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Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2023
University of Connecticut
Dissertation Title: "Economic Integration, Trade, and Capital Flows in the Agri-Food Industry"
M.S. in Management Engineering, 2013
KAIST College of Business
Thesis Title: "Foreign Direct Investment and R&D Spillovers"
B.A. in Economics, 2010
University of Rochester
Research Assistant Professor (2023.08-Current)
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Lecturer (2022.01-2023.05)
Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
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. *Forthcoming
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. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aepp.13525
Kim, D. and S. Steinbach, “Rising Protectionism and Foreign Direct Investment.” (2024) Review of World Economics. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10290-024-00569-x
Kim, D., S. Steinbach, and C. Zurita, “Deep Trade Agreements and Agri-Food Global Value Chain Integration.” (2024) Food Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102686
2025 WAEA Outstanding Publication Award
Kim, D. and S. Steinbach, “The Linder Hypothesis for Foreign Direct Investment Revisited.” (2024) Review of International Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12758
Ahn, S., D. Kim, and S. Steinbach, "The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Grain and Oilseed Trade." (2022) Agribusiness. https://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21794
"The Impact of the WTO on Virtual Water Trade and Global Water Reallocation." (Presented in 2024 IATRC Annual Meeting)
“Spillover Effects of Foreign Direct Investment in the U.S. Labor Market.” (Presented in 2021 AAEA Annual Meeting and 2021 NAREA Annual Meeting)
“Taste Similarity and Foreign Direct Investment: Evidence from the Food and Beverage Industry.” (Presented in 2021 AAEA Annual Meeting and 2021 IATRC Annual Meeting)
"Foreign Trade Shocks and U.S. Farm Income." (Presented in 2023 AAEA Annual Meeting)
"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)