Fields of Interest
Law and Economics (Liability rules in Tort Law, Antitrust Law, and Procedural Law)
Game Theory (Equilibrium Refinements, Geometric approaches)
Climate Economics (Economic Impact of Climate Change and Policy, Energy)
Industrial Organization (Regulatory Policies and Monopoly Market Structures)
* The contents in the parentheses are of particular interest.
Published Papers
§ J. Yoo, D. Kim, M. Kim. 2025. "Heterogeneous Impacts of Fear and Policy on Building Energy Use during COVID-19 in South Korea" - Forthcoming in iScience. - Working Paper
D. Kim and J. Kim. 2024. "On the Invariance Result of Liability Rules in Oligopoly" Review of Law & Economics. - Working Paper
* § indicates SCI(E)/SSCI-indexed journals.
Working Paper
Cross-Sectional Stability: A Geometric Refinement of Nash Equilibrium
Rational Cascades Across Auction Formats
AI Recognition and Price Dispersion (With L. Wang)
Research Experience
Undergraduate Researcher, Climate Change Big Data & AI Economics Lab, University of Seoul - From March 2023 to August 2024
Research Assistant, Kyung Hee University - From March 2024 to July 2025
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Intermediate Microeconomics - Spring 2026 (scheduled)
Principle of Microeconomics - Fall 2025
Kyung Hee University
Theory of Industrial Organization - Spring 2024
Working Experience
Intern, Korea Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC), Seoul, Republic of Korea - From June 2024 to December 2024
Scholarships & Awards
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
College of Social Sciences Dean’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence for 2025-2026 AY, 2025
Kyung Hee University
College Honors Award, Kyung Hee University, 2025 - Awarded to six top graduates across the College of Political Science & Economics; Sole recipient from the Department of Economics
Outstanding Paper Award of Independent Learning & Research Advancement Program, Kyung Hee University, Spring 2024
Independent Learning & Research Advancement Program Scholarship, Kyung Hee University, Spring 2024
Professor-Student Interaction Program Teaching Assistant Scholarship (Theory of Industrial Organization), Kyung Hee University, Spring 2024
Outstanding Paper Award of Independent Learning & Research Advancement Program, Kyung Hee University, Fall 2023
Independent Learning & Research Advancement Program Scholarship, Kyung Hee University, Fall 2023
Top Award for Professor-Student Interaction Lecture Learning Notes (Law & Economics), Kyung Hee University, Fall 2023
Top Award for Professor-Student Interaction Lecture Learning Notes (Theory of Industrial Organization), Kyung Hee University, Spring 2023
Top Award for Social Volunteering (Service-Learning 2), Kyung Hee University, Spring 2023
Education
B.A., Economics, Kyung Hee University - From March 2021 to August 2025
Last Updated: December 2025