About Me
I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Yale University. I am on the 2026–27 job market.
My research lies at the intersection of spatial, environmental, and energy economics. I combine reduced-form empirical methods with structural modeling to study how environmental policies reshape pollution patterns and economic activity across space and over time, with applications to industrial production, power generation, and transportation.
Email: cheolhwan.kim@yale.edu
Office: 27 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven, CT 06511
Working Papers
The Spatial Consequences of Local Air Pollution Regulation
Job Market Paper
Deep Industrial Decarbonization: Theory and Evidence from South Korea
with
Costas Arkolakis
and
Emmanuel Murray Leclair
An Anatomy of Multinational Production: Evidence from Affiliate Labor Composition
with
Wei Xiang
Works in Progress
Powering Green Mobility: Pricing and Subsidy Pass-Through in EV Charging Networks
with
Seung-Yong Yoo (Job Market Paper)
Undergraduate
- Introductory Macroeconomics, Yale University, Spring 2026 — Teaching Assistant
- International Finance, Yale University, Fall 2024 — Teaching Assistant
- Introductory Macroeconomics, Yale University, Fall 2022 — Teaching Assistant
- Macroeconomics, Seoul National University, Spring/Fall 2018 — Teaching Assistant
Graduate
- Macroeconomics (PhD), Yale University, Spring 2023 — Teaching Assistant
- Recent Trends in Macroeconomics, Seoul National University, Spring 2020 — Teaching Assistant
- Advanced Macroeconomics, Seoul National University, Fall 2019 — Teaching Assistant
- Topics in International Monetary Economics, Seoul National University, Spring 2019 — Teaching Assistant