Daeyoung Jeong
“D.J.” · 정대영
Associate Professor, School of Economics, Yonsei University
Ph.D. in Economics
Research Interests
I consider myself an applied theorist with broad experimental and empirical interests. My research focuses on Game Theory, Mechanism Design Theory and Network Theory, which cover various applications including Information Economics, Political Economy, and Industrial Organization.
Recent
“Making an honest media out of fake news,” with Minseo Choi, accepted at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
“Price Information Sharing and Collusion: An Experiment,” with Jeong Yeol Kim, resubmitted to the Review of Industrial Organization after a revision request in March.
Best Paper Award, KSJCS Spring Conference, for “Challenges in Ensuring Transparency in AI-Generated Content,” with Sora Youn.
Research
Journal Publications
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Making an honest media out of fake news: How confirmation bias makes persuaders more honest Forthcoming
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The Impact of Dual-agency Leniency Policy on Cartel Detection
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Fake News and Political Polarization
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Optimal Influence Design in Networks
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On the (Robust) Ex-post Stability of Constitutions
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Stable Constitutions
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Job Market Signaling with Imperfect Competition Among Employers
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Using Cheap Talk to Polarize or Unify a Group of Decision Makers
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A Test for Normality in the Tobit Model
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Too Much is Too Bad: The Effect of Media Coverage on the Price Volatility of Cryptocurrencies
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Fourth Industrial Revolution and Innovative Capacity of South Korea: Comparative Analysis of Major Industrial Nations with US Patent Data, 1976–2015
Working Papers
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Price Information Sharing and Collusion: An Experiment Resubmitted
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Persuasion under the Influence of Fake News
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Robust Intervention in Networks
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Recession and Resilience: Labor Market Consequences of Starting College in a Bad Economy
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Does the Size of the Signal Space Matter?Formerly circulated as “Signal Space Puzzle: Bigger is (Not Always) Better”
Books
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가짜뉴스와 민주주의 — 팬데믹의 시대에 인포데믹을 고민하다
Selected Grants, Fellowships & Awards
- 2026Best Paper Award, 2026 Spring Conference of the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (KSJCS)“Challenges in Ensuring Transparency in AI-Generated Content” [AI 생성물 투명성 확보를 위한 과제], with Sora Youn
- 2021–2024National Research Foundation of Korea Research Grant (2021S1A5A8068768)
- 2019Research Award, POSTECH Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
- 2017Rookie of the Year, The Bank of Korea Economic Research Institute
- 2015–2016Dice Dissertation Fellowship, The Ohio State University
- 2010–2011University Fellowship, The Ohio State University
Personal & Contact
- Born
- July 1982, Cheongsong-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea
- Nationality
- Republic of Korea
- Languages
- Korean (native), English (fluent)
- Work
- daeyoung.jeong@yonsei.ac.kr
- Home
- daeyoung.jeong@gmail.com
- Address
- School of Economics, Yonsei University
50 Yonsei-Ro, Seodaemun-Gu
Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea