Minwoo Hyun

About Me

Moving Towards a Sustainable Future

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. My research interests include the economics of the energy and environment and policy issues relevant to health, inequality, and development. I am currently studying the local fiscal conditions and labor reallocation costs of coal decline, crime and health impacts in coal-rich communities, and the welfare consequences of pollution alerts.

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Education

Oct 2020 - Present

University of California, Santa Barbara

Ph.D. Candidate in Economics

M.A. in Economics, Aug 2021

Feb 2017 - Jan 2019

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

M.S. in Green Business and Policy, Feb 2019

Honors with Master's Thesis

Mar 2011 - Jan 2017

Yonsei University

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Feb 2017

Honors with Academic Excellence

Publications

M. Hyun, A. Cherp, J. Jewell, Y. Kim, and J. Eom (2023), “Feasibility trade-offs in decarbonisation of power sector with high coal dependence: A case of Korea”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 3, 100050.
J. Eom, M. Hyun, J. Lee, and H. Lee (2020), “Increase in household energy consumption due to ambient air pollution”, Nature Energy, 1-9.
M. Hyun, Y. Kim, and J. Eom (2020), “Assessing the impact of a demand-resource bidding market on an electricity generation portfolio and the environment”, Energy Policy, 147, 111918.

Working Papers

M. Hyun (2023), “A Collapse in Fossil Fuel Extraction and Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from the U.S. Coal Decline”, Working Paper.
M. Anderson, M. Hyun, and J. Lee (2022), “Bounds, Benefits, and Bad Air: Welfare Impacts of Pollution Alerts”, NBER Working Paper, 29637.

Teaching

2020 - 2021

Fall 2020: [ECON 10A] Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

Winter 2021: [ECON 2] Principles of Macroeconomics

Spring 2021: [ECON 2] Principles of Macroeconomics

2021 - 2022

Fall 2021: [ECON 106] Managerial Economics

Winter 2022: [ECON 115] Environmental Economics

Spring 2022: [ECON 115] Environmental Economics

2022 - 2023

Winter 2023: [ECON 10A] Intermediate Microeconomic Theory

Experience

Jun 2022 - Dec, 2022

Environmental Markets Lab (emLab), UCSB

Graduate Student Researcher

Project Title: "Estimating the Effect of Environmental Policy on Welfare Inequality"

Feb 2019 - Jul 2020

Sustainable Development Research Center, KAIST

Research Associate

Project Title: "Load Impact Evaluation for a Korean Peak Time Rebate Pilot with Residential and Small Commercial and Industrial Customers" (Technical Report)
Project Title: "Exploring National and Global Actions to reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions"

Jul 2017 - Jan 2019