Kyumin Kim
Updated on March, 2025
Contact Information
Field of Interests
Coastal community management, Coastal restoration and conservation, Decision-making under uncertainty
Education
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics
Sep. 2020 - Present
Dissertation Committee: Drs. Michael Springborn (co-chair), Matthew Reimer (co-chair), and James Sanchirico (committee member)
Pukyong National University
Busan, South Korea
M.S. in Marine Resource Management/Economics
Sep. 2017 - Feb. 2019
Pukyong National University
Busan, South Korea
B.S. in Marine Resource Management/Economics
Mar. 2012 - Aug. 2017
Summa Cum Laude in the College of Fisheries Science at graduation
Working Papers
The Role of Fisheries Diversification in Economic Growth and Stability: Evidence from Alaska's Fishing Economies
Kyumin Kim and Matthew Reimer
(NAAFE 2025, Best Student Paper)
Strategies for Balancing Long-Run Tradeoffs in Kelp Forest Restoration Under Environmental Uncertainty
Kyumin Kim, Marissa Baskett, and Michael Springborn
Long-Run Spillover Effects of Fisheries on the Local Fishing Economy: Heterogeneous Multiplier Effects by Community Characteristics
Kyumin Kim and Matthew Reimer
Publications
Fisheries: A Missing Link in Greenhouse Gas Emission Policies in South Korea
Kyumin Kim, Do-Hoon Kim, and Yeonghye Kim
Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-10, May 2021
An Analysis of the Impact of Free Trade Agreement and the Determinants of Korean Seafood Exports to the U.S.
Kyumin Kim and Do-Hoon Kim
Korean Trade Review, Vol. 43(6), pp. 71-92. 2018
Causality Test on Hairtail Prices among Import and Domestic Markets Using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM)
Kyumin Kim and Do-Hoon Kim
Ocean and Polar Research, Vol.40(1), pp. 49-58. 2018
Grants and Awards
Best Student Paper Winner, North America Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) 2025 La Jolla
2025
California Sea Grant Graduate Student Research Fellowship ($90,000)
2024-2026
North Pacific Research Board Student Research Fellowship ($26,000)
2023-2025
Jastro Research Fellowship ($9,000, CAES, UC Davis)
2022-2024
Ernest Hill Research Fellowship ($3,000, UC Davis)
2020-2021
Graduate Student Research Scholarship (Korea Student Aid Foundation)
2018
Presentations / Talks
- The Role of Fisheries Diversification in Economic Growth and Stability: Evidence from Alaska's Fishing EconomiesNAAFE 2025, La Jolla, CA
March 2025
Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS) 2025, Anchorage, AK
January 2025
NAAFE 2025, La Jolla, CA
March 2025
NSF Sustainable Ocean Symposium 2024, Davis, CA
October 2024
2024 AAEA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA
July 2024
IIFET 2024 Penang, Malaysia
July 2024
Talk as part of the IUU Fishing Management Training Program hosted by Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)
Sep. 2021, 2022