Tong Yob Nam Department of Economics University of Michigan 611 Tappan Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109

EDUCATION

Tel: 917-676-0554 Email: [email protected] https://sites.google.com/site/tongyobnam Citizenship: U.S. Citizen

Ph.D. in Economics (expected) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

May 2015

M.A. in Economics University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

May 2011

M.A. in Statistics Columbia University, New York, NY

Feb 2009

B.A. in Electrical Engineering Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Feb 2007

RESEARCH FIELDS

Macroeconomics, Financial Economics, Household Finance, Real Estate Finance, International Economics

WORKING PAPERS

“Geographic Heterogeneity in Housing Market Risk and Portfolio Choice” (Job Market Paper) “Venture or Safety? Retirement and Portfolio Choice,” with Guodong Chen “Recourse Mortgage Law and Housing Speculation,” with Seungjoon Oh

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

“Can Housing Market Heterogeneity Explain the Annuity Puzzle?” “Forced Retirement Risk and Portfolio Choice,” with Guodong Chen and Minjoon Lee “Debt Renegotiation and Mortgage Foreclosure: Evidence from the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP)” “Cash-out Refinancing as a Tool for Portfolio Rebalancing”

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

National Institute on Aging Training Grant, 2012 - present Population Studies Center, University of Michigan The George Katona Economic Behavior Research Award 2014 Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics (MITRE), 2012, 2014 Research Grant, University of Michigan SYLFF Fellowship 2013 Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics (MITRE), 2013 Travel Grant, University of Michigan Rackham Graduate Student Travel Grant, University of Michigan 2012, 2013 Summer Research Apprenticeships, University of Michigan 2010, 2011 University Scholarship, Seoul National University 2005, 2006

PRESENTATIONS 2014 2014 2014 2014

Macroeconomics Seminar, University of Michigan, North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, European Meeting of the Econometric Society,* Eastern Finance Association,*

2014 2013 2013 2013 2013

Midwestern Economics Association Meetings, 26th Australasian Finance and Banking Conference, Finance Brown Bag, University of Michigan,* FMA Doctoral Consortium,* Midwestern Economics Association Meetings

(* indicates presentation by co-author) TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Graduate Student Instructor University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI International Economics, Public Finance, Survey-Labor Economics, Environment Resource Economics

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Predoctoral Trainee, Population Studies Center University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Intern Tiger Asia Management, L.L.C., New York, NY Research Assistant Columbia University, New York, NY Research Assistant Asian Institute of Corporate Governance, Seoul, Korea.

2011 - 2012

2012 - present Summer 2009 Fall 2008 Summer 2008

OTHER INFORMATION

Language: Korean (Native), English (Fluent) Technical Skills: MATLAB, STATA, R, SAS, SQL, VBA, C, C++

REFERENCES

John Laitner Professor of Economics Department of Economics University of Michigan office: (734) 763-9620 email: [email protected]

Matthew D. Shapiro Professor of Economics Department of Economics University of Michigan office: (734) 764-5419 email: [email protected]

John Bound Professor of Economics Department of Economics University of Michigan office: (734) 763-2952 email: [email protected]

Amiyatosh Purnanandam Professor of Finance Ross School of Business University of Michigan office: (734) 764-6886 email: [email protected]