Woojin Kim
Assistant Professor of Political Economy
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Bio
Woojin Kim is an assistant professor of Political Economy at Stanford GSB. His research explores how political polarization shapes policies and professional behavior, and how social forces influence consumers and voters.
Academic Degrees
- PhD in Economics, UC Berkeley, 2024
- B.S. in Economics, Minor in Creative Writing, Duke University, 2015
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2024–2025
- Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, 2023–2025
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2019
Service to the Profession
Journal Reviewer
- American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
- American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
- American Economic Review
- Journal of European Economic Association
- Journal of Public Economics
- Journal of Urban Economics
- Nature Human Behavior
- Review of Economics and Statistics
Research Statement
Kim's research explores how political polarization shapes policies and professional behavior, and how social forces influence consumers and voters.