Dr. Kim's research focuses on industry- and business-related policy issues using the tools of economics. For instance, Dr. Kim has conducted research on production of copyrighted goods, copyright protection, harmonization of copying levies, and digital rights management. He also conducts research in employment relationship, entrepreneurial financing, and network industries.
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intellectual property rights, contracts and organizational economics, entrepreneurship and venture capital, network industries and policy, lobbying and political institutions
Employee Poaching: Why It Can Be Predatory.
Managerial and Decision Economics: the international journal of research and progress in management economics.
309-317.
2014
ECON 4070 - Topics in Microeconomics
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Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
Studies utility maximization under uncertainty, risk, game theory, moral hazard, and adverse selection. Applications include insurance markets and the theory of contracts.
ECON 4717 - Economics of Entrepreneurship
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Introduces economic analysis of entrepreneurship, its financing, performance and public policy issues. We will investigate in depth the business of venture capital and start-ups. Aims to understand both academic and practical implications from the burgeoning literature on economics of entrepreneurship and private equity.
ECON 7010 - Microeconomic Theory 1
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
This course applies mathematical methods and optimization theory to study the foundation of modern microeconomic theory. The topics covered include theory of demand, theory of the firm, choice under uncertainty, equilibrium under alternative market structures, and welfare economics. Instructor consent required.
