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WASEDA UNIVERSITY – Tokyo, Japan                                                                                                                                                                      

Ph.D., GSAPS (Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies), International Economics

2018 Sep – Present (Schedule to receive the degree on September 17th)

Research Theme –Industrial Upgrading in East Asia - Extensive and Intensive margins of International Trade, GVCs, and NTMs under Prof. NABESHIMA, Kaoru.

Thesis: Technical Regulations and International Trade

YALE UNIVERSITY – New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Visiting Scholar, Economics, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Full scholarship by Fox Fellowship

Supervisor: Professor KORTUM, Samuel.

2020 Oct – 2021 Jul

PEKING UNIVERSITY – Peking, China

Exchange Program, Graduate School of International Studies, International Relations

2016 Sep – 2017 Mar

WASEDA UNIVERSITY – Tokyo, Japan                                                                                                                                                                      

MA, GSAPS (Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies), International Relations, International Economics

Dean’s List / Valedictorian

2016 Apr – 2018 Mar

Research Theme – International Economic Issues in Asia Pacific under Prof. URATA, Shujiro.

WASEDA UNIVERSITY – Tokyo, Japan                                                                                                                                                                      

BA, International Liberal Studies

2010 Apr – 2016 Mar

Research Theme –Cultural Industries and International Trade under Prof. ASO, Takashi.

Social Sciences Citation Index

Nabeshima, K., Obashi, A., & Kim, K. (2021). Impacts of Additional Compliance Requirements of Regulations on the Margins of Trade. Japan and the World Economy, 101088.

Emerging Sources Citation Index

Kim, K. (2024). Non-tariff Measures on the Production Network: Analysis on the Forward and Backward Participation in Global Value Chains. International Economic Journal, 1-20.

Kim K. (2021). Aid Effectiveness of Aid for Trade: An Empirical Analysis on the Extensive and Intensive Margins of Aid Recipients. European Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 10, No. 3.

Peer-reviewed Journal Publications

Kim, K. (2023). Global Value Chains and its Implication on Investment. Journal of Global and Area Studies (JGA), 7(4), 105-122. [KCI index]

Kim, K. (2022) Adoption of Technical Barriers to Trade and the Quality of Exports: Empirical Analysis on the Machinery Sector, International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, vol.13, no.1, pp. 1-6, 2022.

Kim, K. (2021) The Impact of “Aid for Trade” on Product Diversification: An Empirical Analysis on the Extensive Margin of International Trade. Journal of Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, No.41.

Kim, K. (2021) Non-tariff Measures and the Global Value Chain Participation. Journal of Economics, Business and Management, 9(1), pp. 1-8.

Kim, K. (2020) Technical regulations and the margins of international trade: Empirical analysis on the impact of additional compliance requirement indicator. Journal of Next Generation Forum of the Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies, Waseda University, No. 4.

Kim K. (2020). Impact of Aid for Trade on Economic Development: An Empirical Analysis of Developing Nations’ Export and Export Diversification, Journal of International Development Cooperation, 2020, 15(2), 27-46. DOI: https://doi.org/10.34225/jidc.2020.15.2.27 (Korean)

Morgan, P. J., Trinh, L. Q., & Kim, K. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 on Households in ASEAN countries and their Implications for Human Capital Development: Medium run impacts and the role of government support. [Asian Development Review. Forthcoming]

Book Chapter

Morgan, P.J., Kim, K., & Trinh, L. Q. (2022). Fintech, Government aid and Informal Household Businesses in ASEAN Economies during the Pandemic. In Ashok Das and Bambang Susantono (Eds.), Informal Services in Asian Cities: Lessons for urban planning and management from the COVID-19 pandemic (pp. 313-344). Asian Development Bank Institute and Asian Development Bank. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/SPR220359-2

Working Papers

Morgan, P. J., Trinh, L. Q., & Kim, K. (2022). Impacts of COVID-19 on Households in ASEAN countries and their Implications for Human Capital Development: Medium run impacts and the role of government support. ADBI Working Paper Series 1312

Doan, H.T.T., Kim, K., & Ghodsi, M. (2022) Adoption of regulations and the Quality of Traded Products. ERIA working paper (Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia – Project on Non-tariff Measures.)

Nabeshima, K., Obashi, A., & Kim, K. (2020). Impact of Non-Tariff Measures on the Margins of Trade: Evaluation of Additional Compliance Requirement Indicators. ERIA working paper (Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia – Project on Non-tariff Measures.)

Graduate School / School of Economics, Nagoya University, Aichi, Japan

Assistant Professor / Full-time Lecturer at G30 Program, 2023 Apr – Present

•       Teach Microeconomics I, II, Econometrics I, II, and Macroeconomics I, II

Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

Lecturer, 2023 Apr – 2024 Mar

•       Teach International Economics

Pukyong National University (PKNU), Busan, South Korea

Full-time Seinior Researcher, 2022 Dec – 2022 February

•       Project on Trans-Pacific Regions Analysis

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo, Japan

Research Associate under Peter Morgan, 2020 Dec – 2022 Nov

•       Project on the impact of COVID-19 via Household Survey.

•       Informal firms and the fintech

•       Digital Financial Services

•       HH Business in ASEAN and CAREC

Teaching Assistant, Tokyo, Japan

Teaching Assistant under Waseda University, 2019 Mar – 2022 Sep

•       Teaching students and the Q&A session with the usage of STATA / Statistics / Econometrics

•       Teaching students with Reference managing program - Refworks

Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU), Tokyo, Japan

Research Associate under Professor Obashi, 2021 Oct – 2022 Feb

•       Gathering data on product / firm-level data

APG Partners, Seoul, South Korea

Research Associate, Spring/Summer 2018, 2020 Mar - Oct

•       Assisting consulting business for firms’ investment

Research Associate, 2021 Jun - Present

•       Analyzing firm data for industry analysis

ERIA (Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia), Jakarta, Indonesia

Research Associate under Ms. Doan, H. T. T. / Waseda-ERIA Internship, 2019 Sep – 2020 Apr

•       Dealing with Non-tariff Measures (NTMs) and its impact on product quality.

ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services), Tokyo, Japan

Research Associate, 2019 Jan - Mar

•       Managing information on Annual Meetings of Korean Firms to support shareholders’ decision on agendas

OSUN Co., Seoul, South Korea

Part-time Internship, 2018 Apr – Sep                               

•       Practical affairs regarding Korea’s Tea Export

Full-time Internship, 2016 – 2017

•       Dealt with Vietnam – Korea FTA on Marine Products. Trade issues with Korea’s Export

Qingdao Lulin Dehydrated Vegetable CO., Ltd., Qingdao, China

Winter Internship, 2015 Feb - March

•       Discussed solution of decreasing the tax over triangle trade of Korea-China-United States 

Skylight Consulting Inc., Tokyo, Japan

Summer Internship, 2014 Aug - Sept

•       Dealt with viability of Airbnb in Japan

KATUSA (Korean Augmentation to United States Army) – Uijeongbu, South Korea 

Military Service, 2011 Nov – 2013 Aug

•       Served as Senior KATUSA

•       Participated in COC (Change of Command) as the flag bearer

•       ETS (Expiration Term of Service) as SGT(Sergeant)

•       Achieved AAM (Army Achievement Medal)