Jangsu Yoon, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018
• M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
• B.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, 2012

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Jangsu Yoon is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Kentucky Gatton College of Business and Economics. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his B.A. in economics from Seoul National University.

Professor Yoon's research focuses on econometrics and industrial organization. His methodological research develops econometric tools for studying strategic interactions among firms, panel data, censored outcomes and economic models with incomplete information. His applied research uses these methods to study competition and market structure in banking, consumer credit, airlines, manufacturing and labor markets.

His research has been published in the Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, International Journal of Industrial Organization and Econometric Reviews. His current research examines topics including competition in banking markets, mergers, airline networks, supply resilience, used goods markets and the economic effects of international sanctions. He has also served as principal investigator on externally funded research projects supported by Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation and the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute.

Before joining the University of Kentucky; Professor Yoon was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Teaching Expertise:

• Econometrics
• Statistics
• Data Analysis
• Industrial Organization

Research Expertise:

• Econometrics
• Applied Econometrics
• Industrial Organization
• Competition and Market Structure
• Banking and Consumer Credit
• Airline and Transportation Markets
• Networks and Supply Chains

Selected Publications:

• “Identification and Estimation of Sequential Games of Incomplete Information with Multiple Equilibria.” Journal of Econometrics, 238(2), 105569, 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2023.105569
• “A Generalized Poisson-Pseudo Maximum Likelihood Estimator,” with Ohyun Kwon and Yoto V. Yotov. Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 44(2), 560–573, 2026. doi: 10.1080/07350015.2025.2544190
• “Mergers and Unionization: Roll Together or Clash?” with Qi Ge, Donggeun Kim, and Myongjin Kim. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 103, Part B, 103209, 2025. doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2025.103209
• “Inference on Nonparametric Panel Data Models with Fixed Effects and Censored Dependent Variables.” Econometric Reviews, 45(6), 856–875, 2026. doi: 10.1080/07474938.2026.2637030