Spencer Yongwook Kwon

I am the Michael Wu Assistant Professor of Economics at Brown University.

My research lies at the intersection of behavioral economics and financial economics. I study how memory, attention, similarity, and expectations shape beliefs—and how those beliefs affect asset prices, investor behavior, household financial decisions, and macroeconomic dynamics.

My work combines economic theory, controlled experiments, and empirical analysis of financial markets. It has appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, and Journal of Financial Economics.

At Brown, I teach Investments II and Crisis Economics, a course I designed on boom-bust cycles, banking, monetary policy, and international finance.

Research interests: Behavioral economics, asset pricing, household finance, and macroeconomics.

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Curriculum Vitae

Research, Teaching & Service Statement

Contact: spencer_kwon@brown.edu