Byunghwan Son

Global Affairs Program

George Mason University

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Publication

Byunghwan Son (2024). Consequences of Democratic Backsliding in Popular Culture: Evidence from Blacklist in South Korea. Democratization, Accepted for Publication.

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Byunghwan Son (2024). Foreign Policy Consequences of Democratic Backsliding: The case of the Comfort Women Agreement in 2015. The Pacific Review, Forthcoming.

Nisha Bellinger, Jonathan Krieckhaus, Byunghwan Son (2024). The Political Economy of Life Satisfaction: Democracy, National Wealth, and Personal Income. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Forthcoming.

Byunghwan Son (2023). Foreign Pop Culture and Backlash: the case of non-fan K-pop Subreddits during the pandemic. Journal of Cultural Economics, Forthcoming.

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Byunghwan Son, Nisha Bellinger (2022). The Health Cost of Autocratization. Journal of Development Studies, 58(5): 873-890. (Winner of the Dudley Seers Memorial Prize).

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Byunghwan Son, Chungshik Moon (2021). Security Threats and Investment: North Korean Threats and the South Korean Stock Market. Pacific Focus, 36(3): 544-569.

Byunghwan Son (2021). Presidential Approval Ratings and the Foreign Exchange Market: The Korean Won under the Park Guen Hye Government. Asian Survey, 61(5): 767–796.

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Byunghwan Son (2020). Doi Moi and Vietnamese threat perception of Chinese economic growth. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 21(4): 179-193.

Byunghwan Son (2020). Interpersonal Trust and Confidence in Labor Unions: The Case of South Korea. Journal of East Asian Studies, 20(2): 267-290.

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Byunghwan Son (2020). Democracy and Reserves. Foreign Policy Analysis, 16(3): 417-437.

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Nisha Bellinger, Byunghwan Son (2019). Political Parties and Foreign Direct Investment Inflows among Developing Countries. Political Studies, 67(3): 712-723.

Byunghwan Son (2018). The mysterious overvaluation of KRW in the 1990s. Pacific Review, 31(5): 573–597.

Byunghwan Son, Jonathan Krieckhaus (2018). Latin American Democratization and Currency Crises (1975-2008). Journal of International Relations and Development, 21: 442-463.

Byunghwan Son (2016). Policy choices in tough times: The case of democratization and currency defense. International Political Science Review, 37(4): 453–46.

Byunghwan Son (2016). Are the Poor the Weak Link? Democratic Support and Income Levels in Post-Crisis South Korea. Journal of East Asian Studies, 16(2): 219–237.

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Dursun Peksen, Byunghwan Son (2015). Economic Coercion and Currency Crises in Target Countries. Journal of Peace Research, 52(4): 448–462.

Krieckhaus Jonathan, Byunghwan Son, Nisha Bellinger, Jason M. Wells (2014). Economic Inequality and Democratic Support. Journal of Politics, 76(1): 139–151.

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Teaching

Contact

kalkas@gmail.com
703-993-9185 (Program's Phone)
4400 University Drive (6b4), Fairfax, VA 22030
T&R 13:30 to 15:00