Biography

Kyoo il Kim is a Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. His research focuses on diverse topics in Econometrics and Industrial Organization including differentiated products demand, consumer choice and firm behavior, random coefficient model, hedonic pricing, production function and firm productivity, minimum wage, and social enterprise.

Examples of his empirical study include measuring impacts of consumer activism in the beer and milk market and effectiveness of firm’s advertising and pricing strategy to curb losses, measuring willingness to pay for clean air, quantifying gas station’s incentives to commit fuel fraud, estimating price elasticity of store choices when consumers face price uncertainty, and quantifying effects of online reviews on consumer electronics.

Dr. Kim also has substantial industry and international experience, having worked for Amazon.com and served as a director of Klaytn Foundation in Singapore. Dr. Kim holds a Ph.D. in economics from UCLA and a B.A. in economics from Seoul National University. For academic positions, he has worked at the University of Minnesota, Sungkyunkwan University, Keio University, and Singapore Management University.