Last update: March 22, 2025

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (* student co-author)

1. Tiwari, M.* C. Sun, D.L. Grebner, Ayoung Kim, and T.E. McConnell, 2025, Dividing Heir Property on Forestland: Physically in Kind or Financially by Sale?, Forest Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s44391-025-00017-9.

2. Tiwari, M.*, C. Sun, D.L. Grebner, Ayoung Kim, E. McConnell, 2025, Partition Actions on Forestland Owned as Heir Property and The Determinants of Court Decisions, Forest Policy and Economics, 170, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103392

3. Davis, W.,  J. Jones, E. Canales, Ayoung Kim, and D. Buys, 2024, Online Grocery Purchasing in Mississippi: Associations with Broadband, Rurality, and Household Characteristics, Frontiers in Nutrition-Food Policy and Economics, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1472622

4. Kim, Ayoung, and B.S. Waldorf, 2024, Unpacking the GenderWage Gap in the U.S.: The Impact of Rural Employment, Age, and Occupation,  Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 4(3): 706-723, https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.143

5. Giscombe, S.*, E. Canales, G.W. Davis, Ayoung Kim, and D.R. Buys, 2024, Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables and the Role of the Food Environment, Journal of Food Distribution Research, 55(2): 23-45.

6. Kim, E. and Ayoung Kim, and K. Nam, 2024, Impacts of Demand and Supply-side Interventions on South Korea’s Housing Markets: a Dynamic Housing-CGE Analysis, The Annals of Regional Science, 73: 397-429, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-024-01274-1

7. Kim, Ayoung, J. Lim, and A. Colletta*, 2023, How Regional Economic Structure Matters in the Era of COVID-19: Resilience Capacity of U.S. states, The Annals of Regional Science, 70: 15-185, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-022-01134-w.

8. Yun, S.D. and Ayoung Kim, 2022, Economic Impact of Natural Disasters: A Myth or Mismeasurement?, Applied Economics Letters, 29(10): 861-866, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2021.1896667.

9. Kim, Ayoung, B.S. Waldorf, and N.T. Duncan, 2021, U.S. Immigration Policy and Brain Waste, The Annals of Regional Science, 66(2): 209-236, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-020-01017-y.

10. Kumar, I., A. Zhalnin, Ayoung Kim, and L. J. Beaulieu,  2017, "Transportation and logistics cluster competitive advantages in the U.S. regions: A cross-sectional and spatio-temporal analysis", Research in Transportation Economics 61: 25-36.

11. Kim, E., B.H.S. Kim, and Ayoung Kim, 2011, "Regional Potential Outputs and Outputs Gaps in Korea," Studies in Regional Science, 41(2): 407-418.

12. Kim, Ayoung, S. D. Yun, and E. Kim, 2008, “Analysis of Manufacturing Productivities of Integrated Economic Region in Korea Using Spatial Spillover Effect Model of Production Costs ,” the Korean Spatial Review, 59: 23-38 (in Korean).

13. Kim, Ayoung and E. Kim, 2008, “Productivity Analysis of the Manufacturing Industries in Seoul Metropolitan Area and its Adjacent Province,” Journal of the Korean Regional Science Association, 23(2): 53-83. (in Korean).

14. Choi, M. S., Ayoung Kim, and E. Kim, 2008, “The Spatial Economic Spillover Effects of Road Stock Using Production Function of Manufacturing Industry,” Journal of the Korean Regional Development Association, 19(4): 139-150. (in Korean).

15. Choi, M. S., D. H. Lee, and Ayoung Kim, 2008, “The Effects of Regional Economic Integration-Agglomeration Economic Effects of the Manufacturing Industry in North-West of Gyeonggi Province,” Journal of Economic Studies, 25(4): 183-203. (in Korean).

Book Chapters

1. Kim, E., Ayoung Kim, and I. Moon, 2022, Government Intervention in Real Estate Market: Is Tax Reform Effective in Seoul Housing Market?, In Theory and History in Regional Perspective, edited by M. Kawano, K. Kourtit, P. Nijkamp, and Y Higano, New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, Vol. 56: 221-243, Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6695-7_12 

2. Kim, Ayoung and B.S. Waldorf, 2021, Retirement, Relocation, and Residential Choices, In Labor Market, Migration, and Mobility, edited by W. Cochrane, M.P. Cameron, and O. Alimi, New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, Vol. 45: 181-196, Springer, Singapore.

3. Kim, Ayoung and B.S. Waldorf, 2019, Baby Boomers’ Paths into Retirement, In Population, Place, and Spatial Interaction, edited by R. Franklin, New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, Vol. 40: 225-247, Springer, Singapore.

4. Kim, Ayoun and E. Kim, 2016, "Spatial Agglomeration and Firm Performance in Korean Manufacturing Industry, 2012", In E. Kim and B.H.S. Kim (Eds.), Quantitative Regional Economics and Environmental Analysis for Sustainability in Korea, New Frontiers in Regional Science: Asian Perspectives, Vol. 25: 89-104, Springer, Singapore.

Other publications (* student co-author)

1. Regmi, S.*, Ayoung Kim, and D. Mills, 2024, Exploring Broadband Adoption in Mississippi, Mississippi State University Extension Service #P4036 (POD-9-24) Available at: https: //extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P4036web.pdf

2. Kim, Ayoung and D. Mills, 2024, Demographic Dynamics in Mississippi: Transition to an Aging Society, Mississippi State University Extension Service #P4000 (POD-05-24) Available at: https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P4000_web.pdf

3. Browne, J.*, Ayoung Kim, S.D. Yun, and B. Posadas, 2023, Economic Impacts of Bacterial Beach Closures on Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mississippi State University Extension Service #P3949 (POD-11-23). Available at: https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P3949_web.pdf

4. Boyce, M.*, Ayoung Kim, R. Smith, and A. Barefield, 2023, Mississippi Economic and Financial Well-Being: Patterns and Trends, Mississippi State University Extension Service #P3912 (POD-07-23). Available at: https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P3912_web.pdf

5. Dawadi, S.*, Ayoung Kim, and A. Barefield, 2023, Business Employment by Age and Size of Firms in Mississippi, Mississippi State University Extension Service #P3868 (POD-06-23). Available at: http://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P3868_web.pdf

6. Ayoung Kim and B.S. Waldorf, 2023, "The Index of Relative Rurality (IRR): US County Data for 2020, Version 1.0.0 [Data set], Zenodo, doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7675745. [US county map]

7. Meadowcroft, D., Ayoung Kim, A. Barefield, and J. Barnes, 2021, "The State of Broadband Access in Mississippi", Mississippi State University Extension Service #P3653. Available at: http://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P3868_web.pdf

8. Ayoung Kim and B. Smith, 2018," Economic Well-Being and Poverty Profiles: State Mississippi and 82 Counties in Mississippi", Extension Reports #P3267-1 to #P3267-83, Mississippi State University Extension Service. Available at: https://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P3653_web.pdf

9. Waldorf, B. and Ayoung Kim, 2018, "The Index of Relative Rurality (IRR): US County Data for 2000 and 2010" Version 1.0 [dataset], Purdue University Research Repository, doi:10.4231/R7959FS8.

10. Waldorf, B. and Ayoung Kim, 2015, "Defining and Measuring Rurality in the US: From Typologies to Continuous Indices", Commissioned Paper for the Workshop on Rationalizing Rural Classifications, April, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC.