Dong-Hyuk Kim

Senior Lecturer, School of Economics at University of Queensland, Colin Clark Building (39), St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia [Email], T: +61 7 3365 6600

Curriculum Vitae [Upon Request]

Research Interests: Industrial Organization, Econometrics, Microeconomics.

Publications

1. "Too Much, Too Soon? Early-maturing Maize Varieties as Drought Escape Strategy in Malawi," with Uwe Grewer and Katharina Waha, 2024, Food Policy, 129 (102766)  [Paper].

2. "Procurements with Bidder Asymmetry in Cost and Risk-Aversion," with Gaurab Aryal, Hanna Charankevich, and Seungwon (Eugene) Jeong, 2023, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 41(4), 1143-1156  [Paper]. 

3. "The Effect of Government Expenditure on Income Inequality in Sri Lanka," with Anusha L. Samarasekara, 2023, Applied Economics Letters, 30(12), 1606-1611 [Paper].

4. "Disentangling Risk-Aversion and Loss Aversion in First-Price Auctions: An Empirical Approach," with Anmol Ratan, 2022, European Economic Review,  150 (104284) [Paper].

5. "Empirical Relevance of Ambiguity in First Price Auctions," with Gaurab Aryal, Serafin Grundl, and Yu Zhu, 2018, Journal of Econometrics, 204(2), 189-206 [Paper].

6. "A Fast Estimation Procedure for Discrete Choice Random Coefficients Demand Model," with Yong Song and Huaxin Xu, 2017, Applied Economics, 49(58), 5849-5855 [Paper].

7. "Flexible Bayesian Analysis of First Price Auctions Using a Simulated Likelihood," 2015, Quantitative Economics, 6(2), 429-461 [Paper].

8. "Nonparametric Estimation of Utility Functions in First Price Auctions," 2015, Economics Letters, 126(1), 101-106 [Paper].

9. "A Point Decision for Partially Identified Auction Models," with Gaurab Aryal, 2013, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 31(4), 384-397 [Paper].

10. "Optimal Choice of a Reserve Price Under Uncertainty," 2013, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 31(5), 587-602 [Paper].

Working Papers

1. Uncertainty Paradox: Why You Should (Not) Lie, with Seungwon (Eugene) Jeong [Paper]

2. How Costly to Sell a Company? A Structural Analysis of Takeover Auctions, with Ying Zheng [Paper]

3. Detection of Loss-Aversion in Auctions Against Pre-programed Computers, with Anmol Ratan [Paper] 

4. On the Prevalence of Small Reserve Prices in Standard Auctions, with Allan Hernández-Chanto [Paper]

5. When Carbon Emission Trading Meets a Regulated Industry: Insights from Coal-fired Power Sector in China, with Hui Qiao and Ying Zheng [Paper]

Works in Progress

1. Outsourcing and Market Thickness: The Case of U.S. Credit Unions, with Yakuko Ono

2. Densities of Attributes for Compliers and Noncompliers, with Dain Jung and Do Won Kwak 

3. A Bayesian Semi-Parametric Approach for Random Coefficients Demand Framework, with Yong Song

4. A Bayesian Random-Coefficients Demand Model with Heterogeneous Product Preferences, with Yong Song and Tao Sun

5. The Effects of Export Promotion Policy on Technology, Efficiency, and Allocation: Using Chinese Processing Zone, with Do Won Kwak

6. The Effects of Managerial Changes on Firm Performance after Privatization: Evidence from Vietnam, with Do Won Kwak and Mai Phuong Nguyen

PhD dissertation

Bayesian Econometrics for Auction Models, 2010, University of Arizona (supervisor: Keisuke Hirano) [Dissertation]