Helpless Rich Data: The Effect of Financial Openness with Dimensionality Reduction

Dr. H. E. Cha is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at East Texas Baptist University, Marshall, TX. He earned his PhD in Economics from the Graduate School and University of the City University of New York. His research topics primarily focus on monetary policy, finance, and game theory. He is working on several papers regarding monetary policy decision-making.

Doo Kyun Wang is an economist holding a Ph.D. in Economics from the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. His research examines the interplay of modern macroeconomic issues, including financial openness, financial development, cultural diversity, and economic growth, employing sophisticated panel data methodologies. Dr. Wang possesses a wide pedagogical background, having instructed at multiple state universities. Dr. Wang has produced numerous significant research, encompassing the effects of financial globalization, the utilization of dimensionality reduction in economic analysis, and the influence of cultural diversity on economic growth in Korea. Wang is dedicated to advancing his research agenda by consistently attending conferences, with the goal of developing new indices and making substantial contributions to academia.

Dr. Sherryl Berg-Ridenour is an Assistant Professor of Management at ETBU in Texas where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Management, Organizational Behavior, and Business.  Dr. Berg-Ridenour has taught for 12+ years in Southern California at various institutions, including eight years at the School of Business at the University of California, Riverside, and Azusa Pacific University. She has authored several articles and a Business textbook with Kendal Hunt. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Organizational Systems and an MA in Organization Behavior and Systems from Fielding Graduate University.  She also holds an MA in Behavioral Sciences: Negotiations and Conflict Management and a bachelor's in interdisciplinary studies and systems analysis. Dr. Berg-Ridenour has served as a keynote speaker on faculty instruction and for the Women’s Leadership Conference. Her recent consulting experience includes awareness studies, survey research, and social entrepreneurial studies with a focus on women in business. For her service contributions, she was honored with an excellence in service in 2017-2108 for her work bringing in community partners of UCR to collaborate with students in her courses.