天美传媒

UMass Boston

Y.K. Kim, Associate Professor, Economics

YK Kim

Department:
Economics
Title:
Associate Professor
Location:
Wheatley Hall Floor 05

Area of Expertise

Macroeconomics, Political Economy, Growth and Development

Degrees

PhD, American University

Professional Publications & Contributions

  • Journal of Post Keynesian Economics , 35(4), pages 675-694, summer 2013.
  • (with Alan Isaac), Metroeconomica, 64(2), pages 244-271, May 2013.
  • (with Mark Setterfield and Yuan Mei), European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: Intervention, 11(1), pages 31-49, April 2014.
  • (with Soon Ryoo), Metroeconomica, 65(4), pages 585-618, 2014.
  • (with Mark Setterfield and Yuan Mei), Cambridge Journal of Economics, 39(1), pages 93-112, 2015.
  • Review of Keynesian Economics, 49(2), pages 127-150, 2016
  • (with Mark Setterfield and Jeremy Rees), Review of Political Economy, 28(1), pages 45-63, 2016
  • (with Mark Setterfield), Structural change and Economic Dynamics, 36, pages 22-33, 2016
  • (with Mark Setterfield), Review of Keynesian Economics, 5(1), pages 43-60, 2017.
  • (with Mark Setterfield and Gilberto Tadeu Lima), Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 42(1), pages 16-38, 2019 — EAEPE-Kapp Prize Winner (2019) of the European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) for the best published paper on a theme broadly in accord with the EAEPE theoretical perspectives for the paper
  • Review of Radical Political Economics, forthcoming
  • “Varieties of capitalism, increasing income inequality, and the sustainability of long-run growth” (with Mark Setterfield), Cambridge Journal of Economics, forthcoming
  • “Household Indebtedness, Distribution, and Bargaining Power under Distribution-Induced Technological Change: A Macroeconomic Analysis” (with Eric-Kemp Benedict), Review of Keynesian Economics, forthcoming

Additional Information

Professor Kim has conducted research on the macroeconomic implications of household debt. Recently, his works have investigated the effects of consumption emulation through borrowing on income distribution and economic growth; the interplay of financial deregulation, income distribution, aggregate demand, and the consumption emulation motive to understand the mechanisms of macroeconomic cycles; the implications of different debt-servicing behaviors for macroeconomic stability.

Before coming to the 天美传媒, Professor Kim taught at American University, Trinity College, and Bowdoin College. His teaching areas include macroeconomics, monetary economics, and economic growth.