — Webinar — Mar 2024
  • Munich Research Institute for the Economics of Aging and SHARE analyses — Webinar — Mar 2024
  • University of Cologne, CMR — Feb 2024

Courses

  • Housing and the Macroeconomy (Graduate Seminar) — University of Cologne — Summer 2024, Winter 2024, Summer 2025, Winter 2025
  • Advanced Macroeconomics I (Research Master) — University of Cologne — Winter 2024
  • Computational Methods (Masters) — University of Cologne — Summer 2025
  • The Role of Energy and Resource Limitations in the Macroeconomy (Graduate Seminar) — University of Cologne — Summer 2024

Curriculum Vitae

Download a PDF version of my CV below.

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