About Me
Moving Towards a Sustainable Future
I am a Ph.D. student 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. In my early works, I investigated the environmental impact of demand-side management program in electricity wholesale market and energy-intensive adaptation to ambient air pollution. My working papers explore the health impact of pollution alerts and the feasibility of power sector decarbonization. I am currently studying the impact of coal decline on job transitions and migration in the U.S.
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Education
Oct 2020 - Present
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
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), “The Localized Economic Shocks on the Labor Market 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"
Presentations
98th Western Economic Association International (WEAI) Annual Conference (2023; Scheduled)
Oral Presentation in Concurrent Session
San Diego (CA), the U.S.
42nd International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) International Conference (2019)
Oral Presentation in Concurrent Session
Montréal, Canada
41st International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) International Conference (2018)
Oral Presentation in Concurrent Session
Groningen, Netherlands
29th Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference (2018)
Oral Presentation in Invited Session
Houston (TX), the U.S.
Programming Skills
Proficient: R, Python, ArcGIS
Intermediate: Matlab, STATA
Contact
North Hall, Santa Barbara, CA, USA (93106)