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Research Assistant Professor (2023.08-Current)
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Lecturer (2022.01-2023.05)
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Commodity Market Analyst (2013.01-2016.10)
Korea PDS/Korea Investment and Securities, Seoul, South Korea
Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2023
University of Connecticut
M.S. in Management Engineering, 2013
KAIST College of Business
B.A. in Economics, 2010
University of Rochester
Kim, D. and S. Steinbach, "Preferential trading in agriculture: New insights from a structural gravity analysis and machine learning." (2026) American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Link
Kim, D., S. Steinbach, and C. Zurita, "Trading Blows, Losing Bushels: Global Implications of US Tariff Hikes for Agri-Food Trade and Welfare." (2026) Journal of Agricultural Economics. Link
Kim, D., S. Steinbach, and C. Zurita, "Virtual Water Trade and Economic Integration: The Role of Trade Agreements in Global Water Redistribution." (2025) Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Link
Kim, D. and S. Steinbach, “Is the WTO Passé? The Impact of Multilateral Economic Integration on Agri-Food Global Value Chains.” (2025) The World Economy. Link
Gordeev, S., J. Jelliffe, D. Kim, and S. Steinbach, “What Matters for Agricultural Trade? Assessing the Role of Trade Deal Provisions using Machine Learning.” (2025) Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Link
Kim, D. and S. Steinbach, “Rising Protectionism and Foreign Direct Investment.” (2024) Review of World Economics. Link
Kim, D., S. Steinbach, and C. Zurita, “Deep Trade Agreements and Agri-Food Global Value Chain Integration.” (2024) Food Policy. Link
2025 WAEA Outstanding Publication Award
"Foreign Trade Shocks and U.S. Farm Income." (Presented at the 2025 AAEA annual meeting)
"The Impact of the WTO on Virtual Water Trade and Global Water Reallocation." (Presented at the 2025 AAEA and 2024 IATRC annual meetings)
“Spillover Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. Labor Market.” (Presented at the 2021 AAEA and 2021 NAREA annual meetings)
“Taste Similarity and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from the Food and Beverage Industry.” (Presented at the 2021 AAEA and 2021 IATRC annual meetings)
"Measuring the Impact of Foreign Trade Shocks on Agriculture in the United States," NIFA-AFRI-2021-67034-34972, PI, Amount: USD 180,000. (2021 - 2025) Link
"Identifying Emerging Foreign Market Opportunities for North Dakota Soybean through Advanced Economic Analysis," North Dakota Soybean Council, Co-PI, Amount: USD 50,000 (2024--2025)
"Enhancing Global Food Supply Chain Modeling with a Transdisciplinary Network, Open Data Ecosystem, and Big Data Analytics," North Dakota State University, Co-PI, Amount: USD 100,000 (2024--2025)
Macroeconomics - ECON202, North Dakota State University (2024 Spring)
Principles of Macroeconomics - ECO100, Southern Connecticut State University (2022 Spring)
Applied Business Statistics - ECO270, Southern Connecticut State University (2023 Spring)