Soo Jin Kim

(Cell: +86-21-20684782, E-mail: sjkim@shanghaitech.edu.cn)

Mailing Address:

Room 436
School of Entrepreneurship and Management, 
393 Middle Hua Xia Road
ShanghaiTech University
Shanghai, China

Emloyment

• 2018/07~                     Assistant Professor, ShanghaiTech University, China

Education

• 2018                             Ph.D. in Economics, Michigan State University
• 2015                             M.A. in Economics, Michigan State University
• 2013                             M.A. in Economics, Seoul National University, South Korea
• 2011                             B.A. in Economics (Magna Cum Laude), Ewha Womans University, South Korea
• 2008-9                          Exchange Student, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Fields of Interest

Industrial Organization (Theory & Empirical), Platform and Internet Economics, Business Economics

Working Papers

• “Privacy, Information Acquisition, and Market Competition.” (Under Review)
• “Direct Interconnection and Investment Incentives for Content Diversity.” (Under Review)
• “A Note of Caution on Using Hotelling Models in Platform Markets,” with Thomas Jeitschko and Aleksandr Yankelevich. (DICE Discussion Paper, No 286)
• “Zero Rating and Vertical Content Foreclosure,”  with Thomas D. Jeitschko and Aleksandr Yankelevich. (Under Review)

• “Quality Differentiation and Optimal Pricing Strategy in Multi-Sided Markets,” with Pallavi Pal. (Under Review)

Work in Progress

• “An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Net Neutrality on Investment for Last Mile Broadband,” with Olga Ukhaneva and Aleksandr Yankelevich.
• “Data Neutrality and Market Competition,” with Hanming Fang.
• “Payment Card Networks Structure and its Consequences.” with Ryan James Martin and Oleksandr “Alex” Shcherbakov.
• “Using Porting Data as Proxy for Diversion Ratios in Merger Assessment.” with Patrick DeGraba and Aleksandr Yankelevich.

Awards and Fellowships

• 2018-2021 ShanghaiTech University, Start-up Research Fund
• 2017 Michigan State University, Dissertation Completion Fellowship
• 2017 Michigan State University (Holt Research Fellowship), Research Fellowship
• 2016 Michigan State University (Red Cedar Award), Best Third Year Paper
• 2014 Michigan State University (Peter Schmidt Award), Best Performance in First Year 
• 2013-14 Fulbright Graduate Student Program

Research Experience

• 2016-17 Research Assistant to Oren Ziv (to construct TFP measures)
• Special Sworn Status (SSS), US Census Bureau

Teaching Experience

• Instructor
  • Introduction to Economics (Fall 2018, Spring 2019), ShanghaiTech University
  • Intermediate Microeconomics (Spring 2019), ShanghaiTech University 
  • Intermediate Microeconomics (Summer 2015, Summer 2016), Michigan State University

• Teaching Assistant:  Intermediate Microeconomics (× 3), International Trade, International Finance, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Michigan State University

Presentations

•  Privacy, Information Acquisition, and Market Competition:

• Paid Peering and Investment Incentives for Network Capacity and Content Diversity:

2017: Eastern Economic Annual Meeting (New York)

2016: Red Cedar Conference (Michigan State University), Midwest Economic Theory (Purdue)

Computer Skills

STATA, R, Python, Matlab, SQL, Mathematica, LaTeX

Personal Information

• Languages: Korean (native), English (fluent), German (basic)
• Citizenship: South Korea (US Visa Status: J-1 Visa)

Professional Responsibilities

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