Namhyung Lee

• Department of Economics, Korea National Open University
  • Main Building 413, 86 Daehak-ro, Jongro-gu, Seoul, South Korea, 03087.
• Email: namhyunglee@knou.ac.kr
• Homepage: https://faculty.knou.ac.kr/~namhyunglee/

Education

• Ph.D. Economics, Korea University, 2017.
  • Thesis: Cooperative Innovation and Evolutionary Dynamics of Open Source Software: Agent-Based Simulation on the Private Provision of Public Goods.
  • Committee: Kyun Kim (Chair), Jung-Kyoo Choi, Dongjin Chung, Jae Nahm, Man-Seop Park.
• M.A. Economics, Korea University, 2007.
  • Thesis: The Micro Corporate Governance Debates Based on Firm Theories: Ownerships and Efficiencies.
• B.S. Economics, Korea University, 2000.

Research Interest

• Open source software, Knowledge sharing and institutions, Public goods game, Agent-based simulation, Economics of technological innovation, Game theory, Economic history, History of economic thought.

Research

Articles

• Shin, Woojin and Lee, Namhyung, 2022, “The Effects of Online Learning Behavior and Socioeconomic Backgrounds on the Students’ Achievement: Based on the LMS Logs of Adult Learners’ Introductory Economic Course”, Journal of Lifelong Learning Society , 18(1), 203–239.
• Shin, Woojin and Lee, Namhyung, 2020, “A Textbook without being read or with hand stains only on the front pages: Adult learners’ watching behavior of recorded economics video lectures”, Journal of Korean Association for Educational Information and Media, 26(4), 955–984.
• Baek, Jongsung and Lee, Namhyung, 2019, “Why do people accept cherry stone?: Reconstruction of Hayek’s money competition,” Ordo Economics Journal, 22(1), 151–166.
• Shin, Woojin and Lee, Namhyung, 2018, “Analysis of Academic Achievement in Online-based Economics Education: Focusing on Basic Courses and Gender of Adult Learners”, Theory and Research in Citizenship Education, 50(3), 181–202.
• Choi, Eunju and Lee, Namhyung, 2017, “A Historical Path of North Korea’s Trade Institution: based on Europe’s pasts”, SA-CHONG, (92), 153–206.
• Lee, Namhyung and Joonil Kim, 2016, “The knowns and the unknowns about open source software: history, industrial organization and policy implications”, The Korean Journal of Economic Studies, 64(2), 127–166.
• Lee, Namhyung, Namun Cho, Youngjun Kang, Ahmi Kim, and Euncheol Choi, 2016, “Public R&D Expenditure Framework and Dynamics of Technology Enhancement: Based on the Agent-Based Simulation”, The Journal of Business and Economics, 32(2), 227–255.
• Lee, Namhyung, Sangsoo Park, Inchul Bae and Chungki Lee, 2016, “Contingent Valuation of Wildlife-Vehicle Collision Prevention Projects”, Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment, 25(1), 1–14.

Books

• Lee, Namhyung and Seyoun Jung, Economics of Technological Innovation , KNOU Press: Seoul, 2024.
• Shim, Jiyoung, Namhyung Lee, Yongchul Lee, Il Jang, Seyoun Jeong, Jiyoun Cha and Moonsun Chou, Issues on the Current Europe, KNOU Press: Seoul, 2021. (Chs. 10, 12, 14).
• Lee, Chungki and Namhyung Lee, Economics of Firms, KNOU Press: Seoul, 2020. (Chs. 7–11).
• Lee, Chungki and Namhyung Lee, Economy in Life, KNOU Press: Seoul. (Chs. 7–13, Appendix 1–2).
• Naval Warfare Command Center, Spanish Naval Warfare History, Gyeryong: ROKN, 2002. (part of Spanish naval development in 15-17th century and public finance.)

Technical Reports

• Korea Creative Content Agency, “Economic Behavior of playing video games”, Studies on Game Users Panel, 2021, 2022, 2023.
• Korea Creative Content Agency, “Economic Behavior of playing video games”, Preliminary Survey on Game Users Panel 2020, Ch. 5 Sec. 3, 2019.
• National Assembly Budget Office, “France’s Fiscal Decentralization”, Current status and implications of financial decentralization in major countries, Ch. 5, Seoul, 2018.
• National Assembly Budget Office, “Characteristics and introduction of smart factory: focusing on foreign countries”, A Study on the Effect of Smart Factory Introduction on Employment: focusing on foreign cases, Ch. 3, Seoul, 2018.
• National Assembly Budget Office, “Current status of National and Regional Financial Assistance of Social Welfare State Support Project”, Analysis of Local Finance Burden Due to Expansion of Large-scale State-aid Welfare Project, Ch. 2, Seoul, 2017.
• Korea Education and Research Institute for Patriots & Veterans, “A comparison of old veterans’ care services in South Korea, Australia, Canada, and the U.S. and their implications”, Evaluation and policy issues on elderly veterans care services, Ch. 3, Suwon, 2014.
• Korea Expressway Corporation Research Institute and Institute of Economic Research, “The principles of economic evaluation of highway environmental improvement”, A Study on the Evaluation of Highway Environmental Improvement, Ch. 4, Seoul, 2011.
• Korea Expressway Corporation Research Institute and Institute of Economic Research, “A comparison of environmental indices and economic valuation in South Korea, Canada, E.U., and the U.S.”, A Study on the Evaluation of Highway Environmental Improvement, Ch. 5, Seoul, 2011.
• POSCO Research Institute and Institute of Economic Research, “CEO succession programs”, A Current Status of Corporate Governance in South Korea and its reformation, Offprint Appendix, Seoul, 2011.
• Korea Expressway Corporation Research Institute and Institute of Economic Research, “A calculation of price of anarchy on nationwide freeway in South Korea”, A Study on Measurement of Network Efficiency and Its Indices, Ch. 4, Seoul, 2010. (co-authored with Kim Kyun and Cho Nam-un.)

Newspaper, Magazines, Book Reviews, etc.

• “Worldly Philosopher”, Review of Economic History , 45(2), 365–370, 2021.
• “U.S. Veterans Policy”, Research on Veterans Policy, Korea Education and Research Institute for Patriots & Veterans, 4(1), 81–118, 2015.
• “The Concept of Creative Economy and Related Policies in U.K. and Japan”, Expressway, Korea Expressway Corporation, 80, 8–16, 2013.

Conference and Seminar Presentations

• “AI as a Catalyst: Pedagogical Challenges of History of Economic Thought Class in Open Distance Digital Education.’” 51st Annual Meeting of the History of Economics Society, Universidad del Desarrollo Santiago, Santiago, Chile, Jul. 14–17, 2024.
• “Balancing the Potential and Limitations of Large Language Models: Exploring Teaching Projects in Western European Economic History and History of Economic Thought Class.” The 36th AAOU Conference, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkye, 28–30, Sep., 2023.
• “Improving Applicant Support and Counseling Staff’s Burden Through Chatbot Services: A Case of KNOU (co-authored with Suna La).” The 36th AAOU Conference, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkye, 28–30, Sep., 2023.
• “Recent Studies on Neo-liberalism: International Monetary Regime” (written in Korean). 2022 KAPEA Spring Conferences, Korea National Open University, Seoul, South Korea, May 20, 2022.
• “Who does play video games? Socio-economic backgrounds of adult gamers” (co-authored with Munseok Cho: written in Korean). 2019 The Korean Association for Survey Research Fall Conference, Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 11, 2019.
• “Why do people accept cherry stone?: Reconstruction of the theory of the money and implication for the criptocurrency” (co-authored with Baek Jongsung: written in Korean). 2011 Economics Joint Conference, Chuang Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 10–11, 2011.
• “Analysis of effects of shared economy on finances”. 2018 The Korean Association of Public Policy Summer Conference, Hannam University, Daejeon, Jun. 29, 2018.
• “Public R&D Expenditure Framework and Dynamics of Technology Enhancement: Based on the Agent-Based Simulation” (co-authored with Cho Nam-un, Kang Youngjun, Kim Ahmi, Choi Euncheol). 2015 The Korean Association for Political Economy Fall Conference, Franciscan Education Center, Seoul, Nov. 20, 2015; 2015 The Korean Association of Public Policy Summer Conference, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, Jun. 26, 2015.
• “The Economic Valuation of Wildlife Collision Prevention Projects on the Korean Highways - Measuring WTP on Fauna Crossings and Fences by using CVM” (co-authored with Bae Inchul, Lee Chungki). Korean Society of Environmental Impact Assessment 2014 Fall Conference, Seoul National University Pyeongchang Campus, Gangwon, South Korea, Oct. 1–3, 2014.
• “Dynamics of license regime: the case of open source software development”. 2012 KAPEA Summer Conferences, Chungnam Development Institute, Gongju, South Korea, Jul. 6–7, 2012.
• “PoA analysis on optimal price of privatized freeway toll fees” (co-authored with Cho Nam-un and Kim Kyun: written in Korean). 2011 Economics Joint Conference, Chuang Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 10–11, 2011.
• “The skill difference contributes to success?: the case of open source software development (co-authored with Cho Nam-un).” 4th FLOSS International Workshop on Free/Libre/Open Source Software: Business models, social networks and collaborative knowledge development, GSBC and Department of Economics Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, Jul. 1–2, 2010.
• “A Caveman with Linux: The Naturalistic Approach to Open Source Software Development (co-authored with Cho Nam-un).” 6th European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, Volksbad, Jena, Germany, May 21–23, 2009.- “Was Hayek right after all? His unsettled dilemma: spontaneous order and evolutionary game.” 35th Annual Meeting of the History of Economics Society, York University, Toronto, Canada, June 27–30, 2008.

Professional Activities

Online Public Lectures

• “Game Theory Simulation with Netlogo and Python”, 2023, K-MOOC.
• “Economics on COVID-19(in Korean)”, 2020, Korea National Open University.
• “Economic History and Epidemics (in Korean)”, 2020, Korea National Open University.
• “What Economics Knows About Open Source Software (in Korean)”, 2018, Yonsei Business Research Institute Lunch Forum on 4th Industrial Revolution.

Referee

• The Korean Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Korean Social Trends and Perspectives, The Korean Historical Review, Ordo Economics Journal.

Conferences, Workshops, and Summer School Attended

• First Korean Association for Political Economy Winter School, Korea University, Seoul, Feb. 20-21, 2019.
• First Graz Summer School, “Evolutionary Economics 25 years after the seminal contribution of Nelson and Winter: Problems and Perspectives”, Graz Schumpeter Center, Graz, Austria, July 15-22, 2007.
• SASE 17th Annual Meeting, “What Counts? Calculation, Representation, Association”, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, June 30–July 2, 2005.

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships

• Fellowship, Research Support for Academic Seminar, Korea University Graduate School, Spring 2016.
• Fellowship, Research Support, Korea University Graduate School, Spring 2016.
• Fellowship, Brain Korea 21 The Balanced development of Korea Economy, Spring 2007–Spring 2010.
• Research Assistant, Korea University, Spring 2007 – Spring 2009.
• Fellowship, Brain Korea 21 The Korea Economy Under Open Economy System, Spring 2004; Spring 2005.

Employment (Lecture)

Economic Policy in MBA, Business School, Korea National Open University

• Assistant Professor, Economics of science and technology policy, Fall 2018 – current.

Department of Economics, Korea National Open University

• Assistant Professor, Understanding Platform Economy, Fall 2021 – Current.
• ————————-, Economic history of western world: long-run economic growth and evolution of financial institutions, Spring 2019 – Current.
• ————————-, Economics of Technological Innovation, Spring 2019 – Current.
• ————————-, History of Economic Analysis, Fall 2019 – Current.
• ————————-, Understanding Digital Economy: Market Structure, Pricing, and Strategy, Fall 2018 – Current.

College of Economics & Finance, Hanyang University

• Part-time lecturer, Introduction to Economics, Summer 2017.
• ————————, World Economy and Korean Prospect, Spring 2017.

Department of Business Administration, Gachon University

• Part-time lecturer, Introduction to economics, Spring 2017.

Department of Economics, Hanshin University

• Part-time lecturer, Industrial Region Survey, Fall 2016.

Department of Economics, Kookmin University

• Part-time lecturer, Economic History, Summer 2016.
• ————————, Microeconomics, Spring 2016.
• ————————, Market and firm’s behavior, Spring 2013.

Department of Industrial Economics, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology

• Part-time lecturer, Market Research and Analysis, Fall 2013.
• ————————, Analysis of current economic issues in English, Fall 2013.
• ————————, Analysis of current economic issues in English, Fall 2012.

Business School, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

• Part-time lecturer, Economics, Fall 2011.

Department of Economics, Korea University

• Part-time lecturer, Introduction to microeconomics, Spring 2012.
• ————————, Introduction to macroeconomics, Spring 2012.
• ————————, Introduction to macroeconomics, Winter 2011.
• ————————, Introduction to macroeconomics, Fall 2011.
• ————————, Introduction to macroeconomics, Fall 2010.
• ————————, Introduction to macroeconomics, Fall 2009.
• ————————, Introduction to microeconomics, Fall 2009.
• ————————, Introduction to economics, Spring 2009.

Department of Economics, Mokwon University

• Part-time lecturer, Digital Economy, Fall 2007.
• ————————, Local Public Finance, Fall 2007.
• ————————, Microeconomics, Spring 2007.
• ————————, Public Finance, Spring 2007.

Employment (Research)

Yonsei Business Research Institute, Yonsei University

• Post-doc, 2017.8–2017.12.

Institute of Economic Research, Korea University

• Research Assistant, 2009.3–2016.11.

Miscellaneous

• Military Service: in the Republic of Korea Navy, retired as Lieutenant Jr., Jul. 2000–Jun. 2003.