Seong-Lin Na
Education
University
of Oxford, D.Phil. (Economics), 1988
Thesis: "Transitional Problems in Optimal Tax Theory"
Supervisor: Professor James A. Mirrlees
University of Essex, M.Phil. (Economics), 1984
Seoul National University, B.A. (Economics), 1981
Seoul National University, B.A. (Philosophy), 1976
Present Positions
Professor, Hanyang University, since March 1997
Editorial Speaker, Christian Broadcasting Service, since 2000
Advisor, Government Budget Committee, since 1997
Advisor, Government Committee for Development of Social Insurance, since
1996
Advisor, Government Committee for Development of Tax System, since 1995
Lead Expert, Asia and Pacific Development Center (in Malaysia), since
March 1992
Past Positions
President, Korea Association of Public Finance and Economics, 2004 to
2005
Local Organization Committee (LOC) chairman, the 61st Congress of International
Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Korea, 2004-2005
Editotrial Writer, Financial News, 2000 to 2003
Consultant, World Bank, 2000
Co-chairman, Committee for Estimating the Business Incomes of Self-employed,
1999 to 2000
Editorial Writer, Maeil Business Newspaper, 1996 to 1999
Visiting Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, September
1993 to 1994.
Lecturer, University of Essex, October 1988 to March 1989.
Research Lecturer, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, October 1986
to September 1988.
Officer in Korean Navy (Lieutenant), Military Service, March 1976 to March
1979
Other Activities
Columnists for various major daily newspapers
Selected Publications in English
"International Environmental Agreements under Uncertainty",
Oxford Economic Papers 50, 1998.
"Market Imperfections and the Capital Asset Pricing Model: Some Results
from Aggregate UK Data" (with C. Green and P. Maggioni), Oxford Economic
Papers, July 1995.
“The Effect of Voters’ Benefit Misperceptions on the Tax Policy
Making in a Probabilistic Voting Framework”, Journal of Economic
Research, 2005.
“Game Theory in Public Choice: A Critical Survey of Themes”,
Journal of Economic Research , 1997”,
"The Possibility of a Pareto-improving Transition in Optimal Tax
Theory", Journal of Economic Research, 1995
“Restructuring of Income Support System and Generative Welfare in
Korea”, IBRD & Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs,
2000
"Social Impact of Current Economic Crisis in Korea", a paper
presented to Conference 'Openness, Macroeconomic Crises and Poverty' organized
by World Bank and ISIS, Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-12 May,
1999.
"Tax Administration and Collection: Korea", Asian Miracle: Taxation
and Development, World Bank, 1994.
."The Effect of European Single Market on the Korea-EC Trade Pattern",
(with K.T. Hong), Journal of Economic Development, 1990.
"An Estimation of the Incomes of Self-Employed Urban Households in
Korea" (with J.K. Yoo), International Economics Journal, 1990.
"Korea's International Tax Treaties", (with W.S. Kim), a paper
presented at the ADB International
Symposium on Tax Policy in Asia-Pacific Region in Manila, June 1991
"Regulatory Framework, Trade Policies and Commercial Practices in
Korea", a paper presented at the International Conference on Opportunities
and Strategies for Doing Business in Asia-Pacific Countries, organized
by Association of Merchant Banks in Malaysia, June 1991.
"The International Aspects of Korean Tax Policy", (with W.S.
Kim), The Korean Society of Public Finance (ed.), Public Finance in Korea,
Ch.IX, 1992.
"Korean Tax Benefit Model and Its Applications", a paper presented
at the 48th Congress of International Institute of Public Finance in Seoul,
August 1992.
"Environmental Protection and the Role of Tax Policy", (with
K. Choi), a paper presented at the Third Symposium on Tax Policy and Reforms
in the Asia-Pacific Region, Asia Development Bank, April, 1993, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
"Trade and Environment: The Role of Trade Policy for Sustainable
Development", in Building Operational Strategy for Sustainable Development
on People's Initiatives, Asia and Pacific Development Sector, 1995.
Selected Publications in Korean
Books:
Public Economics, (with Y.S. Chun), Hakhyun Publishing Co., 1995.
The Theory of Poverty, (with D.H. Lee), Nanam Publishing Co., 1991.
The Analysis of the Effects of Tax and Social Benefit, (with J.K. Hyun),
Korea Tax Institute, 1993.
Papers:
“The Effective Corporation tax rate for the small and medium sized
companies", The Korean Journal of Public Economics, 2004
“The Optimal Tax Burden”, The Korean Journal of Public Economics,
2003
“The Effect of Taxation on Labor Supply”, The Korean Journal
of Public Economics 7, 2002
“Government Deficit and Fiscal Soundness in Korea”, The Korean
Journal of Public Economics 6, 2001
“The Game Theoretic Analysis on the Sustainability of Public Pension”,
The Korean Journal of Public Economics, 2000.
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