R. K. Cho business award
The R. K. Cho Economics Award ( Korean : 조 락교 경제학 상) is an award given by Yonsei University in the field of economics . The award was endowed in 2007 by means of an endowment by RK Cho, the managing director of the packaging company Samryoong , and is intended to honor outstanding achievements in the field of economics. Originally intended exclusively for South Korean award winners, this restriction in the award criteria was later lifted. The prize money is 100 million South Korean won .
Previous winners
- 2008: Yeon-Koo Che ( Columbia University )
- 2009: Hyun-Song Shin ( Princeton University )
- 2010: Joon Y. Park ( Indiana University Bloomington )
- 2011: Jinyong Hahn ( University of California, Los Angeles )
- 2012: In-koo Cho ( University of Illinois )
- 2013: Chang Yongsung (Yonsei University)
- 2014: Choi Jae-pil (Yonsei University)
- 2015: Richard Rogerson ( Princeton University )
- 2016: Quang Vuong ( New York University )
- 2017: Michihiro Kandori ( University of Tokyo )
- 2018: Hyungsik Roger Moon ( University of Southern California )
- 2020: Valerie Ramey ( University of California, San Diego )