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Kyungmin (Teddy) Kim is a Professor of Economics at Emory University. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania (2009) and a BA in Economics from Seoul National University (2004). His primary research focuses on Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, and Information Economics with applications to market design, consumer behavior, and strategic interactions. His work often explores topics like Bayesian persuasion, auction mechanisms, and the impact of information asymmetry in markets.
Key educational milestones include his doctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania and undergraduate studies at Seoul National University. Kim’s research has been published in top journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, and Review of Economic Studies. His recent work includes analysis of veto bargaining dynamics, unemployment duration models, and optimal information design in search markets. He collaborates frequently with scholars like Yeon-Koo Che, Nenad Kos, and Ralph Boleslavsky.
Kim’s research has addressed pressing issues such as strategic risk-taking in contests, banking supervision communication, and product design under demand uncertainty. His contributions highlight the interplay between information structures and economic outcomes across diverse market contexts.
He currently holds a faculty position in the Department of Economics at Emory University, contributing to both teaching and research initiatives. His professional activities include editorial work for Economic Theory and maintaining an active research agenda with ongoing projects on statistical discrimination in ratings-guided markets and competitive advertising strategies.
