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Contact Information

Name Daisoon Kim
Professional title PhD Economist & Scholar
Email kim.daisoon.kr@gmail.com
Based in Washington, DC

Professional Summary

PhD economist and researcher with 7+ years of experience transforming large, granular datasets, building end-to-end data pipelines, and developing structural economic models to inform policy and business strategy. Proven track record of leading funded research programs (e.g., NSF co-PI, 459K; Caterpillar PI, 86K), publishing in top journals (e.g., JME, JIE), and delivering research used by central banks and international institutions (e.g., the Federal Reserve, IMF, and UN).

Experience

  • 2019 -

    Raleigh, NC

    Assistant Professor of Economics
    Poole College of Management, NC State University
    on leave, 2026
  • 2023 -

    Cambridge, MA

    Research Economist
    National Bureau of Economic Research
  • 2025 -

    Providence, RI

    Affiliate Professor
    Global Linkages Lab, Brown University
  • 2018 - 2019

    London, UK

    Research Fellow in Economics
    London Business School
  • 2012 - 2012

    Sejong, Korea

    Research Analyst
    Korea Institute of Public Finance

Education

  • 2013 - 2019

    Seattle, WA

    PhD in Economics
    University of Washington

Interests

Fields: International Finance, Macroeconomics, Trade, Geoeconomics
Topics: Geopolitical Tensions, Sanctions, Economic Uncertainty, Systemic Risk, Spillover/Network Effects, Global Value Chain & Investment, Multinationals, Market Structure & Concentration, Firm Resilience & Dynamics, Business Cycles, Productivity, AI

Skills

Professional Skills: Project Management, Data-Driven Decisions, Quantitative Research
Quantitative Modeling: Heterogeneous Firms/Households Dynamics Models, Monte Carlo Simulation, Structural Econometrics
Econometric Analysis: Causal Inference (DID, Synthetic Controls), Dynamic Factor Models, Panel Local Projections
Data: Complex Data Integration, Panel Data Construction, Unstructured Data
Dataset: CRSP, Compustat, FactSet, ORBIS, EPFR, FT fDi Market, LCA, Nielsen Scanner, KLIPS, UN Comtrade

Publications

  • 2026
    Multinational Investment Activity under Policy Uncertainty in Host and Competing Countries
    Journal of International Economics
  • 2025
    International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics with Sanctions
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • 2024
    International Economic Sanctions and Third-Country Effects
    IMF Economic Review
  • 2024
    Home Market Effects and Increasing Returns with Non-constant Marginal Costs
    Journal of Economic Geography
  • 2023
    Firm Revenue Elasticity and Business Cycle Sensitivity
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
  • 2023
    Skilled Immigration, Offshoring, and Trade
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control
  • 2022
    Central Bank Policy and the Concentration of Risk - Empirical Estimates
    Journal of Monetary Economics
  • 2021
    Economies of Scale and International Business Cycles
    Journal of International Economics