Sung Bong Cho
sbcho@keri.org
82-2-3771-001
SCHOOL Ohio State University (Ph.D. in Economics)
PRESENT POSITION Senior Research Fellow, Korea Economic Research Institute
CAREER Director, Research Planning & Coordination, KERI
Senior Research Fellow, Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)
Researcher, National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI)

Other Experiences


Policy Evaluation Committee of MOCIE
Member of Management Evaluation Committee of the State Owned Companies for MOPB
Member of Advisory committee of the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea
Member of Restructuring Committee of the Korean Electricity Commission
Member of Genco Privatization Team of MOCIE
Board Member of Korea Power Exchange
Member of Public Enterprise Evaluation Committee
Board Member of Electricity Industry Research Association
Board Member of Korea Resource Economics Association
Member of the Korea Academic Society of Industrial Organization
Member of Implementation Committee of Electricity Industry Restructuring
Member of Advisory Committee, Office of Planning for Light Water Reactor Project
Member of Regulation Review Committee of MOCIE
Member of International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
Member of Electricity Industry Restructuring Committee
PAPER English Paper

• "Public Policy towards Corporation" (with Sung Hee Jwa and Yong Yoon), in Korea's Economic Strategy in the Globalization Era, edited by O. Yul Kwon, Sung Hee Jwa and Kyung Tae Lee, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.,London,2004.
• Restructuring and Privatization of the Korean Power Industry, Conference on Power in Asia, March 2000.
• The Competition of Power Industry and Its Impact on Nuclear Industry, The 21st KAIF-JAIF Seminar on Nuclear Industry, October1999.

• Developing Countries & Global Climate Change: Electric Power Options for Korea, PEW Center on Global Climate Change, October 1999(with Jin-Gyu Oh, Jeffrey Logan, William Chandler, Jinwoo Kim and Dong-Seok Roh).
• The Direction of Power Market Restructuring in Korea, International Conference on Korean Power Industry Restructuring and Independent Power Production, KEEI, June 1998.
• "The Power Industry in Korea: the Business Environment for the Participation of the Private Sector,"Energy Policy ,Vol.24,No.5,pp.471–75,1996.
• The Legal and Institutional Environment for the Participation of the Private Sector in the Korean Electrical Power Industry, Law Asia Energy Section International Conference, 1994.
• Incentive Regulation for Local Gas Distribution Companies under Changing Industry Structure, NRRI, 1991 (with Mohammad Harunuzzaman, Kenneth W. Costello, and Daniel J. Duann).
• A Review of FERC’s Technical Reports on Incentive Regulation, NRRI, 1991(with Kenneth W. Costello).
• Contracting for Information, Mimeo, 1991.
• Hostage Exchange as Contract Commitments, Mimeo, 1990.


Korean Paper


• Government Planning and Market Distortion. KERI, August 2006.
• "Three Perspectives on Korean Economy," The Comparative Economic Review, Vol.13, No.1,pp.1–56, January 2006.
• The Role of Government from Law and Economics Perspective, KERI, November 2005.
• Reform toward A Law-governed Economy (with Sung-Hee Jwa), KERI, January 2004.
• A Study for the Amendment of Korean Fair Trade Act, KERI, January 2004(with Other fellows of KERI).
• Reform Agenda for the Next Administration, KERI, June 2002(with Other fellows of KERI).
• Evaluating the Market Design for Korean Power Industry Restructuring and Privatization, KERI, April 2002.
• A Study on the Securities Class Action of the UnitedStatesanditsImplicationforKorea, KERI, July 2001.
• "On Privatization of Korean Power Industry," Deregulation, January 2001.
• Directions for Power Sector Reform and Major Policy Targets, KEEI, December 2000.
• A Study on the Korean Power Industry Privatization, KEEI, July 2000.
• Trend of OECD Regulatory Reform and Preparation for the 1999 Regulatory Country Review on Korean Electricity Sector, KEEI, December 1999.
• Future Directions for Korea’s Nuclear Power Industry in a Competitive Environment, KEEI, November 1999.
• A Study on the Supportive Mechanism towards Local Areas Surrounding Power Plant, KEEI, October 1999.
• New Governing Ordinanace of Energy Market, KEEI, September 1999.
• A Study on the Operation of Power Pool Market and its Implication to the Establishment of Korean Power Pool in Relation to the Power Industry Privatization, KEEI, August 1999.
• A Study on the Corporate Strategy for the Korea District Heating Company, KEEI, August 1999.
• A Study on the International Trend of Power Industry Deregulation, KEEI, December 1998.
• Optimum Level of IPP in Long-term Power Development Plan, KEEI, December 1997.
• A Socio-Economic Study on the Nuclear Power Plant Candidate Sites, KEEI, December 1997.
• A Study on the Relationship between the Nuclear Reactor Type and National Economy, KEEI, March 1997.
• International Cooperation in Power Industry, KEEI, December 1996.
• "A Study on the Relationship between Diesel Oil Prices and Logistics Investment," Korea Journal of Resource Economics, Vol.6, No.1, pp.153–69, September 1996.
• Establishing Private Marine Oil-Spill Response Corporation, KEEI, December 1995.
• Privatization of Korea Gas Corporation, KEEI, July, 1995.
• Improving Government Regulation in Energy/Resource Industry, KEEI, 1995.
• Energy Policies of Selected Countries, KEEI, January 1995.
• Establishment of Guidelines and Procedures for the Development of Private Power in Korea, KEEI, November 1994.
• "Raising Competitiveness of Korean Distribution Channel," The Challenges and Development Direction of Korean Economy for the 21st Century,1994.
• "Opening of Distribution Channel and the Restoration of Market Function," Deregulation, Spring1994.
• "Understanding the Process of Distribution through Information Transaction," The Korean Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol.2,pp.51–66,November1993.